Thanks Dan.
So, what you are saying is that running cat* scripts takes much longer that
installing the patch ? :-(.
If that is the case, I agree that my first step would not help a lot.
And cat* scripts have to be run before the database is opened to users ? I
was under impression that I read somewhere that running cat* scripts is in a
sense optional - it would just make DBA's life more difficult as none of the
DBA_ and V$ are there, and oracle internally anyway does not use dynamic and
static views, but the base tables and base views.
One thing I am not sure about is that the first thing catalog.sql does is to
call "standard.sql"create the package standard which might be necessary ?
Djordje
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> Djordje,
> I have seen a new code tree installed on the same box for testing
purposes.
> I don't know the impact of not running the cat* scripts but would not try
> that myself. This weekend I installed the 8162 patchset on several boxes
and
> the catalog, catproc, catrep, and java system took a long time to run on
> each db. I was definitely looking to speed up the process and would
> appreciate a tip or two. But the patch install itself only took ten
minutes.
> Don't see that this approach would have saved me much downtime.
> Cheers,
> Dan
>
>
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>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking into installing a patchset with minimum downtime. Standard
> > Oracle procedure for installing a patchset is:
> > 1. Shutdown the database
> > 2. Install the patch binaries, relink.
> > 3. Startup database (restrict ?), run the cat* scripts.
> >
> > I wanted to change the procedure so that instead of having the database
> down
> > during the patch install and relinking, prior to the procedure I copy
the
> > binaries to a newly created home, install the patch on the new home,
> relink
> > the binaries under the new home, and than just restart the database from
> the
> > new home. To make sure that everything is OK, I would postpone the cat*
> > scripts run, for a later time, once I am sure that everything is OK. If
> > something goes wrong I haven't changed anything in the database, and I
can
> > just go back to the old home.
> >
> > Has anybody tried this ? What is the significance of cat* scripts. As
> far
> > as I understand them, oracle does not use them and do not care about
them,
> > only some apps might break (most of all DBA type of scripts).
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Djordje
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