There are different options: - for new servers I would suggest to use RHEL5 distro/RHEL5-OVZ kernel - for old servers you can still continue to use RHEL4-OVZ kernel, as it will keep being updated for a long time yet. - if you want some new features from RHEL5-OVZ kernel, but don't want to upgrade host OS itself, it should not be a big problem to install RHEL5-OVZ kernel only and update OVZ related tools. (you may need to create a correct initrd, but no major obstacles here)
> Hi, I'm subscribed to the OpenVZ news/blog in my rss reader. Today I > received a notice that the current stable kernel would be switched to the > red hat 5 kernel. Specifically this was the comment: > > Our internal testing shows this RHEL5 kernel is pretty good, so it will > replace our current stable branch real soon. > > > How will this affect current RH 4 systems running OpenVZ. Will we simply be > able to install the new kernel while keeping all of the rest of the system > at the RH 4 level? > > Or will we need to install RH 5 and use the Openvz kernel based off of RH 5 > to keep our systems up to date with the stable kernel branch? You don't need to install RH5 until you want some new specific features. Thanks, Kirill _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
