Situation:
AIX 7.1 various SP levels
Update to SP9 on DB systems with Oracle 10 or 11G
Steps:
Would applying the update while the databases are up cause problems with either the SP update or the Oracle databases?
I've looked for a definitive answer on the web, and asking others, to no avail. The conservative approach is to do the SP update after the databases are down. However, if the SP update can be done before, it would streamline the over all process.
AIX 7.1 various SP levels
Update to SP9 on DB systems with Oracle 10 or 11G
Steps:
- Apply SP9 update
- Bring down databases
- shutdown -Fr
- Check system health - AIX
- Bring up databases
- Confirm functionality
Would applying the update while the databases are up cause problems with either the SP update or the Oracle databases?
I've looked for a definitive answer on the web, and asking others, to no avail. The conservative approach is to do the SP update after the databases are down. However, if the SP update can be done before, it would streamline the over all process.