Re: Newbie Q: Patch Set issues

Update:

I have been searching around and it appears the named Oracle_Home does not exist for this install. I'm thinking either it got stepped on or erroneously deleted. is there a way to create a named home without doing an install?

At this point I cant really install over the top can i ?

On 9/27/06, Bryan Wells <bunjibry_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Brandon. I did read up on the rootpre.sh for AIX and found that it
> wasnt necessary but recommended. LOL! Cover the bases
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
> On 9/27/06, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com> wrote:
> >
> > I think it's a known, documented issue that the rootpre.sh doesn't
> > exist with the AIX patchsets even though you are instructed to run it. The
> > answer we were given from support was that it doesn't really need to be run
> > again since it should have been executed already at install time. If you
> > search Metalink for " rootpre.sh AIX", you'll get some hits with the
> > details.
> >
> > I'm not sure what to do about your missing ORACLE_HOME though. I don't
> > know where the OUI looks for those, but I'd guess it's either /etc/oratab or
> > maybe somewhere in the oraInventory directory.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brandon
> >
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> > *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]
> > *On Behalf Of *Bryan Wells
> >
> > I am attempting to upgrade Oracle from 9.2.0.5 to 9.2.0.7 on AIX-64bit
> > IBM P570.
> > 1.) rootpre.sh cannot be found in the downloaded patchset. 2.)after
> > using
> > rootpre.sh from another home, installer will not recognize the Oracle
> > Home i am
> > attempting to upgrade.
> >
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