DST rollback plan.

Hi,
We are in process of upgrading DST 14 TO DST 16/17. As a part of this, i need to prepare both UPGRADE as well as ROLLBACK plan. My question is
1) Can we do rollback once we upgrade to higher version for DST.
2) if yes, what is the rollback options.
I am searching in net for rollback, but thought of putting in forum as well.
hmmmmm...i forgot to mention the details for evn.
It is AIX 6, 11GR2(11.2.0.3.4). Currently DST 14.
Regards
DBA.

Hi,
You can check Metalink ID
(Doc ID 1574426.1)

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2011-03-24 20:41:43.167: [ default][307591920][ENTER]0
Oracle Database 10g CRS Release 10.2.0.4.0 Production Copyright 1996, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved
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[cssd(7530)]CRS-1601:CSSD Reconfiguration complete. Active nodes are seuractst01 .
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[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:43.444 [1161517376] >TRACE: clssnmsendConnAck: node 2, node state 0
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:43.444 [1161517376] >TRACE: clssnmSendConnAck: connected to node 2 , ninfcon (0x7d3c4e0), state (0)
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:43.444 [1161517376] >TRACE: clssnmConnComplete: connecting to node 2 (con 0x7d3c4e0), ninfcon (0x7d3c4e0), state (0)
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[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.353 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmSetupAckWait: Ack message type (11)
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.353 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmSetupAckWait: node(1) is ALIVE
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.353 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmSetupAckWait: node(2) is ALIVE
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.353 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmSendSync: syncSeqNo(4)
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.354 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmWaitForAcks: Ack message type(11), ackCount(2)
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.354 [1161517376] >TRACE: clssnmHandleSync: diskTimeout set to (57000)ms
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.354 [1161517376] >TRACE: clssnmHandleSync: Acknowledging sync: src[1] srcName[seuractst01] seq[13] sync[4]
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.354 [4292134128] >USER: NMEVENT_SUSPEND [00][00][00][02]
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.354 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmWaitForAcks: done, msg type(11)
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.354 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmDoSyncUpdate: node(2) is transitioning from joining state to active state
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[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.356 [1161517376] >TRACE: clssnmUpdateNodeState: node 2, state (2/3) unique (1300994141/1300994141) prevConuni(0) birth (4/4) (old/new)
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.356 [1161517376] >USER: clssnmHandleUpdate: SYNC(4) from node(1) completed
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.356 [1161517376] >USER: clssnmHandleUpdate: NODE 1 (seuractst01) IS ACTIVE MEMBER OF CLUSTER
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.356 [1161517376] >USER: clssnmHandleUpdate: NODE 2 (seuractst02) IS ACTIVE MEMBER OF CLUSTER
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[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.356 [1234946368] >TRACE: clssnmDoSyncUpdate: Sync 4 complete!
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[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.411 [1245436224] >TRACE: clssgmEstablishMasterNode: MASTER for 4 is node(1) birth(1)
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[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.412 [1245436224] >TRACE: clssgmMasterSendDBDone: group/lock status synchronization complete
[    CSSD]CLSS-3000: reconfiguration successful, incarnation 4 with 2 nodes
[    CSSD]CLSS-3001: local node number 1, master node number 1
[    CSSD]2011-03-24 20:15:44.413 [1245436224] >TRACE: clssgmReconfigThread: completed for reconfig(4), with status(1)
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Many thanks for your help

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Goodbye Verizon of 10+ years! (switch if you can!)

