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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching and Upgrade Overview

• 1.1 Installation, Patching, and Upgrade Terminology
  • 1.1.1 Patching
  • 1.1.2 Migration
  • 1.1.3 Upgrade
  • 1.1.4 Installation
• 1.2 Patching and Upgrade Tools
• 1.3 About Database Patches for Oracle Fusion Middleware

2 Patching Oracle Fusion Middleware with Oracle OPatch

• 2.1 About Patching
  • 2.1.1 Types of Patches That can be Used with OPatch
  • 2.1.2 Types of Patches That can not be Used with OPatch
• 2.2 About OPatch
  • 2.2.1 Getting OPatch
  • 2.2.2 Getting Patches
  • 2.2.3 OPatch Environment Variables
  • 2.2.4 OPatch System Requirements
  • 2.2.5 Backup and Recovery Considerations for Patching
• 2.3 OPatch in a Fusion Middleware Environment
  • 2.3.1 A Typical Patching Scenario
  • 2.3.2 Patching a Fusion Middleware Product
  • 2.3.3 Patching in a Distributed Environment
    • 2.3.3.1 Patching with a Local Middleware Home
    • 2.3.3.2 Patching with a Shared Middleware Home
  • 2.3.4 Patching Artifacts Deployed Outside the Oracle Home
• 2.4 Running OPatch
  • 2.4.1 Applying Patches and Deploying Patched Artifacts to WebLogic Servers
    • 2.4.1.1 Using the OPatch Property File
    • 2.4.1.2 Using the -auto Option
    • 2.4.1.3 Using the apply Command
    • 2.4.1.4 Sample Output for the apply Command
  • 2.4.2 Rolling Back Patches and Deploying Patched Artifacts to WebLogic Servers
  • 2.4.3 Deploying Patched Artifacts to WebLogic Servers
  • 2.4.4 Listing the Source Oracle Homes
  • 2.4.5 Listing the Domains Created from the Middleware Home or Oracle Home
  • 2.4.6 Listing the Applicable Oracle Homes for a Patch
  • 2.4.7 Listing Patches Applied to an Oracle Home or WebLogic Domain
  • 2.4.8 Starting or Stopping a Runtime Instance
• 2.5 Troubleshooting OPatch in a Fusion Middleware Environment
  • 2.5.1 Notes About Patching the MDS Repository
  • 2.5.2 Setting the Machine Name and Listen Address

