Apply a Patch
Routinely check for and apply approved Oracle patches for an Oracle Java Cloud Service instance. Oracle recommends that you apply the most recent patches promptly. Delaying the application of patches could cause your service to become unsupported.
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If you have installed Oracle Data Integrator or OracleWebCenter Portal on top of Oracle Java Cloud Service, Java Cloud Service does not provide patches to your service instance. You must use OPatch to apply patches to the service instance and ignore any patches provided in the Java Cloud Service Console.
You must apply only the patches that are displayed on the Patching page for your service instance.
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Applying patches manually rather than from the Patching page causes patching to fail. Remove these patches before applying patches from the Patching page.Patches are applied in a rolling fashion to each node in your service instance, in order to minimize the impact on your service.
Java Cloud Service does not provide cloud tooling to patch the operating systems for the nodes in your service instance. You are responsible for installing any OS patches and security updates.
Before you apply a patch to a service instance:
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Wait for any maintenance operations on this service instance to complete, such as backup, restoration or scaling operations.
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Enable backups on your service instance if you previously disabled backups.
When the patching operation is completed, information about the patch appears in the Patch History section of the Patching page.