DST, CPU Opatch apply order

Just want to verify I am understanding the README.TXT in the zip file for 5601428.
I am on 10.2.0.2/HP-UX and have not appled any CPU yet. In the same migration I intend to apply both CPU and DST. Does it matter which order I install them?
Thanks In Advance
MN

I think first the patch 5601428 should go in and then the CPU.

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CPU Patch Applying Order

Hi,
For applyingy CPU patch which order is to be followed.
Database first
then Application second
or the Order is specified in the MOS note
one more question.
I installed R12.1.1 So it contains CPU patches Till Jan or April 2009
In this case i have to apply CPU patches from july 2009 to Jan 2010
or Jan 2010 includes the previous CPU patches
Please Explain.
Thanks,
Alig

Hi,
For applyingy CPU patch which order is to be followed.
Database first
then Application second
or the Order is specified in the MOS noteThe one in the MOS document.
one more question.
I installed R12.1.1 So it contains CPU patches Till Jan or April 2009
In this case i have to apply CPU patches from july 2009 to Jan 2010
or Jan 2010 includes the previous CPU patches
It is cumulative -- This is already answered in the Jan 2010 CPU document (Note: 985520.1 - Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 11i and 12 Critical Patch Update Knowledge Document (January 2010)), read from "Note: CPU patches listed in this knowledge document for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.0 and 12.1) ...".
Regards,
Hussein

How can we find the latest CPU patch applied to a 9.2.0.8 code tree?

Hi,
I am having a DB running in 9.2.0.8 version, how can i find the CPU patch applied to the code tree.
Thanks,
Sathis

doc question. Please do not ask them.
Opatch lsinventory
Sybrand Bakker
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CPU only applied on the Binary - Catbundle not executed

Hi,
I am facing a situation here in on of the clients and I would like to share this situation about the CPU (Critical Patch Update). Here is the scenario:
1. The database is under 10.2.0.4
2. The CPU applied were the CPUJan2011.
In a brief: The DBA seems to forgot applying the step in the dictionary. So, if you check the Oracle binary by the opatch lsinventory command, you could see that the patch CPU were applied. Now, in the database, you cannot identify the entries in the views. ex: select * from registry$history.
Here is my question: It's now time to apply the CPUJuly2011 and my only doubt is: Is there a problem in applying the CPUJul2011 in the binary and also in the database in this situation? Or would be recomended any other steps? For example:
1. Execute the CPUJan2011 on the dictionary first
2. Then, follow the normal execution of the CPUJuly2011 (Binary + Dictionary)?
Technnically, I don't see any further problems but I would like another opinions.
Thanks in advance,
Pablo

Hi,
Personally, I would apply January 2011 to the dictionary first and then go on to apply July 2011, just to be perfectly safe. The patches are supposed to be cumulative, but this is assuming they are applied correctly and not half way through. Alternatively, you could rollback the January 2011 from binaries and then apply July 2011 in full, but I prefer the first option.
Milina

Opatch apply on Windows 2003 server on oralce 10.2.0.4

Dear All,
We are trying to apply Opatch SAP Note :- 1165319 Optimizer merge fix for Oracle 10.2.0.4.
I have loged with a domain user with full rigths, and my folder of Opatch and sub folders have got full permission.
This is the command i am executing to apply the patch.
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\OPatch\9358800>opatch apply   ( this is the following error message i am getting)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/opatch/OPatch
OPatch failed with error code = 1
My system variable PATH is set to
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_19-x64\bin;C:\Program Files\HP\NCU;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem.
Would like to have some sugesstions
Regards
JUDE.

