On 9/17/08, Johan Booysen <johan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm wondering what the general consensus is about applying Red Hat > updates to production systems. This presentation is useful: http://stahnma.fedorapeople.org/summit/updates.odp > Apart from the issue I've seen in the list where the update process > replaces some people's config files, do you generally think it is safe > to just apply updates and trust that nothing will be broken (broadly > speaking)? In my opinion no. Your patching approach depends on how critical downtime of your systems are, security policies / how exposed the systems are from possible threats, the resources you have available (time / money), the amount of redundancy you have (cluster, patch one leg at a time), etc. The presentation above may help you getting started. RH has a whitepaper that also may be useful: http://www.redhat.com/apps/webform.html?event_type=whitepaper&eid=341 Best regards, Erling Ringen Elvsrud -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
