Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Patching Your Environment Using OPatch

• 1.1 About OPatch
  • 1.1.1 Type of Patches Used with OPatch
  • 1.1.2 Information for Oracle WebLogic Server Smart Update Users
• 1.2 Preparing to Use OPatch
  • 1.2.1 Locating and Obtaining the Latest Version of OPatch
    • 1.2.1.1 Locating and Running OPatch in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Home
    • 1.2.1.2 Identifying the Version of OPatch Included with Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c
  • 1.2.2 Obtaining Patches Required for Your Installation
  • 1.2.3 OPatch Environment Variables for Fusion Middleware
  • 1.2.4 Backup and Recovery Considerations for Patching
• 1.3 Using OPatch to Patch Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • 1.3.1 Summary of the Steps For Using OPatch in a Fusion Middleware Environment
  • 1.3.2 Common OPatch Commands When Patching an Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Home
  • 1.3.3 Examples of Applying and Rolling Back Patches Using OPatch
    • 1.3.3.1 Verifying the Prerequisites for a Patch
    • 1.3.3.2 Applying a Single Patch Using the Apply Command
    • 1.3.3.3 Applying Multiple Patches Using the OPatch napply Command
    • 1.3.3.4 Rolling Back a Patch You Have Applied
    • 1.3.3.5 Rolling Back Multiple Patches You Have Applied
  • 1.3.4 Troubleshooting a Patch by Viewing the OPatch Log File
  • 1.3.5 Using the OPatch lsinventory Command to Verify the Patches Applied to an Oracle Home
  • 1.3.6 Verifying Your Installation After Applying a Patch

2 Patching Your Environment Using OPatchAuto

• 2.1 About Zero Downtime Patching with OPatchAuto
  • 2.1.1 What is a Zero Downtime Patch?
  • 2.1.2 Identifying a Zero Downtime Patch
  • 2.1.3 About the Available Patch Plans
• 2.2 Preparing to Use OPatchAuto
  • 2.2.1 Locating and Obtaining the Latest Version of OPatch and OPatchAuto
    • 2.2.1.1 Locating and Running OPatchAuto in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Home
    • 2.2.1.2 Identifying the Version of OPatchAuto Included with Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c
  • 2.2.2 Obtaining Patches Required For Your Installation
  • 2.2.3 Directory Variables Used in the Examples
  • 2.2.4 Creating a Topology File for Patching Multiple Hosts
  • 2.2.5 Creating a Wallet
    • 2.2.5.1 Creating a Wallet Using the patchingWallet Tool
    • 2.2.5.2 Creating a Wallet Using FMW Composer
  • 2.2.6 Configuring Node Manager to Support Start and Stop Operations
  • 2.2.7 Remote Host Patching on Windows
  • 2.2.8 Backup and Recovery Considerations for Patching
• 2.3 Using OPatchAuto to Patch Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • 2.3.1 Summary of the Steps For Using OPatchAuto in a Fusion Middleware Environment
  • 2.3.2 Applying a Patch on a Single Host Using OPatchAuto
    • 2.3.2.1 Verifying the Prerequisites for Applying a Patch on a Single Host
    • 2.3.2.2 Applying a Patch on a Single Host Using the Apply Command
    • 2.3.2.3 Rolling Back a Patch You Have Applied on a Single Host
  • 2.3.3 Applying a Patch on Multiple Hosts Using OPatchAuto
    • 2.3.3.1 Verifying the Prerequisites for Applying a Patch on Multiple Hosts
    • 2.3.3.2 Applying a non-ZDT Patch on Multiple Hosts Using the Apply Command
    • 2.3.3.3 Applying a ZDT Patch on Multiple Hosts Using the Apply Command
    • 2.3.3.4 Rolling Back a Patch You Have Applied on Multiple Hosts
  • 2.3.4 Troubleshooting a Patch by Viewing the OPatchAuto Log File
  • 2.3.5 Using the OPatch lsinventory Command to Verify the Patches Applied to an Oracle Home
  • 2.3.6 Using the listDomainPatchInventory.sh Command to Verify the Patches Applied to a Domain
  • 2.3.7 Verifying Your Installation After Applying a Patch
• 2.4 An Example of Creating A Topology File Using FMW Composer
  • 2.4.1 Starting FMW Composer
  • 2.4.2 Creating a New Topology File
  • 2.4.3 Assigning or Creating a Wallet File
  • 2.4.4 Adding the Hosts
  • 2.4.5 Adding the Oracle Home
  • 2.4.6 Adding the Domain
  • 2.4.7 Adding the Administration Server
  • 2.4.8 Adding the Cluster
  • 2.4.9 Adding the Managed Servers
  • 2.4.10 Adding the Node Managers
  • 2.4.11 Saving the Topology File