Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) is configured in the Oracle FPP Local Mode mode by default when you install Oracle Grid Infrastructure.

Oracle FPP Local Mode does not require a separate setup. You can use it to manage Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure patching only on a local cluster. Oracle FPP Local Mode offers a reduced set of features as compared to Oracle FPP Central Server.

The Oracle FPP Local Mode operation enables you to perform Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database patching operations on the local cluster. Deploy either the Oracle Grid Infrastructure or the Oracle Database patched home and run the patch operation using either the rhpctl move gihome or rhpctl move database command, specifying the source and destination paths.

The Oracle FPP Local Mode supports Oracle Database 11g (11.2.0.4), 12c (12.1.0.2), 12c (12.2.0.1), or later in a clustered environment. In a standalone (non-clustered) environment, you can patch only the database home and the database home must be Oracle Database 18c or later.

The Oracle FPP Local Mode runs locally on the deployment and does not require an Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server in the architecture. If you configure an Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server, then you must remove the Oracle FPP Local Mode configuration.