About Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Lite

Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) is configured in the Oracle FPP Lite mode by default when you install Oracle Grid Infrastructure.

Note:

• Starting with Oracle Grid Infrastructure 19c, the feature formerly known as Oracle FPP Local Mode is now Oracle FPP Lite.
• Oracle FPP Lite does not require a Java container to perform Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database patching operations.

Oracle FPP Lite does not require a separate setup. You can use it to manage Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure patching only on a local cluster. Oracle FPP Lite offers a reduced set of features as compared to Oracle FPP Central Server.

The Oracle FPP Lite operation enables you to perform Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database patching operations on the local cluster. Deploy either the Oracle Grid Infrastructure or the Oracle Database patched home and run the patch operation using either the rhpctl move gihome or rhpctl move database command, specifying the source and destination paths instead of working copy names.

The Oracle FPP Lite supports Oracle Database 11g (11.2.0.4), 12c (12.1.0.2), 12c (12.2.0.1), or later in a clustered environment. In a standalone (non-clustered) environment, you can patch only the database home and the database home must be Oracle Database 18c or later.

The Oracle FPP Lite runs locally on the deployment and does not require an Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server in the architecture. If you configure an Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server, then you must remove the Oracle FPP Lite configuration.