Received: (qmail 22554 invoked from network); 28 Oct 2011 13:49:08 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by static-ip-85-25-126-90.inaddr.ip-pool.com with SMTP; 28 Oct 2011 13:49:03 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id CBFC1E4FC7D; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:48:56 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=freelists.org; s=turing; t=1319827736; bh=osavB2PovCavMTQg+CBhB8D8ObdCuH0ca+Nstgp3 5wU=; h=From:To:Date:Subject:Message-ID:References:In-Reply-To: Content-type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Sender: Reply-To:List-help:List-unsubscribe:List-Id:List-subscribe: List-owner:List-post:List-archive; b=Mt4laN3dnW9nxCqQ3kALhkh7yKBHU An5MkWp2TgDPhpWMAjB99X2vjI6st/WrW8bE7SaDhevbG17lnIkmm8nuwU9U+uavXJn GNDXWJtSTpCNARaJB1kdLGFIp15kteugVdhtknIjH9oCnLJ2FV8or4XyEyi8BMol58r esEcYV+w= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65bMb84KwS5a; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:48:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id F013AE4FBEA; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:48:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:47:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 13D5FE4D70D for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:47:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pqR9FTLegibc for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:47:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail02.mba.xifin.com (exchange.xifin.com [204.182.51.169]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 035F8E4D6D9 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:47:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail02.mba.xifin.com ([172.20.1.42]) by mail02.mba.xifin.com ([172.20.1.42]) with mapi; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:46:32 -0700 From: Michael Dinh To: "'Joel.Patterson@crowley.com'" , "oracle-l@freelists.org" Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:46:32 -0700 Subject: RE: Oracle Home naming (and out-of-place patching) Thread-Topic: Oracle Home naming (and out-of-place patching) Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-archive-position: 39665 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: mdinh@XIFIN.Com Precedence: normal Reply-To: mdinh@XIFIN.Com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l Shameless plug: http://mdinh.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/11-2-0-3-silent-install-and-database-creation-using-omf/ Comments welcome. Michael Dinh Disparity Breaks Automation (DBA) Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong - Peter T Mcintyre   -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Joel.Patterson@crowley.com Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 7:30 AM To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Oracle Home naming (and out-of-place patching) Metalink Note: 1189783.1 speaks of out-of-place upgrading and patching. I'm wonder if it might be a good idea to change the oracle home naming conventions to use four or five digits under product directory, out-of-place patching being a driving factor. Examples: /orasoft/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 /orasoft/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1 /orasoft/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2.1/dbhome_1 I was wondering what a sampling of opinions would produce from this list. Five digits would represent PSU patching. In my case, once the oratab file is updated, everything else (scripts, etc), will set environment correctly, so no issues there. Joel Patterson Database Administrator 904 727-2546 -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l