HP Storage Essentials SRM July 2008 Patch for Oracle 10.2.0.3 Guide for Red Hat Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers (September 2008)

1 Applying the Oracl e July 2008
Critical Patch Update
These instructions are for applying the Oracle July 2008 CPU that is issued for Linux x86 32–bit
architecture.
Pr e-installation steps
To prepare to
install the Oracle July 2008 critical patch update:
1. Login as user root by entering the following command:
su — root
2. Verify that P
erl has been installed and is available by entering the following command:
perl –v
YouareshowntheversionofPerlonthecomputer.
3. Add the foll
owing line to the PATH environment variable by entering the following command:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/HP_Storage_Essentials/JBossandJetty/server/
appiq/remoteScripts/perl/bin
where /opt/
HP_Storage_Essentials is the directory where the HP Storage Essentials S RM
management server is installed.
4. Add the following line to the PATH environment variable by entering the following command:
export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
where $ORAC
LE_HOME,usually/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0.1, is the directory where
Oracle 10g is installed.
5. Stop the following services:
a. Enter the following at the command prompt to stop the service for HP Storage Essentials SRM
(AppStor
Manager):
/etc/init.d/appstormanager stop
b. If you are running the integrated version of HP Storage Essentials SRM, stop HP SIM by e ntering
the following command:
/opt/mx/
bin/mxstop
6. To stop Oracle from running:
a. Login as the Oracle user by entering the following command:
su – orac
le
b. Start SQL*Plus by entering the following command:
sqlplus /nolog
c. Connect
by entering the following comm and:
connect SYS@APPIQ as SYSDBA
SYS is the user account that owns the database and the data dictionary.
d. Enter th
e password for user SYS.
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