Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Introduction and Installation

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An Oracle White Paper
October 2010
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel

Introduction ........................................................................................ 1
About Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel ..................................... 2
   Performance Improvements ........................................................... 2
   New Features ................................................................................. 3
   Additional Packages and Modules .................................................. 4
   Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Availability ..................................... 5
Installation Requirements ................................................................... 5
   Upgrading to Oracle Linux 5.5 Using Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN)
   ....................................................................................................... 5
   Upgrading to Oracle Linux 5.5 Using Oracle’s Public Yum Server .. 6
Installing From Oracle’s Public Yum Server ....................................... 7
   Known Issues With installing Via Yum ............................................ 7
Installing from Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) .............................. 8
Verifying Kernel Installation ................................................................ 9
Compatibility and Third Party Software............................................... 9
Uninstalling Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel ..................................... 11
   Editing grub.conf ......................................................................... 11
   Removing the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel RPM ..................... 12
Conclusion ....................................................................................... 12
References ....................................................................................... 13