Applying July 2017 OJVM security patch 26027162 on orcl prod clusters

SECTION A:

1. PRE-CHECKS STEPS:
Ensure ORACLE_HOME is set correctly, and that the $PATH definition has the following executables: make, ar, ld and nm.
unzip -d <PATCH_TOP_DIR> p26027162_12102_<PLATFORM_NAME>.zip
cd /u03/setup/security_patch_Jul2017_DB/26027162

2. opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -ph ./

2a. Stop goldengate

3. For an Oracle RAC environment, shut down database services on the node to be patched.

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All about July 2017 PSU  Red Hat Kernel upgrade ACFS patching Security Patch.

Will apply July 2017 PSU Kernel ACFS on our 2 nodes RAC cluster on RH 7.4, at the same time our SA (System Administrator) also suggested to upgrade the Linux Kernel from 327 to 693, latest Red Hat  (linked on 12/25/2017).

Operating System: Red Hat 7.4 – how to check operating system
OS Kernel: 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP (current)
OS Kernel: 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP (after upgrade)
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Oracle Patching Test Post

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2 ways, when you logged in to sqlplus:

After logging into the database, can query data dictionary:

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