Re: Rolling Opatch Commands
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:38:19 +0100
Message-ID: <CABe10sYJMs-7ufhfC+g3eBfVWbGdJpK+kfUoY8-cAdosLpxsJw_at_mail.gmail.com>
What does opatch say?
opatch query -is_rolling_patch [unzipped patch location]
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Chris King <ckaj111_at_yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I'm supposed to apply the patch to GRID as well as the database home, so I
> know the commands to stop/start all components, but I was expecting to see
> the details in one of the documents, particularly to specify what flags to
> use for the opatch apply in order to be sure I'm running it as a rolling
> patch. Doesn't look like these are included in the readme files..
>
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> *From:* Chris King <ckaj111_at_yahoo.ca>
> *To:* Rajesh Aialavajjala <r.aialavajjala_at_gmail.com>
> *Cc:* "oracle-l_at_freelists.org" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2015 12:15 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: Rolling Opatch Commands
>
> Hi Rajesh,
>
> The readme just says to use the OPatch rolling installation method and
> refers me to the same document 244241.1 you mentioned. That document
> explains the concept of what happens when using the rolling patch method,
> but it doesn't give any commands.
>
> The patch I need to apply is an old CPU patch
> p16742095_112030_Linux-x86-64.zip. (Unfortunately I have to use this old
> one because there was an oops with the CPUs and one of the bugs fixed in
> this patch was not included in the subsequent CPUs.)
>
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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> *From:* Rajesh Aialavajjala <r.aialavajjala_at_gmail.com>
> *To:* ckaj111_at_yahoo.ca
> *Cc:* "oracle-l_at_freelists.org" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2015 11:55 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Rolling Opatch Commands
>
> Chris,
> What CPU are you trying to apply ? In a RAC installation - I'd "guess"
> that the preferred choice as defined by the README would be to use "opatch
> auto"
>
> These documents might help...
>
> Rolling Patch - OPatch Support for RAC (Doc ID 244241.1)
> FAQ: OPatch/Patch Questions/Issues for Oracle Clusterware (Grid
> Infrastructure or CRS) and RAC Environments (Doc ID 1339140.1)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Rajesh
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Chris King <ckaj111_at_yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> Please excuse this newbee question.
> I'm applying a rolling opatch (CPU) to an 11.2.0.3 RAC installation on
> linux, and none of the documents seem to point me to the
> instructions/commands on how to execute a rolling patch with opatch. They
> are not included in the readme, nor in the documents referenced in the
> readme.
>
> Where can I find the actual commands to run to execute an opatch rolling
> patch?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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>
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