Oracle FPP Metadata Repository

Starting with Oracle Grid Infrastructure 23ai, you can configure either a local or an external metadata repository for your Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) Server.

You can create an external metadata repository and provide its information during Oracle FPP setup or upgrade.

Oracle FPP Server has the following metadata repository configuration workflows:

• If the external metadata repository option is specified, then you must provide a database connection string. The Oracle FPP Server automatically creates a schema in the database to store metadata. Use the -dbtype EXTERNAL -connstr db_connect_string -dbadmin db_user parameters to configure an external metadata repository.
• If the external metadata repository option is not specified, then Oracle FPP Server automatically creates a database to store metadata.

If you do not use Oracle FPP self-upgrade feature, then you need to upgrade Oracle FPP metadata repository separately because database credentials can not be passed to the installer. In such a case, Oracle FPP Server remains disabled until the metadata repository upgrade is complete. If you try to start the Oracle FPP Server, then you will get an error asking to run the upgrade command.

Note:

Multiple Oracle FPP Servers can share the same CDB, however, they require separate metadata repositories. You must create a separate PDB for each Oracle FPP Server to avoid schema name conflicts.