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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

News

• New and Changed Features for Release 12 (11.12.x.0.0)

1 Introduction to Patching Oracle Fusion Applications

• Introduction to Patching
• Tech Stack View and Interdependencies
• Patch Categories
• Planning
  • Key Roles and Expertise
  • Patch Time
• Find Patches
• Patching Tools

2 Patching Concepts, Framework, Tools, Utilities, and Components

• Frameworks Available for Oracle Fusion Applications
  • Technical Patches
  • Functional Patches
  • Oracle Identity Management Patches
• About Patch Manager and Functional Patching Topology
  • Understand Patch Manager and Functional Patching
    • Patch Modes
      • Online Mode
      • Offline Mode
      • Hot Patching Mode
    • Coordinated Patching with Patch Manager
    • Patch Database Artifacts
      • About Worker Processes
      • File Version Verification
      • Compile Invalid Objects
  • Oracle Fusion Applications Oracle Home
  • Patch Top Directory
  • Backup Copies of Patched Database Artifacts
  • Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) Inventory
  • Taxonomy URL
  • One-Off Patch Directory Structure
  • One-Off Patch Contents
• Oracle Fusion Applications Patching and the Security Model
  • Obtain Credentials
  • Usage of CSF APIs
  • No Password Prompts in Interactive Mode
  • Removal of Credential From Files

3 Plan for Patching

• Patch Plan: Skills and Knowledge Required
• Ensure The Patching Tools are Up-to-Date
  • Download the Latest Version of OPatch From My Oracle Support
  • Check the Current OPatch Version
  • Update OPatch
• Plan System Backups
• Plan Impact and Maintenance
  • Types of Patches For Which to Plan
    • Time of Patch Bundle Releases
    • Functional Patching Modes and How They Affect Outage Windows
  • Impact Assessment Strategies
    • Patch Impact Report
      • Patch Impact Report Parameter Details
    • Run the Patch Impact Report
  • Create a Patch Tracking Sheet
  • Summary: Principles for Scheduling Maintenance
• Plan Test for Applied Patches

4 Apply Technical Patch Bundles: P4FA

• Anatomy of a Technical Patch Bundle (P4FA)
• Download a Technical Patch Bundle (P4FA)
• What is FASPOT?
• Overview of Installing a P4FA With FASPOT
• Prepare to Apply a P4FA With FASPOT
• Prepare the Patch Staging Area
• Apply Patches with FASPOT
  • Run the IDM and FMW patch-apply Targets
  • Perform the IDM and FMW Post-Install Tasks
  • Validate Results with Functional Tests
• Verify Whether FASPOT Was Successful

5 Apply Functional Patch Bundle

• Anatomy of a Functional Patch Bundle
• Release Cadence of Functional Patch Bundles
• Download the Latest Patch Bundle and Its Prerequisites
• Apply All Patches Related to a Functional Patch Bundle
• Apply Optional Language Packs
• Apply Patches in Hot Patching Mode
• Verify Whether Patch Manager Was Successful

6 Apply One-Off Patches

• Prepare to Apply a Functional One-Off Patch
• Apply a Functional One-Off Patch

7 Apply Identity Management (IDM) Patches

• Overview of the Oracle Identity Management Patching Framework
  • Understand Oracle Identity Management Patching Framework Concepts
  • About Oracle Identity Management Patch Manager
• Verify the patchtop-contents.properties File
• Verify the env.properties File
• Use the Oracle Identity Management Patching Framework
  • Create an IDM Patch Plan
    • Run Oracle Identity Management Patch Manager
    • Create the Patch Plan
    • Understand the Patch Plan
  • Apply Oracle Identity Management Patches
    • Understand the Oracle Identity Management Patcher
    • Apply the Patches
    • Apply Artifact Changes

