Re: Post patches after 11.2.0.3 ugprade

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Jeremy Schneider < jeremy.schneider_at_ardentperf.com> wrote:

> 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
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> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Kumar Madduri <ksmadduri_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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