Re: Windows XP 10.2.0.2 Patch

On 3/7/07, Ethan Post <post.ethan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to install the 10.2.0.2 patch for windows and Oracle installer
> is requesting that I shutdown about ~30 services before I can continue. I
> can actually only shut down about 20 of them. The rest either never shutdown
> or I don't have access to shut them down. I am in the administrators group.
> XP service pack 2. Anyone else seen this?
>

Ethan,

Besides shutting down the Oracle services that are running out of the Oracle Home that is to have the patchset applied to it, I know of these services that need to be stopped:

distributed transaction coordinator

In all likelyhood, none of your programs running on an Oracle server require MS DTC to be running, but it is installed and enabled by default which makes it a very popular target for remote exploits and a large reason why "Black Tuesday" is followed by "Patch Wednesday" each month.

Other programs that would access a .dll in the %ORACLE_HOME%\bin would be services that run on top of snmp or backup software agents.

One way to determine what processes are holding handles on files is to dump the handle information. SysInternals has utilities for providing such information that are gratis for your personal use (check the click-thru license).

handle.exe, process explorer, process monitor will all do.

hth.

Paul

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