Verizon Wireless in my opinion has always been the best carrier in all aspects. Their plans have always been a little pricier however I've never had reception problems and customer service has always been amazing. Times have obviously changed! I'm not sure where these "customer service reps" or their supervisors got their training or received any training at all. In a shorter summary here is what happened. My wife and I knew we were going to go over our minutes in the middle of the month, we were advised to upgrade our plan online so we would only have had to pay the difference between the 2 plans which was about 20 dollars for a grand total of about $140. We switched plans online and later received our bill which was around $380.00! I immediately called customer service and they told me I didn't select the right plan online however they did see when I switched and it was before I went over on minutes. The rep then told me there is nothing she could do. I wanted to speak to her manager and she said for what reason? I couldn't believe this but I hung up and called back to speak to another rep and asked for his supervisor and he said there has to be a good enough reason for him to talk to me! At this point I'm thinking to myself holy S***! I've been paying these clowns 100+ dollars a month for over 10 years and this is the treatment I get?! Eventually I emailed corporate, the regional president Greg Haller which surprise- surprise was unable to call or email me back and got another supervisor to call me to resolve my issue. She basically told me that she would pay 50% of the overage charge only and it's my fault I selected the wrong option online and I should have picked the rollback plan option, the 3rd option. I was very confused about that, so I went online with her on the phone and acted like I was going to switch my account again to see what other options there were. There are only 2! The one I picked was Apply these changes as of today and the other was Apply these changes on your next billing cycle. The supervisor then told me that there should be another one and she didn't believe me there wasn't another option and said well you should have called in and we could have done it for you. I offered to email over a 'print screen shot' of what it says and I also asked how should have I known to call if it doesn't say anything and why would I have switched my plan "as of today" on your website if I knew I was about to go over my minutes! makes no sense! She said she would pay 50% off the overage fee only. I advised her that she was going to lose a customer of over 10 years if the fee wasn't completely removed. She said sorry to hear you want to switch providers but just so you know there is a $168 early termination fee!---- I couldn't believe it!!!---, I hope Verizon wireless goes down-hill from here, I'm selling the little stock I do own of theirs and will never again recommend these guys to anyone. My entire family has service with these guys and I will be working hard to get them to cancel. From a business perspective it's unheard of to lose a customer over $200 (especially since it's not my fault) when I'm paying them over $1500 a year plus phones and accessories for the rest of my life! Nice job on that decision!! My bill is paid and when September rolls around ADIOS!!

Hi,
Check out the discussion 'Goodbye Verizon of 10+ years! (switch if you can!)' in Verizon Wireless Community.
I have had almost identical, dare I say worse customer service with a similar incident beginning back in December and continuing for months after. There have been so many conversations with customer service and promises that supervisors would return calls and didn't it is beyond me. I was calling regarding a signal issue back in December and no one (after 12 years of never having major overages on my account) bothered to tell me during my several phone calls about a lack of signal and my $200 signall extender not working that I was incurring overages on my account until (ironically) the fourth phone call in which these overages were brought to my attention at a time it was "too late" to retro-act the plan. I had opted for the unlimited plan, but apparently it never went through.
After months of dealing with horrible customer service reps and charges to my debit card from Verizon after I had cancelled and paid with another method, I most recently had my service shut off with Verizon when I arrived in Hawaii. When I called customer service to ask why, Verizon said I hadn't paid my bill since April. Funny, because my bank account shows a $337 payment processed in May that Verizon suddenly has no record of.
As usual, Verizon left it in my hands to correct their mistake while on my vacation with no apology from them. I stopped at the airport and downloaded my bank statement with proof of payment and emailed the information to the email address Verizon provided. I did this btw, from my husband's ATT phone, because Verizon refused to turn my service on for 24 hours so I could provide them the info. showing their major error or check into my hotel or get my rental car using the info. that I needed to access via my phone. Hours later, my service still had not been turned on and when I called back, customer service provided no apology for my major inconvenience, no record of the bank statement and payment submitted AGAIN, and continued to insist I spend more time correcting their mistake on my vacation without access to my phone that I paid for, as I have for the past 12 years consistently. Here it is a week later, I still have bank documentation that the payment processed, not to mention the additional $370 I spent the very next day in store for a new phone since they refused to fix the broken Blackberry they sent me, and Verizon still claims I have not paid them and they cannot find the documentation I keep sending. UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!
-- Amelia C << Full name edited to comply with Verizon Wireless Terms of Service >>
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Change in Active Directory Domain where a SAP landscape is installed

