Re: upgrade 8.1.5 to 8.1.6

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>
> If this is the usual NT install a few remarks apply:
> - The most rigorous procedure to avoid any problems is to install 8.1.6 in a
> different Oracle_HOME. This will consume a lot of disk space, but it will
> work.
> - If your database was created using the install procedure (so you have an
> instance called ORCL) and you are installing in the same Oracle home, avoid
> creating a starter database during the 8.1.6 install.
> I would guess though 'database 8.1.6' refers to the software only.
>
> Usually also the Installation and User Guide (commonly called IUG) is quite
> rigorous about describing *exactly* what happens.
>
> Hth,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
> "Hein van Vroonhoven" <Hein.vanVroonhoven_at_akzonobel.com> wrote in message
> news:B1D5796F39B9D311908C00805F59305C040A36AF_at_news.ahm-nl.akzonobel.nl...
> > hi all,
> >
> > when I want to upgrade my Oracle 8i version 8.1.5 to 8.1.6 is the database
> > then upgraded or removed and newly created ?
> > When I follow the install procedure it says "upgrade". When I continue, it
> > gives at a certain point all de-installations and installations. At
> > de-installations I see database 8.1.5 and at installations I see database
> > 8.1.6.
> > Who can give me the clues, because I don't want to lose my current
 database
> > instance.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Hein van Vroonhoven
> >
> >

Also have a look at note 96117.1 - an upgrade from 8.1.5 to 8.1.6 can cause nasty corruptions...

Cheers

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