5 Applying the 9.0.1.5 Patch Set

This chapter supplements the instructions in the readme file for applying the 9.0.1.5 patch set. It contains the following sections:

• Section 5.1, "Addressing the Requirements for Applying the Patch Set"

• Section 5.2, "Applying the Patch Set to the Infrastructure"

• Section 5.3, "Applying the Patch Set to the Other Tiers"

5.1 Addressing the Requirements for Applying the Patch Set

You can download the 9.0.1.5 patch set from

http://metalink.oracle.com/

On the Patches Web page of this Web site, search for patch set number 3301544 for your platform. The readme file for the patch set lists the steps required to apply the patch set to a database server. However, there are fixes in the patch set for the JDBC driver and other dependent components, like Oracle Call Interface and Oracle Net, which are required for some of the Oracle Real Application Clusters failover scenarios. Therefore, in a high-availability setup, this patch set needs to be applied on all the tiers, except the Information Storage database tier, which is already on Oracle9i Database release 9.2.

Before applying the patch set, shut down all the tiers. To do this, use the shutdown scripts listed in Appendix B.

5.2 Applying the Patch Set to the Infrastructure

To apply the 9.0.1.5 patch set to the Infrastructure:

1. Follow the instructions in the readme file of the patch set. Because the Infrastructure is on a cold failover cluster, if the oraInventory directory is not at a shared location, then run the installer from the node on which the oraInventory directory is located.

2. For the postinstallation steps, follow the instructions given in the readme file. Note the following exceptions to these instructions:

   1. Label security is not installed in the Infrastructure for Oracle Collaboration Suite. Therefore, skip the make lbac_off step given in the readme file.

   2. Skip Step 4 because the Infrastructure database is not Java enabled.

   3. Skip Step 5 because it is related to label security, which is not installed.

   4. Skip Step 6 because the Infrastructure database is not Java enabled.

   5. Perform Step 7a, and skip Step 7b.

   6. Skip Step 11 and Step 12

For instructions specific to the Linux platform, refer to MetaLink note 264056.1. Follow the instructions given in this note to replace the $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libjmisc.so file.

5.3 Applying the Patch Set to the Other Tiers

For applying the patch set to the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On server and the Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tiers, copy the patch set from the Infrastructure node to the other nodes and run the installer on each one of them. Alternatively, download the patch set for the appropriate platform if the Infrastructure and Middle Tier platforms are different.

Before you start applying the patch set, shut down all the tiers. After applying the patch set to a tier, ensure that the tier processes are started before applying the patch set to the next tier.

After applying the patch set to the Infrastructure, to apply it to the other tiers:

1. Start the Infrastructure.

2. Apply the patch set to the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On tiers.

3. Start the Oracle9iAS Single Sign-On tiers.

4. Start Information Storage.

   
   

   Note: The patch set need not be applied to the Information Storage tier. You only need to restart it before performing the next step.

   
   

5. Apply the patch set to the Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller.

6. Start Oracle Calendar Server and Oracle Files Domain Controller.

7. Apply the patch set to the Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tiers.

8. Start the Oracle Collaboration Suite Middle Tiers.

Before applying the patch set, ensure that the oraInventory directory exists on all the nodes. This directory is usually located at ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory. When you run the installer, it automatically detects and patches the appropriate components.