Re: Oracle version??

My inventory logs (19 files, 16.6 MB) do have a verbose record of OUI actions.
Note: all the installation logs can be deleted to clean up space. Also, the inventory
logs only record OUI actions. The Oracle 8.1.7.4.6 patch installation does not
use OUI (the DBA manually copies many files into the Oracle Home), which does
cause a mismatch between the inventory version and the actual version installed.

On the OUI opening screen, the "Installed Products..." button can be used to display the current inventory. Thus, I was looking in the inventory folder trying to
guess what OUI is using. Looking again, I found some more interesting folders:

N:\Oracle\Inventory\PatchSets\oracle.server\8.1.7.4.1\1\resources
N:\Oracle\Inventory\PatchSets\oracle.server\9.0.1.4.0\1\resources
N:\Oracle\Inventory\PatchSets\oracle.server\9.2.0.2.1\1\resources

The inventory folders does provide a way to quickly get an idea of the oracle
server version(s) installed by OUI. Use the inst_loc registry key to find the inventory
location, then look for "oracle.server" within "Components" and "PatchSets"; the
included folders have the version numbers.

Have Fun :)

Rajesh Dayal wrote:

>Hi Chip,
>
>I am talking of log directory(N:\Oracle\Inventory\logs and not
>N:\Oracle\Inventory\components), where every Installer action is logged
>and not . This doesn't matter whether your Oracle.exe is replaced or
>not. All of your OUI actions will be logged with all the relevant
>information and typically the file names are of following format.
>
>installActions2003-01-21_12-01-02PM.log
>
>So if you put little extra effort digging these files (depending on
>size, timestamp etc.) you can find out what is last activity you
>performed on what ORACLE_HOME and so the precise patch level is also
>available there...
>
>And that YP-ZP ................I mean XP, I would really hate to see a
>Oracle Database on that ;-)...
>
>Cheers,
>Rajesh
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:59 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>In the registry "My
>Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\inst_loc" specifies the
>location of the inventory folder (defaults to C:\Program
>Files\Oracle\Inventory). Note: some Oracle patches
>do replace oracle.exe without using the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)
>so the inventory would have no
>record of the patch (e.g. 8.1.7.4.6). Inside the inventory folder,
>"Components" and "Patches" have folders
>for components installed by OUI. For example, my inventory folder
>contains these folders:
>N:\Oracle\Inventory\Components\oracle.server\8.1.7.0.0\1\resources
>N:\Oracle\Inventory\Components\oracle.server\9.0.1.1.1\1\resources
>N:\Oracle\Inventory\Components\oracle.server\9.2.0.1.0\1\resources
>N:\Oracle\Inventory\Patches\oracle.rdbms\8.1.7.4.1\1\resources
>N:\Oracle\Inventory\Patches\oracle.rdbms\9.0.1.4.0\1\resources
>N:\Oracle\Inventory\Patches\oracle.rdbms\9.2.0.2.1\1\resources
>
>Note: the version numbers (folder names) do match my OUI installation of
>Oracle servers and patches.
>
>When using Windows XP Pro, the properties of oracle.exe is interesting -
>the version displayed near the
>top is 0.0.0.0, yet the "File Version" near the bottom of the dialog box
>does display the correct version.
>Wonder how Windows XP Pro finds the correct version, while Windows 2000
>Pro can't see it.
>
>Have Fun :)
>
>Rajesh Dayal wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Sunil,
>> The tragedy is that even if you logon to database, you may not
>>
>>
>find the precise
>
>
>>patch level from database.
>> The best location is orainventory/log directory. OK on MS
>>
>>
>machines
>
>
>>C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs. Go to this directory and check
>>
>>
>the latest log
>
>
>>file from this location.
>>
>>HTH,
>>Rajesh
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 7:09 AM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>
>>List,
>>
>>Can Oracle version be determined based on size of Oracle.EXE file on
>>Windows?
>>I am looking for a valid way of determining the patch level without
>>
>>
>having
>
>
>>to log onto the database and check
>>v$instance.
>>
>>appreciate any feedback.
>>
>>Sunil Nookala
>>Dell Corp.
>>Austin, TX.
>>
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