[Info-vax] Ksplice equivalent for VMS ?

Robert A. Brooks FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com
Wed Feb 19 14:50:53 EST 2025


On 2/19/2025 14:10, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 2/19/2025 10:05 AM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> On 2/19/2025 08:25, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>> Oracle have a kernel patching tool called Ksplice that they acquired
>>> back in 2011. It allows their support contract Linux users to apply
>>> many Linux kernel patches without having to reboot the server:
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksplice
>>>
>>> Given the high-availability mindset for VMS users, I wonder if VSI ever
>>> considered creating something similar for VMS ?
>>
>> No.
> 
> What about process migration?

Like Galaxy on Alpha?

There is vMotion for virtual machines on ESXi, but that's not exactly the same.

-- 
		-- Rob


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