Part II

Patch Installation

Part II of this guide details the steps needed to perform a patch installation of RPAS.

Part II contains the following chapters:

Chapter 9, "RPAS Package Extraction"

Chapter 10, "RPAS Server Patch Installation"

Chapter 11, "RPAS Fusion Client Patch Installation"

Chapter 12, "RPAS Classic Client Patch Installation"

Chapter 13, "HSA Patch Installation"

For information about a full installation, refer to Full Installation

Upgrading Process

Releases earlier than RPAS 13.3 have special considerations that need to be followed when upgrading. Previous upgrade instructions do not apply. It is very important that you follow the process as detailed in the following table.

The RPAS Upgrade process is dependent upon your current RPAS version.

Current Version	Upgrade Process
Pre-12.1	At the time of the 13.3.1 release, Oracle Retail is aware of customer implementations that are still lower than version 12.1. Oracle Retail advises such customers to be sure to follow the process outlined in the 12.1 version of the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Installation Guide to convert their pre-12.1 domain to a post-12.1 domain. Fundamental changes have been made to RPAS's storage layer, and pre-12.1 domains are not upgradable to 13.3 domains simply with the use of the upgradeDomain utility. After following the upgrade instructions to convert the environment to 12.1, customers can then continue with an upgrade to 13.3.1, which also has special instructions as listed in the following row.
Pre-13.3	RPAS 13.3.1 requires a special upgrade process even if you are on major version 13. After installing the code described in ”Part II: Patch Installation” of this guide, proceed to either the Classic Client or Fusion Client version of the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Administration Guide. The chapter, ”Building and Upgrading Domains ”, details the full process to convert and upgrade your domain environment to be compatible with RPAS 13.3.1.
13.3 and later	If you are already using RPAS 13.3, there is no special upgrade process to follow. Continue the regular patch installation as described in the ”Part II: Patch Installation chapters” of this guide.

Current Version

Upgrade Process

Pre-12.1

At the time of the 13.3.1 release, Oracle Retail is aware of customer implementations that are still lower than version 12.1. Oracle Retail advises such customers to be sure to follow the process outlined in the 12.1 version of the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Installation Guide to convert their pre-12.1 domain to a post-12.1 domain. Fundamental changes have been made to

RPAS's storage layer, and pre-12.1 domains are not upgradable to 13.3 domains simply with the use of the upgradeDomain utility.

After following the upgrade instructions to convert the environment to 12.1, customers can then continue with an upgrade to 13.3.1, which also has special instructions as listed in the following row.

Pre-13.3

RPAS 13.3.1 requires a special upgrade process even if you are on major version 13. After installing the code described in ”Part II: Patch Installation” of this guide, proceed to either the Classic Client or Fusion Client version of the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Administration Guide. The chapter, ”Building and Upgrading Domains ”, details the full process to convert and upgrade your domain environment to be compatible with RPAS 13.3.1.

13.3 and later

If you are already using RPAS 13.3, there is no special upgrade process to follow. Continue the regular patch installation as described in the ”Part II: Patch Installation chapters” of this guide.