Installing Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux Using Local or Remote Console

Before You Begin

Before installing the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux, you must have Oracle Linux 5.5 or later, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5 or 6.0 installed on your server.

Install Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux Using Local or Remote Console

1. Ensure that your system is running Oracle Linux 5.5 (or later), or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 or 6.0 before installing the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux.
2. Depending on the OS that is running on your system, download and edit the appropriate repository file.
   • If you are running Oracle Linux 5.5, perform the following procedure to download and edit the Oracle Linux 5 Yum repository file:
     1. # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
     2. # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
     3. Open the /etc/yum.repos.d/etc/public-yum-el5.repo file in an editor.
     4. Edit both the [el5_u5_base] and [ol5_u5_base] stanzas and change enabled=0 to enabled=1 as follows:

        [el5_u5_base]
        name=Enterprise Linux $releasever U5 - $basearch - base
        baseurl=http://publicyum.
        oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/5/base/$basearch/
        gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
        gpgcheck=1
        enabled=1
         
        [ol5_u5_base]
        name=Oracle Linux $releasever - U5 - x86_64 - base
        baseurl=http://publicyum.
        oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL5/5/base/x86_64/
        gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
        gpgcheck=1
        enabled=1

   • If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, perform the following procedure to download and edit the Oracle Linux 6 Yum repository file:
     1. # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
     2. # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo
     3. Open the /etc/yum.repos.d/etc/public-yum-ol6.repo file in an editor.
     4. Edit the [ol6_ga_base] stanza and change enabled=0 to enabled=1 as follows:

        [ol6_ga_base]
        name=Oracle Linux 6 GA - $basearch - base
        baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/0/base/$basearch/
        gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6
        gpgcheck=1
        name=Oracle Linux 6 GA - $basearch - base
        enabled=1

3. To update your system kernel, do one of the following
   • If you are running Oracle Linux 5.5, perform the following procedure to update your system kernel:
     • To update your system kernel to the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux, enter the following command:

       # yum install kernel

       Or

     • To update your system kernel to the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux and upgrade all the recommended packages associated with it, enter the following command:

       # yum install oracle-linux

   • If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, perform the following procedure to update your system kernel:
     • To update your system kernel to the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux, enter the following command:

       # yum install kernel-uek

       Or

     • To update your system kernel to the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux and upgrade all the recommended packages associated with it, enter the following command:

       # yum update

4. To run the newly installed Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux, reboot your system.

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   Note - For more information on the Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Linux, see the product notes at: http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=SunServerX2-4.

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