Re: GI and DB PSU Patch

From: Rajesh Aialavajjala <r.aialavajjala_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:23:49 -0500
Message-ID: <CAGvtKv7+VXmTT+xCP5XAA-VearqbbWw0gz_rNkd-MnGigKu_+w_at_mail.gmail.com>

Sanjay,
 Oracle recommends that in a Grid Infrastructure environmetn - that GI patches be applied to both the GI and RDBMS ORACLE_HOMEs' ...

*Which Patch Needs to be Applied to Which Home in GI/CRS and RAC Environment (Doc ID 1474914.1)*

*FAQ: OPatch/Patch Questions/Issues for Oracle Clusterware (Grid Infrastructure or CRS) and RAC Environments (Doc ID 1339140.1)*

Of course - there can be exceptions - as occurred w/ the January 2014 Critical Patch Update....where there was no 11.2.0.4 GI PSU <this may not apply in the case you're mentioning since your e-mail states the highest version is 11.2.0.3>

Will there be a Grid Infrastructure (GI) PatchSet Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.1 (Jan 2014)? (Doc ID 1611875.1)

As relates to ASM-RDBMS version compatibility...

*Oracle Clusterware (CRS/GI) - ASM - Database Version Compatibility (Doc ID 337737.1)*

Thanks,

--Rajesh

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Sanjay Mishra <smishra_97_at_yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi
>
> Is it fine to only apply PSU patch to DB and ignore GI ? I thought ASM
> should be same or higher version that RDBMS. In one of the existing client,
> I saw patches are only applied to RDBMS and never to GI. There is no other
> reason except look like anyone never looked to it and follow the standard
> going on. Current version is 11g 2( 11.2.0.1-11.2.0.3).
>
> So if someone share any Oracle metalink docs or suggestion as what is best
> practices and why? Greatly appreciate it.
>
> TIA
> Sanjay
>

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