Re: Oracle Installation Questions Winserver

Hi JAM,

As per SAP note 839182

Installing patches on Windows

For the installation, note the exact installation instructions from the patch README.

1. For each Oracle patch set release or patch set update release, you must first create a separate patch base directory <patch_base_dir>.

For example:
OS> mkdir patches.11201 (for Release 11.2.0.1)
OS> mkdir patches.10204 (for Release 10.2.0.4)

2. Copy the patch to be installed to the base directory <patch_base_dir> and unpack it there (for example, using zip or winzip) in the directory <patch_dir>.

3. Stop all Oracle processes and Oracle services that were started from within the affected Oracle Home.

4. Before installing the patch, you should save the Oracle Home and the Oracle inventory.

5. Open a command prompt or a PowerShell.
(Windows Server 2008/Windows Server 2008 R2: 'elevated mode'/run as administrator)

From here, install the patch as follows:

Option 1: Calling OPatch specifying the patch directory
OS>  %ORACLE_HOME%\OPatch\opatch apply <patch_dir>

Option 2: Calling OPatch directly from the patch directory
OS> cd <patch_dir>
OS>  %ORACLE_HOME%\OPatch\opatch apply

6. Then perform the postprocessing steps Patch Post Install Instructions that are prescribed in the patch README if they can be used.

7. Optional: Clean up the patch storage directory (Cleanup)
OS> %ORACLE_HOME%\OPatch\opatch util cleanup

You can apply this patches as Administrator user. There is no need to wait for sidadm user to get created. SWPM will adjust the environment parameters during the installation.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Deepak Kori