Is thr any order to install Oracle & Kernel Patches

[Former Member]

Hi all,

We are going for a fresh installation of BW 3.5 on linux. We have around 39 kernel patches both Independent and dependent . and around 20 oracle patches...is there any order we have to follow to install these things. Pls suggest.

Best Regards

Praveen

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Praveen,

Normally you should patch the database first.

Than for the kernel you just extrac all in the same place, any order is ok.

To avoid incosystency version, I would suggest you download the collection one not the individual patch.

So you only have 1 collection patch for EXE and 1 collection patch for DB and 1 collection patch for BRTOOLS.

And you can extract all the collection by any order.

Hope this help,

Fendi Suyanto

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi all,

thx for the inputs....

Fendi , i didnt understand wat "collection one" is...do u mean SAPEXE_175-20000175.SAR -->Kernel part I Q1 2007.

I did understand tht we shud install Oracle patches first and then kernel, what i meant was the sequence tht shud be followed to install the 20 odd oracle patches.

Any sequense is OK or shud i follow a procedure?

Pls suggest.

Regards

Praveen

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Praveen,

Yes that what I mean part I and Part II.

You should apply Oracle patch first than you can go upgrade the kernel.

But there is no any rule where should go first.

Some time I never update my oracle patch, I just upgrade the kernel only.

I only update the oracle kernel if required due to some major problem reported by EWA.

And as other say, sometime you also need to consider the OS patch also.

But again its not mandatory. Its depen on your system patch level.

Regards,

Fendi Suyanto

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Fendi,

thx for the reply...

So if i use the latest EXE i.e SAPEXE_175.EXE part I & II,i need not install or download the other files like...R3ta_320000175.SAR,R3trans_192.SAR,R3check_12-20000175.SAR,SAPstart,SAPstop,......like wise we have 39 files....is tht so...

Pls suggest..

Praveen

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Praveen,

Yes you dont need other patch any more if you use the Part I and Part II patch bundle. You you only need to download 3 file only for kernel upgrade:

Kernel EXE Part I

DB EXE Part II

DBORA (depen on your Oracle version)

SAPEXE_175 mean the disp+work version for this bundle is version 175.

Regards,

Fendi Suyanto

[former_member204746]

Praveen, when you download the files that Fendi mentionned, you will get to level 175. if you want the latest kernel, you also download every file which datestamp is more recent than the 3 packages.

so, you have a choice. version 175 or the latest and greatest.

obviously, this involves more work.

[Former Member]

Hi Fendi, thx........ASSIGNED FULL POINTS..............

Hi Eric,tht was not bad either, thx for the good information

Thx guys ,thx a lot

[Former Member]

Hi Fendi,

We are going for Oracle 10.2.0.2 & kernel 6.40.... ,we found DBATOOLS in dependent patches... is it the one for DBA tools? but the desc says DBATOOLS for 9.2.x, in one of the forum replies given by you to a question posted by some one else,u meantioned like we dont have BRTOOLS for kernel 6.4,oracle 10.2.0.2 , r both DBAORA & DBATOOLS for 9.2.x are one and the same ?

Thanks & Regards

Praveen

[former_member204746]

go get brtools version 7.00.

version 7.00 support Oracle 10g.

and yes, you can use kernel 6.40 with brtools 7.00.

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Eric Brunelle

[Former Member]

Hi,

regarding the oracle patches...we found 20 of them in market place...if we are not mistaken we shud use all of them...use MOPatch,include all 20 in MO and run it...pls correct if am wrong...

Thanks&Regards,

Praveeen

[former_member204746]

read SAP Note 871735 - Current patch set for Oracle 10.2.0

[fidel_vales]

hi,

Yes, install 10.2.0.2 ( currently it is the only supported patch set ) and all the patches from note 871096.

If no other patch is installed you can user MOPatch, if you have already any patch, don't use it

[Former Member]

Hi Fidel,

Where can one get infomation / download MOpatch?

Cheers,

Nisch

[fidel_vales]

Hi,

Note 1027012 MOPatch - Install Multiple Oracle Patches in One Run

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi Praveen,

Normally we apply OS patches and then database patches.

I would suggest you to go for OS patches first.

Regards,

Payal

[Former Member]

Praveen,

I would suggest that you build the OS first and then start building database as there are several database patches which are dependent on the OS level.

Cheers,

Nisch