RE: Active files message when applying a patch bundle on Windows

Good luck, and be careful! :-)

Stephan Uzzell

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Schauss, Peter (ESS) Sent: Monday, 22 April, 2013 14:02
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Active files message when applying a patch bundle on Windows

I have a windows server (32 bit) which I am attempting to upgrade from 11.1.0.7 to 11.2.0.3. For this particular application we are running test and production instances on the same server (not my choice), so I have to proceed with a bit of caution. I installed 11.2.0.3 in a separate ORACLE_HOME. Now I am trying to apply Patch Bundle 18 before I upgrade the test instance. At this point I have not migrated any of the databases to the new version and we are still using the 11.1.0.7 listener.

When I run opatch I get:

Following files are active :

d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oracommon11.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraclient11.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\orageneric11.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\orapls11.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oran11.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraxml11.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oci.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\orannzsbb11.dll
d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraasmclnt11.dll

How can I tell what process is using these DLLs or is opatch confusing the 11.2.0 versions of these libraries with the 11.1.0 versions?

Tasklist /m will only accept the file name, not the full path name.

Does this mean that I have to shut down the production instances before I can apply a patch to the new ORACLE_HOME?

Thanks,
Peter Schauss
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Mon Apr 22 2013 - 20:14:07 CEST