We have time restrictions also. We run the updater out of cron to meet those time restrictions. We have not had any issues doing this. RH also has a satellite update server that can update the files as needed and you run each server against your satellite server. I assume that they still have this product. On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Paul M. Whitney <paul.whitney@xxxxxx> wrote: > I believe Red Hat releases updates when one is warranted for either a bug > fix, vulnerability, etc. The beauty with RHN is that the updates are > available quickly for you to most importantly mitigate vulnerabilities and > you are notified when these updates are available. I typically like to > download the updates and test first in my "non-production" environment to > ensure nothing breaks and then apply to production systems once I am certain > the updates do not disrupt anything. > > Depending on the risk your customer is willing to accept on their systems, > quarterly might work, but I would suggest at a minimum monthly updates be > applied to the systems. > > Paul M. Whitney > ï > "Can't is the cancer of happen." - Charlie Sheen > > > > On Mar 07, 2011, at 07:26 AM, Dean Thompson <dnt07@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all >> >> A client wants to explore the different patching options we have for Red >> Hat EL >> 5.5. The preference from the client's side would be to not connect to the >> RHN >> and rather have patching done once a quarter with officially released >> patches. >> >> Can you please tell me whether Red Hat releases quarterly patches similar >> to the >> way Solaris does it with the EIS dvd's? >> >> >> Regards >> Dean >> >> >> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
