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Release Notes
10g Release 2 (10.2) for hp Tru64 UNIX
B25299-03
March 2007
This document contains important information that was not included in the platform-specific or product-specific documentation for this release. This document supplements Oracle Database Readme and may be updated after it is released.
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This document contains the following topics:
The latest certification information for Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) is available on OracleMetaLink at:
The following products are not supported with Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2):
Grid Control Support
Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) can be managed as a target by Grid Control 10.1.0.4. However, Oracle Database 10g release 2 is not supported by Grid Control 10.1.0.4 as a repository.
Transparent Gateways
TG-Sybase is the only supported Transparent Gateway product with this release.
Refer to the installation guides for the preinstallation requirements.
This section lists the following corrections to the installation guides for hp Tru64 UNIX:
In Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide, Chapter 2, "Preinstallation," in the section "Oracle Clusterware Home Directory," it incorrectly lists the path /u01/app/oracle/product/crs as a possible Oracle Clusterware home (or CRS home) path. This is incorrect. A default Oracle base path is /u01/app/oracle, and the Oracle Clusterware home must never be a subdirectory of the Oracle base directory.
A possible CRS home directory is in a path outside of the Oracle base directory. for example, if the Oracle base directory is u01/app/oracle, then the CRS home can be an option similar to one of the following:
u01/crs/ /u01/crs/oracle/product/10/crs /crs/home
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 5843155.
Review the following sections for information about issues that affect Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade:
Before running root.sh in the first node of a shared Oracle Clusterware home, add the following line in the $ORA_CRS_HOME/opmn/conf/ons.config file:
usesharedinstall=true
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 4454562.
To install Oracle Security Manager, install Oracle Client and then select the Administrator installation type.
The Oracle Cluster Ready Services (CRS) software must be at the same or newer level as the Oracle software in the Oracle RAC Oracle home. Therefore, you should always upgrade CRS before you upgrade Oracle RAC.
If the OCR and CSS voting files are on NFS, ensure that the NFS mount has the following options set :
rsize>=<max_db_block_size> wsize>=<max_db_block_size> hard noac/actimeo=0
To enable the extjob executable to locate required libraries, the $ORACLE_HOME/lib directory and all of its parent directories must have execute permissions for group and other.
When modifying the name, IP address, or netmask of an existing virtual IP address (VIP) resource, use the following command:
srvctl modify nodeapps
and include the existing interfaces for the VIP in the -A argument. For example:
srvctl modify nodeapps -n mynode1 -A 100.200.300.40/255.255.255.0/eth0
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 4500688.
The following sections contain information about issues related to Oracle Database 10g and associated products:
Importing a User Certificate Into Oracle Wallet Using Oracle Wallet Manager
Oracle Notification Server Issue in Shared Oracle Clusterware Home
On hp Tru64 UNIX, only Cluster File System shared storage checks are performed with Cluster Verification Utility. Shared storage checks for LVM or raw disks are not performed as these are not supported shared storage options.
Oracle Wallet Manager will fail to recognize the user certificate as valid if you capture the user certificate contents from the Oracle Certificate Authority site and save this as a flat file. This is because when saving as a flat file, all the lines of the user certificate are run together with no line breaks.
Workaround: Edit the user certificate. Insert a new line after -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and a new line before -----END CERTIFICATE-----.
Do not remove the key values for the wait class metrics. Doing so removes them permanently and currently there is no easy way to recover them.
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 4602952.
While upgrading Database from 10.1 to 10.2, Oracle Notification Server shuts down if the following conditions exist:
Oracle Clusterware 10.1 is installed with shared Oracle home
Oracle RAC 10.1 is installed with non-shared Oracle home
Workaround: Complete the following steps to resolve this issue:
Use the following commands to add the usesharedinstall=true entry to the $CRS_HOME/opmn/conf/ons.config file:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/opmn/conf$ cat >> ons.configusesharedinstall=true
Press Ctrl and D to exit the cat command.
Use the following commands to add the usesharedinstall=true entry to the $ORACLE_HOME/opmn/conf/ons.config file:
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/opmn/conf$ cat >> ons.configusesharedinstall=true
Press Ctrl and D to exit the cat command.
Restart the Oracle Notification Server.
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 5325892.
Do not try a link to the Monitor in Memory Access Mode feature in your database screen, if you find one. This feature is not available in Enterprise Manager Database Control 10.2.0.2 release and attempting this link may stop an agent from responding.
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 4866231.
If you start Oracle Universal Installer from a client using VNC or Tarantella with HP Tru64, then the Content box of Oracle Universal Installer might not render properly to display the installed products.
Workaround: You can browse Oracle homes using the Tab and Arrow buttons to display the content in the box.
This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 5442053.
Oracle Inventory in Tru64 UNIX is shared. Due to this characteristic of Oracle Inventory, the deinstallation process of Oracle Clusterware displays the following error:
RemoveHome on remote node has failed
Where RemoveHome is the Oracle RAC or Oracle Clusterware home you are trying to deinstall.
This is a benign message which you can ignore.
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