Novell Sentinel™ 6.1.1.0
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The easiest way to apply the patch is to run the PatchDB script directly on the database server
machine after logging in as a user that meets the requirements above. However, in some
environments, local policies prohibit this (for example, you cannot install Java on the database
server).In this situation, the script can be run from any other machine that meets the requirements
stated above.
Any Sentinel 6.1 machine will already have the necessary version of Java, but the default Java
installation done by Sentinel does not allow the oracle user access to the
$ESEC_HOME/jre
directory. You can add the Oracle user to the esec group (for example, groupmod –A oracle esec),
temporarily modify the permissions on the directory (for example, chown –R oracle
$ESEC_HOME/jre), or install a second instance of Java.
If using a non-Sentinel machine, the Java version and PATH variable settings can be verified by
running the
java -version
command from a command line:
If necessary, the PATH environment variable can be updated to include the java installation
directory, for example:
export PATH=/opt/novell/sentinel6/jre/bin:$PATH
If Java is not installed on the non-Sentinel machine, the correct Java version [Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) 5.0] can be downloaded from the
Sun Web site (http://java.sun.com/javase/
downloads/index_jdk5.jsp)
.
After the prerequisites are met, use the following instructions to apply the database patch.
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Log in to the database server or another machine with connectivity to the Sentinel Database as
a user who meets the above installation prerequisites.
2
Verify that your machine meets the Java prerequisites.
3
Extract the Service Pack zip file.
4
On the command line, go into the Service Pack top level directory that was just extracted.
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Change directories to the following directory under extracted top level directory:
db_patch/bin
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Enter the
./PatchDb.sh
command.
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Follow the prompts and enter the following information:
Hostname or static 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.
After you press
Enter
the final time, the script verifies the entered information and begins the
database patch.
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After the script is done applying the patch, check for any errors. If there are no errors, you are
done with the Sentinel Database patch. If there are errors, resolve the errors and re-run the
PatchDb utility.
