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DBA_REGISTRY_HISTORY vs DBA_REGISTRY_SQLPATCH

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Flaws and Pitfalls Patch Recommendation 9

At the DOAG Conference in November in Nürnberg in November 2016 a customer asked me right after my talk about “Upgrade to Oracle Database 12.2. – Live and Uncensored” why the DBA_REGISTRY_HISTORY does not get updated when he applies a Bundle Patch and follows all instructions including the “./datapatch -verbose” call.

I was wondering as well and asked him to open an SR. Which he did. And he received the message from Support that it is not supposed to appear in Oracle 12c anymore this way but only in DBA_REGISTRY_SQLPATCH. Now I dug a bit deeper …

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July 2016 – Proactive BPs and PSUs are available

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Patch Recommendation 9

Last night the July 2016 patches got released

Not all of them actually. In case you miss AIX, Intel Solaris and zLinux versions those should be available by Friday, July 22, 2016.

See the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory July 2016 for further details, and especially the Database announcement on MOS.

What’s new, what’s important?

First of all the renaming of DBIM and Exadata Bundle Patches into PROACTIVE BUNDLE PATCHES is now settled in more MOS notes.

2.1 Database patch for Engineered Systems and Database In-Memory 12.1.0.2 renamed to “Proactive Bundle Patch 12.1.0.2”

Starting from Apr2016 onwards the prior

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Oracle April 2016 PSU and Proactive BPs are there

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Patch Recommendation 35

Hurray, it’s Patching Day!

Sounds a bit like D-Day 😉 But April 19, 2016 the most recent April PSUs (Patch Set Updates) and BPs (Bundle Patches) got released.

Find all the necessary information with the below links:

The important change in the April PSU/BP release:
The database patch for “Engineered Systems and Database In-Memory 12.1.0.2” luckily got renamed into “Proactive Bundle Patch 12.1.0.2”. That is not only a rebranding but it should express that we would like to encourage you to apply the Bundle Patches…

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