ahfctl update

9.2.2.1 ahfctl update

Use the ahfctl update command to apply AHF updates automatically.

Note:

You need AHF install user privileges to run the ahfctl update command.

Caution:

Make sure to test the metadata on a pre-production system before copying the downloaded file to the production-mounted filesystem.

Configure automatic download on a staging server.
Test the downloaded metadata on a pre-production system.
Configure auto-update on all production systems.
Copy the test metadata zip on production mounted file systems to automatically apply the update.

Syntax

ahfctl update 
[-h] 
[-nomos] 
[-debug]

Parameters

Table 9-6 ahfctl update Command Parameters

Parameter	Description
`-nomos`	Specify not to configure MOS.
`-debug`	Specify the `-debug` option to enable debugging.

Example 9-7 New AHF metadate update is available at software stage location

ahfctl update
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/.cgrep/versions.dat
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/rules.dat
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/.cgrep/collections.dat
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/messages/check_messages.json
Data files updated to 20220607 from 20220516
Please copy ahf_data_20220607.zip and run the command 'ahfctl applyupdate -updatefile ahf_data_20220607.zip' on the below mentioned nodes
scao05adm08

Example 9-8 REST Endpoints parameters are configured and a new AHF metadata update is available at the REST Endpoint

ahfctl update
Applying AHF metedata update...
AHF update zip is not available at stage location /opt/rajeev
Upload configuration check for: ahf_update_loc.
Parameters are configured correctly to upload.
ahf_data_20220607.zip successfully downloaded at /opt/rajeev
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/.cgrep/versions.dat
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/rules.dat
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/.cgrep/collections.dat
Updated file /opt/oracle.ahf/exachk/messages/check_messages.json
Data files updated to 20220607 from 20220601
Please copy ahf_data_20220607.zip and run the command 'ahfctl applyupdate -updatefile ahf_data_20220607.zip' on the below mentioned nodes
scao05adm08

Parent topic: Running AHFCTL Update Commands to Automatically Patch Oracle Autonomous Health Framework