Standby-First

Why is the fix for bug nnn not included in any RU?

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Mike.Dietrich Optimizer Patch Recommendation 3

Christian asked this question today. Specifically, in his case for Bug 26749785 – PERF_DIAG: NEED TO HAVE MORE CONTROL IN DICTIONARY FOR AUTO_STATS_ADVISOR_TASK. Several of his customers suffer from this issue, and they repeatedly need to ask for backports or merge patches. I have seen this several times as well. Anyway, he is not only one who asked: Why is the fix for bug nnn not included in any RU?

Why is the fix for bug nnn not included in any RU?

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Inclusion criteria

In order to be able to include a bug fix into an MRP, CSPU or RU, it has to be …

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Sign up for the next Virtual Classroom Seminar: Patch Smarter, Not Harder

Posted on March 9, 2026 by Mike.Dietrich Workshop 2

Some of you may have realized: We moved the Virtual Classroom Seminar #27 from its original date in February to March 12 this week. Usually we don’t do this – but we ended up with so much content. If you haven’t already, it is time for you to sign up for the next Virtual Classroom Seminar: Patch Smarter, Not Harder.

Sign up for the next Virtual Classroom Seminar: Patch Smarter, Not Harder

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What are we going to talk about?

Database Patching – with or without RAC or Data Guard. With demos, as usual.

The idea is that you may learn a lot. And of course, …

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OJVM patch: Standby-First patching, yes or no?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Mike.Dietrich JVM Patch Recommendation 6

I have blogged in the past more than once about the “wonderful” topic of OJVM patching.

Anyhow, I’d like to summarize a few typical questions sent to me in the past months regarding OJVM patching.

Do I need to apply the OJVM patch every time I apply a PSU or BP?

Unfortunately this is not a one-time-and-then-you-are-set operation. You’ll have to do it every time.

How do I find out if OJVM is used in my database?

I tried to nail this down in this blog post here:

Java in the database – OJVM non-rolling patches – OJVM Removal

But …

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