Dear fellow forum members,
the IT team of one of our customers is planning a change in their Microsoft Active Domain forest in their LAN: as their SAP ERP systems are all domain installations, they have asked me, as their BASIS consultant, if this activity could harm in any way their SAP landscape.
The SAP ERP Systems are domain installations on two Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit hosts.
This is the activity they plan to do is to replace an old Windows Server 2003 domain controller with a Windows Server 2012 domain controller. These are the steps they will do:
1) Add the new Windows Server 2012 domain controller to the forest;
2) Move the main roles from the old Windows Server 2003 domain controller to the new 2012 one, following the procedure recommended by Microsoft;
3) Remove the old Windows 2003 R2 domain controller from the forest.
During all the procedure, their current Windows Server 2008 domain controller will remain active and functional. At the end of the procedure, the domain will then be updated to a Windows Server 2008 structure, from the actual 2003.
I can't see any problem in this procedure: at least one domain controller will always remain active so the SAP users <sid>adm and SAPService<SID> will be able to authenticate on the domain with no interruptions. Also the SAP hosts won't change name, FQDN, IP address or configuration.
But I'm not a Microsoft AD expert and this procedure can't be tested beforehand, because all the SAP systems belong to the same domain obviously.
I've searched through the SAP knowledge base and I can't find any note or document that is relevant to this activity.
I've also opened a ticket to SAP, but they basically replied that the Active Directory is a matter for the Microsoft consultants, not SAP. They also recommended I post my question on the forum so here I am.
So I'd like to ask you if you foresee any problems with this procedure, and if you can recommend preparation activities or any other kind of precautions.
Thanks, kind regards.
M

Hi Marcello,
I can tell you that the Network Operations group at my organization have upgraded the domain controllers a few times (Windows 2000 -> Windows 2003, then Windows 2003 -> Windows 2012), and other than some warning about potential disruptions during the maintenance window, they didn't otherwise even include the SAP Basis group in the discussion! So, it happened, we did nothing special for SAP to prepare (nor afterwards), and basically we didn't even notice. It made no difference to SAP. Other aspects of network/domain functionality, especially our Exchange email server, experienced more disruption than SAP did.
So, in conclusion, I think that your IT team can proceed, and other than keeping an eye on things and testing basic things, like network communication, afterwards, there isn't much you need to do. Your main concern is that there always be a functioning domain controller (and DNS server). Do they have a rollback plan if things go south for them?
Regards,
Matt

How to patch database 11.2

Hi all,
we have a database 11.2.0.1 configured with strems local replication to another 11.2.0.1 database.
We need to patch the database to 11.2.0.4, what are the correct sequence of step? Do we need to stop the replication? Do we need to patch the secondary database before and then the primary? The best way is to install the 11.2.0.4 into a new ORACLE_HOME and then do the migration? In the secondary database do we need to patch only the ORACLE_HOME?
Can anyone help me, please? Thanks you,
Sergio

SR_No Tasks
1 export ORACLE_HOME=<>
2 Please take a backup of $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch into a dedicated backup location,Set Environment Variable
3 Check the Opatch version , OPatch utility version must be 11.2.0.3.6 or later to apply this patch
./opatch version
4 Please unzip the OPatch downloaded zip into $ORACLE_HOME directory.check the version of the opatch utility installed.
unzip p18522509_112040_HPUX-IA64.zip
5 Bring Down all the database and listeners
6 Perform the appropriate actions to check the environment and to detect and resolve any one-off patch conflicts
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/ccs/bin
cd <ORACLE_HOME>/OPatch
./opatch lsinventory -oh <ORACLE_HOME>
./opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -ph /oracle11g_R4/DBPSU3/18522509
7 Check no process is using oracle home
fuser <ORACLE_HOME>/lib/libclntsh.so.11.1
fuser -cu <ORACLE_HOME>
Apply Patch
1 export ORACLE_HOME=<ORACLE_HOME>
2 cd <ORACLE_HOME>/OPatch
3 ./opatch lsinventory -oh <ORACLE_HOME>
4 ./opatch apply -oh <ORACLE_HOME>
5 ./opatch lsinventory -oh <ORACLE_HOME>
6 Run following steps for all the database for this oracle home
sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> STARTUP
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/catbundle.sql psu apply
SQL> exit
Rollback Plan
SR_No Tasks
1 export ORACLE_HOME=<ORACLE_HOME>
2 cd <ORACLE_HOME>/OPatch
3 ./opatch rollback -id <>
4 Run following steps for all the database for this oracle home
sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> STARTUP
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/catbundle_PSU_<database SID>_ROLLBACK.sql
SQL> exit
Regards,
Alok

Can I uninstall a hotfix from SQL Server 2012?

I need to apply CU 7 to some SQL Server 2012 instances. If something goes wrong with this, can I uninstall CU7?

I need to apply CU 7 to some SQL Server 2012 instances. If something goes wrong with this, can I uninstall CU7?
If you are looking for this as rollback plan then answer is Yes. But my advice would be to perform testing of any patch in QA/Dev before rolling out to production.
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