Document URL: https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.1/install_config/upgrades.html#manual-upgrades Describe the issue: Manual Update skips pre-upgrade-check which is run during the automated upgrade Like checking for port names restricted to 15 characters and other checks listed in the script. Additional information: https://github.com/openshift/openshift-ansible/blob/master/playbooks/common/openshift-cluster/upgrades/v3_0_to_v3_1/upgrade.yml#L49-L51 https://github.com/openshift/openshift-ansible/blob/master/playbooks/common/openshift-cluster/upgrades/files/pre-upgrade-check#L86-L106 SME topic: http://post-office.corp.redhat.com/archives/openshift-sme/2015-November/msg01142.html
This is really an engineering bug not a docs bug. I am going to close this bug. Feel free to create a new one for eng to take a look.