HP Storage Essentials SRM July 2008 Patch for Oracle 10.2.0.3 Guide for Microsoft Windows Servers (September 2008)

1 Applying the Oracle July 2008

Critical Pa tch Update

Each quarter Oracle issues a critical patch. These instructions are for installing O racle Patch 25, which

includes the Oracle July 2008 critical patch update and some additional software ﬁxes.

IMPORTANT:

• HP Storage Essentials SRM is unavailable when installing the Oracle July 2008 CPU. Plan a non-peak

time to implement these steps.

• The installation of the Oracle July 2008 patch fails on Windows servers when the user name is root.

To install the Oracle July 2008 critical patch update:

NOTE:

The script for installing the July 2008 CPU does not run if its directory path contains spaces, for example

/my patch/runCPUJul2008.cmd.

1. Export your database by using the Export Backup feature in the Da tabase Admin Utility. Th is export

is require

d in case an issue occurs during the July 2008 CPU update.

Refer to th

e HP Storage Essentials SRM User Guide for information about the Database Admin

Utility. T

he H P Storage Essentials SRM User Guide is accessible from the Documentation Center on

the HP Sto

rage Essentials management server. You will later need to use the Cold Backup feature

in the Database Admin Utility while the HP Storage Essentials management server is not running.

You cannot access the Documentation Center when the HP Storage Essentials management server

is not run

ning. It is recommended you save the User Guide to another location so you can easily

accessitwhenyouneedtodoaColdBackup.

IMPORTANT:

YouwillneedtostoptheAppstorManagerservicebeforeyoucanruntheDatabaseAdminUtility.The

AppStorManager service will sometimes hang if you try to stop it. If you have difﬁculties with stopping

AppStor

Manager, set the service to Manual and then reboot the server.

2. Create a folder to contain the content of the zip archive, and name this new folder patch25.

3. Extra ct the content of the zip archive to patch25 folder.

4. Launchacommandlinewindowandmakepatch25 the current working subdirectory.

5. You must stop the following services if they are running:

NOTE:

Some of these servi ces do not appear on all servers.

• the Oracle instances

• the Oracle management server

• the Oracle TNSListener

•theHTTPserver

HP Storage Essentials SRM July 2008 Patch for Oracle 10.2.0.3 Guide