On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Jeff Cain <je...@sunbelt-software.com> wrote: > For what it's worth, I would not ever automate a kernel upgrade.
Really, everything on a computer is "automated". It's just a question of how much human supervision you give it. It's not like if I type "yum update kernel\*" or "rpm --install kernel*rpm" or "cp bzimage /boot/vmlinuz.new" that I'm actually doing the work. How much human supervision one gives a kernel upgrade probabbly depends most on how many boxes you're dealing with. A single host in a one-off config? Yah, run commands manually, and check everything at each stage. A farm of 100s of identical servers? That wants more automation, with testing and staggered deployment to keep problems from taking out everything at once. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
