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Oracle will release periodic updates for Oracle Solaris Operating System packages as Support Repository Updates (SRU). The latest available SRU is " Oracle Solaris 11.2.3.4.1 Support Repository Update " Each SRU contains updates for multiple packages. If you want to update a specific package then you need to use locking mechanism on packages. This method will be helpful if customers are not willing to update full SRU Immediately. They can update individual packages according to their requirements and at later stage they can update the complete SRU. In this demonstration we will update bash shell independently of SRU cycle. Steps: - Check Existing version of bash root@soltest1:~# pkg list bash pkg list bash NAME (PUBLISHER) VERSION IFO shell/bash 4.1.11-0.175.2.0.0.42.1 i-- - Check for available updates root@soltest1:~# pkg list -af shell/bash pkg list -af shell...

In this article i will demonstrate how to use latest start CD with and existing Oracle E-Business suite R12.2 stage. Oracle released two versions of start CD since the announcement of Oracle EBS R12.2. The base release of start CD is 12.2.0.46 then later it released 12.2.0.47 and 12.2.0.48. The start CD 12.2.0.48 is available to download via patch "18086193" .  The download of patch is only available to customers who has a valid and active support contract (CSI) account.  This version of start CD include all bugs from the previous releases (12.2.0.46 & 12.2.0.47). Oracle Strongly recommends to use the latest version of start CD for fresh EBS Installation. Steps: 1) Verify the version of existing start CD 2) Rename/delete the existing start CD directory 3) Download and copy the patch into the existing stage area 4) unzip the patch and verify the version of start CD 1) Verify the version of existing start CD: Each start CD Disk contains e...

Oracle Solaris 11.2 introduced new package in IPS  "oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall". Users need to check all packages exists on the system before starting the Installation. This preinstall package was first introduced in Oracle Enterprise Linux and now available in Oracle Solaris 11.2. In Oracle Solaris 11.2  its very easy for administrators to install this package and they are not required to check dependencies/version of each and every package. For Installing "oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall"  package your solaris IPS repository should be configured. IPS can be configured via Internet or can be configured on your local file system. For more information on configuring IPS locally please refer my earlier blogpost: Configure IPS on Oracle Solaris11.2 Locally Check for IPS repository publisher root@solaris11-2:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS P LOCATION solaris origin online F file:///IPS/ roo...