Re: applying patch set

risks? there's risks to patching?

There are an ubeilvable amount of risks it all depends on what type of patch/upgrade you are doing. It also depends on your OS as well heres some of my reccomendations

1. Read the Readme
2. Read the readme AGAIN
3. Call support ( if you have it) to make sure there is no issues with thepatch 4 read the readme one last time.
4. If you think its going to take an hour to do schedule a window for FOUR
5. Follow the directions very carefullly

9 times out of 10 I have been succesful this way. Just do your research before hand and don't patch blindly...Oh yeah Take a cold backup of everything (including binaries) just before in case your really worried!

Joshua Goodstein
Oracle DBA

vissuyk_at_yahoo.com (Vissu) wrote in message news:<2bedd6a7.0108231427.3863f170_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I want to apply a patch set to a production Oracle DB. What are the
> risks involved ?. Any tips/suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Vissu
Received on Thu Aug 23 2001 - 21:03:35 CDT