Patching Oracle Database Using Oracle FPP Lite

Oracle FPP Lite updates Oracle Database homes, including Oracle Database single-instance databases in a cluster or standalone (with no Oracle Grid Infrastructure), an Oracle RAC database, or an Oracle RAC One Node database.

• Oracle FPP Lite configuration for Oracle Database patching performs all of the steps necessary to switch from one home to another.

  $ rhpctl move database -sourcehome Oracle_home_path -desthome destination_oracle_home_path 
  -localrolling YES [-ignorecvuprecheck] [-ignorecvupostcheck] [-skipcvuprecheck] [-skipcvupostcheck]

  Where:

  • -localrolling enables or disables local rolling patching of the Oracle Database.
  • -ignorecvuprecheck and -ignorecvupostcheck ignore CVU prechecks and postcheks respectively.
  • -skipcvuprecheck and -skipcvupostcheck skips CVU prechecks and postcheks respectively.

  Note:

  If multiple databases are running from the same Oracle home, then you can use the -dbname parameter to specify all the database for the move. If the databases are running from different Oracle homes, then you need to patch all the databases separately.

Note:

During Oracle FPP Lite patching, every command must finish on the current node before you can run it on any other node. If a command fails in the first run, then you must re-run the command from the same node where it was started initially. Similarly, if you use the -batches parameter, then you must re-run the command, using the -continue parameter, from the same node where you started the command.

Use the rhpctl move database command parameters for the patching operation.

Note:

The rhpctl move database command is Oracle Data Guard-aware, and will not run Datapatch if the database is an Oracle Data Guard standby.