Updating the Cloud Tooling on Exadata Cloud Service

You can update the cloud-specific tooling included on an Exadata Cloud Service compute node by downloading and applying a software package containing the updated tools.

Note:

It is highly recommended to maintain the same version of cloud tooling across your Exadata Cloud Service environment.

To check the installed cloud tooling release and check for updates:

1. Connect to the compute node as the opc user.

   See Connecting to a Compute Node Through Secure Shell (SSH).

2. Start a root-user command shell:

   $ sudo -s
   #

3. Use the following command to display information about the installed cloud tooling and to list the available updates.

   # dbaascli patch tools list

   The command output displays:

   • The version of the cloud tooling that is installed on the compute node.
   • A list of available updates.
   • Notification of the cloud tooling version that is installed on the other compute nodes in the VM cluster.

To update the cloud-specific tooling:

1. Connect to the compute node as the opc user.

   See Connecting to a Compute Node Through Secure Shell (SSH).

2. Start a root-user command shell:

   $ sudo -s
   #

3. Download and apply the cloud tooling update:

   • To update to the latest available cloud tooling, use the following command:

     # dbaascli patch tools apply --patchid LATEST

   • To update to a specific cloud tooling release, use the following command:

     # dbaascli patch tools apply --patchid patch-id

     In the preceding command, patch-id is a cloud tooling patch identifier, as reported in the output of the dbaascli patch tools list command.