Re: Patch sanity check

From: Martin Bach <development_at_the-playground.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:17:54 +0000
Message-Id: <20110218081754.E47FD26D4219_at_oberon.hgrfactory.com>



Hi Niall,

Exadata patching is a completely different beast (Frits could confirm-taking waiting to whole new levels) with its own cycle and release dependencies.

For everyone else's RAC and Oracle Restart things are different with 11.2.0.2: Grid infrastructure is always an out of place patch, I.e you need a new Oracle home. The RDBMS binaries can be patched in place or out of place, the latter is preferred.

For Linux RAC only: if you are on 11.2.0.1 you have to install a PSU (not sure if 11.2.0.1.1 or 11.2.0.1.2) before running rootupgrade.sh in your new Grid Home. I think this is documented as an alert in the 11.2.0.2 availability and ... mos note.

Hth,

Martin

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  • Reply message ----- From: "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 17, 2011 17:54 Subject: Patch sanity check To: <TESTAJ3_at_nationwide.com> Cc: <janine_at_furfly.net>, "oracle-l L" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>

Yes and no 11.2.0.2 can be installed as a patch, the official word going forward is full install. Any folks running exadata - is that feasible.

On 17 Feb 2011 17:46, <TESTAJ3_at_nationwide.com> wrote:

Janine, if i'm reading this right, 11.2 and forward patches will be full installs(eventually forced into a new oracle home).

Someone feel free to correct me.

joe



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 From: Janine Ohmer <janine_at_furfly.net> To: oracle-l L < oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Date: 02/17/2011 12:42 PM Subject: Patch sanity check Sent by: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org


Ah, the wonderful world of MOS! No wonder you all have been singing its praises! :) Fortunatel...

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