FW: AIX 5.3 TL5 fix for Oracle products.



Below is a fix from IBM for AIX 5.3 TL5 running Oracle products.

Edward Davignon


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Important Notification to customers running AIX 5.3 and Oracle products

All Oracle 9i, 10gR1 and 10gR2 Database Customers running
on AIX 5L V5.3 Technology Level 5 (TL 5300-05) must install an IBM AIX
fix and an Oracle Database patch to bring the OS and
Database environments to the correct levels. Please follow these steps:

For the IBM AIX fix


After installing AIX 5.3 Technology Level 5, IBM recommends installing
the fix for AIX APAR IY89080. The fix is available now as an interim
fix and will be included in the TL5 Service Pack 1 which is scheduled
for release later this month.


To obtain the interim fix,
1. Navigate to
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/aix.efixmgmt/fixes.html
2. Select the primary ifix location
3. Select the ifix for iy89080


To obtain the Service Pack (when available),
1. Navigate to
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/unixservers/aixfixes.html
2. Select AIX 5.3 under Fix Bundles
3. Select Service Pack 5300-05-01


For the Oracle fix

1. Navigate to http://metalink.oracle.com/ and sign into MetaLink
2. Select the "Patches & Updates" tab
3. Select the "Simple Search" link and enter Patch Number 5496862,
select Platform AIX5L Based Systems (64-bit) and desired Oracle version
4. Proceed to download the desired patch. If the patch is unavailable,
please contact Oracle Support for assistance



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