Using the Properties File of an Existing Patch Plan to Patch the targets

To edit an existing patch plan after it has been created for updating the patch-target pairs or generic information or deployment options, you can follow the steps listed here:

1. To view the user-editable fields of an existing plan, run the get_patch_plan_data command, and save the output to a properties file as follows:

   $ emcli get_patch_plan_data -name=demo_agent >demo_agent.props
   
   Output:
   name=demo_agent
   description=
   deployment_date=	
   planPrivilegeList=VIEWER:ADMIN:VIEW;OPER:ADMIN:VIEW;DESIGNER:ADMIN:VIEW
   patch.0.patch_id=13426630
   patch.0.release_id=9800371121010
   patch.0.platform_id=2000
   patch.0.language_id=0
   patch.0.target_name=abc1.example.com:1836
   patch.0.target_type=oracle_emd
   patch.1.patch_id=13426630
   patch.1.release_id=9800371121010
   patch.1.platform_id=2000
   patch.1.language_id=0
   patch.1.target_name=abc2.example.com:4473
   patch.1.target_type=oracle_emd
   deploymentOptions.StageLocation=%emd_emstagedir%
   deploymentOptions.AdvancedOPatchOptions=null
   deploymentOptions.StagePatches=true
   

2. Edit the properties file (demo_agent.props) using any editor. You can change the storage location as follows:

   name=demo_agent
   description=
   deployment_date=	
   planPrivilegeList=VIEWER:ADMIN:VIEW;OPER:ADMIN:VIEW;DESIGNER:ADMIN:VIEW
   patch.0.patch_id=13426630
   patch.0.release_id=9800371121010
   patch.0.platform_id=2000
   patch.0.language_id=0
   patch.0.target_name=abc1.example.com:1836
   patch.0.target_type=oracle_emd
   patch.1.patch_id=13426630
   patch.1.release_id=9800371121010
   patch.1.platform_id=2000
   patch.1.language_id=0
   patch.1.target_name=abc2.example.com:4473
   patch.1.target_type=oracle_emd
   deploymentOptions.StageLocation=%emd_emstagedir%/demo
   deploymentOptions.AdvancedOPatchOptions=null
   deploymentOptions.StagePatches=true
   

3. To save the patch plan with the new edited data, run set_patch_plan_data command as follows:

   emcli set_patch_plan_data -name=demo_agent -input_file=data:demo_agent.props
   
   Output:
   It is successfully on updating deployment options from the patch plan.
   

   Note:

   If the selected target impacts other targets, then you need to add impact_other_targets with the value "add_all". For example, if one of the agents running on the NFS home is selected for patching, other agent based on the same NFS home will also be impacted while patching, so they are all required to present in the patch plan.

4. Follow Steps 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 mentioned in the Creating a New Properties File for Patching Targets to complete the patching process.