Re: windows users patch advisory

Oracle support confirmed to me that, for 9.2.0.8 / win32, patch 8 (6038279) need to be installed on top of CpuApril2007 to solve the issue of unrecoverability.

Andre

2007/6/8, Andre van Winssen <dreveewee_at_gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Niall, thanks for raising this.
>
> The whole release management of Oracle patches by the vendor is very
> confusing even for oracle support analysts. I logged an SR about if we have
> to apply patch 6038279 on top of CpuApril2007 (5916268 aka 9208 patch 6)
> and the analyst told me that CpuApril2007 for 9208/win32 and patch *8* are
> one and the same which is obviously NOT the case.
>
> I am trying to explain to Oracle that their communication on patches are
> sometimes very confusing and we customers have to figure out a lot
> ourselves. It's difficult to assess patches if information from the vendor
> is incomplete.
>
> Regards,
> Andre
>
>
> 2007/6/5, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>:
> >
> > If you are
> >
> > - running windows 32bit
> > - and 9.2.0.8
> > - and have kept up to date with CPU patching.
> >
> > you will wish to download and test Patchset 8 patch 6038279 to resolve
> > the issues addressed in Note *434527.1.** **W*itout this patch it is
> > likely that your database is unrecoverable.
> >
> > --
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
> > http://www.orawin.info
>
>
>

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