Re: Question about changing GI Home

From: Jeremy Schneider <jeremy.schneider_at_ardentperf.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 16:52:57 -0500
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Hi chad - maybe it's just my email client, but I don't see the attachment. Could the listserv have stripped it?

Can you give a little more detail about how the process is failing for you?

-Jeremy

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> On Jun 6, 2014, at 3:05 PM, Chad Cleveland <Chad.Cleveland_at_datavail.com> wrote:

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> Good Afternoon!

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> I was able to prove the process for moving a Grid Infrastructure home to a new location.  Moved GI from /u01/app/grid/11.2.0.4 to /u01/app/grid/11.2.0.3 on a two-node cluster.   I started by following Oracle’s documentation at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e41961/rem_orcl.htm#CWLIN2955 and failed repeatedly.  I opened an SR and they sent me the same link and said follow this.  

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> My documentation is attached. 

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> Thanks!

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> Chad Cleveland

> Oracle Database Administrator

> datAvail Corporation

> 11800 Ridge Parkway, Suite 125

> Broomfield, Colorado 80021

> chad.cleveland_at_datavail.com

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> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Schneider

> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 9:12 AM

> To: Deas, Scott

> Cc: ORACLE-L (oracle-l_at_freelists.org)

> Subject: Re: Question about changing GI Home

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> I've done a bunch of PSU applications using a similar process, and I've found that it's really not too complicated to switch the GI home (as long as it works at all <g>).  I haven't tested the process of just switching homes but as long as it works in your test like the documentation says, then I wouldn't be suspicious.  Alternatively, you could just install 11.2.0.4 into a different directory - like just 11204 or crs11204.  Personally, my top level grid directories are like "crs112038r2" where the 8 reflects the PSU number and the revision is for multiple builds (different one-off patches) on the same PSU.  In general it's a good idea to follow OFA for directory layouts, but it's not a huge deal to diverge when you have a good reason - and honestly the OFA standards around GI are a still a bit conjectural anyway (IMO).

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> On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Deas, Scott <Scott.Deas_at_lfg.com> wrote:

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> We had a contractor (no longer with us) who performed an install of GI 11.2.0.3 on a Red Hat Linux 6.4 cluster (2 nodes) into an 11.2.0.4 directory structure (/u01/app/grid/11.2.0.4).

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> Well, now we want to upgrade from 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4 and are trying to find the cleanest way to do this.  Some ideas have included wiping the host (not preferred), de-installing GI, moving 11.2.0.3 binaries and performing brand new install (as if the original never existed).

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> A co-worker found the following document from Oracle that talks about changing the GI home path, which seems like the simplest way to do it:  

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> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e41961/rem_orcl.htm#CWLIN2955

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