Re: 8.1.7.4.12 patch installation

Chuck <chuckh_nospam_at_softhome.net> wrote in message news:<Xns94325AEBFBCE4chuckhsofthomenet_at_130.133.1.4>...
> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in
> news:1068657678.384673_at_yasure:
>
> > Chuck wrote:
> >
> >>Looking for recommendations to make applying this patch a little
> >>better. This is perhaps the UGLIEST Oracle patch I've ever seen. There
> >>are between 75 and 100 files that need to be manually copied from the
> >>patch directory to the %ORACLE_HOME% subdirectories. I have numerous
> >>servers running 8.1.7.4 that need to be patched and each time I do it
> >>I run into at least 10 files that can't be replaced even though all
> >>Oracle services are shut down. The error message I get states
> >>essentially that those files (mostly DLLs) are still in use. There are
> >>no applications on these servers. They're purely used as database
> >>servers. What suggestions do you have to avoid these errors?
> >>
> >>I have already tried disabling all Oracle services and rebooting the
> >>server. This didn't help at all.
> >>
> >>Upgrading to 9i is not an option. The applications are not certified
> >>to run against a 9i database
> >>
> >>
> > 1. Follow the installation instruction with the patch
> > 2. Shut down the database and, if necessary, bounce the server (making
> > sure Oracle services
> > are not set to automatically start after the reboot).
> >
>
> Already tried that. See paragraph two of the OP.
>
> Is there a utility like "fuser" in Win2k that will help me determine what
> services might be loading oracle DLLs so I can disable those services
> during the patch installation too?

Try shutting down the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator service, and kill any ora* processes in Task Manager.

If that doesn't work, see
http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=198699.1 and call support.

jg

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