[RHEV] Should I place my RHEL host into maintanence before patching the server?

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Issue

  • Need to patch RHEL hosts in RHEV environment
  • Normally push updates via Customer Portal or cronjob
  • Does the host need to be in Maintanence mode before packages are updated?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Host

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