Dear Rajesh Narkhede,
Oracle Home is set correctly, and now i have set my JAVA_HOME.
again i tried to apply the patchs,
with the following command :-
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\OPatch\9358800>E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\opatch\opatch apply.
My out put was :-
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\OPatch\9358800>E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\opatc
h\opatch apply
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.3
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.3
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home       : E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1
Central Inventory : C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
   from           : n/a
OPatch version    : 10.2.0.4.3
OUI version       : 10.2.0.4.0
OUI location      : E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\oui
Log file location : E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch2010-
07-06_14-51-13PM.log
ApplySession applying interim patch '9358800' to OH 'E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db
_1'
Running prerequisite checks...
Prerequisite check "CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables" failed.
The details are:
Following files are active :
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraclient10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\orapls10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oracommon10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\orageneric10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oraclient10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\orapls10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oracommon10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\orageneric10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\jlib\qsma.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\jlib\qsma.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\jlib\qsma.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraimr10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraplp10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oraplp10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oracle.exe
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oracle.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\orajox10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oranls10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oranls10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraunls10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oraunls10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\orasnls10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\orasnls10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oranro10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oran10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oranl10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oranbeq10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\orannzsbb10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oracore10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oracore10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emDB.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emDB.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emDB.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emDB.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emDB.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emDB.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emDB.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emjsp.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emjsp.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emjsp.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\sysman\jlib\emjsp.jar
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\orahasgen10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\orahasgen10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\orahasgen10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraocr10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oraocr10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraocrb10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\rdbms\admin\oraocrb10.sym
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraocrutl10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\isqlplussvc.exe
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraocrutl10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraldapclnt10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oraxml10.dll
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\tnslsnr.exe
ApplySession failed during prerequisite checks: Prerequisite check "CheckActiveF
ilesAndExecutables" failed.
System intact, OPatch will not attempt to restore the system
OPatch failed with error code = 74
E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\OPatch\9358800>
Regards
JUDE.

% opatch apply $PATH set question

# % cd 5496862
# Ensure that the directory containing the opatch script appears in
# your $PATH;
% opatch apply
How i can setup this $PATH? what's the command, ORACLE_HOME & PATH are already set as
export ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/product/9.2.0.8
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

Put the script somewhere in the existing path. For example at $HOME.

Opatch apply is failing

Hello All,
I am trying to apply patches my system is tru-64. same patches worked in another system.
Now when i am saying "opatch apply" i am getting error "/usr/ccs/bin/ar: Error: cannot create temp file"
does anybody is having any idea ?
regrads,
Ajay

Hi,
Can you copy and paste the exact error and the command you used?
Moreover do post the output of env
Regards
Anurag

Opatch auto vs. opatch apply?

In the 11g GI PSU 3 I'm looking at, some Cases require "opatch auto" vs. "opatch (n)apply". At our site I've been told "we don't use opatch auto. Only opatch apply." This has been with 10g. We haven't done much patching with 11g, having only gone to 11g semi-recently.
Are there any good reasons not to use opatch auto? e.g. is it more likely for something to go wrong if we do? Or must be use OCM to use opatch auto? We don't currently use OCM. I would like to know the basic differences between these two opatch switches. And if it would ever be justifiable to prohibit the use of the "auto" patch--and if so, why.
Edited by: Dana N on Sep 27, 2011 6:26 AM

tbrinkmann wrote:
Hi,
does anyone can help me understand the READ ME entry from PSU Januar 2013.
2.3 OPatch auto for GI
The Opatch utility has automated the patch application for the Oracle Grid Infrastructure (GI) home and the Oracle RAC database homes when run with root privileges. .....
(README) --> Oracle Grid Infrastructure Patch Set Update 11.2.0.3.5 (Includes Database PSU 11.2.0.3.5) - 14727347That means you would be using a switch with Opatch auto and it would apply the patch on the GI and Oracle Homes automatically.
--> Case 1: GI Home and the Database Homes that are not shared and ACFS file system is not configured.
As root user, execute the following command on each node of the cluster:
#root@host>opatch psu12013 -ocmrf OPatch/ocm/bin/ocm.rsp
The user is root. OPatch cannot continue if the user is root.
OPatch failed with error code 255I think the command should be
#>opatch auto psu12013 -ocmrf OPatch/ocm/bin/ocm.rsp
Aman....

