What Do I Need to Do to Prepare for and Complete a Quarterly Update?

There are a few preparation steps to complete before, and some actions to take right after, a quarterly update is applied to your Oracle Cloud Application environment. But quarterly updates are predictable! So, set up some calendar reminders so you don’t forget to do these activities.

Use this basic timeline, and the checklists that follow it, as your guide for your quarterly updates.

Quarterly Update Timeline:

4+ Weeks Before	1-2 Days Before	First Days After	1-2 Days Before	First Day After
1st Friday Test cadence environment delivered	3rd Friday Production cadence environment updated
Review materials Update test plan Check test environment Prepare integration tests	Preserve custom reports	Run through test plan in first few hours Log Service Requests for any issues by the end of the day Perform post-update steps, if needed	Preserve custom reports	Quick check of main business processes Perform post-update steps, if needed

4+ Weeks Before

1-2 Days Before

First Days After

1-2 Days Before

First Day After

1st Friday

Test cadence environment delivered

3rd Friday

Production cadence environment updated

Review materials
Update test plan
Check test environment
Prepare integration tests

Preserve custom reports

Run through test plan in first few hours
Log Service Requests for any issues by the end of the day
Perform post-update steps, if needed

Preserve custom reports

Quick check of main business processes
Perform post-update steps, if needed

Note: The US/LAD/CAN maintenance window is SAT 19:00 – 22:00 for test and prod. All other regions are FRI 13:00 to 16:00 PST.