From jamie.iles at oracle.com Mon Apr 3 01:44:03 2017 From: jamie.iles at oracle.com (Jamie Iles) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2017 09:44:03 +0100 Subject: [Ksplice][RHEL 5 Updates] End-of-life for OL 5, RHEL 5, CentOS 5, Scientific Linux 5, and CentOSPlus 5 Message-ID: <20170403084403.d4nquab26ds3yo55@cedar> LEGACY KSPLICE CUSTOMERS On 31st March 2017, vendor support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, CentOS 5, CentOSPlus 5 and Scientific Linux 5 has ended and no further errata will be released. After today, legacy Ksplice customers will receive no further Ksplice updates for their kernels. ORACLE LINUX PREMIER SUPPORT CUSTOMERS Under the lifetime support policy for Oracle Linux, Premier Support for Oracle Linux 5 ends in June 2017 and no further errata will be released. Customers wishing to remain on Oracle Linux 5 for an extended period may purchase Oracle Linux Extended Support which will provide critical security fixes until June 2020. At the end of Premier Support for Oracle Linux 5, Ksplice updates will no longer be released and customers without an Extended Support add-on are advised to upgrade to Oracle Linux 6 or Oracle Linux 7. For customers with an Extended Support subscription, Ksplice updates will continue for all Oracle Linux 5.11 kernels (2.6.18-398.el5 and later) during the Extended Support period. Beginning In June 2017, the following kernel products will no longer receive zero-downtime updates via Ksplice: * All Oracle Linux 5.10 and earlier Red Hat Compatible kernels (2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 and earlier). * All Oracle Linux 5.10 and earlier Red Hat Compatible kernels with Oracle enhancements (2.6.18-371.12.1.0.1.el5 and earlier). SUPPORT Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.