Upgrade to Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.9 and/so UEK2

I have upgraded one of my Oracle Linux boxes to Oracle Linux Release 5.9 which introduces several new things (Release Notes). Just to mention three of them

• java-1.7.0-openjdk
• firefox 10 (Although we have discuss to install latest version of it in Oracle Enterprise Linux for Home User: Install Latest Firefox Version )
• uek2 vanilla kernel branched from Linux Kernel Release 3.0.36
  • BTRFS
  • Transparent Huge Pages

Download and update yum repository file

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]$ cd /etc/yum.repos.d
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]$ wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]$ mv public-yum-el5.repo.1 public-yum-el5.repo
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]$ grep -B 5 enabled=1 public-yum-el5.repo
[el5_latest]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever Latest ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL5/latest/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
--
[ol5_u9_base]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever Update 9 installation media copy ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL5/9/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
--
[ol5_UEK_latest]
name=Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux $releasever ($basearch)
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL5/UEK/latest/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

We are ready to upgrade

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]$ yum update

Rebounce Linux

[root@localhost yum.repos.d]$ reboot

Before

Check Oracle Linux Version

[oracle@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/oracle-release
Oracle Linux Server release 5.8

Check kernel version

[oracle@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-300.32.2.el5uek #1 SMP Tue Aug 28 10:15:29 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Check your memory page size

[oracle@localhost ~]$ getconf PAGESIZE
4096

After

Once you are done after reboot, check Oracle Linux Version

[oracle@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/oracle-release
Oracle Linux Server release 5.9

Check kernel version

[oracle@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.39-300.28.1.el5uek #1 SMP Tue Feb 5 10:15:29 PST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Check your memory page size

[oracle@localhost ~]$ getconf PAGESIZE
4096

Ooops!!! No change ?

[root@localhost ~]$ cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled 
[always] madvise never

Actually transparent huge page allocation is enabled but it deserves a separate discussion

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