HP Storage Essentials SRM July 2008 Patch for Oracle 9.2.0.8 Guide for Red Hat Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers (September 2008)

h. Enter the following to start Oracle services:
startup;
i. Enter the following to exit SQL*Plus:
exit
2. If you are not already in the <Destination_Directory> directory, navigate to it now. Make sure
that the Oracle user account can create new filesinthislocation. The<Destination_Directory>
is the directory where you expanded the contents of the patch.
3. Oracle recommends running the runDictionaryFix.sh script to fix any corruption that may
have occurred with the metadata when the patch was installed.
To run the runDictionaryFix.sh script, enter the following command:
./runDictionaryFix.sh
4. Provide the password for user SYS when prompted and press Enter.
The default password for user SYS is the following: change_on_install
SYS is the user account that owns the database and the data dictionary.
Oracle sends the output to this screen indicating its progress.
Thescriptcompletes.
IMPORTANT:
If you mistakenly type one or more special characters, including slashes, when entering the password for
SYS, you may see messages that are not pertinent for entering an incorrect password. Here are two
examples:
SP2-0641: "SHOW ERRORS" requires connection to server
SP2-064
0: Not connected
<hundreds of the “not connected” messages>
Enter value for owa_file_var:
Or
Amessageres
embling the following:
<Resul
ts, message not pertinent to the problem>
Enter SYS Password:
ERROR:
ORA-1
2154: TNS:could not resolve service name
In the first case, you may need to press CTRL-C to exit to the SQL prompt. Enter exit to return to
the command prompt.
When you see the c ommand prompt, run runDictionaryFix.sh again and enter the correct
password for SYS.
It will take anywhere from 5 to 40 minutes depending on the database for the runDictionaryFix
script to complete.
5. Login as root by entering the following command:
su — root
6. Reboot the management server.
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(Servers without previous Oracle CPUs) Applying the Oracle July 2008 Critical Patch Update