[rescue] Rebooting UNIX boxen (was: Fry's)

[Steve Sandau]

> > So how long will y'all let a Solaris box go without rebooting
> > after a patch cluster install?  On most non-proprietary UNIXish
> > systems, installing an updated software package will also stop
> > and start the service--but from what I can tell it *doesn't* on
> > Solaris.  Suggestions?
> 
> I *always* reboot after a patch cluster install , at least on my
> personal boxes.  On work (production) machines, we piecemeal-patch
> as necessary to fix problems, but if it works, we dont touch it.
> 
If possible, I try to reboot after any semi-major change. If something
is gonna *not* come up right, I'd rather have it happen when I'm there
to deal with it instead of some *early* morning when I'm sleeping and
*not* ready to deal with it. ;)

-- 
Steve Sandau
ssandau at bath.tmac.com