Depending on your Oracle database configuration, you may have to change the format of how your attachments are stored in your database. In TeamTrack 6.6.1, attachment data could be stored as either LONGRAW or BLOB format in the database. With Serena Business Mashups, the data must be stored as BLOB format.
Customers have raised a number of concerns surrounding Serena’s ability to apply Oracle security patches to existing supplied Oracle Runtimes in a timely manner. Serena would like to take the opportunity to clarify the situation in the form of a communication which represents our ability to meet these requirements.
When attempting to setup Oracle to run in the restricted mode (page 503, Installation Guide), step 2 lists teh following steps: SQL> connect internal SQL> shutdown immediate
During the upgrade the installer asks for the Oracle admin user. At this stage it can happen that no connection to Oracle can be established or that the installer claims the admin user does not have the right permissions.
If you are running Oracle as your RDBMS for SBM, you may see errors in the Work Center log. java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: ORA-01795: le nombre maximum d'expressions autorisé dans une liste est de 100 The English version states that the maximum number of expressions allowed in a list is 1000
DMDBA UPGRADE command returns the following errors when upgrading a base database from Dim 9 to Dim 10: ORA -00942: table or view does not exist ORA-06512: at "<basedb>.FN_GEN_CC_ATTR_VIEWS", line 227
If the customer has their own Oracle installation then the answer is yes. With the Oracle Run Time Binaries there are files missing from the full installation that the upgrade/patch will be missing and errors will arise. R&D has recommended upgrading the Binaries and follow Oracle's directions in the README.
