Difference between revisions of "Patching"
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[https://saruamit4.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/confusion-about-oracle-patches/ a word about the different patching terminology;overlay, merge, bundle etc..]<br /> | [https://saruamit4.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/confusion-about-oracle-patches/ a word about the different patching terminology;overlay, merge, bundle etc..]<br /> | ||
===What patches are installed?=== | ===What patches are installed?=== | ||
| − | From command line | + | ====From command line==== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lspatches | $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lspatches | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | ==== | + | ====From SQL*Plus in version 11==== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
select action, namespace, version, id, comments from dba_registry_history; | select action, namespace, version, id, comments from dba_registry_history; | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | ==== | + | ====From SQL*Plus in version 12==== |
<pre> | <pre> | ||
select extract(sys.dbms_qpatch.get_opatch_list,'//patchDescription|//appliedDate|//patchID') from dual; | select extract(sys.dbms_qpatch.get_opatch_list,'//patchDescription|//appliedDate|//patchID') from dual; | ||
Revision as of 10:12, 15 May 2017
On bog standard iron, this was a fairly simple procedure. Download the patch, stop the databases and listeners and opatch the ORACLE_HOME.
a word about the different patching terminology;overlay, merge, bundle etc..
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What patches are installed?
From command line
$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lspatches
From SQL*Plus in version 11
select action, namespace, version, id, comments from dba_registry_history;
From SQL*Plus in version 12
select extract(sys.dbms_qpatch.get_opatch_list,'//patchDescription|//appliedDate|//patchID') from dual;
Now things are getting more interesting...