Re: Upgrade from RHEL to OEL

From: Justin Mungal <justin_at_n0de.ws>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 20:39:48 -0500
Message-ID: <CAO9=aUwgS3XEOxDjE-+2df1+i3-CQiubYFFEdYmdagbee8uTKw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jeff,
OEL includes two kernels, the "Oracle Enterprise Unbreakable" kernel, and the RHEL compatible kernel. I imagine it really would be that simple if you're going to use the RHEL kernel. The following links should help you weigh the pros and cons of each.

http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/027617.pdf http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/uek-for-linux-177034.pdf

I hope this helps.

-Justin

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Jeff Thomas <dbmangler_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Our enterprise is going to standardize on OEL. All 11gR2 RAC servers are
> using RHEL 5.6.
> The systems guys believe that OEL is the exact same kernel as RHEL, and
> that the only required
> change is a RPM that rebrands the OS name; and can be performed in place.
>
> Is it *really* this simple?
>
> Best,
> Jeff
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