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April Sims
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April Sims is currently the Database Administrator at Southern Utah University and an Oracle Certified Professional: 8i, 9i, and 10g with a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. Involved as a volunteer with the Independent Oracle Users Group for over 7 years, April is currently a Contributing Editor for the IOUG "SELECT" Journal. April is an annual presenter at Oracle OpenWorld, IOUG COLLABORATE, and numerous regional Oracle-related conferences.
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Installation of major versions, maintenance releases, and patches

There is a difference when installing Oracle software, depending on whether it is a major release, maintenance release, or some sort of patchset. A new major release, for example, will go from 10.x to 11.x. A maintenance release is the second set of numbers, for example, going from 11.1 to 11.2. Review Chapter 2, Maintaining Oracle Standards, for the numbering convention for Oracle releases and some recommendations related to installing patchsets.

Release installation

If you are planning to do a release upgrade, either major or maintenance, then install the newer version in a new ORACLE_HOME. Remember to set the environmental variable ORACLE_BASE. Which version should you install? Find the most current one even if it has just been released, since you are installing this first in a test environment. Don't forget to patch this new ORACLE_HOME with the latest CPU or PSU patch if it is available. Check back on MOS for patchset...

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April Sims is currently the Database Administrator at Southern Utah University and an Oracle Certified Professional: 8i, 9i, and 10g with a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. Involved as a volunteer with the Independent Oracle Users Group for over 7 years, April is currently a Contributing Editor for the IOUG "SELECT" Journal. April is an annual presenter at Oracle OpenWorld, IOUG COLLABORATE, and numerous regional Oracle-related conferences.
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