Overview of Provisioning Archive Files

Provisioning Archive PAR files are archive files that contain a collection, or bundle of Deployment Procedures and Software Library entities that are used in numerous Lifecycle Management tasks like Provisioning and Patching applications.

In case of a Deployment Procedures, Partool exports only the User-defined procedures, and not the Oracle-owned procedures. While exporting the User-defined procedure, the complete deployment procedure is not exported, only the customization (delta changes) are exported.

Also, note that in case of upgrade all the procedures that were created before Oracle 12c can not be exported using the Partool export utility.

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For importing PAR files that contain Software Library entities, ensure that your Software Library is configured. For information on configuring software libraries, see Configuring a Software Library in Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.