Re: Patching RAC

Hello Lisa

2) I do not open the database to general use during patching, RAC or no RAC.

    Let me finish the upgrade in peace and I will give you a working database AFTER I finish.
3) Check the docs, and see if there are corrections for the CRS.

    I will recommend running the patch against all three homes, just to be sure.

    I do not check CPU for specific corrections. I just run it against all homes.

About the template databases, I never use them. They are usually in version x.0.1 and you have to upgrade then.

I first install software only and upgrade and patch it, then I build a database from scratch.

Adar Yechiel
Rechovot, Israel

Koivu, Lisa wrote:
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> My questions are:
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> 1. Has anyone ever had a CPU patch go south because the database
> was in use?
> 2. Am I the only one who is nervous running something that is
> modifying the data dictionary while the database is open for
> general use?
> 3. Are there CPU patches for the clusterware? I don't see any.
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> And as a tidbit, to those of you who may not already know this: When
> creating a database with dbca, don't use the template databases if you
> can avoid it (general purpose, data warehouse, transaction
> processing). These preconfigured databases save time within the
> database creation process, but they include the java engine within the
> database. It takes a long time to patch the jvm.
>

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