Re: Oracle Upgrade 9.0 to 9.2

Paul Drake wrote:

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> call me a terminology nazi, at troll, whatever, but
>
> one upgrades a database, one does not upgrade an instance.
> you can downgrade an instance, by pulling the freaking plug.
> an instance dies when the ups fails, or when you perform a cold backup
> prior to performing maintenance work on a database.
>
> check the concepts manual.
>
> Pd

I won't call you that but what you ask has an interesting twist.

What do you call it when you are upgrading a RAC implementation and doing the patching/upgrading one node at a time? ;-)

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