Will kernel patch installation reboot the machine automatically?

[siva0123]

Hi .

I'm in the process of patching my system for Oracle 10 G installation and i need to install some Kernel patches which obviously requires a reboot .

I know i've to give the autoreboot=true option to have the machine rebooted .

But all i wanted to know is if i install these kerenel patches with out the autoreboot option or through swinstall TUI will the machine reboot automatically ?

I dont want the machine to reboot automatically after the patch installation is complete as i've to give some time to my application team to shutdown their application.

Thanks in Advance.

Siva

[Jean-Yves Picard]

Hello,

I think that during interactive patch, your are give a choice as to reboot server.

when patch is done, you get a popup window (or box in text mode) saying "do you whish to reboot ?"

So you can have a proper shutdown of your application.

Jean-Yves Picard

[Dennis Handly]

I believe if you don't use autoreboot=true the patches won't even install.

I thought sam has something that would wait?
It probably would be better to tell them to shutdown before you start installing the patch, it shouldn't take that long.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Almost all kernel patches do require a reboot.

What I do to find out if a particlar patch set will install without a boot is to swinstall without the -x autoreboot=true option.

The install will fail without damage if it can't be done without reboot.

It is possible to do the installation and set an option so that the reboot is not immediate.

You can also use swinstall -i for the installation and just not hit enter on the reboot step until a convenient time.

If you are really brave you can do the swinstall by cron in the middle of the night.

Note: Prior to doing any kind of work like this I have an Ignite backup of the boot disk, either make_tape_recovery or make_net_recovery

SEP

[siva0123]

Hi all,

Thanks for all your suggestions.

To be on the safer side i 'll request my application team to shutdown before installing the patches.



Thanks,
Siva