Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2.

170718DBBP

ADVANCED QUEUING Patch for Bug# 20987661 for Solaris-64 Platforms

This patch is RAC Rolling Installable - Please read My Oracle Support Document 244241.1
https://support.us.oracle.com/oip/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=244241.1
Rolling Patch - OPatch Support for RAC.

This patch is Data Guard Standby-First Installable - Please read My Oracle Support Note 1265700.1
https://support.us.oracle.com/oip/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=1265700.1
Oracle Patch Assurance - Data Guard Standby-First Patch Apply for details on how to remove risk and reduce
downtime when applying this patch.

Released: Tue Mar 6 12:59:37 2018

This document describes how you can install the ADVANCED QUEUING overlay patch for bug# 20987661 on your
Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2.170718DBBP

(I) Prerequisites
--------------------
Before you install or deinstall the patch, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

Note: In case of an Oracle RAC environment, meet these prerequisites on each of the nodes.

1. Ensure that the Oracle home on which you are installing the patch or from which you are rolling back
the patch is Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2.170718DBBP.

2. Ensure that 12c Release 12.1.0.2.170718DBBP Patch Set Update (PSU) 25869760 is already applied on
the Oracle Database.

3. Ensure that you have OPatch 12c Release 12.2.0.1.7 or higher. Oracle recommends that you use the
latest version available for 12c Release 12.2.0.1.7.

Note:
If you do not have OPatch 12c Release 12.2.0.1.7 or the latest version available for 12c Release
12.2.0.1.7, then download it from patch# 6880880 for 12.2.0.1.7.

For information about OPatch documentation, including any known issues, see My Oracle Support
Document 293369.1 OPatch documentation list:
https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=224346.1

4. Ensure that you set (as the home user) the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to the Oracle home.

5. Ensure that the $PATH definition has the following executables: make, ar, ld and nm. The location of
these executables depends on your operating system. On many operating systems, they are located in
/usr/ccs/bin.

6. Ensure that you verify the Oracle Inventory because OPatch accesses it to install the patches. To
verify the inventory, run the following command.
$ opatch lsinventory
Note:
- If this command succeeds, it will list the Top-Level Oracle Products and one-off patches if
any that are installed in the Oralce Home.
- Save the output so you have the status prior to the patch apply.
- If the command displays some errors, then contact Oracle Support and resolve the issue first
before proceeding further.

7. (Only for Installation) Maintain a location for storing the contents of the patch ZIP file. In the
rest of the document, this location (absolute path) is referred to as <PATCH_TOP_DIR>. Extract the contents
of the patch ZIP file to the location (PATCH_TOP_DIR) you have created above. To do so, run the following
command:
$ unzip -d <PATCH_TOP_DIR> p20987661_12102170718ProactiveBP_SOLARIS64.zip

8. (Only for Installation) Determine whether any currently installed interim patches conflict with this
patch 20987661 as shown below:
$ cd <PATCH_TOP_DIR>/20987661
$ opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -ph ./
 The report will indicate the patches that conflict with this patch and the patches for which the
current 20987661 is a superset.

Note:
When OPatch starts, it validates the patch and ensures that there are no conflicts with the software
already installed in the ORACLE_HOME. OPatch categorizes conflicts into the following types:
- Conflicts with a patch already applied to the ORACLE_HOME that is a subset of the patch you
are trying to apply - In this case, continue with the patch installation because the new patch contains all
the fixes from the existing patch in the ORACLE_HOME. The subset patch will automatically be rolled back
prior to the installation of the new patch.
- Conflicts with a patch already applied to the ORACLE_HOME - In this case, stop the patch
installation and contact Oracle Support Services.

9. Ensure that you shut down all the services running from the Oracle home.
Note:
- For a Non-RAC environment, shut down all the services running from the Oracle home.
- For a RAC environment, shut down all the services (database, ASM, listeners,
nodeapps, and CRS daemons) running from the Oracle home of the node you want to patch. After you patch this
node, start the services on this node.Repeat this process for each of the other nodes of the Oracle RAC
system. OPatch is used on only one node at a time.

(II) Installation
-----------------
To install the patch, follow these steps:

1. Set your current directory to the directory where the patch is located and then run the OPatch
utility by entering the following commands:

$ cd <PATCH_TOP_DIR>/20987661

$ opatch apply

2. Verify whether the patch has been successfully installed by running the following command:

$ opatch lsinventory

3. Start the services from the Oracle home.

(III) Deinstallation
----------------------
Ensure to follow the Prerequsites (Section I). To deinstall the patch, follow these steps:

1. Deinstall the patch by running the following command:

$ opatch rollback -id 20987661

2. Start the services from the Oracle home.

3. Ensure that you verify the Oracle Inventory and compare the output with the one run before the patch
installation and re-apply any patches that were rolled back as part of this patch apply. To verify the
inventory, run the following command:

$ opatch lsinventory

(IV) Bugs Fixed by This Patch

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The following are the bugs fixed by this patch:
20987661: QMON SLAVE PROCESSES REPORTING ORA-00600: [KWQITNMPHE:LTBAGI] [1][66]

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