8  Monitor and Troubleshoot Patches

• About Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Logging
  • Log Files for Single Patch Manager Sessions
  • Log Files for Multi-apply Patch Manager Sessions
• Diagnostic and Troubleshoot Functional Patching Sessions
  • Log Summary
  • Diagnostics Report
• General Troubleshoot for Oracle Fusion Applications Patching
  • Start a New Patching Session After the Previous Session Failed
  • Abandon a Failed Patching Session
    • Use abort -force
  • Recovery from an Interrupted Patching Session
  • Avoid a Lost Connection During the Patching Session
  • Jobs Are Running After Maintenance Wait Period Using Hot Patching
  • Unable to Apply a Hot Patch
  • Resolve a Webcat Patch File Creation Failure
  • Resolve an EditTimedOutException Error
  • Revert to a Previous Flexfield Definition After it is Updated by a Patch
  • Resolve an Online Validation Error for BI Artifacts
  • Error Update Status While Apply a Patch
  • Find Artifact Versions
  • Back Out of Patches After They Have Been Successfully Applied
  • FAPMgr Failure
• Troubleshoot Patching Sessions for SOA Composites
  • Basic Troubleshooting for SOA Composite Failures
  • Troubleshoot SOA Composite Validation Failures
    • Oracle JDeveloper Customization Error
    • SOA Server Not Available
    • Administration Server Not Available
    • SOA-Infra Server Is Ready
    • Composite with Identical Revision Is Already Deployed
  • Troubleshoot SOA Composite Deployment Failures
    • Failed to Make New Composite Revision the Default
    • Failed to Retire Previous Composite Revision
    • Custom Metadata and Key Flexfield Changes Are Not Propagated Across Clusters
  • Troubleshoot Complex Failures during SOA Patching
• Troubleshoot Patching Sessions for Database Content
  • Start AD Controller
  • Review Worker Status
  • Determine Why a Worker Failed
  • Restart a Failed Worker
  • Terminate a Hung Worker Process
  • Shut Down the Manager
  • Reactivate the Manager
  • Resolve the Error "Unable to start universal connection pool"
  • Resolve a Worker Blocked by a Session
  • Resolve an Error During Upload of Flexfield Data
  • Understand the Impact of Automatic Conflict Resolution for Seed Data
  • Set the Environment for Troubleshoot Database Issues
  • Resolve the Error "Initialization of OPatchFMWTarget failed”
• Troubleshoot Patching Sessions for FASPOT
  • Typos on faspot.properties file
  • Obsolete Parameters in faspot.properties File
  • FASPOT Script Directory
  • FASPOT on Alternate Platforms

9 Patch Manager Command Reference

• Validate Patches
• Apply the Patches
• Product Families Report
• Run the Patches Applied Report
• Run Patching Reports
  • Run the Patch Status Report
  • Patch Status Report
  • Example Syntax for the Patches Applied Report
  • Patches Applied Report
  • Example Syntax for the Product Families Report
  • Run the Patch Impact Report
  • Run the Product Families Report
  • Online Patch Progress Report and Diagnostics Report

10 Manual Patching of Oracle Fusion Applications During Offline Patching

• Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Middleware Artifact Support
• Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Database Artifact Support
• Patch Applications Help Content (AHC) Artifacts
• Patch Oracle B2B Metadata in Offline Mode
  • Deploy Agreements from the User Interface
  • Deploy Agreements from the Command Line
• Patch Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Artifacts in Offline Mode
• Patching Oracle Business Process Management (Oracle BPM) Templates in Offline Mode
• Patch C Artifacts
• Patching Common Resource (Activity Strings) Artifacts
• Patch Customized Seed Data
• Patch Diagnostic Test Framework (DTF) JAR Files
• Patch E-Mail and Web Marketing (EWM) Artifacts
• Patch Flexfield Artifacts
  • Manually Deploy of Patched Flexfields
  • Perform Flexfield NameSpaces Merge
• Patch Group Space Templates
  • Manually Deploy Group Space Templates
• Patch Image and Process Management (IPM) Artifacts in Offline Mode
• PatchJava EE Artifacts
• Patch JEECONFIG Artifacts
• Patching Mobile and Mobile Script Artifacts
• Patch Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Artifacts
• Patch Oracle Forms Recognition and Oracle Document Capture Artifacts
• Patch Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Artifacts
• Patch Script Files
• Patch Security Artifacts
  • Patch Applications Policies (system-jazn-data.xml)
    • Prerequisites for Patching Applications Policies in Online Mode
    • Patch Applications Policies in Offline Mode using APM
  • Patch Data Security Grants
    • Prerequisites for Patching Data Security Grants
    • Patch Data Security Grants in Offline Mode
  • Patch Data Role (RGX) Templates in Offline Mode
  • Patch Data Security Grants and Data Role (RGX) Templates
  • Back up the Data Security Store
  • Recovery Data Security Seed Data from the Backup
• Patch Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Composites
  • Preserve SOA Composite JDeveloper Customizations Before Apply a Patch
  • Manually Deploying SOA Composites
• Patch SOAEXTENSION Artifacts
• Patch SOA Resource Bundles
• Patch Sales Prediction Engine (SPE) Inline Service Artifacts
• Patch Tree Artifacts