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Interim Patch for Base Bug: 8670579

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Date: 25th February 2010

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Platform. Patch for      : Linux x86

Product Patched         : NETWORK

Product Version #       : 11.2.0.1

RAC Rolling Installable : YES

Online Installable      : NO

Bugs Fixed by this patch:

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8670579 - DBBETA :NETCA/DBCA FAILED WITH HOTSPOT VIRTUAL MACHINE

Patch Preinstall Steps

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1. For non-recommended patches, you must have the exact symptoms

described in the service request (SR).

2. Confirm the version of Perl installed and configured for the ORACLE_HOME.

Oracle requires that all customers have at least Perl 5.00503 installed

and configured for patching activities inside the ORACLE_HOME.  Follow

these steps to check the Perl version for the ORACLE_HOME being patched:

- source the ORACLE_HOME environment

- execute "perl -v"

- verify that the returned version of Perl is 5.00503 or higher

If the Perl configured for the ORACLE_HOME is not at 5.00503 or

higher, follow the directions in this metalink note to update to

a more recent version:

https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=189489.1

3. Verify the OUI Inventory.

OPatch needs access to a valid OUI inventory to apply patches.

Validate the OUI inventory with the following command:

% opatch lsinventory

If the command errors out, contact Oracle Support and work to validate

and verify the inventory setup before proceeding.

4. Review and download the latest version of OPatch.

Oracle recommends that all customers be on the latest version of OPatch.

Please review the following metalink note and follow the instructions

to update to the latest version if needed:

https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showNOT?p_id=224346.1

5. Confirm executables appear in your system PATH.

The patching process will use the unzip and the opatch executables.  After

sourcing the ORACLE_HOME environment, confirm both of these exist before

continuing:

- "which opatch"

- "which unzip"

If either of these executables do not show in the PATH, correct the problem

before proceeding.

6. Create a location for storing the unzipped patch.  This location

will be referred to later in the document as .

7. Unzip the patch zip file into the .

unzip -d

8. Shut down services running from the ORACLE_HOME.

Before applying this patch, do a clean shut down of all services

running from the ORACLE_HOME.

(a) In a non-RAC environment:

Shut down all services that are running from this ORACLE_HOME.

Confirm the return status from each shutdown command to verify

the shutdown is successful and there are no errors.

(b) In a RAC environment:

For each node in the RAC system, shut down the services for

the specific machine that are running from the ORACLE_HOME.

OPatch will be used on each node in the RAC system one at

a time.  If this patch is not rolling RAC installable treat

it as a non-RAC environment and shut down all services.

As an example, in the case of a two node RAC system:

1. Stop instances running on node 1.

2. Run 'opatch apply /8670579' on node 1.

3. When the apply finishes, opatch asks for confirmation

before going on to apply the patch to node 2.

4. Start instances on node 1.

5. Stop instances running on node 2.

6. Ask opatch to continue to applying the patch to node 2.

7. Start instances on node 2.

9.  Apply pre-requisite updates.