RE: Rolling back CPUOct2006 to re-install question

From: Mercadante, Thomas F \(LABOR\) <Thomas.Mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:15:03 -0500
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Jared,

Wouldn't "Opatch rollback" handle rolling the Oracle Software back to the prior state?

Tom

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:08 PM To: DIANNA.GIBBS_at_childrens.com
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Rolling back CPUOct2006 to re-install question

On 1/17/07, DIANNA GIBBS <DIANNA.GIBBS_at_childrens.com> wrote:

We would like to rollback the patch (installed and running on TEST system for a week), so we
can re-install the patch for timings, procedures, etc. Can we be able do this? Is
there any issue of DD corruption or is this advisable to try this? We would

The patch instruction cover this. There is a script to rollback the patch in the database.

ORACLE_HOME is another matter. You must either restore it from backup, or re-install oracle to the required version.

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