Errors in 9ias patch dcumentation!

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folks, this applies to all who're trying to upgrade their existing 9ias to the latest patch set version using the integrated patchset.
this is also helpful if you're doing a first time install and there are some issues that help in getting the server started
patch steps detailed of how to perform the 9.02.3 integrated patch update
written by :satish ramaswamy
NOTE:THIS IS A BEST PRACTICES (B.P)DOC AS IT HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON NUMEROUS SERVERS IN A CUSTOMER SITE
further updates:09/09/03
NOTE:ALL PATCHES MUST BE APPLIED ON BOTH TIERS!
NOTE:YOUR DB LISTENER MUST LISTEN ON PORT 1521!
if you have multiple database on the same server change the ias listener port to 1521 before applying.
original creation date:08/13/03
1. ensure you have good solid backup of your oracle binaries infrastructure/mid tier
2. first check if you meet the pre-install requirements re os level and sun jdk     follow note:242548.1
3. check the jdk version it should be 1.3 or higher java -version will show the current version
4. goto www.sun.com and download and install the latest supported jdk 1.4.2 as of 09/09/03 per writing of
this doc and make relevant changes to the path on both tiers
5. downloaded db patch 2517300 and the owm & java_ssl patches 2563444 & 2282201 respectively
and place it in the same dir say /export/home/oracle/patch/dbpatch
THIS IS IMPORTANT AS THE owm and java_ssl patches HAVE to be applied after the db patch
also download the integrated patch 3038037 and place it in a separate dir say /export/home/oracle/patch/integratedpatch
6. unzip the patches
7. goto the website and shutdown the application tier (middle tier) and stop all & do the same for the infrastructure tier
8. shutdown db & listener at the infrastructure home
9. check if any oracle processes are running in both the infrastructure/mid tier (ps -ef |grep oracle)
10. if yes even though you've stopped all services from the web-site depending on which processes
are running you may have to manually stop them
10. if opmn managed processes OH/opmn/bin/opmn stopall
11. if oid, OH/bin/oidmon stop and also the ldap server OH/bin/oidctl connect=iasdb server=oidldapd stop(you might get an error
as the database and the infrastructure are already down don't worry
12. goto OH/ldap/bin/ldpacheck to check if any of the oid processes are still up
B.P :in you .profile include OH/opmn/bin,OH/bin and OH/ldap/bin in your path and also have aliases.
13. if there still any processes running kill them manually (have a script like the following to do this,modify the ps to kill depending on the process)
as you might have to for native ,Apache,opmn
#!/bin/ksh
#satish ramaswamy 08/13/03
#kills the processes of opmn
#set -x #only for debguuing comment it out
ps -ef |grep "[o]pmn" |awk '{print $2}'|while read list
do
#echo $list
kill -9 $list
done
14.xhost + , check by running xclock a clock should be displayed.
15. export DISPLAY=<i.p:0.0> VERY IMPORTANT DON'T FORGET!!!
16 ./runInstaller (start installer) from the supplied patch version
17. after applying the db patch on the infrastructure tier/apply it on the mid tier
18. start db up and follow instructions on db patch 2517300 readme postinstall
19. B.P :create a script file for the post db commands if performing on a # of servers and also spool the output
20.shutdown the db and listener before applying the java_ssl & owm patches
20.cd to the java_ssl patch dir 2871352 and follow patch readme though detailed instructions follow
21. chmod the patch.sh script provided for both these patches chmod u=rwx patch.sh
22../patch.sh (run the script)
23..perform 22 after changing your profile to the mid-tier, you'll get the message
that the script has been run before please enter C (Continue) to continue applying patch to mid-tier
24. cd to the owm patch dir 2563444 chmod u=rwx post_9014.sh (owm patch script)
25.. change the profile back to the infrastructure tier and excetute this script
26. ./post_9014.sh
27.perform step 26 for the mid-tier by changing the environment
28.startup up the db & listener,oidmon, oid server,emctl
29. TEST by going to the http://i.p address:port #(admin port) start the services first on infrastructure,then mid-tier
30. cd to the where the integrated patch is installed and fire up the installer ./runInstaller      but before
export DISPLAY=<i.p:0.0> VERY IMPORTANT DON'T FORGET!!!
31. follow instructions on the integrated patch readme (there is some confusion in the readme modifications mentioned here)
32. DO NOT shutdown oidmon, oidserver until you have passed the screen where it prompts for the oracladmin
password
33. after you enter the password you'll get a screen prompting you to shutdown all infrastructure processes
DON'T
34. the next screen will ask for the sys password enter it twice and only then ensure all infrastructure
processes are down
35. apply the integrated patch on the app tier after appying it on the infrastructure.
36. if you get errors while the oidpatchca.sh is being invoked from the installer(try retrying you may have to start oidmon first)
37. you can run OH/ldap/bin/oidpatchca.sh manually n times! THIS MUST RUN SUCCESSFULLY! IT IS NOT OPTIONAL!
38. the oid command has changed in 9.0.2.3 ./oidpatchca.sh -connect iasdb -lsnrport 1521 -syspwd <SYS password> -sudn "cn=orcladmin" -supwd <orcladmin pw> -dippwd
<some new password matching password rules>
39.log on to sqlplus as ods user and you MUST see 11 parameters in the following procedure
OLADDENTRY by performing a desc oladd
40. if you get errors that object doesn't exist check you're logged as ods user,check status of OLADD% object_name is dba_objects/user_objects.
41. your java environment might be screwed up may have to run initjvm.sql in OH/javavm but first run rmjvm.sql
40. also if you get errors while running oidpatchca.sh like java errors this means the java_ssl patch must be run again
41. on the both tiers check the status of dcmctl with OH/dcmctl getstate -v (if you get java errors run java_ssl patch again!)
42. start the relevant services on both tiers OH/dcm/bin/dcmctl start -ct [ohs/oc4j] -v
43. start emctl, webcache on the mid tier OH/bin/webcachectl start
44.TEST by going to the http://i.p address:port #(admin port)
45. if you have errors open up a tar and hopefully you get analyst brett mcgee!
46. THIS IS OPTIONAL:follow post install steps which involves applying another patch! follow readme of that patch
47. download and apply patch # 3129219 ONLY on MID-TIER to prevent forms/reports errors (not mentioned in integated patch 3038037 readme)
TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS:
1.oidpatchca.sh fails (see if oidmon is up)
2. get java errors or ADMN errors when you run dcmctl getstate -v or any dcmctl commands
check if oidmon is up

Answer 1

errata: step # 41 should read
41. your java environment might be screwed up may have to run initjvm.sql in OH/javavm/*INSTALL*(lower case) but first run rmjvm.sql
missing in the earlier post.
satish