On 22 January 2013 13:02, Dhana Sekar <[email protected]> wrote: > Tool of the Day: Ksplice > > Ksplice is an open source extension of the Linux kernel which > allows system administrators to apply security patches to a running > kernel without having to reboot the operating system (Dynamic Software > Updating). > Ksplice has been implemented for Linux on the x86-32 and x86-64 > architectures. It was developed by Ksplice, Inc. until 21 July 2011, when > Oracle acquired Ksplice and started offering support for Oracle Linux. > Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux was dropped and turned into a free > 30-day trial for RHEL customers as an incentive to migrate to Oracle Linux > Premier Support Additionally, anyone can use Ksplice Uptrack for free on > Ubuntu Desktop and Fedora. > > features: > > - Easy to set up > - Ksplice Uptrack works perfectly in virtualized environments or on bare > metal. > - Rollback capability > - No performance impact > - Ksplice Uptrack supports using a standard HTTP proxy to pass through > your firewall. > - Conveniently check whether all of your systems are up to date, in one > place, in your web browser. > - Secure infrastructure > - email announcement whenever new updates are available for one of your > systems. > - API and monitoring > - Set access policies for individual or groups of machines. > > Home page: http://www.ksplice.com/ > for Binary package and other details:http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=ksplice > > regards, > dhanasekar > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
Ksplice will stop all the process, bring down the kernel and jump to the new kernel I think. So it just saves the hardware reboot time to my knowledge. Please correct me if I am wrong. If that is the case then it does not provide much help. Regards, PrasannaKumar _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
