Re: SUSPECT: RE: multiple patchsets

> This is making me a little nervous. We are installing 9.2.0.7 today in development.
> What I originally read in the patch title was that this contained patch 3 to 9.2.0.7.
> Now I don't see that. It seems like there are multiple patching paths on metalink.
Take a look at the note(see bellow in this post). There is no room for panic!!! It is just a simple OUI bug ;) Some "Lazy" Oracle developer forgot to drink his morning cap of cofee. I'm sure you can install JRE 1.4.2 manualy without applying any oracle patsets in front of 9.2.0.7.
Only think 9.2.0.7 is missing is JRE, nothing to do with the code. If you would like to go official way just install 9.2.0.[5,6] software (do not do any thing with your DB-es) ignore any errors if there are any (I have doubs if there will be any). Install 9.2.0.7 and do all post installation steps.

BWT: Do not forget to drink your moning cofee ;)

J.

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When installing the 9.2.0.7 64-bit Patch Set on Solaris 64bit JRE 1.4.2 is not installed if the current ORACLE_HOME is at 9.2.0.4 (or lower).
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This is only a problem if installing 9.2.0.7 on top of 9.2.0.4 (or earlier). If the pre-patched ORACLE_HOME is version 9.2.0.5 or 9.2.0.6 then JRE 1.4.2 will already be installed. "

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Workaround:
  Install 9.2.0.5 or 9.2.0.6 before installing 9.2.0.7  or
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On 1/9/06, Freeman, Donald wrote:
> This is making me a little nervous. We are installing 9.2.0.7 today in development. \
What I originally read in the patch title was that this contained patch 3 to 9.2.0.7. Now \ I don't see that. It seems like there are multiple patching paths on metalink.
>
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> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Jurijs Velikanovs
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> Subject: Re: multiple patchsets
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>
> >> and hope that the alerts have already been issued at least the day
> before I apply the patchset
> Do not install a patchset straight away after it is realest. Wait 1/2 of year.
> If you have been pushed to install new patch, install it in a test environment.
> If you got any problems log a SR with high priority.
>
> I would say it is normal DBA live nowadays.
>
> PS I don't believe it is just Oracle. Probably it is because many big
> SW companies doing developing outscoring and are in the rush to make a
> profit.
>
> Jurijs
>
>
>
> On 1/6/06, Hemant K Chitale wrote:
> >
> >
> > All of which sounds ridiculous. Going by that logic, I should not have
> > applied
> > the CPU-Oct05 patch without having applied the CPU-Jul05 patch .... no ,
> > wait a minute,
> > I should have applied the CPU-Apr05 .. or even the CPU-Jan05 patch ...
> >
> > How could they assume that we religiously apply every patchset ? How many
> > times in a year should I schedule downtime for the 24x7 ERP database ?
> > If we could jump from 8.0.6.x to 9.2.0.1, surely we could go from 9.2.0.1
> > to 9.2.0.6 or
> > 9.2.0.2 to 9.2.07. The PatchSet README's DO SAY that they are *cumulative*
> > !
> >
> >
> > oh well. Before I apply the latest patchset I must look out for alerts
> > recommending,
> > pre-patch patches [and hope that the alerts have already been issued at
> > least the day
> > before I apply the patchset].
> >
> > Hemant K Chitale
> >
> > At 06:07 AM Friday, Paul Drake wrote:
> > On 1/5/06, Ray Stell wrote:
> > Concerning Solaris 64bit 9.2.0.4.
> >
> > I found this note that says I have to apply 9.2.0.6 before 9.2.0.7.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ray,
> >
> > That sounds quite familiar.
> > Originally, 9i R2 for lin_x86 was released as 9.2.0.3.
> > It was later re-released as 9.2.0.4.
> > The 9.2.0.5 patchset could not be applied to 9.2.0.3.
> > At the time, there was no note about it - it was simply a difference of
> > assumptions
> > (the patchset was produced with the assumption that 9.2.0.4 had been
> > applied).
> >
> >
> >
> > Hemant K Chitale
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