Explore the Patching Page
You can use the Patching page to view available patches, initiate a patching process, and roll back a patch as necessary.
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What You Can Do from the Patching Page
You can perform these tasks from the Patching page:
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View a list of available patches. See View Patch Details.
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Perform patching prechecks. See Perform Patch Prechecks and Address Patching Issues.
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Apply a patch. See Apply a Patch.
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Check the patch history.
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Roll back a service to its previous patch level. See Roll Back a Patch.
What You See on the Patching Page
The following table describes the key information shown on the Patching page.
Element | Description |
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Oracle Java Cloud Service link |
Click this link to return to the Oracle Java Cloud Service Console. |
(in the page header) |
Menu icon provides the following options:
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Click to refresh the page. The date and time the page was last refreshed is displayed adjacent to this button. |
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Available Patches |
Displays patches that are available. The patch number is displayed, as well as whether the patches are optional or mandatory. The release date and affected components are displayed. Information about whether a restart is required is displayed. |
Represents an available patch. |
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This menu has two choices:
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Represents a successful patching precheck operation. |
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Represents a failed patching precheck operation. |
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Represents a patching operation in progress. |
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Patch History |
Displays the history of patches that have been applied to the service instance. |
Indicates a successful patching operation. Appears in the Patch History section. Click this icon to obtain more information about the patching operation. |
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Displayed on a tools patch, indicates that the patch version for your existing service instance is older than the current version. You will also see a warning stating that the service is on a deprecated tools version. To address this issue, apply the latest tools patch to your service instance. |
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Initiates an operation to roll back the service to its patch level prior to applying the patch. |