The dbpatchm.cfg Configuration File
To perform a patching operation, the dbpatchm
subcommand reads and acts on the content of the /var/opt/oracle/patch/dbpatchm.cfg
patching configuration file. This file, which is created when the database deployment is created, provides information about the locations of various files that may be used in patching operations.
Before using dbpatchm
to perform a patching operation, set the value of the psunum
key in the dbpatchm.cfg
file to the patch ID of the patch to apply. To find out what patches are available, see Viewing Available Patches.
The dbpatchm.cfg
file contains additional keys you can edit to customize the patching operation, and comment lines describing the purpose of each key and how to set its value. Here is a sample dbpatchm.cfg
file showing these keys and comments.
# sample config file # oss storage container url with public access, normally should not be changed # there is a default for this now, that is set to production container oss_container_url="" # change this following golden image zip/psu zip file to be used in patching # this will be used only if you run dbaascli/dbpatchm directly # keep these files in different location from temporary_space given below & /u01/psu gold_img_loc="</tmp/db11.2.0.4.0_EE_PSU.tar.gz>" psu_zip_loc="</tmp/p19121551_112040_Linux-x86-64.zip>" # location where the temporary files will be kept - should have 15GB space minimum # change this location if needed but do not use /u01/psu - used for conflict check temporary_space="/u01/download"; # turn this ignore_patch_conflict to 1 to let patching ignore conflicts ignore_patch_conflict=0 # turn this ignore_space_less_than_15g to 1 to let patching proceed if discspace < 15g ignore_space_less_than_15g=0 # create /var/opt/oracle/patch/files_to_save.ora with full path of directory or # files to preserve any special files you may have in your /u01/app directory. # set this to yes, if you have files_to_save.ora special_files="no" # type could be "psu", "upg" type="psu" # psunum is the bugid for PSU's - needed to rollback the psu patches psunum= # patching method could be cloning (for temporary instance validation) or psu way # when cloning is yes, remote node IP needs to be provided and also sys password cloning="no" remotenode="" syspasswd="" # ssh private key needed for cloning that needs a 2nd VM connectivity # "/root/.ssh/pat.key" sshkey_fl="" # oracle recovery manager catalog connect string - if configured rcatconnect="" # data guard patching - need to provide primary and standby ip's and # private sshkeys to connect to the same # if dg_inst="yes", then all dg_ parameters need to be provided dg_inst="no" dg_primary="" dg_primary_sshkey_fl="" dg_standby="" dg_standby_sshkey_fl=""