Re: Q: RAC and non-RAC databases on same servers

From: Alex Gorbachev <gorbyx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:53:14 +0200
Message-ID: <c2213f68050419145372f7a826@mail.gmail.com>

If the patch is rolling patch it can be applied for each instance one by one so RAC database has basically no downtime. If patch is not rolling (or the whole patch set with dictionary upgrade) then it should be applied on all oracle homes of all instances at the same time.

We don't have time for it during our outage window so we install it to another Oracle home and then only switch oracle home and upgrade catalog.

This was the answer on the first question as I undertsood it. The second question I don't understand at all.

2005/4/19, mhthomas <qnxodba_at_gmail.com>:
> Hi,

>=20

> On 4/18/05, Alex Gorbachev <gorbyx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > We are running RAC and non-RAC databases from the same Oracle home. We
> > are on HP ServiceGuard as well.
> > You can also have separate oracle homes relinked with/without RAC optio=
n.
> >

>=20

> When you do a patch do you patch everything at the same time, e.g. all
> RAC nodes and all their shared homes? Did patching influence your
> decision for same Oracle home?

>=20

> Regards,

>=20

> Mike Thomas

>=20

--=20
Best regards,
Alex Gorbachev

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