Re: Active files message when applying a patch bundle on Windows

  • From: Bobby Curtis <curtisbl@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: peter.schauss@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:11:16 -0400

Peter,
Since you are on a windows machine, have you looked at process explorer?  I 
gives you a different view of the process that windows is running.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

With test and production running on the same host, I would be very careful.  I 
would shutdown the instance(s) if possible before attempting anything.

BC

On Apr 22, 2013, at 2:01 PM, "Schauss, Peter (ESS)" <peter.schauss@xxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> I have a windows server (32 bit) which I am attempting to upgrade from  
> 11.1.0.7 to 11.2.0.3.  For this particular application we are running test 
> and production instances on the same server (not my choice), so I have to 
> proceed with a bit of caution. I installed 11.2.0.3 in a separate 
> ORACLE_HOME.  Now I am trying to apply Patch Bundle 18 before I upgrade the 
> test instance.  At this point I have not migrated any of the databases to the 
> new version and we are still using the 11.1.0.7 listener.
> 
> When I run opatch I get:
> 
> 
> Following files are active :
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oracommon11.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraclient11.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\orageneric11.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\orapls11.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oran11.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraxml11.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oci.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\orannzsbb11.dll
> d:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin\oraasmclnt11.dll
> 
> How can I tell what process is using these DLLs or is opatch confusing the 
> 11.2.0 versions of these libraries with the 11.1.0 versions?
> 
> Tasklist /m will only accept the file name, not the full path name.
> 
> Does this mean that I have to shut down the production instances before I can 
> apply a patch to the new ORACLE_HOME?
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter Schauss
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