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5 Sentinel Database Patch Installation
This hotfix also contains a mandatory patch for the Sentinel database. In addition to applying
patches to the Sentinel components, you must run a script to apply the patch to the Sentinel database.
The installation instructions differ depending on the database you have.
Section 5.1, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation on Oracle,” on page 5
Section 5.2, “Sentinel Database Patch Installation on SQL Server,” on page 6
5.1 Sentinel Database Patch Installation on Oracle
The following sections describe the prerequisites and the procedure to install the database patch on
Oracle*:
“Prerequisites” on page 5
“Applying the Database Patch” on page 6
5.1.1 Prerequisites
The machine and account from which the database patch is run must meet the following
requirements:
The user has Oracle client application sqlplus as the PATH variable.
The user has the environment variable ORACLE_HOME set to the directory where the Oracle
software is installed.
The user must be a member of the Oracle dba group.
The user has the Java 1.6 executable as the PATH variable.
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You can run the PatchDb script directly on the database server machine if the prerequisites are
met. However, in some environments, local policies prohibit this type of installation (for example,
you cannot install Java on the database server). In this situation, the script can be run from any other
machine if the prerequisites are met.
By default, all Sentinel 6.1 machines have the required version of Java, but the default Java
installation done by Sentinel does not allow Oracle users to access the
$ESEC_HOME/jre
directory.
You can add Oracle users to the esec group (for example,
groupmod –A oracle esec
), temporarily
modify the permissions on the directory (for example,
chown –R oracle $ESEC_HOME/jre
), or
install a second instance of Java.
If you are using a machine that does not have Sentinel installed on it, run the following commands:
To verify the Java version and PATH variable settings:
java -version
To update the PATH environment variable to include the Java installation directory:
export PATH=/opt/novell/sentinel6/jre/bin:$PATH
To install Java, download the appropriate Java version, Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6.0, from
the
Sun* Web site (http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp)
.
