Re: installing security patches on a Windows database server (was "Oracle 10g for Windows")

From: Kresimir Fabijanic <kfabijanic_at_optusnet.com.au>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:55:23 +1100
Message-ID: <402C58BB.5030608@optusnet.com.au>

A person would think (silly me) that a sites like that would (I would say should) have some level of redundancy build (either as standby or replicated database or copy of the database) as a part of their DR policy. That redundancy would help to minimise (even possibly eliminate) downtime. That way all work on upgrades can be done behind the scene. I worked on site where redundancy was build in application itself, so there was effectively no downtime (OK, we called all users that were using application at 3 a.m. [both of them] to get in and out of application).
Maybe an idea that you may share with all CIOs and VPs next time a critical update/patch needs to be applied

Kind Regards

Kresimir Fabijanic

Jared.Still_at_radisys.com wrote:

>In addition, when your company has offices in time zones all over the
>globe,
>the idea of 'after hours' gets a bit muddy.
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>Mladen Gogala <mladen_at_wangtrading.com>
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>On 02/12/2004 03:04:08 PM, Paula_Stankus_at_doh.state.fl.us wrote:
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>>Don't do the patch until after hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>Define "after hours". When working at OXHP, after hours was 2 hours
>a week, on Saturday afternoon. Everything that required downtime had
>to be done then. Restarting database at any other time required an
>explicit approval from the CIO himself or coordination between
>VP of shared services, VP of development and representatives of
>the business side. Restarting system is actually a very, very big
>deal. I know a guy who used to work at the site which managed
>911 calls for the state of NY. They had downtime window of 1 hour
>a month. The phrase "after hours" can be radically different from
>one place to another. For instance, I doubt that Rajendra can
>restart database which follows the scores of the sport events
>after 5 PM. That would be a bigger scandal then the unrehearsed
>wardrobe malfunction during the recent sport mega-event.
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