3 Applying the Latest Oracle Fusion Middleware Patch Set

• 3.1 Summary of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching Process
• 3.2 New Product Names for Oracle WebCenter and Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
• 3.3 Special Instructions for Patching Oracle WebCenter
• 3.4 Special Instructions for Patching Oracle Identity Management
• 3.5 General Pre-Patching Tasks
  • 3.5.1 Reviewing System Requirement, Certification and Interoperability Information
    • 3.5.1.1 System Requirements and Specifications
    • 3.5.1.2 Certification and Supported Platforms
    • 3.5.1.3 Interoperability and Compatibility
  • 3.5.2 Stopping the Servers and Processes
  • 3.5.3 Backing Up Your Middleware Home, Domain Home and Oracle Instances
  • 3.5.4 Backing Up Your Database and Database Schemas
  • 3.5.5 Backing Up Additional Configuration Information
  • 3.5.6 Patching Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 3.5.7 Renaming the emCCR File for Silent Patching
• 3.6 Downloading and Starting the Installer
  • 3.6.1 About the Installers Used for Patching
  • 3.6.2 Downloading the Required Installer
  • 3.6.3 Start the Installer
• 3.7 Applying the Patch Set
• 3.8 Update Your Schemas with Patch Set Assistant
• 3.9 Post-Patching Tasks
  • 3.9.1 Post-Patching Tasks If Your Starting Point is Release 11.1.1.2.0
  • 3.9.2 Post-Patching Tasks If Your Starting Point is Release 11.1.1.3.0
  • 3.9.3 Post-Patching Tasks If Your Starting Point is Release 11.1.1.4.0
  • 3.9.4 Post-Patching Tasks If Your Starting Point is Release 11.1.1.5.0
  • 3.9.5 Post-Patching Tasks for System Components
    • 3.9.5.1 Upgrading System Components
    • 3.9.5.2 Updating Configuration Properties in Oracle Identity Federation
    • 3.9.5.3 Adding Datafiles to the OLTS_CT_STORE and OLTS_ATTRSTORE Tablespaces for Oracle Internet Directory
    • 3.9.5.4 Configuring Oracle Identity Management to Listen on Dual Network Addresses
    • 3.9.5.5 Updating Oracle Configuration Manager
    • 3.9.5.6 Resolving JDBC Errors in Oracle Reports and Oracle Portal
    • 3.9.5.7 Updating the Configuration in SSL-Enabled Oracle Portal Instances
  • 3.9.6 Post-Patching Tasks for Your WebLogic Server Domain
    • 3.9.6.1 Updating Fusion Middleware Shared Libraries
    • 3.9.6.2 Updating Configurations and Stores
    • 3.9.6.3 Enabling WS-AtomicTransaction
    • 3.9.6.4 Optimizing Performance for WebLogic Server Domains on 64-Bit Platforms
  • 3.9.7 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle SOA Suite
    • 3.9.7.1 Loading the Oracle SOA Suite Purge Scripts for Database Management
    • 3.9.7.2 Removing the tmp Folder for SOA Composer and BPM Workspace
    • 3.9.7.3 Updating the soa-infra Application in Warning State
    • 3.9.7.4 Run bpm-ps5-upgrade.py to Update the Policy Store
    • 3.9.7.5 Run soa-upgrade.py to Update the Policy Store and Deploy a Shared Library
    • 3.9.7.6 Updating the Oracle Data Integrator Clients if BAM-ODI Integration is Enabled
    • 3.9.7.7 Committing or Reverting Open Edit Sessions in SOA Composer
    • 3.9.7.8 Saving and Restoring XEngine Customizations for Oracle B2B
    • 3.9.7.9 Configuring Oracle JMS Adapter with IBM WebSphere MQ JMS
  • 3.9.8 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle WebCenter Content
    • 3.9.8.1 Updating Oracle WebCenter Content: Imaging
    • 3.9.8.2 Updating Oracle Application Adapters for Oracle WebCenter Content
  • 3.9.9 Adding New OWSM Pre-Defined Policies
  • 3.9.10 Oracle Service Bus Domain Configuration
    • 3.9.10.1 Updating an Oracle Service Bus Domain After Applying the Latest Patch Set
    • 3.9.10.2 Using Oracle WebLogic Server Release 10.3.5 with Oracle Service Bus Release 11.1.1.6.0
    • 3.9.10.3 Additional Post-Update Tasks for Oracle Service Bus IDE
  • 3.9.11 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle Business Intelligence
    • 3.9.11.1 Updating Oracle Business Intelligence Code Grants
    • 3.9.11.2 Updating Oracle Business Intelligence Catalogs
    • 3.9.11.3 Updating Oracle Real-Time Decisions
    • 3.9.11.4 Upgrading Renamed Views
    • 3.9.11.5 Enabling bicontentserver Features for 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.6.0)
  • 3.9.12 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle Data Integrator
    • 3.9.12.1 Finalizing Repository Patching
    • 3.9.12.2 Reconfiguring the Java EE Agent
    • 3.9.12.3 Reconfiguring the ODI Standalone Agent
    • 3.9.12.4 Reconfiguring Oracle Enterprise Manager Properties
    • 3.9.12.5 Reconfiguring the ODI Console
    • 3.9.12.6 Adding the Version Number for the odi-sdk-ws Application in config.xml
• 3.10 Start the Servers and Processes
• 3.11 Verifying Your Patch Set Installation

4 Updating Your Schemas with Patch Set Assistant

• 4.1 Which Schemas Need to be Updated with Patch Set Assistant?
• 4.2 Special Instructions for Standalone Oracle Portal Repository Schemas
• 4.3 Before You Begin Using the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.3.1 Back Up Your Database and Database Schemas
  • 4.3.2 Check Your Database and Schemas
  • 4.3.3 Shut Down All Components Using the Schemas You Want to Update
  • 4.3.4 Check the aq_tm_processes Value for Oracle Portal
• 4.4 Running the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.4.1 General Information about the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.4.2 Starting the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.4.3 Using the Patch Set Assistant Graphical Interface
  • 4.4.4 Using the Patch Set Installer from the Command Line
  • 4.4.5 Verifying the Schema Version Number After Update
  • 4.4.6 Checking for Invalid Database Objects
• 4.5 Patch Set Assistant Log Files

