8.3.3 Overview of Performing Exadata Database Servers Updates

When updating Exadata database servers, there are different steps for virtualized environments.

Note:

Patchmgr manages the update orchestration in a rolling or non-rolling manner for Exadata database servers. When using the -rolling option, Oracle recommends that you use Oracle RAC features for client high availability to minimize the impact to client applications connected to database instances that will be stopped during maintenance.

• Steps for Updating Non-Virtualized Configurations
  An overview of the steps involved in updating an Exadata database server that does not have Oracle VM configured.
• Steps for Updating Virtualized Configurations
  The management domains (dom0s) and user domains (domUs) are updated independently using separate patchmgr executions.