Metadata Repository upgrade

Is it possible to upgrade Metadata Repository running on 9.0.1.5.0 database to 9.2.0.4.0 without installing new 9.2.0.4.0 database and running Metadata Repository Creation Assistant?

We have two different cases:
1- DB created using normal default Application Server Installation:
In this case, DB version can't be upgraded. When the infrasturcure will be upgraded, the DB will be upgraded automatically.
2- It is a Customer DB, Metadata repository is created using MRCA:
In this case, The DB is a normal DB and can be upgraded to any supported DB
version.
mmm.. some quick research on metalink shows even more steps with certain components. Please make sure you do a proper query on metalink before you start upgrading.
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Our Metadata Repository database is at version 9.2.0.8. Has anyone seen these errors or had this problem?
The MRUA CD that I have is labelled "Oracle Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant and Utilities 10g (10.1.2.0.2) for AIX based systems".
But in the errors I see "OracleAS Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant 10.1.4.0.1". Is something wrong there? Should it say 10.1.2.0.2?
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CV
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I have downloaded the 10.1.2.0.2 version of the MRUA and tried the upgrade again. This time I see the following errors:
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CV
Edited by: CV on Jul 28, 2009 1:37 PM

Hi,
Found out from Oracle that the "oracle/sysman/oii/oiio/oiiol/OiiolTextLogger" class is in the $ORACLE_HOME/oui/jlib/OraInstaller.jar file and as per their suggestion added the jar file to the $classpath list of jar files in the mrua.pl script. I tried running the MRUA again, and ran into the following errors:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.formatHostPortSid(MRUA.java:1449)
at oracle.ias.mrua.MRUA.getInfoFromOID(MRUA.java:794)
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MRUA detected an error at /u01/oracle/mrua_runs/MRUA_downloaded/ohome/mrua/mrua.pl line 243.
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I inherited a system that is currently OAS 10.1.2.2 and looking into applying 10.1.2.3 patchset. I am reading about applying the 10.1.2.3 metadata Repository update. I was wondering if there is a way to determine if 10.1.2.2 metadata Repository update has been applied? I tried ldapsearch command but it returns nothing. Any ideas?
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You may wanna note that,
- This patchset 3 10.1.2.3 does not require portal 10.1.4. This patch set brings up your OAS components to 10.1.2.3 version from 10.1.2.0.2 level.
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<h5>
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