Wednesday, January 6, 2010

How to know whether patches applied to database

One of my brother asked me how he will know whether he applied a certain patch into database. Because somehow he forgot whether he applied a patch to one database as he had to monitor many databases as a time.

There are several ways to identify whether a patch applied to database. I am describing some of them.

1)By invoking $ opatch lsinventory.
Note that before invoking opatch you have to set or export ORACLE_HOME and then change the directory to opatch.
oracle:/home/oracle APPS> $ opatch lsinventory
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.3

Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.3
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.


Oracle Home : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db
Central Inventory : /APPS/app/oracle/oraInventory
from : /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 10.2.0.4.3
OUI version : 10.2.0.4.0
OUI location : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/oui
Log file location : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2010-01-07_00-19-28AM.log

Lsinventory Output file location : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2010-01- 07_00-19-28AM.txt

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Installed Top-level Products (2):

Oracle Database 10g 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Patch Set 3 10.2.0.4.0
There are 2 products installed in this Oracle Home.


There are no Interim patches installed in this Oracle Home.
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OPatch succeeded.
2)By invoking $ opatch lsinventory -details
oracle:/APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/OPatch AHDP> $ opatch lsinventory -details
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.3

Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.3
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.


Oracle Home : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db
Central Inventory : /APPS/app/oracle/oraInventory
from : /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 10.2.0.4.3
OUI version : 10.2.0.4.0
OUI location : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/oui
Log file location : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2010-01-07_00-26-17AM.log

Lsinventory Output file location : /APPS/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2010-01-07_00-26-17AM.txt

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Installed Top-level Products (2):

Oracle Database 10g 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Patch Set 3 10.2.0.4.0
There are 2 products installed in this Oracle Home.


Installed Products (160):

