Re: Post patches after 11.2.0.3 ugprade
From: Jeremy Schneider <jeremy.schneider_at_ardentperf.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:23:15 -0500
Message-ID: <CA+fnDAYtzvd4u1VmVUU48U35tnPYpsu3VObrt24u2RMK88eDEA_at_mail.gmail.com>
Here's what I do...
I generally would not apply one-off patches for a problem we have not encountered. (For exceptions to this, reasoning would be documented.) Once a one-off has been installed, it needs to be maintained -- if it is not rolled into a PSU then a merge may be required for future updates. The one-off would also need to be installed for all other databases in the organization running the same application as the one which generated the problem, and in some cases perhaps it should be installed on all databases in the company running other apps.
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:23:15 -0500
Message-ID: <CA+fnDAYtzvd4u1VmVUU48U35tnPYpsu3VObrt24u2RMK88eDEA_at_mail.gmail.com>
Here's what I do...
I generally would not apply one-off patches for a problem we have not encountered. (For exceptions to this, reasoning would be documented.) Once a one-off has been installed, it needs to be maintained -- if it is not rolled into a PSU then a merge may be required for future updates. The one-off would also need to be installed for all other databases in the organization running the same application as the one which generated the problem, and in some cases perhaps it should be installed on all databases in the company running other apps.
I will review the release notes for each PSU. Generally I would prefer to stay on top of installing these, but if we are tight on resources (DBA, testing, etc) and nothing in the PSU seems to apply to our particular architecture, I may skip a PSU. It should be documented that we did review the PSU and made this assessment.
-J
-- http://about.me/jeremy_schneider On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Kumar Madduri <ksmadduri_at_gmail.com> wrote:Received on Wed Jun 26 2013 - 22:23:15 CEST
> Hello:
> We are planning to ugrade to 11.2.0.3 and apply PSU6 after the upgrade.
> This will bring us to 11.2.0.3.6.
> I have found this note "11.2.0.3 Patch Set - Availability and Known Issues
> [ID 1348336.1]".
> In this note patches or bug numbers are given which can occur after upgrade
> to 11.2.0.3.
> What is the general procedure that is followed by you guys in general
>
> (a) Do take the additional patches after taking PSU6 eventhough you dont
> encounter any issues listed in 1348336.1
> or
> (b) Do you stop after applying PSU6 and release to users for testing. As
> part of testing, if users find issues,do you apply these patches if
> required at that time. The concern here is if we apply patches without
> encountering issues , it may introduce new issues
>
> Thank you
> Kumar
>
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