Restoring Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server

Restore Oracle FPP Server from a backup to recover data after a system failure.

Oracle FPP Server always performs a full restore.

• Provide an absolute path of a directory with write access where the backup zip file is either stored or extracted.
• Stop all ongoing operations on the Oracle FPP Server before attempting the restore, otherwise the restore will fail.
• Ensure that the Oracle Grid Infrastructure version, including the RU version, is the same as when the backup was done.
• Check the cluster name. If the cluster name is the same as when the backup was done, Oracle FPP Server restores the services, otherwise it relocates the services to the new cluster.
• Stop Oracle FPP Server before relocating Oracle FPP services to a new server.

1. Perform a full restore of the Oracle FPP Server.

   $ rhpctl restore server -backup full_backup_location

   Restore creates a timestamped directory, fppsRestore_timestamp, at the backup location. This directory includes extracted backup files and other related information.

   Note:

   • Retry a failed restore, instead of starting from the beginning. Provide the path to the directory of the extracted backup created by the previous run, fppsRestore_timestamp, instead of the path to the backup zip.
   • Resuming any operations marked as pending or ongoing in the metadata is not supported.
2. Open the osUsers.txt file to make sure that the listed operating system users exist in the cluster.