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Patching Oracle Database Appliance
To keep Oracle Database Appliance running with the latest software, check for and
apply Oracle Database Appliance patch bundles when they are released.
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About Patching Oracle Database Appliance
Use the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle to patch your appliance.
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About Migrating Oracle Database Appliance to the DCS Stack
When you apply the patches for this release, your bare metal deployments of
Oracle Database Appliance are migrated from the OAK stack to the DCS stack.
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Update pre-checks are designed to detect problems that might be encountered
during patching and flag those issues.
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Running Update Pre-Checks Before Applying Patches
After updating the repository with patches, use the pre-checks to reduce potential
update problems, and then apply patches.
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Patching Oracle Database Appliance Using the Web Console
Upload Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle to the patch repository, and
deploy the patch bundle using the Web Console.
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Patching Database Homes to the Latest Release
Use the Web Console to upgrade database homes to the latest release.
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Patching Oracle Database Appliance Bare Metal Systems Using the Command-
Line
Follow these steps to apply patches to Oracle Database Appliance OAKCLI bare
metal system using CLI commands.
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Patching Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform
Follow these steps to apply patches to Oracle Database Appliance OAKCLI
Virtualized Platform using CLI commands.
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Patching Trace File Analyzer (TFA) Collector
Trace File Analyzer (TFA) Collector simplifies diagnostic data collection on Oracle
Cluster Ready Services (CRS), Oracle Grid Infrastructure, and Oracle RAC
systems.
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Adding Repositories for Patch Updates
Add patch repositories to update operating system RPMs.
About Patching Oracle Database Appliance
Use the Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle to patch your appliance.
Patches offer new features and may improve the functionality of existing features.
About Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundles
The Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle contains the latest patches for DCS
Agent, DCS Controller, OAK, GI, RDBMS homes, enhancements, and fixes.
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