Opatch apply

Hi,
applying patch 2436624 , even if the DB and all are stopped and I have even restarted the server, I have this error message :
@linux1 3597944]$ opatch apply
Performing pre-patch installation checks.
/u01/app/simorgdb/9.2.0/OPatch/opatch.pl version: 1.0.0.0.24
Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Problems when checking for files that are active.
The following files have active processes when there should be no activity:
1. /u01/app/simorgdb/9.2.0/bin/wrap
2. /u01/app/simorgdb/9.2.0/bin/extproc
3. /u01/app/simorgdb/9.2.0/bin/rman
4. /u01/app/simorgdb/9.2.0/bin/oracle
Any idea ? Please HELP.
Many thanks.

Hi,
Try to take the last version of opatch utility (#2617419) on metalink. As far as I know, the latest version is 1.0.0.0.53.
Nicolas.

How to find CPU patch applied on database server

Hello Gurus,
Is there any way to find out which cpu patch is applied on database server ?
Output of select from registry$history :*
sql> select * from registry$history;
ACTION_TIME
ACTION NAMESPACE VERSION
ID
COMMENTS
22-AUG-07 02.18.53.701711 PM
UPGRADE SERVER 10.2.0.3.0
Upgraded from 10.2.0.2.0
Output of opatch lsinventory
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.3.0
Oracle interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.3.0
Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved..
Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0
Central Inventory : /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
from : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 10.2.0.3.0
OUI version : 10.2.0.3.0
OUI location : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/oui
Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2009-04-21_09-24-53AM.log
Lsinventory Output file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2009-04-21_09-24-53AM.txt
Installed Top-level Products (2):
Oracle Database 10g 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Patch Set 2 10.2.0.3.0
There are 2 products installed in this Oracle Home.
Interim patches (22) :
Patch 6375952 : applied on Mon Mar 17 18:28:31 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 28 Sep 2007, 15:37:38 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
6375952
Patch 6069085 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:13:16 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 25 Oct 2007, 22:54:52 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
4684070, 6069085, 5190392
Patch 6069074 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:13:10 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 14 Jun 2007, 06:11:35 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
6069074, 5677680, 5584790, 5770059
Patch 5744428 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:12:56 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 14 Jun 2007, 06:07:38 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
5744428
Patch 5472702 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:12:51 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 14 Jun 2007, 06:07:00 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
5472702
Patch 5287523 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:12:45 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 14 Jun 2007, 06:05:20 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
5287523
Patch 6010833 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:09:03 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 22 Jun 2007, 02:29:22 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
6010833
Patch 5998544 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:08:57 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 22 Jun 2007, 02:25:59 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
5238386, 5934150, 4690705, 4538727, 5998544, 5399901, 5951587, 5089522
Patch 5844945 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:08:45 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 22 Jun 2007, 02:28:39 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
5844945
Patch 5209867 : applied on Sun Mar 02 18:08:38 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 22 Jun 2007, 02:27:14 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
5209867
Patch 6607968 : applied on Sun Mar 02 17:45:29 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 14 Nov 2007, 03:22:55 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
5640593, 5093060, 6607968
Patch 6500033 : applied on Sun Mar 02 17:42:03 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 13 Nov 2007, 10:19:47 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
6500033
Patch 6267873 : applied on Sun Mar 02 17:35:48 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 7 Feb 2008, 04:26:52 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
5723260, 6067600, 6267873, 5575674, 5370578, 5883622, 6017440, 6064864
5087369, 5865842, 5602452, 5581472, 5206649, 5225733, 5170394, 5512840
5515703, 5867943
Patch 6043052 : applied on Sun Mar 02 17:33:28 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 24 Sep 2007, 21:04:29 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
6043052
Patch 5857313 : applied on Sun Mar 02 17:10:49 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 5 Nov 2007, 05:25:04 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
5857313
Patch 5623403 : applied on Sun Mar 02 17:05:36 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 28 Sep 2007, 15:30:46 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
5623403
Patch 5201883 : applied on Sun Mar 02 17:00:06 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 23 Apr 2007, 23:28:22 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
5201883
Patch 5029334 : applied on Sun Mar 02 16:54:20 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 13 Jul 2007, 05:37:35 hrs US/Pacific
Bugs fixed:
5029334
Patch 4475206 : applied on Sun Mar 02 16:44:04 GMT+01:00 2008
Created on 6 Nov 2007, 09:02:16 hrs PST8PDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0
Bugs fixed:
4475206
Patch 5728380 : applied on Fri Sep 21 13:56:57 GMT+01:00 2007
Created on 25 Jul 2007, 02:24:32 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
5728380
Patch 5556081 : applied on Wed Aug 22 15:21:54 GMT+01:00 2007
Created on 9 Nov 2006, 22:20:50 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
5556081
Patch 5557962 : applied on Wed Aug 22 15:17:01 GMT+01:00 2007
Created on 9 Nov 2006, 23:23:06 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
4269423, 5557962, 5528974
I am confused with output of registry$history and opatch lsinventory.
Any kind of help is very beneficial for me.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: user7632087 on Apr 21, 2009 2:07 AM

