4.5.1 Summary of Software and Firmware Components on Oracle Exadata Storage Servers

The imageinfo command located in the /usr/local/bin/ directory provides a summary of release and status of the software and firmware components on Oracle Exadata Storage Servers.

The software and firmware components comprise the storage server image. The release and status information is required when working with My Oracle Support.

The following table lists the output fields from the imageinfo command.

Table 4-2 Description of imageinfo Command Output

Field	Description
Active image activated	Date stamp in UTC format when the image on the cell was considered completed, either successfully or unsuccessfully. A cell patch updates the time stamp to indicate the time the cell was patched.
Active image status	Status of the cell image based on the success or failure of a set of self-tests and configuration actions, collectively known as validations. When this status is undefined, empty or failure, then examine the different validation logs in the /var/log/cellos directory to determine the cause for the status.
Active image version	Main release version of the overall cell image indicating a specific combination of releases of operating system, core Oracle Exadata System Software (the cell rpm), and the firmware levels for most key components of the cell. A cell patch usually updates this information. The first five separated fields of the version match the standard way Oracle product releases are identified. The last field is the exact build number of the release. It corresponds to YYMMDD format of the build date.
Active system partition on device	Cell operating system root (/) partition device. A typical successful cell patch switches the cell from its active partitions to inactive partitions. Each successful cell patch keeps the cell switching between the active and inactive partitions. There are few occasions when the cell patch does not switch partitions. These are rare, and are known as in-partition patches.
Boot area has rollback archive for version	For a patched cell using non in-partition cell patch, this indicates whether there is a suitable back up archive that can be used to roll the cell back to the inactive image version. Existence of this archive is necessary but not sufficient for rolling back to inactive version of the cell image.
Cell boot usb partition	Oracle Exadata Storage Server boot and rescue USB partition.
Cell boot usb version	Version of the software on the boot USB. On a healthy cell this release must be identical to the value of the Active image version line.
Cell rpm version	Cell software version or cell rpm version as reported by the CellCLI utility.
Cell version	Release version as reported by the CellCLI utility.
In partition rollback	Some cell patches do not switch the partitions. These are in-partition patches. This field indicates whether there is enough information to roll back such patch.
Inactive image activated	Time stamp for activation of the inactive image. This field is similar to active image activated field.
Inactive image status	Status of the inactive image. This field is similar to the status of the active image.
Inactive image version	Version of the cell before the most-recent patch was applied.
Inactive software partition on device	Oracle Exadata System Software file system partition, /opt/oracle, for the inactive image.
Inactive system partition on device	The root (/) file system partition for the inactive image.
Kernel version	Operating system kernel version of the cell.
Rollback to inactive partition	Summary indicator for a non-in-partition patched cell indicating whether rollback can be run on the cell to take it back to inactive version of the cell image. On a new cell, this field is empty or has the value undefined.

The following is an example of the output from the imageinfo command:

Kernel version: 2.6.18-194.3.1.0.3.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 31 22:41:13 EDT 2010 x86_64
Cell version: OSS_MAIN_LINUX.X64_101105
Cell rpm version: cell-11.2.2.1.1_LINUX.X64_101105-1
 
Active image version: 11.2.2.1.1.101105
Active image activated: 2010-11-06 21:52:08 -0700
Active image status: success
Active system partition on device: /dev/md5
Active software partition on device: /dev/md7
 
In partition rollback: Impossible
 
Cell boot usb partition: /dev/sdm1
Cell boot usb version: 11.2.2.1.1.101105
 
Inactive image version: 11.2.1.3.1
Inactive image activated: 2010-08-28 20:01:30 -0700
Inactive image status: success
Inactive system partition on device: /dev/md6
Inactive software partition on device: /dev/md8
 
Boot area has rollback archive for the version: 11.2.1.3.1
Rollback to the inactive partitions: Possible