[El-errata] Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 7 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 Bit) architectures

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 6.7 for x86 (32 bit) and x86_64 (64 bit) architectures.

Oracle Linux 6 Update 7 ships with three sets of kernel packages:

  *

    Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3
    (|kernel-uek-3.8.13-68.3.4.el6uek|) for x86-64

  *

    Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2
    (|kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.250.7.el6uek|) for i386

  *

    Red Hat Compatible Kernel (|kernel-2.6.32-573.el6|) for i386 and x86-64

By default, both the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and the Red Hat 
Compatible Kernel for the specific architecture (i386 or x86-64) are 
installed and the system boots the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel.

The ISO image for Oracle Linux 6 Update 7 for i386 includes the Red Hat 
Compatible Kernel and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 but 
not the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3, which does not support 
i386.

The ISO image for Oracle Linux 6 Update 7 for x86-64 includes the Red 
Hat Compatible Kernel and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 
but not the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2.

UEK R3 includes the following major improvements:

  * OpenSCAP

    The ​Open Security Content Automation Protocol (OpenSCAP) Guide
    package, scap-security-guide, provides guidance, baselines, and
    validation mechanisms for implementing security hardening of an
    Oracle Linux 6 system. OpenSCAP includes the oscap utility that you
    use to test the security compliance of a system and produce an
    online report that describes security policy requirements and how
    your system measures up to these requirements. OpenSCAP allows you
    to check system compliance as required by your site security policy.

  * Load Balancing and High Availability

    Oracle Linux 6 now includes the Keepalived and HAProxy technologies
    for balancing access to network services while maintaining
    continuous access to those services.

  * Hyper-V Daemons

    The hyperv-daemons package, which includes the hypervfcopyd,
    hypervkvpd, and hypervvssd packages, provides the Hyper-V file-copy,
    key-value pair (KVP), and volume shadow copy service (VSS) daemons
    for an Oracle Linux guest that is running under Hyper-V on a
    Microsoft Windows host.

  * Enhanced SSSD Support for Active Directory

    The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) now supports the
    following features when using Oracle Linux clients with Active
    Directory (AD):

      * Dynamic updates to DNS.
      * Group and user lookups of NetBIOS names.
      * Site discovery of domain controllers.
      * User and group resolution and user authentication for trusted
        domains within a single AD forest.


For more information, please refer to the online release notes available at:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/index.html  <http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/docs>


Software Accessibility

All packages are available on theUnbreakable Linux Network  <http://linux.oracle.com>.

Installable binary and source ISO images will available onOracle Software Delivery Cloud  <http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux>   shortly.

If ISO images are needed before they are available on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, please request these via a My Oracle Support service request.


Thank you.

Sincerely,

The Oracle Linux Team

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