Please read if it helps:
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Does 10.2.0.4 CRS have any CPU to apply?

We have RAC system on 10.2.0.4 for both CRS and Database. Never have any CPU applied. We would like to apply the CPU to database. But want to know if there is CPU available for CRS. If so, what is the patch number? Thanks.

Hi,
But want to know if there is CPU available for CRS. If so, what is the patch number? Thanks.Every quarter, Oracle provides Critical Patch Updates (CPU) to address security vulnerabilities, and Patch Set Updates (PSU) to address proactive, critical fixes and security vulnerabilities.
Yes... there is CPU/PSU for RAC and CRS.
There are dependencies of the patch and sequences in applying the patch.
So I recommend the following notes:
1) *Best approach for Oracle database patching sequence to latest/required patchset along with CPU/PSU/any-other-one-off patch [ID 865255.1]*
2) *Patch Set Updates for Oracle Products [ID 854428.1]* /
3) *Patch Set Update and Critical Patch Update January 2011 Availability Document [ID 1263374.1]*
4) Download: CPU Patch 10249540, or PSU Patch 10248636
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1263374.1#CHDBDHJF
You also have the Bundle Patch that can be applied in the current release (10.2.0.4)
Clusterware Bundle
*10.2.0.X CRS Bundle Patch Information [ID 405820.1]*
RAC Bundle
*10.2.0.4 RAC Recommended Patch Bundle #2 [ID 7573282.8]*
Regards,
Levi Pereira

ICal still not showing proper DST information after applying patch.

Hi All,
When will this DST nightmare end? :)
Okay, here is the situation. I have applied the DST patch as documented in Metalink Doc ID 406289.1.
Patch 5862386
Here is an iCal generated by Oracle. I had moved the date on the server upto March 12, 2007 a day after the DST change is supposed to take effect. My development team is telling me that Oracle is supplying an iCal with incorrect timezone data.
Message-ID: <6868345.1173713076156.JavaMail.SYSTEM@consilient81>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:54:36 -0330 (NST)
From: tua_bb002 test <[email protected]>
To: tua_bb002 test <[email protected]>
Subject: REPEATING OVER THE TIMEZ
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_Part_224_17922592.1173713076156"
X-Consilient-Location: 20070312T152436Z-1173713076046~ConsilientTechnologies
------=_Part_224_17922592.1173713076156
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
+ tua_bb002 test
? tua_bb001 test
------=_Part_224_17922592.1173713076156
Content-Type: text/calendar; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
content-class: urn:content-classes:appointment
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
METHOD:PUBLISH
VERSION:2.0
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20070312T152436Z
DTSTART:20070316T193000Z
SUMMARY:REPEATING OVER THE TIMEZ
UID:20070312T152436Z-1173713076046~ConsilientTechnologies
ORGANIZER;CN="tua_bb002 test":MAILTO:[email protected]
LOCATION:test
DTEND:20070316T200000Z
DESCRIPTION:------------------------\N+ tua_bb002 test\N? tua_bb001 test\N-
-----------------------\N
SEQUENCE:0
PRIORITY:5
CLASS:
CREATED:20070312T152436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20070312T152436Z
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:OPAQUE
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-BUSYSTATUS:BUSY
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INTENDEDSTATUS:BUSY
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-INSTTYPE:0
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:-1
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
------=_Part_224_17922592.1173713076156--
FLAGS (\Seen))
Any Suggestions on how to proceed would be great, also if you need clarification on anything I've said here let me know.
Thanks
Greg

