Oracle RDBMS and Grid 11.2.0.3.1 Download location

Hi,

 I regularly discuss about oracle databases at OTN discussion form. During discussion,i observed that most of oracle ppl dont know from 11gR2 each patchset is now full release. For e.g if you want your database to be 11.2.0.3 then you dont need to first install 11.2.0.1 and then apply 11.2.0.3 patchset on top of it.

But 11.2.0.1 is directly downloadable from eDelivery site and from OTN site and 11.2.0.3 is not. So below is the Metalink note from where you can download 11.2.0.3 database. Remember you can directly download and install 11.2.0.3 to your server if you dont have 11.2.0.1 or 11.2.0.2.

However if you already have 11.2.0.1 or 11.2.0.2 and want to upgrade to 11.2.0.3, then install 11.2.0.3 into new oracle home. This is called out-of-place upgrade. From 11gR2 every patchset is out-of-place upgrade. If you install 11.2.0.3 in existing oracle home, then installer will give you warning about this.
Some customer still want to upgrade to 11.2.0.3 and want to install this in existing 11gR2 home. This is still possible(using-detachHome while running runInstaller).The reason for this case might be customer want to safe space on server etc.

As of now 11.2.0.3.1 i.e. PSU1 is current PSU available on 11.2.0.3.

11.2.0.3 download location from MOS - 11.2.0.3 Patchset Location For Grid Infrastructure And RDBMS. [ID 1362393.1]

Hope this help