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5.1.2 Applying the Database Patch
1
Log in to the database server or another machine that has a connection to the Sentinel database.
2
Ensure that your machine meets the Java prerequisites.
3
Stop the Sentinel services.
4
Extract the
SENTINEL_6.1.1.2.zip
file.
5
On the command line, move to the installation directory that was just extracted.
6
Change to the
<install_directory>/db_patch/bin
directory.
7
Enter the
./PatchDb.sh
command to start the installation.
8
Follow the prompts and specify the following information:
Hostname or IP address of the Oracle Sentinel database that you want to patch.
Port number of the Oracle Sentinel database that you want to patch.
Database net service name.
Database service name of the Oracle Sentinel database that you want to patch.
esecdba user password.
9
Press Enter.
The script verifies the specified information and begins the database patch installation.
10
After the installation is complete, check for any errors.
If there are no errors, the Sentinel database patch installation is complete. If there are errors,
resolve the errors by referring to the error log files and re-run the PatchDb utility.
11
Restart the Sentinel services on all machines:
On Windows: use Windows Service Manager to start the Sentinel services.
On Unix: run the
$ESEC_HOME/bin/sentinel.sh start
command.
5.2 Sentinel Database Patch Installation on SQL Server
This section describes the prerequisites and the procedure to install the database patch on SQL
Server*.
The main patch script for SQL Server is
PatchDb.bat
.
“Prerequisites” on page 6
“Installing Database Patch with Windows Authentication” on page 7
“Installing the Database Patch with SQL Server Authentication” on page 7
5.2.1 Prerequisites
The following are the prerequisites for applying the SQL Server patch:
The patch must be copied to the machine that is running the Sentinel database.
The patch must be run by using the Sentinel Database User credentials or by
esecdba
if you
are using SQL Authentication.
The user has the Java 1.6 executable as the PATH variable.