5 Patching Oracle WebCenter

• 5.1 New Product Names for Oracle WebCenter and Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
• 5.2 Patching an Oracle WebCenter 11.1.1.4.0 or 11.1.1.5.0 Installation
  • 5.2.1 Performing Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle WebCenter
    • 5.2.1.1 Extending the Domain Using the Pagelet Producer Upgrade Template
    • 5.2.1.2 Updating SSO and OHS Configuration
• 5.3 Patching an Oracle WebCenter 11.1.1.2.0 or 11.1.1.3.0 Installation
  • 5.3.1 Managed Server Changes
  • 5.3.2 Migration Roadmap for Oracle WebCenter 11.1.1.2.0 or 11.1.1.3.0
  • 5.3.3 Performing Pre-Patching Tasks Specific to Oracle WebCenter
    • 5.3.3.1 Save Your OmniPortlet and WebClipping Customizations
    • 5.3.3.2 Run purgeMetadata() for WebCenter Spaces
    • 5.3.3.3 Upgrade Oracle Universal Content Management
  • 5.3.4 Patching to Oracle WebCenter 11.1.1.6.0
    • 5.3.4.1 Updating Oracle WebCenter Using Node Manager and Automated Script
    • 5.3.4.2 Updating Oracle WebCenter Using WLST Commands
  • 5.3.5 Performing Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle WebCenter
    • 5.3.5.1 Migrating Oracle Wiki Pages and Blogs
    • 5.3.5.2 Migrating Content Presenter Custom Templates
    • 5.3.5.3 Updating the Configuration for WebCenter REST APIs
    • 5.3.5.4 Updating Multi-Calendar Layouts
    • 5.3.5.5 Restoring Your OmniPortlet and WebClipping Customizations
    • 5.3.5.6 Extending a Domain to Install Oracle WSM Policy Manager
    • 5.3.5.7 Remove openusage Properties in setDomainEnv
    • 5.3.5.8 Redeploying your Custom Applications to Upgraded Custom Managed Servers
    • 5.3.5.9 Remove the LD_LIBRARY_PATH Entry from the setDomainEnv Script
    • 5.3.5.10 Migrating WSRP Portlet Preferences
  • 5.3.6 Performing Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle WebCenter Spaces
    • 5.3.6.1 Setting the Web Context Root on the UCM Connection
    • 5.3.6.2 Configuring Group Space Workflows
    • 5.3.6.3 Reconfiguring a Default Template Set for Group Spaces
    • 5.3.6.4 Updating the Timezone Attribute in WebCenter Spaces
    • 5.3.6.5 Updating the Group Spaces Display Mode
    • 5.3.6.6 Choosing a Default Start (or Landing) Page
    • 5.3.6.7 Migrating WebCenter Spaces Custom Library
    • 5.3.6.8 Upgrading Process Spaces
  • 5.3.7 Performing Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle WebCenter Security
    • 5.3.7.1 Configuring Web Services Security for Discussions
    • 5.3.7.2 Adding Oracle Single Sign-On Authentication Provider to the List of Authentication Providers
  • 5.3.8 Adding New Features to Oracle WebCenter
    • 5.3.8.1 Installing Activity Graph, Analytics, Pagelet Producer, Personalization Server, and WebCenter Services Portlets
    • 5.3.8.2 Upgrading WebCenter Custom Applications to Add Portal Framework Features
• 5.4 Patching an Oracle WebCenter 11.1.1.1.0 Installation
• 5.5 Troubleshooting Issues
  • 5.5.1 Troubleshooting Issues with Patching Oracle WebCenter
  • 5.5.2 Troubleshooting Post Patching Issues

