Part III Database Maintenance: Updates (Patching) and Upgrades

Updates (patching) and Upgrades are some of the most important activities that need to be regularly performed as part of the database lifecycle management activities. With Enterprise Manager you can manage updates and upgrades for Oracle databases.

This section covers the following topics:

• Database Maintenance Concepts
• Getting Started with Updates (Patching) and Upgrades
• Database Updates and Upgrades Using Fleet Maintenance
• Patching End-to-End Use Cases
• Upgrade databases and Grid Infrastructure Using Fleet Maintenance