Oracle Database 11g

Where is the Jan 2017 PSU for Oracle Database 11.2.0.4?

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Oracle Database 11g Patch Recommendation 24

Where is it?

This question reached me a week ago:
“Where is the January 2017 PSU for Oracle Database 11.2.0.4?”

“What’s the deal?” was my first thought – just go and download it from MOS.
Well, not really …

Where to download Proactive Bundle Patches, Patch Set Updates and Patch Sets?

My favorite note is:
MOS Note:1454618.1
Quick Reference to Patch Numbers for PSU, SPU(CPU), BPs and Patchsets

It gives me access to all the download links for the patch bundles I’m looking for.

But for 11.2.0.4. there’s only “NA” (not available) stated:

And a very …

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Ouch, this hurts: bug 17325413 – patch BEFORE upgrade!

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Flaws and Pitfalls Oracle Database 11g Patch Recommendation Upgrade / Migration 15

PatchI really don’t want to turn this blog into something making our database look bad. But in this case it is really necessary as it is VERY UNUSUAL that we recommend to patch the database BEFORE upgrade.

Just for clarification:

The following topic will affect all databases between 11.1.0.6 and 11.2.0.4.1 – those (and only those) need to be patched BEFORE upgrade. The topic is fixed in 12.1.0.2 but as it gets introduced with the BEFORE upgrade database version you’ll have to apply the fix before upgrade. The inclusion of the fix in 12.1.0.2 means only that the …

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Bug Fixing Support for Oracle 11.2.0.3 will end soon

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Lifetime Support Policy Oracle Database 11g 6

The bug fixing support for Oracle Database 11.2.0.3 will end soon.

From my visits in the past months seeing some really large customer environments with easily over 1000 production databases each I can tell you that there may be many Oracle 11.2.0.3 installations out there. So maybe not everybody is aware of this fact.

It’s hard to believe but the Error Correction Support for Oracle Database 11.2.0.3 will end shortly on August 27,2015.

See MOS Note:742060.1 for further details.

And does it need to be said?
Yes, you can – of course – upgrade directly to Oracle Database …

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