Oracle patch inventory

Newer versions of the Oracle EPM System may not require any switches in order to run the OPatch lsinventory command, but in older versions they are likely needed. How to run the opatch.

Location: Where to run this command from is very important. If you are looking for the patch inventory for the EPMSystem11R1, then you need to run your lsinventory command from that location. This will bring you to the particular drive needed for this example. About Upgrading to a Different Database Home Understand how to upgrade to a different database home using either the Browser User Interface or odacli commands.

Patches offer new features and may improve the functionality of existing features. Also do not use individual infrastructure patches, such as firmware patches. You must only use Oracle Database Appliance patches. If you use patches that are not intended for Oracle Database Appliance, or if you use OPatch, or a similar patching tool, then Oracle Database Appliance inventory is not updated, and you cannot complete future patch updates.

Before running the patching pre-checks, ensure that the dcs-agent is updated. To patch your Oracle Database Appliance deployment and your existing database homes to the current release, you must download the Oracle Database Appliance Server Patch and update the repository. Note: Run the commands in this topic in the same order as documented. Run the odacli update-dcsadmin and odacli update-dcscomponents commands before running the odacli update-server command. Follow these steps to apply patches to your Oracle Database Appliance and update existing database homes.

For example, download the server patch for Specify the -rolling option to patch shared disks in a rolling fashion. If you update nodes individually, then update Node0 before updating Node1. Follow these steps to update the repository with Oracle Database clone files for the latest release.

For example, download the Oracle Database Clone software patch for Enabling Kernel Updates Oracle Ksplice enables you to update your systems with the latest kernel security and bug fix updates. For example: rpm -Uvh uptrack-updates Refer to the relevant section in this topic to run the OPatch for your database version. Note: It is strongly recommended that you patch your deployment through the Oracle Database Appliance releases, whenever possible.

Note: You can apply out-of-cycle patches to both baremetal and Virtualized Platform deployments using this procedure. Update the OPatch tool as oracle user. Analyze the patches. Update the registry to ensure that system component values are registered. If the patch you are applying is an Oracle Database Release Update RU , then the patch directory has multiple sub-directories. About Cleaning Up the Patch Repository After patching Oracle Database Appliance with the latest patches, old unused clone files may remain and consume space in the repository.

Click the Cleanup Repository tab, and then click Refresh to list the available patches in the repository. Select the Components, such as old Oracle Grid Infrastructure or Oracle Database clone files that you want to clean up from the repository, and the Patch Version, for example, an older release of Oracle Database Appliance.

Click Cleanup Repository to submit the cleanup repository job. Related Topics odacli cleanup-patchrepo. Follow the instructions included with the patch to apply the patch manually on the affected instances. For some products, the SQL application may be implemented as a post-staging action by the tool. These patches cannot be rolled back. This argument cannot be used with the -all argument. This argument is needed when the invPtrLoc command-line argument was used during installation.

This is equivalent to setting all command-line arguments. This argument is not available. The set of patches need not be applied to the whole cluster at the same time. The patches can be applied to a select set of nodes at a time. Use the -lsinventory option to display all patch identifiers. To successfully rollback a patch, the patch identifier must be supplied. This argument is needed when the -invPtrLoc command-line argument was used during installation. The utility will use the command types found in the patch directory to identify which commands are used for the current operating system.

All rights reserved. Installs an interim patch. Lists what is currently installed on the system. Queries a given patch for specific details. Removes an interim patch. Prints the current version of the patch tool. Specifies how many seconds to wait before attempting to lock the inventory in the case of a previous failure. Removes conflicting patches from the system. Specifies the location of the oraInst.

Specifies the location of a particular JDK jar to use instead of the default location under the Oracle home directory. Specifies the location of a particular JRE Java to use instead of the default location under the Oracle home directory.

Specifies that the OPatch utility patch the local node and update the inventory of the local node. Specifies the order of nodes to be patched by the OPatch utility.

Specifies that the utility return an error if the current patch bugs-to-fix is a superset or the same as an installed patch bugs-fixed in the Oracle home directory. Bypasses the inventory for reading and updates. Specifies the Oracle home directory to use instead of the default. Marks the end of the post options. Marks the end of the pre options. Specifies the parameters to be passed inside the post script besides the standard parameters.

Specifies the parameters to be passed inside the pre script besides the standard parameters. Specifies how many times the OPatch utility should try when there is an inventory lock failure. Specifies the directory of the interim patch.

Suppresses user interaction, and defaults any answers to "yes. Reports the name and installation directory for each found Oracle home directory. Reports the installed products and other details.