Relocating Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server

Relocate Oracle FPP Server to a new server on a new hardware and configure Oracle FPP Clients to associate with the new Oracle FPP Server.

1. Copy the Oracle FPP Server backup of the old server to the new server.
2. Perform a full restore of the Oracle FPP Server.

   $ rhpctl restore server -backup full_backup_location

   After the relocation is complete, the old Oracle FPP Server is marked as an Oracle FPP Client.
3. Open the osUsers.txt file to make sure that the listed operating system users exist in the cluster.
4. Copy the client data file for each Oracle FPP Client, located at backup_path/fppsRestore_timestamp/clientData/ from the new Oracle FPP Server to the corresponding Oracle FPP Client.
5. Update each Oracle FPP Client, except the old Oracle FPP Server, with the new client data file.

   $ srvctl stop rhpclient
   $ srvctl modify rhpclient -clientdata new_client_data_file
   $ srvctl start rhpclient

6. Perform a sanity check from the Oracle FPP Client to ensure that the client can connect to the server.

   $ rhpctl query server

7. After all Oracle FPP Client clusters are associated with the new Oracle FPP Server, then convert the original Oracle FPP Server to an Oracle FPP Client.

   $ srvctl stop rhpserver
   # srvctl remove rhpserver -force
   # srvctl add rhpclient -clientdata new_client_data_file
   $ srvctl start rhpclient

8. Perform a sanity check from the converted Oracle FPP Client to ensure that the client can connect to the server.

   $ rhpctl query server