6 Patching Oracle Identity and Access Management

7 Patching an Oracle Identity Management High Availability Environment

• 7.1 Task 1: Stopping Servers and System Components
  • 7.1.1 Stopping Managed Servers
  • 7.1.2 Stopping the Administration Server
  • 7.1.3 Stopping the Node Manager
  • 7.1.4 Stopping the Oracle Management Agent
  • 7.1.5 Stopping the System Components
  • 7.1.6 Special Consideration for Patching OID Replication Environments
• 7.2 Task 2: Updating Oracle WebLogic Server to Version 10.3.5
• 7.3 Task 3: Updating the Oracle Identity Management Oracle Home using the Oracle Identity Management Patch Set Installer
• 7.4 Task 4: Updating the Oracle HTTP Server Oracle Home Using the Oracle Web Tier Patch Set Installer
• 7.5 Task 5: Updating the Oracle Identity Management Repository using Patch Set Assistant
• 7.6 Task 6: Starting System Components and Servers
  • 7.6.1 Starting System Components
    • 7.6.1.1 Starting Oracle Internet Directory Processes
    • 7.6.1.2 Starting Oracle Virtual Directory Processes
    • 7.6.1.3 Starting Oracle HTTP Server
  • 7.6.2 Starting Node Manager
  • 7.6.3 Starting the Oracle WebLogic Administration Server
  • 7.6.4 Starting the Managed Server
  • 7.6.5 Starting Oracle Management Agent
• 7.7 Task7: Updating the Version Number String Shown in Fusion Middleware Control

A Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports and Discoverer Patch Set Installer Screens

• A.1 Welcome
• A.2 Specify Installation Location
• A.3 Specify Security Updates
• A.4 Installation Summary
• A.5 Installation Progress
• A.6 Installation Complete

B Patch Set Assistant Screens

• B.1 Welcome
• B.2 Select Component
• B.3 Prerequisites
• B.4 Schema
• B.5 Examine
• B.6 Upgrade Summary
• B.7 Upgrade Progress
• B.8 Upgrade Success

C Using Patch Assistant to Migrate from 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.1.0) to Release 1 (11.1.1.2.0)

• C.1 Overview of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.2.0) Patch Assistant
• C.2 Migration Process
• C.3 Preparing to Migrate
  • C.3.1 Evaluating and Reviewing your Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.1.0) Environment
  • C.3.2 Preparing to Migrate Your Configuration
    • C.3.2.1 Prerequisites
    • C.3.2.2 Extracting the Contents of Patch Assistant
    • C.3.2.3 Setting Up the Patch Assistant Environment
    • C.3.2.4 Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • C.3.2.5 Setting Logging Properties
• C.4 Migrating to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.2.0)
  • C.4.1 Migration Roadmap
  • C.4.2 Migration Procedure
    • C.4.2.1 Stopping the Old Domain
    • C.4.2.2 Installing Oracle Software for 11.1.1.2.0
    • C.4.2.3 Downloading Patch Assistant
    • C.4.2.4 Migrating the Schema
    • C.4.2.5 Creating a WebLogic Domain for 11.1.1.2.0
    • C.4.2.6 Migrating the Domain
    • C.4.2.7 Migrating an Instance
    • C.4.2.8 Registering the Instance
    • C.4.2.9 Starting or Stopping the 11.1.1.2.0 Domain
    • C.4.2.10 Completing Post-Migration Tasks
    • C.4.2.11 Decommissioning the 11.1.1.1.0 Installation
  • C.4.3 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
    • C.4.3.1 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Fusion Middleware Audit Framework
    • C.4.3.2 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
    • C.4.3.3 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Directory Integration Platform
    • C.4.3.4 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Identity Federation
    • C.4.3.5 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Platform Security Services
    • C.4.3.6 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Reports
    • C.4.3.7 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle SOA
    • C.4.3.8 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle User Messaging Service
    • C.4.3.9 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle WebCenter
    • C.4.3.10 Post Migration Configuration for Oracle Web Services Manager
  • C.4.4 Installation Process
  • C.4.5 Configuration Process
  • C.4.6 Properties in the patchMaster.properties File
    • C.4.6.1 Overriding Properties Set in the patchMaster.properties File
  • C.4.7 Oracle Fusion Middleware Components Supported by Patch Assistant

D Sample Patch Master Properties File

Index