I have maintained dual oracle home. Clone existing, apply patch to clone, switch to new home. Now I have to deinstall every time a new patchset is released? Michael Dinh : XIFIN : 858.436.2929 NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY - This material is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. BE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THIS EMAIL MAY CONTAIN PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI). BY ACCEPTING THIS MESSAGE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOREGOING, AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS: YOU AGREE TO NOT DISCLOSE TO ANY THIRD PARTY ANY PHI CONTAINED HEREIN, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO PERFORM YOUR OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO THE RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE. If the reader of this email (and attachments) is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender of the error and delete the e-mail you received. Thank you. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Powell, Mark Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 9:44 AM To: Oracle-L Freelists Subject: RE: 11.2.0.2 for Linux is out We have always patched into a new ORACLE_HOME. We would install the existing version and patch it then apply the new upgrade or patch to this. There is no way we can afford to mess up our existing home. We do no upgrade all out existing databases at one time so we need both the existing and the new environment till we get done upgrading. As far as I am concerned this is how upgrades should have always been done. It is about time Oracle takes this approach. ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Hall Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:08 PM To: usn@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Oracle-L Freelists Subject: Re: 11.2.0.2 for Linux is out Complete installation now, not just changed files. Read the patch notes first. You don't need all the zip files. Also, out-of-place patching (new ORACLE_HOME) is now the recommended approach. Cheers Tim... On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Martin Klier <usn@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:usn@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Hi list, Database and infrastructure 11.2.0.2 is available for Linux x86 and x86_64. Its patch set 10098816. Wow, that many files... Regards Martin Klier -- Usn's IT Blog for Linux, Oracle, Asterisk http://www.usn-it.de -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l