Preface

The Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching Guide describes the tools and procedures required for you to patch your existing Oracle Fusion Middleware environment or upgrade your existing Oracle Application Server environment.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for existing Oracle Fusion Middleware users who are upgrading their 11g Release 1 products to a more recent version or to the latest version. To follow the instructions provided in this document, the reader should be comfortable running system administration operations, such as creating users and groups, adding users to groups, and installing operating system patches on the computer where the products are going to be installed. Users on UNIX systems who are updating their Oracle Fusion Middleware software may need root access to run some scripts.

If your existing software version is Oracle Application Server 10g, you should refer to the upgrade guide for your particular product for instructions on how to upgrade your environment to the latest Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 version. See Related Documents for a list of available upgrade guides.

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Related Documents

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