1. Cloud Control Host Lifecycle Management Guide
  2. Monitoring and Managing Hosts
  3. Managing Oracle Linux Homes
  4. Ksplice for Oracle Linux
  5. Ksplice Linux Hosts Page

Ksplice Linux Hosts Page

Ksplice Linux Hosts page contains the following tables:

  • Ksplice Enabled Hosts with Ksplice Software

  • Ksplice software Version

  • Ksplice Client (Online/Offline)

  • Kernel Status (Compliant/Non-Compliant/Compliance unknown-in case of unconfigured/offline systems)

  • Number of Kernel Installed Patches

  • User Space Status (Compliant/Non-Compliant/Compliance unknown-in case of unconfigured/offline systems)

  • Number of User Space Installed Patches

  • Base Kernel Version

  • Effective Kernel Version

Host Ksplice Patches/Packages details

If you click the host name in the Ksplice detail table, a new page opens. This page lists the installed Ksplice patches on that host. If this host is a Ksplice Online host, it also lists the updates that are available on that host. These updates can be added or removed from this page.

If the host is a Ksplice Offline page, this page shows all the Ksplice Kernel patches available in the local repository or user space installed packages if there is any available in the local offline repository.

If Ksplice Enhanced Client Software is installed on the host, then it displays the list of intalled/available user space patches. Otherwise, it shows the message “Install/Upgrade/Configure Ksplice Enhanced Client Software”.

The Refresh button in the screen helps in pulling the latest data to the dashboard. As this dashboard works in asynchronous mode, so in case there are some database changes or patches updated, you should use this Refresh button to sync the system. When you click this button, a dialog box appears asking for a confirmation.

For Install Updates, and Remove Updates you have to select/enter host root/sudo privileged credentials.

Note:

The Kernel Space Compliance status is based on in-memory kernel patches. It shows “Complaint”, if all the patches are installed, otherwise it shows “Non-Complaint”. When the patches are removed from the Ksplice Online System, it renders the system non-compliant. User Space Compliance Status is based on on-disk user space packages. When user installs the user space packages, in-memory process is updated on the on-disk packages as well and hence, the status shows “Compliant”. When user removes user space packages, it only removes the in-memory updates. When user space updates are on disk but not in memory, it continues to show “Compliant”. Though it does not remove the on-disk packages, the table still shows the user space updates to be “Compliant”.