[pca] Safe patching of production systems

[Jones, Dave]

Thanks Dago.

LU doesn't work in our environment due to the restrictions around the
boot disk.
We use Veritas Volume Manger which uses a spot on the disk that LU
wants, IIRC.

D
 

-----Original Message-----
From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at
[mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Dagobert Michelsen
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:21 AM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] Safe patching of production systems

Hi Dave,

Am 13.05.2008 um 18:14 schrieb Jones, Dave:
> I am sure someone here has a similar issue, taking a long outage  
> doesn't
> work well with business requirements or SLAs or something.
>
> How does everyone else handle this issue?  Is my plan a good idea?
> Anyone have problems with 'pca -sian' hosing a box at run level 3?

I would use Live Upgrade for this if you have enough space.
It shortens patch installations to one reboot but needs
a little to setup. But IMHO it pays off to use Live Upgrade,
at least when you patch regularly.


Best regards

   -- Dago


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