Oracle® Database Release Notes 10g Release 2 (10.2) for AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit) Part Number B19074-02 |
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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:
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For additional information about this release, refer to the readme files located in the $ORACLE_HOME/relnotes
directory.
It contains the following topics:
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. |
The following products are not supported with Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2):
Grid Control Support
Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) can be managed as a target by Grid Control 10.1.0.4. Oracle Database 10g release 2 is not supported by Grid Control 10.1.0.4 as a repository.
Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices
Oracle ODBC Driver
Verity
Verity filters used for Oracle Text are not supported on AIX 5.3.
Review the following section for information about issues that affect Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade:
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/
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.
The following section contains information about issues related to Oracle Database 10g and associated products:
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.
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B19074-02
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