HP Storage Essentials SRM July 2008 Patch for Oracle 9.2.0.8 Guide for Microsoft Windows Servers (September 2008)

2 Applying the Oracle July 2008

Critical Patch Update

E ach quarter Oracle issues a critical patc h. These instr uctions ar e for installing Oracle Patch 19, which

includes the Oracle July 2008 critical patch update and some additional software ﬁxes. This patch

assumes you have successfully upgraded Oracle to 9.2.0.8. If you have not upgraded to Oracle 9.2.0.8,

you will not be able to apply the patch.

IMPORTANT:

• HP Storage Essentials SRM is unavailable when installing the Oracle July 2008 CPU. Plan a non-peak

time to implement these steps.

• You do not need to install a previ ous CPU, as the July 2008 CPU is cumulative.

To install the Oracle July 2008 critical patch update:

NOTE:

The script for installing the July 2008 CPU does not run if its directory path contains spaces, for example

/my patch/runCPUJul2008.cmd.

1. Export your database by using the Export Backup feature in the Da tabase Admin Utility. This export

is required in case an issue occurs during the July 2008 CPU update.

Refer to the HP Storage Essentials SRM User Guide for i nformation about the Database Admin

Utility. The HP Storage Essentials SRM User Guide is accessible from the Documentation Center on

the HP Stora g e Essentials management server. You will later need to use the Cold Backup feature

in the Dat

abase Admin Utility while the HP Storage Essentials management server is not running.

You cannot access the Documentation Center when the HP Storage Essentials management server

is not running. It is recommended you save the User Guide to another location so you can easily

access i

t when you need to do a Cold Backup.

IMPORTANT:

YouwillneedtostoptheAppstorManagerservicebeforeyoucanruntheDatabaseAdminUtility.The

AppStorManager service will sometimes hang if you try to stop it. If you have difﬁculties with stopping

AppStorManager, set the service to Manual and then reboot the server.

2. Create a folder to contain the content of the zip archive, and name this new folder patch19.

3. Extract the content of the zip archive to patch19 folder.

4. Launchacommandlinewindowandmakepatch19 the current working subdirectory .

5. You must stop the following services if they are running:

NOTE:

Some of these servi ces do not appear on all servers.

• the Oracle instances

• the Oracle management server

HP Storage Essentials SRM July 2008 Patch for Oracle 9.2.0.8 Guide