RE: Upgrading AIX ferom 5.2 to 5.3

Oracle use to recommend it more strongly to always relink Oracle after upgrading or patching a Unix OS, as documented in Metalink 131321.1, however it looks like they recently reworded that note to weaken the recommendation and it now basically says that the OS vendors guarantee compatibility with Oracle so no relink is required unless specifically stated otherwise. I even opened an SR a couple weeks ago on this when we patched our HPUX boxes and the Oracle support rep said that it is not required, but still recommended just to be safe because that way if there are any problems you will identify them right then, in a more controlled manner where you'll be able to more easily isolate any problems that might be introduced by the patch and deal with them during the scheduled down time, roll back the OS patch if necessary, etc. It's a pretty simple process with the "relink all" command, so I generally agree - better safe than sorry, and better now (right after the OS patch), then months later when we'll have no idea what caused the problem.

Regards,
Brandon

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I've seen OS upgrades take place all the time without having to relink Oracle. I got into the habit of doing it myself. Did anyone have issues either way?

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