patch securely linux
Hi
How to patch redhat and debian securely ? I mean is there sth like in solaris live upgrade, when after upgrade sth goes wrong I can revert to previous state from before upgrade ? thx for help. |
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Generally the only way to be certain that one is safe is to have good, current, backups. |
I mean RHEL.
Backup is performed on file systems with apps data and user data not apps itself (binaries) and OS itself. What I need to know is, what is the most common way, sys admins patch RHEL and Debian ? Whether they do this on the production env directly and if sth goes wrong they debug the problem or prepare some test env (sth like live upgrade in Solaris) to first test patches to be applied ? thx for help. |
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If your system disks are mirrored, you could split the mirror and patch one side. If anything goes wrong you can boot from the other side of the mirror.
Dave. |
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