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Oracle® Database

Release Notes

10g Release 2 (10.2) for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit)

B19074-02

August 2005

This document contains important information that was not included in the platform-specific or product-specific documentation for this release. This document supplements Oracle Database Readme.

This document may be updated after it is released. To check for updates to this document and to view other Oracle documentation, see the Documentation section on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Web site:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/

For additional information about this release, refer to the readme files located in the $ORACLE_HOME/relnotes directory.

It contains the following topics:

1 Certification Information

The latest certification information for Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) is available at:

http://metalink.oracle.com

Note:

The latest AIX 5L PTF and support information for this release is available in OracleMetaLink document 282036.1.

2 Unsupported Products

The following products are not supported with Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2):

3 Operating System Patch Requirement

On AIX 5L version 5.3, apply the efix for IY68989.

4 Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Issues

Review the following section for information about issues that affect Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade:

4.1 Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Support

The list of supported installation options and supported storage types for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters are described in the updated version of this document on OTN. You must review the updated list before installing these products.

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/

4.2 Installing Enterprise Security Manager

To install Enterprise Security Manager (ESM), install Oracle Client and choose the Administrator installation type.

5 Cluster Verification Utility

Third Party Clusterware

If your deployment environment does not use HACMP, ignore the HACMP version and CFS patches errors reported by Cluster Verification Utility (CVU). On AIX 5L version 5.2, the expected patch for HACMP v5.2 is IY60759. On AIX 5L version 5.3, the expected patches for HACMP v5.2 are IY60759, IY61034, IY61770, and IY62191.

If your deployment environment does not use GPFS, ignore the GPFS version and CFS patches errors reported by Cluster Verification Utility (CVU). On AIX 5L version 5.2 and version 5.3, the expected patches for GPFS 2.3.0.3 are IY63969, IY69911, and IY70276.

6 Other Known Issues

The following section contains information about issues related to Oracle Database 10g and associated products:

6.1 Performance Issues with Generic Connectivity

There is a performance issue with Generic Connectivity (hsodbc). On the first query of a new connection, there could be significant delay up to several minutes. All subsequent SQL issued through the same dblink session will proceed without delay.

Check Oracle bug 4549924 for patch availability.

7 Documentation Accessibility

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Oracle Database Release Notes, 10g Release 2 (10.2) for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit)

B19074-02

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