Oracle 19c on OL 8.10 — Silent Install, ASM, Restart & RU 19.32
After documenting my Oracle Database 19c deployment on RHEL7.9, I wanted to perform and document another completely tested implementation on Oracle Linux 8.10. This article covers the complete journey from operating-system preparation through Oracle Grid…
In-Place Patching Oracle Grid Infrastructure 19.3.0 to 19.32.0 on RHEL8.10 Before Installation
Can an Oracle Grid Infrastructure 19.3.0 home be patched to 19.32.0 before completing the Grid Infrastructure installation? I tested this approach on Microsoft Azure using RHEL8.10. The idea was straightforward: Start with the Oracle Grid Infrastructure…
Fixing OPatch Error: “Prerequisite check ‘CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables’ failed” — Real Production Experience
Patching Oracle environments is usually straightforward — until it isn’t. Nothing kills a maintenance window faster than OPatch stopping with: Prerequisite check “CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables” failed I recently hit this repeatedly while…