patch Commands

Use commands with the patch keyword to apply or rollback one-off patches to the specified working copy using the in-place patching method.

  • rhpctl evaluate patch
    Evaluates the specified home or gold image to get the health status and patch recommendations.
  • rhpctl query patch
    Queries the current status of the specified Oracle Update Advisor request ID.

Parent topic: RHPCTL Command Reference

rhpctl evaluate patch

Evaluates the specified home or gold image to get the health status and patch recommendations.

Syntax

rhpctl evaluate patch {-image image_name | -path oracle_home_path} 
[-applyfrequency <MONTHLY|QUARTERLY|HALF_YEARLY|ANNUALLY>] [-updatelag LATEST | LATEST-1 | LATEST-2] 
[-additionalbuglist bug_list] [-generateimage -importtoimage target_image_name]

Table A-46 rhpctl evaluate patch Command Parameters

Parameter Description
-image image_name

Specify the name of a deployed working copy that you want to evaluate.

Note: This option is available only for Oracle FPP Server Mode.

-path oracle_home_path

Specify the absolute path for evaluating the Oracle home.
-updatelag update_lag
Specify the update lag policy for your image or Oracle home.
  • LATEST: most recently released RU (default)
  • LATEST-1: 1 RU before the most recent RU
  • LATEST-2: 2 RUs before the most recent RU
The default value is LATEST.
-applyfrequency apply_frequency
Specify how often you patch your working copy or Oracle home.
  • MONTHLY: update software every month.
  • QUARTERLY: update software every 3 months (Oracle recommended - default).
  • HALF_YEARLY: update software every 6 months.
  • ANNUALLY: update software every 12 months.
The default and Oracle recommended patch frequency is QUARTERLY.
-additionalbuglist bug_list

Comma-separated list of additional bugs that you want to apply along with the Oracle Update Advisor recommended patches.
-generateimage -importtoimage target_image_name

Specify this parameter to generate a patched image and import the patched image to the specified gold image.

Note: This option is available only for Oracle FPP Local Mode.

Examples

To evaluate an Oracle Grid Infrastructure home:

$ rhpctl evaluate patch -image DB1926000 -generateimage -importtoimage DB192800
Operation "rhpctl evaluate patch" scheduled with the job ID "53".

Parent topic: patch Commands

rhpctl query patch

Queries the current status of the specified Oracle Update Advisor request ID.

Syntax

Note:

This command is only for Oracle FPP Local Mode. 
rhpctl query patch [-requestid request_id]

Parameters

Table A-47 rhpctl query patch Command Parameters

Parameter Description
-requestid request_id

Specify a request ID for which you want to check the status.

Note: If you do not specify a request ID, then it displays a list of all the requests.

Examples

To display status of the specified request ID:

rhpctl query patch -requestid 96643   
Software health status: "RED"   
Software health comment: "More than one cycle behind your policy.."   
Software Type: "DB"   
Current version: "19.26.0.0.0"   
Recommended version: "19.28"
Image is available to download. Please download it using below command.     
rhpctl downloadimage patchplan -requestid 96643 -downloadlocation <download_location>

To display a list of all the requests:

rhpctl query patch   
Home: /u01/app/oracle/product/19.26.0/dbhome_1
  Request id: 96643
  Request time: 2025-09-06 12:14:35   
Home: /u01/app/19.26.0/grid
  Request id: 96604
  Request time: 2025-09-05 12:51:43   
Home: /u01/app/oracle/product/19.26.0/dbhome_1  
  Request id: 96603
  Request time: 2025-09-05 12:16:33

Parent topic: patch Commands