Re: Oracle Patches

On Mar 15, 9:41 pm, m..._at_mtekusa.com wrote:
> On Mar 15, 8:26 pm, "Ana C. Dent" <anaced..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > m..._at_mtekusa.com wrote in news:9f029f44-7659-43d9-9d19-
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> > > On Mar 15, 7:43 pm, hpuxrac <johnbhur..._at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > >> On Mar 15, 7:53 pm, m..._at_mtekusa.com wrote:
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> > >> > Hi,
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> > >> > I'm kind of new at this.  We are running Oracle 10g R2, what looks
> > >> > like 10.2.0.1.0 on solaris SPARC 32.
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> > >> > I need to install all the patches that are realted to that version.
> > >> > However, when I loko on Metalink, I get different results depending
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> > >> > what search criteria I use.
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> > >> > Can someone help point me out to where the proper patche(s) for our
> > >> > version of Oracle??
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> > >> > Thank you so much!!
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> > >> > John
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> > >> First what you want is "probably" the 10.2.0.3 patchset ... ( since
> > >> 10.2.0.4 is not yet available for solaris any platform afaik ).  Are
> > >> you really running SPARC 32 bit not SPARC 64 bit?
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> > >> You can log into metalink and click on the patches tab ... there is a
> > >> section with a funky interface that gives links to the latest
> > >> patchsets on a per platform basis that you can use ... or you can
> > >> search more directly.  All in all, the oracle interfaces for locating
> > >> patchsets and/or patches is well clunky at best.
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> > >> I would give you a direct link but the oracle support website isn't
> > >> even responding at the current time ... so maybe that part of the
> > >> problem you are running into right now?
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> > > I tried 2 things:
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> > > I go to Metalink
> > > I click on the Patches tab
> > > I choose 10.2.0.2  (I do not see a 10.2.0.1 on that page)
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> > The last step above is where you went wrong.
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> > You should have used the link below
> > Quick Links to the Latest Patchsets, Mini Packs, and Maintenance Packs
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> > Next hover over the "Database" link & the  select the specific OS you
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> Ana,
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> At the top, when I choose Oracle and my OS  (Solaris SPARC 32) it does
> not give me any patches for 10.2.0.1....
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> However, when I go down and choose RDBMS Server and choose my OS
> (Solaris SPARC 32) it gives me 2 patches, but neither are for
> 10.2.01.  does it really matter between 10.2.0.1 and 10.2.0.2??
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> Patch #: 5345437
> Patch #: 6708377
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> Also, I thought there were patches to 10.2.0.3???
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> Thanks again!
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I don't think oracle ever put out a 10.2 version for 32 bit solaris sparc ... or even a 10.1 version.

64 bit solaris sparc yes to both of them.

Oracle did put out a 10.1 version of 32 bit solaris x86 and might have a patchset or two.

For 10.2 oracle support of solaris though it is all just 64 bit on either the sparc platform or solaris platform.

Do you understand the difference between sparc platform and x86? Are you maybe running 10.1 32 bit solaris x86? If so getting patchsets and patches is going to be frustrating. Received on Sat Mar 15 2008 - 21:24:18 CDT