Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications Patching Framework

• 1.1 Maintaining Oracle Fusion Applications
• 1.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Patching Framework Components
  • 1.2.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager
  • 1.2.2 AD Administration
  • 1.2.3 AD Controller
  • 1.2.4 HomeChecker
• 1.3 Oracle Fusion Applications Patching Processes

2 Understanding Oracle Fusion Applications Patching Concepts

• 2.1 Patching Topology and Configuration
  • 2.1.1 Patching Installation and Configuration
  • 2.1.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Oracle Home
  • 2.1.3 Patch Top Directory
  • 2.1.4 Backup Copies of Patched Database Artifacts
  • 2.1.5 Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) Inventory
  • 2.1.6 Taxonomy URL
• 2.2 Patch Types
  • 2.2.1 Impact of a One-off Patch
• 2.3 Patch Directory Structure and Contents
  • 2.3.1 Patch Directory Structure
  • 2.3.2 Patch Contents
• 2.4 Oracle Fusion Applications Patching and the Security Model

3 Using Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager

• 3.1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager
  • 3.1.1 Coordinated Patching
  • 3.1.2 Patching Database Artifacts
    • 3.1.2.1 Worker Processes
    • 3.1.2.2 File Version Verification
  • 3.1.3 Patching Middleware Artifacts
  • 3.1.4 Online and Offline Patching
    • 3.1.4.1 Online Mode
    • 3.1.4.2 Offline Mode
• 3.2 Running Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager
• 3.3 Validating Patches
• 3.4 Applying Patches
• 3.5 Running Patching Reports
  • 3.5.1 Patch Impact Report
    • 3.5.1.1 Running the Patch Impact Report
  • 3.5.2 Product Families Report
    • 3.5.2.1 Running the Product Families Report
    • 3.5.2.2 Example Syntax for the Product Families Report
  • 3.5.3 Patches Applied Report
    • 3.5.3.1 Running the Patches Applied Report
    • 3.5.3.2 Example Syntax for the Patches Applied Report
  • 3.5.4 Patch Status Report
    • 3.5.4.1 Running the Patch Status Report
  • 3.5.5 Diagnostics Report
    • 3.5.5.1 Running the Diagnostics Report
• 3.6 End-to-End Patching Process

4 Patching Oracle Fusion Applications Artifacts

• 4.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Middleware Artifact Support
• 4.2 Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Database Artifact Support
• 4.3 Patching Oracle B2B Metadata
• 4.4 Patching Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Artifacts
• 4.5 Patching Oracle Business Process Management (Oracle BPM) Templates
• 4.6 Patching C Artifacts
• 4.7 Patching Common Resource (Activity Strings) Artifacts
• 4.8 Patching Diagnostic Testing Framework (DTF) JAR Files
• 4.9 Patching E-Mail and Web Marketing (EWM) Artifacts
• 4.10 Patching Flexfield Artifacts
• 4.11 Patching Group Space Templates
• 4.12 Patching Imaging and Process Management (IPM) Artifacts
• 4.13 Patching Java EE Artifacts
• 4.14 Patching Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Artifacts
• 4.15 Patching Oracle Forms Recognition and Oracle Document Capture Artifacts
  • 4.15.1 Install OFR Artifacts
  • 4.15.2 Install ODC artifacts
• 4.16 Patching Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Artifacts
• 4.17 Patching Oracle Fusion Applications Help Content
• 4.18 Patching Security Artifacts
  • 4.18.1 Patching Applications Policies (jazn-data.xml)
  • 4.18.2 Patching Data Security Grants
  • 4.18.3 Patching Data Role (RGX) Templates
  • 4.18.4 Patching Data Security Grants and Data Role (RGX) Templates
  • 4.18.5 Backing up the Data Security Store
  • 4.18.6 Recovering Data Security Seed Data from the Backup
• 4.19 Patching Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Composites
  • 4.19.1 Preserving SOA Composite JDeveloper Customizations Before Applying a Patch
  • 4.19.2 Manually Deploying SOA Composites
• 4.20 Patching SOAEXTENSION Artifacts
• 4.21 Patching SOA Resource Bundles
• 4.22 Patching Sales Prediction Engine (SPE) Inline Service Artifacts
• 4.23 Patching Tree Artifacts

5 Patching Oracle Fusion Middleware Extensions for Applications

• 5.1 Patching Applications Core Database Artifacts
  • 5.1.1 Artifacts Supported by Oracle Fusion Applications AutoPatch
  • 5.1.2 Running Oracle Fusion Applications AutoPatch
    • 5.1.2.1 Applying Patches Non-interactively
    • 5.1.2.2 End-to-End Patching Process
• 5.2 Patching Applications Core Middleware Artifacts
  • 5.2.1 Patching Global Menus in FndSetup
  • 5.2.2 Patching the Flexfield SOA Synch Composite
  • 5.2.3 Patching Applications Policies (jazn-data.xml)
• 5.3 Log Files
• 5.4 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Patching Sessions
  • 5.4.1 Starting AD Controller
  • 5.4.2 Reviewing Worker Status
  • 5.4.3 Determining Why a Worker Failed
  • 5.4.4 Restarting a Failed Worker
  • 5.4.5 Restarting a Failed Patching Session
  • 5.4.6 Abandoning a Failed Patching Session
  • 5.4.7 Applying a Patch to the Wrong Oracle Home
• 5.5 Performing System Maintenance Tasks