I have access to a planning environment that has been patched with .102 and IE8 is working fine with the colouring of cells.
Did you definitely delete the planning web application tmp directory and cleared all the caches from the browser
Have you tried rolling back the patch to see if it fixes the issue.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Cpu patch apply

Hi,
does we need to apply the patches in sequence. i installed oracle 11g r2 today only, then which patch i can install. if i like to install cpu, then does i need to install all the previous or only the latest one. if only latest one only, then how can i find the cpu patch number.
of course, instead of cpu i can install psu patch, then which one has to install. only latest one or all previous also. if latest one only how to find latest psu patch that has to apply.
Please let me know.
Thank you!

does we need to apply the patches in sequence. i installed oracle 11g r2 today only, then which patch i can install. if i like to install cpu, then does i need to install all the previous or only the latest one. if only latest one only, then how can i find the cpu patch number. Specific to CPU patches, every CPU contains bug fixes of quarter, you can apply latest one but run the pre-requisite check, whether there is any dependenices if any patches that are conflicts with it.
of course, instead of cpu i can install psu patch, then which one has to install. only latest one or all previous also. if latest one only how to find latest psu patch that has to apply.Yes , PSU is molecules of all bugs. You can go with PSU instead of CPU patches.
You can find here....
Patch Set Update and Critical Patch Update January 2012 Availability Document, My Oracle Support Note 1374524.1
Check this link for the difference between two types of patches
Difference b/w CPU and PSU
Edited by: CKPT on Jun 17, 2012 10:18 PM

Difference between Opatch apply, and manually applying pathces

Hi All experts,
I have a confusion about applying Oracle software patches. I want to know what is the difference in applying patches using the Oracle "OPatch" utility and manually applying patches (using "setup.exe" or "runInstaller"). Also, why "OPatch" is called the "Oracle interim Patch Installer"? what is meant by Interim patch?, can somebody exaplain to me all this?
Thanks in advance.
Siddiqui.

Thanks for all the replies, but I am still not very clear about this. For example I have Oracle database 10g release 10.2.0.1, and I want to upgrade it to release 10.2.0.3. Then, in this case should I use OPatch? or should I run the OUI (setup.exe / runInstaller from Disk1 of the downloaded path)?
Also, how many types of patches are there like bug fixes, enhancements, upgrades, and how they are applied? do they affect only the software? or, do they also affect the data (not data itself, but the internal database data formats, for example)?
Thanks in advance.

Testing after Oracle CPU are applied

We have the following:
RAC Databases
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 update 2
Oracle 11g Clusterware
Oracle 11g ASM
Oracle Database 11g EE with RAC
Single Instance Databases
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 update 2
Oracle 11g ASM
Oracle Database 11g EE with RAC
The RAC Database is repository for Siebel Application data.
I will be applying Oracle Critical Patch to databases. What testing should be performed after application of CPU and by whom?

1) I assume you have lower environments (i.e. dev, test, staging/QA in addition to production). I assume as well that you will be applying the patches to the lower environments before production and that you will, therefore, be doing most of your testing in lower environments.
2) What to test and who to test depends on the organization and the application. I would, at a minimum, suggest running your automated test suite for each application against the database in each lower environment when patches are applied. Depending on the criticality of the application and the coverage your automated test suite provides, you may need additional testers (which may be part of a separate testing group, may be part of the development group, or may be business users) to manually validate whatever key business functions the applications provide.
Justin

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