Upgrades

Oracle Database Patching Just Got More Complicated

Friday, July 17th, 2009

It seems like a regular occurrence that a new species gets introduced into the Oracle DBMS patch ecosystem. Most recently the Critical Patch Update (CPU) was created to simplify security patch distribution. These CPUs brought with them a new patch application methodology (NApply) which allows for multiple patches (now known as molecules) to be applied [...]

Issue Installing the Oracle July 2008 CPU

Friday, February 29th, 2008

The threats mitigated by installing the quarterly security patches are numerous. There are also risks involved, in this case specifically the risk that the database will be unavailable after the patch installation until invalidated objects are recompiled.
Here is a snippet from the readme:

Run the view recompilation script. Note that this script is run with [...]

Webinar: “Are You Ready to Upgrade?” 2/13/08 at 1:00 p.m. ET

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Please join us tomorrow for a complimentary Webinar from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET (10:00 - 11:00 a.m. PT) entitled, “Microsoft and Oracle are Ready to Upgrade - Are You?”
Matthew Zito, chief scientist of GridApp Systems, will discuss how SQL Server and Oracle database upgrades can be performed quickly and easily, allowing your IT organizations [...]