Re: Patch sanity check

Hello janine,

> Thanks to all for your help, but now I am even more confused about what to 
> install.

Maybe this could help you? That's how I installed 11.2.0.2 on a
two-node RAC running RedHat Linux 5 64 bit with different GI and RDBMS
owners.

http://itdavid.blogspot.com/2011/02/installing-patch-11202-to-oracle-11201.html

HTH,

David

> Rui is correct that patch 10098816 is the standalone patch set for 11.2.0.2.  
> Since it is patch set 1, I would assume it would bring the database up to 
> 11.2.0.2.1.  It was released in September 2010.
>
> Patch 10248523 is the 11.2.0.2.1 Patch Set Update.  It says that Patch Set 
> Updates are cumulative, and since it was released just a few weeks ago, I 
> would expect it to include patch 10098816, along with all important patches 
> that have come since.   But it doesn't seem to, or at least it is not listed 
> anywhere.  And the readmes for the two patches are vastly different;  even 
> the installation instructions seem different.
>
> So what is the best practice here?  Do people install each PSU as it comes 
> out?  Is there a reason to install only the standalone update to 11.2.0.2.1?
>
> thanks,
>
> janine
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