Re: Creating Oracle installation by copying binaries - urgent.

From: Ronald Rood <devnull_at_ronr.nl>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 13:04:48 +0100
Message-ID: <0001HW.BE6C5FF0008E954EF03055B0@news.individual.net>

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 09:20:54 +0100, joshic_at_mahindrabt.com wrote (in article <1111911654.193103.201710_at_o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>):

>
> Ronald Rood wrote:

>> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:55:11 +0100, joshic_at_mahindrabt.com wrote
>> (in article <1111838111.860534.170340_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>):
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> OS: Solaris 8 (64-bit)
>>> Oracle Version : 9.2.0.4 / 9.2.0.6 (Enterprise Edition)
>>> 
>>> I need to perform a task that I know is not supported by Oracle but

> I

>>> think is possible.
>>> 
>>> <Summary>
>>> Can we create a separate Oracle installation simply by copying
>>> binaries? If so what are the steps involved? What are the risks?
>>> </Summary>
>> 
>>> I am thinking of trying the following:
>>> 
>>> A. Shutdown all the databases.
>>> B. Copy the binaries to a separate directory.
>>> C. Start OUI. Provide a new Home name and the directory path

> created in

>>> step B.
>>> D. Install the patch on the new Home.
>> 
>> This (step C,D) won't work. You can copy an oracle installation and

> run a

>> database from it without any problems, as long as the ownership and

> access

>> privs are correct. You can not patch such an installation because you

> have no

>> way to update the inventory.
>> For the patch process to work, the inventory and the installation[s]

> need to

>> be in-sync.
>> You can try to trick the installer by forcing a new inventory for

> every

>> installation but I really would not do it since it's a bit error

> prone.

>> 
>> 
>> With kind regards / met vriendelijke groeten,
>> Ronald
>> 
>> http://ronr.nl/unix-dba
>> http://homepage.mac.com/ik_zelf/oracle

>
> Thanks Ronald, Rauf, Svend and Matthias for replying.
>
> It's a development environment, so I can do some experimentation.
> Actually, I tried these steps in Windows environment. I am not sure
> how, but the patch got applied and the 'Installed products' option was
> showing 9.2.0.1 followed by 9.2.0.5 Patch in that Oracle Home. But I
> was not able to get it running successfully. I will go further with the
> experiment on Windows as and when I get time. I still have a feeling it
> is possible.
>
> Meanwhile, any more ideas please?
>
> Thanks & regards,
> Charu.
>

In that case you might consider fiddling orainventory.loc and create an inventory / installation.

With kind regards / met vriendelijke groeten, Ronald

http://ronr.nl/unix-dba
http://homepage.mac.com/ik_zelf/oracle Received on Sun Mar 27 2005 - 06:04:48 CST