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Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
Oracle® Linux 6: Administrator's Solutions Guide provides information about the advanced features of Oracle Linux and, in particular, the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK).
This document is intended for administrators who need to configure the advanced features of Oracle Linux and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK). It is assumed that readers are familiar with web and virtualization technologies and have a general understanding of the Linux operating system.
The document is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel describes the advanced features that are available with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK).
Chapter 2, Yum describes how to use the yum utility to install and upgrade software packages.
Chapter 3, Ksplice describes how to configure Ksplice Uptrack to update a running system kernel.
Chapter 4, The Btrfs File System describes how to deploy and use the advanced features of the btrfs file system.
Chapter 5, The XFS File System describes how to deploy and use the advanced features of the XFS file system.
Chapter 6, Oracle Cluster File System Version 2 describes how to configure and use the Oracle Cluster File System Version 2 (OCFS2).
Chapter 7, Control Groups describes how to use Control Groups (cgroups) to manage the resource utilization of sets of processes.
Chapter 8, Linux Containers describes how to use Linux Containers (LXC) to isolate applications and entire operating system images from the other processes that are running on a host system.
Chapter 9, HugePages describes how to set up the HugePages feature on a system that is running several Oracle Database instances.
Chapter 10, Using kexec for Fast Rebooting describes how to use the kexec command to enable fast system rebooting.
Chapter 11, DTrace introduces the dynamic tracing (DTrace) facility that you can use to examine the behavior of the operating system and the operating system kernel.
Chapter 12, Support Diagnostic Tools describes the sosreport, Kdump, and OSWbb tools that can help diagnose problems with a system.
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