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Adding Oracle9i R2 patches

Before installing Oracle9i Release 2 Patch software,

• Review the latest information on supported Oracle patches:

  http://support.veritas.com/docs/274421

• You must have installed the following Oracle9i Release 2 software.
  • For PA: Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0.1)
  • For IA: Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0.2)
• Review the Patch Set Notes that accompany the patch set for instructions on installing the patch set and performing the post-installation operations.

Review the procedure to add Oracle9i Release 2 patches to your node if you have installed Oracle, but have not yet configured Oracle in your cluster.

 To install Oracle9i R2 patches

1. Log in as oracle user.
2. On one node, create the directory where you intend to copy the Oracle9i patch software. For example:

   $ mkdir /oracle/patch

   $ cd /oracle/patch

3. Copy all files included with the downloaded Oracle9i patch software to the /oracle/patch.

   When you uncompress and untar the downloaded ZIP file, the software resides in a Disk1 directory.

4. On each node, edit the .rhosts file to provide the other node access to the local system during the installation.

   Place a "+ +" character in the first line of the file. You can remove this permission after the patch installation is complete.

5. Set the DISPLAY variable. Do one of the following:

    

   Bourne Shell (sh or ksh)	$ DISPLAY=host:0.0;export DISPLAY
   C Shell (csh or tcsh)	$ setenv DISPLAY host:0.0

6. Run the Oracle9i runInstaller utility.

   $ $/ORACLE/patch/Disk1/runInstaller

7. Select products.xml from the /oracle/patch/Disk1/stage directory.
8. In the Node Selection dialog box, select all nodes for installation to install the patches on local disks of each node.

   If you are installing Oracle9i Release 2 Patch 2 (9.2.0.2) on a local file system, install the software by invoking the installer on each node, one node at a time.

9. Proceed with the installation.
10. After installing the Oracle9i R2 patches, you must perform the following tasks:
    • Preparatory tasks to relink the SF Oracle RAC libraries
    • Relink the SF Oracle RAC libraries to Oracle

      See Relinking the SF Oracle RAC libraries to Oracle9i