6 Patching Oracle Fusion Functional Setup Manager

• 6.1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Functional Setup Manager
• 6.2 Patching Functional Setup Manager Database Artifacts
  • 6.2.1 Database Artifacts Supported for Functional Setup Manager
  • 6.2.2 How to Patch the Functional Setup Manager Database
• 6.3 Patching Functional Setup Manager Middleware Artifacts
  • 6.3.1 Middleware Artifacts Required by Functional Setup Manager
  • 6.3.2 How to Patch Functional Setup Manager Middleware Artifacts
  • 6.3.3 How to Patch Applications Policies (jazn-data.xml)
• 6.4 Log Files
• 6.5 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Patching Sessions
• 6.6 Performing System Maintenance Tasks

7 Patching Oracle Fusion Applications Functional Core

• 7.1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion Applications Functional Core
• 7.2 Patching Oracle Fusion Applications Functional Core Database Artifacts
• 7.3 Patching Oracle Fusion Applications Functional Core Middleware Artifacts
• 7.4 Log Files
• 7.5 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Patching Sessions
• 7.6 Performing System Maintenance Tasks

8 Performing System Maintenance Tasks

• 8.1 Introduction to AD Administration
  • 8.1.1 AD Administration Main Menu
  • 8.1.2 Valid Command-Line Arguments
  • 8.1.3 Prompts and Password Security
  • 8.1.4 Starting AD Administration
• 8.2 Maintaining Snapshot Information
  • 8.2.1 Maintain Snapshot Information Menu
    • 8.2.1.1 List Snapshots
    • 8.2.1.2 Update Current View Snapshot
    • 8.2.1.3 Create a Named View Snapshot
    • 8.2.1.4 Export a Snapshot to a File
    • 8.2.1.5 Import a Snapshot from a File
    • 8.2.1.6 Delete a Named View Snapshot
• 8.3 Maintaining Applications Database Entities
  • 8.3.1 Compiling Invalid Objects
  • 8.3.2 Running the Health Check
  • 8.3.3 Recreating Grants and Synonyms
  • 8.3.4 Maintaining Multi-lingual Tables
• 8.4 Running Maintenance Tasks Noninteractively
  • 8.4.1 Creating a Defaults File
  • 8.4.2 Selecting a Menu Option Noninteractively
  • 8.4.3 Selecting a Menu Option While Using a Defaults File
• 8.5 Running the HomeChecker Utility

9 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Patches

• 9.1 Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager Logging
  • 9.1.1 Log Files for Patching Sessions
  • 9.1.2 Timing Reports
• 9.2 Monitoring Patching Sessions
  • 9.2.1 Log Summary
  • 9.2.2 Diagnostics Report
• 9.3 General Troubleshooting for Oracle Fusion Applications Patching
  • 9.3.1 Starting a New Patching Session After the Previous Session Failed
  • 9.3.2 Abandoning a Failed Patching Session
  • 9.3.3 Recovering from an Interrupted Patching Session
  • 9.3.4 Avoiding a Lost Connection During the Patching Session
  • 9.3.5 Resolving Components Locked by Singleton Patch
  • 9.3.6 Finding Artifact Versions
  • 9.3.7 Backing Out Patches After They Have Been Successfully Applied
• 9.4 Troubleshooting Patching Sessions for SOA Composites
  • 9.4.1 Basic Troubleshooting for SOA Composite Failures
  • 9.4.2 Troubleshooting SOA Composite Validation Failures
    • 9.4.2.1 Oracle JDeveloper Customization Error
    • 9.4.2.2 SOA Server Not Available
    • 9.4.2.3 Administration Server Not Available
    • 9.4.2.4 SOA-Infra Server Is Ready
    • 9.4.2.5 Composite with Identical Revision Is Already Deployed
  • 9.4.3 Troubleshooting SOA Composite Deployment Failures
    • 9.4.3.1 Failed to Make New Composite Revision the Default
    • 9.4.3.2 Failed to Retire Previous Composite Revision
    • 9.4.3.3 Failed to Disable EDN Events
    • 9.4.3.4 Failed to Enable EDN Events
    • 9.4.3.5 Custom Metadata and Key Flexfield Changes Are Not Propagated Across Clusters
  • 9.4.4 Troubleshooting Complex Failures during SOA Patching
    • 9.4.4.1 No Base Composite Has Been Deployed
    • 9.4.4.2 Export Composite Failure
    • 9.4.4.3 Extract Plan Failure
    • 9.4.4.4 Attach Plan Failure
    • 9.4.4.5 Export Updates Failure
    • 9.4.4.6 Import Updates Failure
    • 9.4.4.7 Merge Updates Failure
    • 9.4.4.8 Server Time Out
    • 9.4.4.9 Unknown Deployment Status
• 9.5 Troubleshooting Patching Sessions for Database Content
  • 9.5.1 Starting AD Controller
  • 9.5.2 Reviewing Worker Status
  • 9.5.3 Determining Why a Worker Failed
  • 9.5.4 Restarting a Failed Worker
  • 9.5.5 Terminating a Hung Worker Process
  • 9.5.6 Shutting Down the Manager
  • 9.5.7 Reactivating the Manager
  • 9.5.8 Resolving the Error, "Unable to start universal connection pool"
  • 9.5.9 Resolving a Worker Blocked by a Session
  • 9.5.10 Resolving an Error During Conflict Checking