Prerequisites – Nortel Networks Application Server 53r 5300 00 User Manual

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Attention:

The time it takes to patch the Oracle Database varies from

patch to patch. It can take anywhere from a few minutes up to an hour.

Prerequisites

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You must have SSA (nysysadm) permissions.

Procedure Steps

Step

Action

Load the CD containing the Oracle patch into the CD-ROM drive
of the primary database server.

Log on as the SSA role (ntsysadm).

Change user permissions:

su - root

Copy the installation files:

./mcpCopyFromCD.pl

The patch files are copied from the CD to the following local
directory:

/var/mcp/db/install

Change directory:

cd /var/mcp/db/install

Extract the patch files:

tar xvf patches.tar

Change directory:

cd patches

Verify the current working directory:

pwd

Confirm the working directory is as follows:

var/mcp/db/install/patches

Run the patch installation script:

./patchDB.pl

Note: The following two errors can be observed during the
application of the patch.

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CREATE SEQUENCE generator$_s START WITH 1
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Application Server 5300

Nortel AS 5300 Installation

NN42040-300

01.04

4 November 2008