Configuring Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) in central mode involves creating an Oracle FPP Server, adding gold images to the server, and creating working copies of gold images to provision software.

After you install and configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure, you can configure and start using Oracle FPP. You must create an Oracle FPP Server where you create and store gold images of database and other software homes.

• Configuring Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server
  Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) Server configuration includes configuring storage, network, external Oracle Database, and creating an Oracle FPP resource.
• Configuring Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Clients
  Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) client configuration includes configuring network, creating client data file, and creating an Oracle FPP client.
• Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server Self-upgrade
  Perform these steps when upgrading Oracle Grid Infrastructure to 23ai using the Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning (Oracle FPP) Server self-upgrade feature.
• Migrating Metadata from GIMR to Metadata Repository for Manual Upgrade
  Use this procedure to import the metadata in to a new Oracle FPP metadata repository after manually upgrading to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 23ai.
• Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning Backup and Restore
  Create a backup of Oracle FPP Server to restore in the event of a failure, or to relocate the Oracle FPP Server to a different hardware.