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RE: patch set testing

From: Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak_at_il.proquest.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 14:28:51 -0400
Message-ID: <4C9B6FDA0B06FE4DAF5918BBF0AD82CF09EFEB3E@bosmail00.bos.il.pqe>


Josh,

Guidelines we follow are:
1) When moving a major release, like 8.1.7 to 9.2.0, always go with the newest patchset that's out, in this case, 9.2.0.5.

2.) If just bumping up a patchset, don't go there, unless you need to fix a problem that you actually have. If you're going from 9.2.0.2 to 9.2.0.5 just cause 9.2.0.5 is there, that's not a reason to go.

3.) Regardless of if we are going from one major release to another, we always try to roll it out with the release of our product, so that it gets a full complement of QA testing,=20 capacity testing and soak testing.

4.) We try to stay away from one-off patches all together, but, sometimes you can't. In that case, we'll roll it into our pre-prod environment, run a 3-4 hour cap test, and if that succeeds, we'll run a weekend long soak test, to hopefully=20 catch memory leaks, and those types of problems.

Patching is always an art and never a science. You just mitigate what you can and hope for the best. (And be prepared for the worst!)

Hope that helps,

-Mark

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Josh Collier Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 2:14 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: patch set testing

Greetings,
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Is there a routine you follow for testing patch sets, such as an upgrade from 9.2.0.3 to 9.2.0.5?
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thanks,
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Josh C.=20

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