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Re: Switch to new red hat 5 kernel [message #11193 is a reply to message #11176] Thu, 15 March 2007 09:51 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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There are different options:
- for new servers I would suggest to use RHEL5 distro/RHEL5-OVZ kernel
- for old servers you can still continue to use RHEL4-OVZ kernel,
as it will keep being updated for a long time yet.
- if you want some new features from RHEL5-OVZ kernel, but don't
want to upgrade host OS itself, it should not be a big problem
to install RHEL5-OVZ kernel only and update OVZ related tools.
(you may need to create a correct initrd, but no major obstacles here)


> Hi, I'm subscribed to the OpenVZ news/blog in my rss reader. Today I
> received a notice that the current stable kernel would be switched to the
> red hat 5 kernel. Specifically this was the comment:
>
> Our internal testing shows this RHEL5 kernel is pretty good, so it will
> replace our current stable branch real soon.
>
>
> How will this affect current RH 4 systems running OpenVZ. Will we simply be
> able to install the new kernel while keeping all of the rest of the system
> at the RH 4 level?
>
> Or will we need to install RH 5 and use the Openvz kernel based off of RH 5
> to keep our systems up to date with the stable kernel branch?
You don't need to install RH5 until you want some new specific features.

Thanks,
Kirill
 
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