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CSPU on MS Windows conflicts with OJVM for 19.32

Posted on September 28, 2026 by Flaws and Pitfalls Microsoft Windows Patch Recommendation 21

Several of you mailed me already, and I tried to sort this out internally at first. We ask you to patch monthly, and it is amazing to see that some of you are ready to do this. It just gets a bit frustrating when you run into an issue such as this one where the CSPU on MS Windows conflicts with OJVM for 19.32.

CSPU on MS Windows conflicts with OJVM for 19.32

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What happened?

This blog post is meant more to avoid frustration than to solve the issue. As of now, I am not sure if there is a MOS …

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How long can I request a backport for Oracle Database RUs?

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Patch Recommendation Release Schedule 0

I’ve had this topic on my “to write about” list for a long time. But somehow it felt through the cracks. Especially in relation to the recently announced extension of the Oracle Database 19c Premier and Extended Support periods it may be useful if you are aware of this policy since you may ask yourself: How long can I request a backport for Oracle Database RUs?

What is a backport?

As we explain in Virtual Classroom Seminar – Episode 17: From SR to Patch – Insights into the Oracle Database Development process we fix …

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The downsides of in-place patching – and a patching lab

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Best Practice Patch Recommendation 40

Happy New Year to all of you at first. I hope you all had a good start – and for myself, I promise to blog a bit more again in 2024. Let me start with my first post since I received a question very often: Why should I patch out-of-place with a new Oracle Home? Since I need to patch a bit today I can easily show the downsides of in-place patching – and a patching lab.

It all started at OCW 2023

Ok, we didn’t really start it at OCW 2023 in …

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Important clarifications to the Oracle Database Error Correction Policy

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Best Practice Patch Recommendation Release Schedule 4

When I came back from vacation a few weeks ago (or was it almost 2 months ago??) I learned that we have added some Important clarifications to the Oracle Database Error Correction Policy. The clarifications are mainly about how long you will be able to request a single fix for a given Release Update (RU). Take this not as a constraint but a motivation to argue internally to not stay on too old Release Updates.

Important clarifications to the Oracle Database Error Correction Policy

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How to find the important notes?

It is not easy to find this important note in MOS, …

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Apply the Data Pump Bundle Patch – non-rolling but online?

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Data Pump Patch Recommendation 24

Yesterday I have blogged about an issue with the highly recommended Data Pump Bundle Patches. And today I would like to shed some light on how to Apply the Data Pump Bundle Patch – non-rolling but online?

 

Download the Data Pump Bundle Patch

You can download the correct Data Pump Bundle Patch from MOS Note: 2819284.1 – Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above. It’s just a few MB, and it is a generic patch with a separate download for the Windows platform. So far so good.

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