Agent Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
Agent Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Assistant Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
Assistant Common Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Bali Share 1.1.18.0.0
Buildtools Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
Character Set Migration Utility 10.2.0.1.0
Character Set Migration Utility Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Database Configuration and Upgrade Assistants 10.2.0.1.0
Database Configuration and Upgrade Assistants Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Database SQL Scripts 10.2.0.1.0
Database SQL Scripts Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Database Workspace Manager 10.2.0.1.0
Database Workspace Manager 10.2.0.4.0
DBJAVA Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
DBJAVA Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Enterprise Manager Baseline 10.2.0.1.0
Enterprise Manager Baseline 10.2.0.4.0
Enterprise Manager Minimal Integration 10.2.0.1.0
Enterprise Manager plugin Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
Generic Connectivity Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
Generic Connectivity Common Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
HAS Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
HAS Common Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
HAS Files for DB 10.2.0.1.0
HAS Files for DB Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Installation Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
Installation Common Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Installer SDK Component 10.2.0.4.0
Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2.14.0
JDBC Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
JDBC Common Files 10.2.0.4.0
LDAP Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
LDAP Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
OLAP SQL Scripts 10.2.0.1.0
OLAP SQL Scripts Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Call Interface (OCI) 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Call Interface (OCI) Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Clusterware RDBMS Files 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Clusterware RDBMS Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Code Editor 1.2.1.0.0I
Oracle Configuration Manager 10.2.7.1.0
Oracle Containers for Java 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Containers for Java 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Core Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Core Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Data Mining RDBMS Files 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Data Mining RDBMS Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Database 10g 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10G 32 bit 10.1.0.2.0
Oracle Database 10g interMedia Files 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g interMedia Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Database 10g Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Database 10g Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Patch Set 3 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Database User Interface 2.2.13.0.0
Oracle Database Utilities 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database Utilities Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Display Fonts 9.0.2.0.0
Oracle Extended Windowing Toolkit 3.4.38.0.0
Oracle Globalization Support 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Globalization Support Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Help For Java 4.2.6.1.0
Oracle Ice Browser 5.2.3.6.0
Oracle interMedia 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle interMedia Annotator 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle interMedia Client Option 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle interMedia Client Option Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle interMedia Java Advanced Imaging 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle interMedia Java Advanced Imaging Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle interMedia Locator 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle interMedia Locator Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle interMedia Locator RDBMS Files 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle interMedia Locator RDBMS Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle interMedia Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Internet Directory Client 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Internet Directory Client Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Java Client 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Java Client Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle JDBC Thin Driver for JDK 1.2 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle JDBC Thin Driver for JDK 1.2 Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle JDBC Thin Driver for JDK 1.4 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle JDBC Thin Driver for JDK 1.4 Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle JDBC/OCI Instant Client 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle JDBC/OCI Instant Client Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle JFC Extended Windowing Toolkit 4.2.33.0.0
Oracle JVM 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle JVM Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle LDAP administration 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle LDAP administration patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Locale Builder 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Message Gateway Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Message Gateway Common Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Net 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Net Listener 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Net Listener Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Net Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Net Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Net Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Net Services 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Notification Service 10.1.0.3.0
Oracle Notification Service Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle One-Off Patch Installer 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Programmer 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle RAC Required Support Files-HAS 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle RAC Required Support Files-HAS Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Real Application Testing 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Recovery Manager 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Recovery Manager Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Required Support Files 32 bit 10.2.0.0.0
Oracle Required Support Files 32 bit Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Starter Database 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Starter Database Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Text 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Text Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle UIX 2.1.22.0.0
Oracle Universal Installer 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle Wallet Manager 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Wallet Manager Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Oracle XML Development Kit 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle XML Development Kit Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Parser Generator Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
Perl Interpreter 5.8.3.0.1
PL/SQL 10.2.0.1.0
PL/SQL 10.2.0.4.0
PL/SQL Embedded Gateway 10.2.0.1.0
PL/SQL Embedded Gateway Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Platform Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
Platform Required Support Files 10.2.0.4.0
Precompiler Common Files 10.2.0.1.0
Precompiler Common Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Precompiler Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
Precompiler Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
RDBMS Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
RDBMS Required Support Files for Instant Client 10.2.0.1.0
RDBMS Required Support Files for Instant Client Patch 10.2.0.4.0
RDBMS Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
regexp 2.1.9.0.0
Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
Sample Schema Data 10.2.0.1.0
Sample Schema Data Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Secure Socket Layer 10.2.0.1.0
Secure Socket Layer Patch 10.2.0.4.0
SQL*Plus 10.2.0.1.0
SQL*Plus 10.2.0.4.0
SQL*Plus Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
SQL*Plus Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
SQLJ Runtime 10.2.0.1.0
SQLJ Runtime Patch 10.2.0.4.0
SSL Required Support Files for InstantClient 10.2.0.1.0
SSL Required Support Files for InstantClient Patch 10.2.0.4.0
Sun JDK 1.4.2.13.0
Sun JDK extensions 9.0.4.0.0
XDK Required Support Files 10.2.0.1.0
XDK Required Support Files Patch 10.2.0.4.0
XML Parser for Java 10.2.0.1.0
XML Parser for Java Patch 10.2.0.4.0
XML Parser for Oracle JVM 10.2.0.1.0
XML Parser for Oracle JVM Patch 10.2.0.4.0
There are 160 products installed in this Oracle Home.

There are no Interim patches installed in this Oracle Home.
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OPatch succeeded.
3)Login to oracle as sys user and invoke select * from sys.registry$history;
SQL> select * from sys.registry$history;
ACTION_TIME ACTION NAMESPACE
------------------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------
VERSION ID COMMENTS BUNDLE_SERIES
------------------------------ ---------- ------------------------------------ ------------------------------
30-JUL-08 05.43.41.290171 PM CPU
6452863 view recompilation

08-SEP-08 08.22.59.110066 PM CPU SERVER
10.2.0.3.0 6864068 CPUApr2008

05-AUG-09 07.08.18.158451 AM UPGRADE SERVER
10.2.0.4.0 Upgraded from 10.2.0.3.0

05-AUG-09 07.42.03.040347 AM CPU
6452863 view recompilation
4)Various OS Commands.
$ showrev -p
$ owhat bin/oracle

From all the ways described above we can get idea whether patches are applied to database.
Related Documents
http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2008/04/list-of-oracle-database-version-release.html
http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2008/04/oracle-database-editions.html
http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2008/04/oracle-products.html
http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2008/04/timeline-of-oracle-rdbms-major-release.html
http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2008/04/history-of-oracle-corporation.html
http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2008/10/list-of-patchset-number-in-metalink.html

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