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

1ApplyingtheOracleApril2008
Critical Patch Update
These instructions are for applying the Oracle April 2008 CPU that is issued for Linux x86 32–bit
architecture.
Pr e-installation steps
To prepare to
install the O racle April 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=$PATH:/opt/HP_Storage_Essentials/JBossandJetty/server/
appiq/remoteScripts/perl/bin
where /opt/
HP_Storage_Essentials is the directory where the H P Storage Essentials SRM
management server is installed.
4. Add the following line to the PATH environment variable by entering the following command:
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0.3/OPatch
where /opt/
oracle/product/10.2.0.3 is the installation dire ctory for Oracle.
5. Stop the following services:
a. Enter the following at the command prompt to stop the service for HP Storage Essentials SRM
(AppStorM
anager):
/etc/init.d/appstormanager stop
b. If you are running the integrated version of HP Storage Essentials SRM, stop HP SIM by entering
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 – oracl
e
b. Start SQL*Plus by entering the following command:
sqlplus /nolog
c. Connect
by entering the following command:
connect SYS@APPIQ as SYSDBA
SYS is the Storage Essentials user account that owns the database and the data dictionar y.
d. EnterthepasswordforuserSYS.
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