About Types of Patch Plans

This section describes the types of patch plans.

A patch plan can be either deployable or non-deployable. A patch plan is deployable when:

• It contains only patches of the same product family and platform.

  Note:

  • You cannot add both patch sets and patches to a patch plan. Instead, you can have one patch plan for patch sets, and another patch plan for patches.

• It contains targets that are supported for patching, similarly configured, and are of the same product type, platform, and version (homogeneous targets).

Error Plans

If your patch plan consists of Oracle Management Agent (Management Agent) targets and patches, and the analysis fails on some Management Agents, then the patch plan is split into two plans. The Management Agents and their associated patches on which the analysis was successful are retained in the original plan. The failed targets and their associated patches are moved to a new error plan. The deployment options are also copied into the error plan. The error plan is accessible from the Patches & Updates page.