I just notice on Sven Blog that 11.1.0.7 is available. I have recently upgraded my connection at home so it took a bit less than half an hour to download this 1.5G patchset
$ wget -O p6890831_111070_Linux-x86-64.zip http://oracle-updates.oracle…
–10:17:40– http://oracle-updates.oracle.com/ARUConnect/p6890831_111070_Linux-x86-64..
Resolving oracle-updates.oracle.com… 87.248.199.23, 87.248.199.24
Connecting to oracle-updates.oracle.com|87.248.199.23|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 1,613,366,248 (1.5G) [application/zip]
100%[==================================>] 1,613,366,248 891.73K/s
10:47:31 (879.89 KB/s) – `p6890831_111070_Linux-x86-64.zip’ saved [1613366248/1613366248]
$ unzip p6890831_111070_Linux-x86-64.zip
$ cd Disk1
$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer…
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from
Oracle Universal Installer, Version 11.1.0.7.0 Production
Copyright (C) 1999, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
$ su -
root’s password:
# /u00/app/oracle/product/11.1/db_1/root.sh
Running Oracle 11g root.sh script…
# exit
$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 – Production on Sat Sep 20 11:10:35 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup quiet migrate
ORACLE instance started.
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> set time on
11:42:21 SQL> sho parameter sga_target
NAME TYPE VALUE
———————————— ———– ——————————
sga_target big integer 200M
11:42:25 SQL> alter system set sga_target=300m scope=spfile;
System altered.
11:42:28 SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
11:42:43 SQL> startup quiet migrate
ORACLE instance started.
Database mounted.
Database opened.
11:43:01 SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/catupgrd
…
11:54:03 SQL> Rem END catupgrd.sql
11:54:03 SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 313159680 bytes
Fixed Size 2159272 bytes
Variable Size 226495832 bytes
Database Buffers 79691776 bytes
Redo Buffers 4812800 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
11:56:28 SQL> select comp_name,status,version from dba_registry;
COMP_NAME STATUS VERSION
———————————– ——– ———-
Oracle Ultra Search VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle XML Database VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle Text VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle Expression Filter VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle Rules Manager VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle Workspace Manager VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle Database Catalog Views VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle Database Packages and Types VALID 11.1.0.7.0
JServer JAVA Virtual Machine VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle XDK VALID 11.1.0.7.0
Oracle Database Java Packages VALID 11.1.0.7.0
My first try with 200Mb sga target did not succeeded. But with 300Mb sga target it worked fine.
