Note: 153172.1 "ALERT: Do NOT Install 8.1.7.2.0 Patch
Set on top of 8.1.7.1"
8.1.7.2.0 Patch Set Does Not Install Correctly Over
8.1.7.1/8.1.7.1B
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This alert will be updated to indicate the current
status of
this problem. The modification history is shown at
the END of the
alert.
Versions Affected
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This problem affects the installation of the
8.1.7.2.0 Patch Set.
Platforms Affected
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This problem affects the following platforms only:
HPUX (Oracle 32 bit release)
HPUX (Oracle 64 bit release)
Compaq Tru64
Intel Solaris
This problem does NOT affect the following
platform:
Sun Sparc Solaris (Oracle 32 bit release)
8.1.7.2 has not been released on any other
platform yet.
Other platforms will have this problem
corrected prior
to their 8.1.7.2 Patch Set being released.
Description
~~~~~~~~~~~
If the 8.1.7.2.0 Patch Set is installed on top of
either 8.1.7.1 or
8.1.7.1B then the patch set does not install
correctly. No errors
are reported during the installation but the
Oracle version banner still
shows the version to be 8.1.7.1.
Likelihood of Occurrence
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You will encounter this problem if you install the
8.1.7.2.0 patch set
on top of either 8.1.7.1 or 8.1.7.1B on any of the
platforms listed above.
You are STRONGLY advised NOT to install 8.1.7.2.0
on top of 8.1.7.1
releases until this issue is addressed.
Possible Symptoms
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The main visible symptoms of this issue are:
a. The Oracle version banner still shows the
RDBMS release to be
8.1.7.1
b. SELECT * FROM V$VERSION shows the release
to be 8.1.7.1
c. Bugs fixed in 8.1.7.2 may still be
encountered
There may be additional symptoms not yet
discovered as the resulting
installation contains an untested combination of
modules.
Workaround
~~~~~~~~~~
The only workaround to this problem is to install
8.1.7.2.0 on top of
an 8.1.7.0 Oracle installation.
ie: If the current installation is at release
8.1.7.1, then you must
reinstall 8.1.7.0 and then apply the 8.1.7.2
patch set.
If you have already installed 8.1.7.2 on top of
8.1.7.1 then it is
advisable to reinstall the base release (8.1.7.0)
and then apply
the patch set on top of this to get a proper
8.1.7.2 release
installed.
Patches
~~~~~~~
The affected patch sets will be re-released
shortly with the
version number 8.1.7.2.1. These updated patch sets
will install
on top of 8.1.7.1, 8.1.7.1B or 8.1.7.0. If
possible please
avoid upgrading until the revised patch sets are
released.
References
~~~~~~~~~~
Base bug reporting the install problem
[BUG:1898001]
Modification History:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
26-Jul-2001 Initial alert that 8.1.7.2 does not
install over 8.1.7.1
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