Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 for Oracle RAC Administrator"s Guide (5900-1512, April 2011)

To apply Oracle patches
1
Stop the Oracle database.
If the database instances are not managed by VCS, run the following on one
of the nodes in the cluster:
$ srvctl stop database -d db_name
If the database instances are managed by VCS, take the corresponding VCS
service groups offline. As superuser, enter:
# hagrp -offline group_name -any
2
Install the patches or patchsets required for your Oracle RAC installation.
For instructions, see the Oracle documentation that accompanies the patch
or patchset.
3
Relink the SF Oracle RAC libraries with Oracle libraries.
For instructions, see the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation
and Configuration Guide.
4
Start the Oracle database.
If the database instances are not managed by VCS, run the following on one
of the nodes in the cluster:
$ srvctl start database -d db_name
If the database instances are managed by VCS, bring the corresponding VCS
service groups online. As superuser, enter:
# hagrp -online group_name -any
Installing Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, or ODM patches
on SF Oracle RAC nodes
Perform the steps on each node in the cluster to install Veritas Volume Manager,
Veritas File System, or ODM patches.
To install Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, or ODM patches on SF
Oracle RAC nodes
1
Log in as the root user.
2
Stop SF Oracle RAC manually on each node.
See “Stopping SF Oracle RAC manually on each node” on page 77.
Administering SF Oracle RAC and its components
Administering SF Oracle RAC
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