2.3.7 Adding the Oracle Home

After you create and define the hosts, add and define the Oracle home(s) available in the environment. To define an Oracle home, you must provide the absolute path to the Oracle home directory.

To add and define an Oracle home:

1. Click anywhere in the workspace in the Topology tab.
   Ensure that the existing topology objects in the workspace are not selected.
2. Select Edit > Add New Oracle Home.
   Alternatively, you can select the Add New Item icon on the toolbar, select Add New Oracle Home in the dialog box, and then click OK.
   An Oracle home (home1) is created in the workspace.
3. Select the Oracle home object you just created, and define the following attributes for the Oracle home:

   Attribute	Description
   ID	Keep the default value, home1. The ID attribute is an identifier that is used to refer to this Oracle home from other parts of the topology.
   Type	Select shared, which defines that the Oracle home is on shared storage. If your Oracle home is on local storage, select local . This information is used to determine how many copies of the Oracle home there are in the environment, which is important when applying a patch to the Oracle home. If there are copies of the Oracle home on multiple hosts, each Oracle home should be defined individually, and the Type attribute should be local for each one. Only use shared if the Oracle home is on shared disk that is mounted on more than one host.
   Path	Enter the full path to the Oracle home that is being patched.

After you add and define the Oracle home, your workspace should look similar to the following example:

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