Note: 153172.1 "ALERT: Do NOT Install 8.1.7.2.0 Patch Set on top of 8.1.7.1" 8.1.7.2.0 Patch Set Does Not Install Correctly Over 8.1.7.1/8.1.7.1B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This alert will be updated to indicate the current status of this problem. The modification history is shown at the END of the alert. Versions Affected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This problem affects the installation of the 8.1.7.2.0 Patch Set. Platforms Affected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This problem affects the following platforms only: HPUX (Oracle 32 bit release) HPUX (Oracle 64 bit release) Compaq Tru64 Intel Solaris This problem does NOT affect the following platform: Sun Sparc Solaris (Oracle 32 bit release) 8.1.7.2 has not been released on any other platform yet. Other platforms will have this problem corrected prior to their 8.1.7.2 Patch Set being released. Description ~~~~~~~~~~~ If the 8.1.7.2.0 Patch Set is installed on top of either 8.1.7.1 or 8.1.7.1B then the patch set does not install correctly. No errors are reported during the installation but the Oracle version banner still shows the version to be 8.1.7.1. Likelihood of Occurrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You will encounter this problem if you install the 8.1.7.2.0 patch set on top of either 8.1.7.1 or 8.1.7.1B on any of the platforms listed above. You are STRONGLY advised NOT to install 8.1.7.2.0 on top of 8.1.7.1 releases until this issue is addressed. Possible Symptoms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The main visible symptoms of this issue are: a. The Oracle version banner still shows the RDBMS release to be 8.1.7.1 b. SELECT * FROM V$VERSION shows the release to be 8.1.7.1 c. Bugs fixed in 8.1.7.2 may still be encountered There may be additional symptoms not yet discovered as the resulting installation contains an untested combination of modules. Workaround ~~~~~~~~~~ The only workaround to this problem is to install 8.1.7.2.0 on top of an 8.1.7.0 Oracle installation. ie: If the current installation is at release 8.1.7.1, then you must reinstall 8.1.7.0 and then apply the 8.1.7.2 patch set. If you have already installed 8.1.7.2 on top of 8.1.7.1 then it is advisable to reinstall the base release (8.1.7.0) and then apply the patch set on top of this to get a proper 8.1.7.2 release installed. Patches ~~~~~~~ The affected patch sets will be re-released shortly with the version number 8.1.7.2.1. These updated patch sets will install on top of 8.1.7.1, 8.1.7.1B or 8.1.7.0. If possible please avoid upgrading until the revised patch sets are released. References ~~~~~~~~~~ Base bug reporting the install problem [BUG:1898001] Modification History: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 26-Jul-2001 Initial alert that 8.1.7.2 does not install over 8.1.7.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ Oracle Support Services . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: A. Bardeen INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).