Questions tagged [patching]

The tag has no usage guidance.

20 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
4 votes
1 answer
7k views

Oracle Database Server TNS Listener Remote Registration Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1675)

Some of our Internal DBs Oracle installed in Linux and Windows servers have been highlighted with the issue Oracle TNS Listener Remote Poisoning (CVE-2012-1675). This security alert addresses the ...
FaMontyN2's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
22 views

What is the approach to handle failover and compatibility issues when patching FCI nodes?

I have FCI with 2 nodes. Following is steps to patch the nodes: Remove node from Possible owners Patch the inactive node Add the node to the Possible owners Failover to inactive node Leave it running ...
variable's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
3k views

How am I supposed to update PostgreSQL on Windows, once installed, without manually installing new installers?

I have PostgreSQL 11.5 installed on Windows 10. It was installed with the EnterpriseDB installer, which is the only one which exists these days. If I go to https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/...
Gregorg's user avatar
  • 37
2 votes
0 answers
206 views

Cannot apply patches to SQL Server 2016

I have a SQL Server 2016 instance version is SP1-GDR - 13.0.4202.2. I want to apply the Cumulative Update packages but they will not install. When you step through them, you cannot select any options ...
Matt's user avatar
  • 51
1 vote
0 answers
194 views

Has my repair fixed incomplete patching?

I am patching a SQL2008R2 Express Edition instance. On the first failed attempt, all seemed to be fine - SQL loaded, dbs online, @@VERSION returned the expected results, but errors were found during ...
jack's user avatar
  • 369
1 vote
1 answer
3k views

SQL Server updates missing from WSUS

I don't use WSUS for SQL Server patching because we have so many different compatibility issues, requirements and downtime OLA's that it makes it impossible to deploy anything in this way - not sure ...
Molenpad's user avatar
  • 1,774
1 vote
0 answers
3k views

ORA-20013: DBMS_QOPATCH ran mostly in non install area

I have problems with patching p23054246_121020_Linux-x86-64 on an oracle database 12.1.0.2.0 on a Red Hat Enterprise 7.2. The patch installation seems to work but when I do the datapatch it fails: -...
r0tt's user avatar
  • 998
0 votes
0 answers
77 views

SSIS Database Always on AG and Patching

I am after clarification, when we patch a SQL Server Always on AG environment that has the SSIS database in the AG we remove the SSIS database, patch failover, patch and add the SSIS DB back into the ...
Stockburn's user avatar
  • 427
0 votes
0 answers
59 views

Cent OS update to postgresql13-contrib-13.9 causes error postgres_fdw.so undefined symbol: get_rel_all_updated_cols

I am running CentOS 7.9 and the latest OS updates caused and issue when updating the library postgresql13-contrib-13.9-1. After that update when attempting to create postgres_fdw or use an existing ...
Troy Meyerink's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
645 views

Oracle Patch 19.17 fails with: patch 34086870: Archive::Zip->writeToFileNamed returned 4

The current oracle patch 19.17 and OJVM was applied with opatch apply successfully with no errors. Patch 34468114: WINDOWS DATABASE BUNDLE PATCH 19.17.0.0.221018 Patch 34411846: OJVM RELEASE UPDATE ...
r0tt's user avatar
  • 998
0 votes
0 answers
107 views

Process for upgrading MySQL Master-Slave to a new release series version

I have several MySQL servers that I want to upgrade from 5.7.31 to the most recent release series (5.7.36 I believe), but in one test I found that replication on one server set failed, and it required ...
vPilot's user avatar
  • 37
0 votes
0 answers
264 views

MariaDB upgrade fails on replication slaves

I am having problems when a MariaDB replication slave wants to upgrade its tables after a server was patched. This happens consistently with any sort of OS patching. The system has several slave ...
WerKater's user avatar
  • 101
0 votes
0 answers
97 views

What is the intended method for automatically/streamlinedly updating minor/patch PostgreSQL versions on Windows?

I currently run PostgreSQL 12.4 on Windows 10. Since the "BigSQL" distribution is no longer around, the only choice is to use the EnterpriseDB installer for the initial installation: https://...
user16508174's user avatar
0 votes
2 answers
6k views

SQL Server Setup failure - Cached MSI files are missing

Trying to apply SQL Server 2008 SP4 to an old instance I now have to look after, but the installer is failing with TITLE: SQL Server Setup failure. SQL Server Setup has encountered the following error:...
Mike Spencer-Jones's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
206 views

Oracle 12cR2 - Upgrade Catalog Command Taking Too Much Time

I patched my database (Windows database bundle patch 12.2.0.1.201020 (31654782)). There are 6 instances on the server. After the patch, the UPGRADE CATALOG command I ran on RMAN for the first 5 ...
jrdba123's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
36 views

Cumulative Update 3 & 4 Caused Synchronous Commit Failures in Availability Groups

So this week I was patching our SQL Servers that host our availability groups. Never had an issue with them in the past, fairly standard process. I have two servers (call them SQL1 and SQL2) in the ...
TEDDY HORTON-TURNER's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
611 views

Should I install all cumulative updates/service packs when doing a clean install of SQL Server 2016? 2019?

Going to set up a new database instance from scratch. Debating between SQL Server 2016 and 2019. I've never installed a service pack or cumulative update on previous instances, mostly because ...
eek's user avatar
  • 123
0 votes
1 answer
97 views

Do we need to shutdown DB/Stop DB service before Windows server patching

Before patching Windows server, do we need to shut down any DB or stop DB service. If we need to shutdown a MongoDB on a node(Windows server) which is part of a replica set, what we need to before ...
satya's user avatar
  • 11
0 votes
2 answers
35 views

SQL 2008 Version Number Question

When I run the SQL Server 2008 Setup Discovery Report, all of the components (Database Engine Services, Management Tools - Complete, etc) show as version 10.3.5852.0. However, I cannot find any ...
zapcon's user avatar
  • 73
0 votes
0 answers
446 views

How do I create a oracle database patch list overview?

I need to create an list for Oracle database patch versions for a recurring audit on patch states. It will check whether the current patch state of Oracle database meets the required patch state of a ...
r0tt's user avatar
  • 998