Oracle-L: RE: 8.1.7 patch it up?

From: McBain, Neil SITI-ITDSEL314 <Neil.N.McBain_at_is.shell.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 05:13:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004E08B7.20021004051325@fatcity.com>

Probably arguments both ways however if you have existing support from Oracle I would be inclined to upgrade to the terminal release of 8i since it will lengthen your support window (8i desupports Dec 2003). We have had to patch up to 8.1.7.3 for a few applications although we are running on Unix, there is always the chance you could hit a problem in the future which is fixed in 8.1.7.[2,3,4] however it is difficult to argue with "if its not broken, don't fix it", probably depends on any upgrade plans you have, 9i ? 10i ?? Not sure about RMAN just investigating it myself no doubt others can comment.

HTH,
Neil McBain
Oracle DBA - OCP 8i/9i

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I'm administering a number of production databases (mixture of standard and enterprise editions) most of which are version 8.1.7.0.0 on Windows NT and 2000. All are functioning fine and I have no issues.

I'm considering patching (to 8.1.7.4) some if not all databases and just want to know if this is an absolute must if all systems are currently running fine. In other words does "if its not broken, don't fix it" apply?

Also, I'm considering implementing RMAN in the near future and am wondering if there are significant issues with this on the unpatched 8.1.7 database.

Seán O' Neill
Organon (Ireland) Ltd.
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