Re: any extra patches to consider?

Thank you.

In case people were wondering, my intention is not to criticize Oracle or their staff, it's just that I know from experience that bureaucracies don't work. The bigger they are, the more lacunae they produce.q

On Sep 13, 2016 06:39, "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Good day Patrice,
>
> Oracle does maintain a list of recommended patches at
> https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=756671.1 this
> is essentially the PSU/Bundle patches and JVM patches plus the note Patrick
> refers to. In addition, there are some useful notes scattered around
> Metalink containing patches pertinent to individual *features* -
> unfortunately, these don't seem to follow a consistent naming convention or
> be gathered in one note. For 12.1.0.2 there are, at least, the following.
>
> https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2035898.1 =>
> SQL Plan Management
> https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1061366.1 =>
> Table compression
> https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1495104.1 =>
> Direct NFS
>
> I'm fairly sure there is one each for AQ and ASM but I don't seem to have
> recorded the numbers of these notes.
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 6:10 AM, Patrick Jolliffe <jolliffe_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Patrice,
>> I was looking in this area fairly recently and have a couple of pointers
>> you may wish to consider.
>>
>> Firstly, consider moving from PSU's to DBBP (Database Proactive Bundle
>> Patches).
>> A few resources you can find about the differences:
>> https://blogs.oracle.com/UPGRADE/entry/oracle_april_2016_psu_and
>> https://www.pythian.com/blog/oracle-database-12c-psus-vs-dat
>> abase-proactive-bundle-patches/
>> In summary each DBBP contain a superset of bug fixes contained in the
>> equivalent PSU.
>> Note that one-off patches must either be build for DBBP or PSU, they are
>> not interchangable.
>> I decided that DBBP was the way to go on Linux (and maybe Solaris) only
>> for now, as I guess Exadata customers install the DBBP as part of full
>> stack patchset, so they are likely better tested, and individual bug fixes
>> on top of the DBBPs are often available.
>> For AIX (our other main platform), seems individual bug-fixes are
>> generally only available on top of PSU's for now, so I guess DBBP on AIX is
>> less well tested, at least until Oracle does a better job of communicating
>> the best practices.
>>
>> In addition, you may also want to review the following document which
>> lists some bug fixes not included in latest PSU or DBBP.
>> Things to Consider to Avoid Poor Performance or Wrong Results on 12.1.0.2
>> (Doc ID 2034610.1) I guess there are equivalents for other versions.
>>
>> Slightly worryingly (in the case of 12.1.0.2) we have encountered quite a
>> few cases of wrong results, some very easy to reproduce. Bug fixes for
>> some of these issues already exist, but they are neither included in PSU,
>> DBBP or the support note above.
>>
>> Regards
>> Patrick
>>
>> https://hkpatora.com/
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>> On 11 September 2016 at 00:30, Patrice sur GMail <
>> patrice.boivin_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> After Y2K I was playing around with a software called Harris InfoSTAT
>>> which scanned our Windows workstation, told us what vulnerabilities
>>> existed, and which Windows security updates were missing. Even though we
>>> were applying all the updates recommended by Microsoft, there were 2 or 3
>>> which existed but that Microsoft had forgotten to put into the update
>>> system or decided to omit. (there were also a bunch of registry settings
>>> InfoSTAT recommended like disable CD drive autostart and probably now they
>>> would say disable USB ports but that's something else)
>>>
>>> When I realized Microsoft "missed' some vulnerability updates, it left
>>> me wondering what Windows bug fixes were also missing.
>>>
>>> Regarding Oracle, are there any "good" patches which aren't included in
>>> the PSU bundles? (PSU here including both bug and security fixes).
>>>
>>> Just wondering.
>>>
>>> Other than poking around in Oracle's Support site by product looking for
>>> patches, is there a tech note page which lists other patches, like perhaps
>>> for EBS or other products, that would be useful to have in more generic
>>> databases?
>>>
>>> ​I am fishing I suppose but I know there are smart people on this list
>>> who know more than I do.
>>>
>>> -- Patrice
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