Re: Solaris 9 patches for Oracle 9.2.0.5

From: <sybrandb_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 30 Jun 2004 05:51:48 -0700
Message-ID: <a1d154f4.0406300451.2b53da83@posting.google.com>

gautrak_at_yahoo.com (Gautrak) wrote in message news:<76ceef56.0406292230.45937200_at_posting.google.com>...
> This will be a production database (non-RAC) upgraded from existing
> 8.1.7 db of approx 120 GB. which version of 9i should we consider then
> ?
>
> By "then apply 9.2.0.5", do you mean patchset provided by oracle ?
> Sorry, I am a newbie and hopefully get due consideration.
>
> Thanks,
> Gautrak
>

If this is a clean Solaris system (ie it doesn't have Oracle on it) I would go for Sun's recommended patches. Sun can be quite nasty anyway when you didn't apply all patches they recommend or view as mandatory. Then you would install 9ir2 from CD (which isn't identical to the 9.2.0.5 patch release).
Then you would apply the 9.2.0.5 patch. As you aren't running Oracle yet, there is no reason why you shouldn't upgrade to the latest available patchset.

Hth

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Wed Jun 30 2004 - 07:51:48 CDT