Use Oracle Ksplice
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Oracle Ksplice provides a method of patching your Oracle Linux system that has the following advantages:
- Critical security patches for Linux kernels, hypervisors, and critical user-space libraries are applied immediately.
- Updates are non-intrusive because the process does not require reboots and system downtime.
Objectives
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to:
- Run Oracle Ksplice commands
- Obtain information about updating your system from Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN).
Prerequisites
Minimum of a single Oracle Linux system
Each system should have Oracle Linux installed and configured with:
- A non-root user account with sudo access
- Set up as a standard or enhanced Oracle Ksplice client
- Access to the internet