[Info-vax] Ksplice equivalent for VMS ?

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Sun Feb 23 15:45:26 EST 2025


Robert A. Brooks <FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com> 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.

I have to say ksplice is not really that reliable, although it works more
often than not.  IBM has managed to make patching on the fly work for many
years on their big iron, though.
--scott
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