1. Advanced Management and Monitoring for Engineered Systems
  2. Using the Engineered Systems Packs
  3. Exadata Management Pack Features
  4. Exadata Infrastructure Patching Using Fleet Maintenance
  5. Exadata Fleet Maintenance Patching Operations

Exadata Fleet Maintenance Patching Operations

After configuring and registering FPP server and client in Oracle Enterprise Manager, creating a gold image, and subscribing targets to the image, you're now ready to deploy the image, perform validations and update the targets.

Following is a list of operations required to successfully patch an Exadata target. The first step is to deploy the image followed by submitting an optional validation and finally performing the image update.

For the UI flow to perform a patch deployment and/or update, see Patch Exadata Infrastructure with the Fleet Maintenance UI.

For REST API Exadata Patching operations see Database Maintenance- Using Oracle Fleet Patching And Provisioning (FPP) REST Endpoints in REST API for Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Patch Exadata Infrastructure with the Fleet Maintenance UI

  1. In Oracle Enterprise Manager, click Targets, and select Exadata. In the Engineered Systems page, click Actions, and select Fleet Maintenance.

  2. In the Targets page, select the FPP image to which the Exadata component are subscribed. You can filter by Image to select the gold image to use. There are three supported components Exadata storage cells, network switches, and hosts. After you select an image, the Target Type is automatically populated. Verify that Update appears under Operation.

  3. Select all the Exadata infrastructure targets that require a patch deployment and/or update, and click Next.

  4. In the Tasks page, Software Deployment is automatically selected.

    1. Enter the Deployment Path, where the patch will be staged, and specify a Start time.

    2. If you want to both deploy and update at the same time, then select Update Exadata option, and specify a Start time.

      The scheduled time for the update can be Immediately/Auto or Later. If you select Immediately, the patching task begins immediately after the deployment task is completed. When selecting Later, ensure that there is ample time between operations in case of issues.

    3. In the Credentials section, specify the FPP REST user credential to use.

    4. Under Options, enter the Work Directory and add any additional FPP options for the deployment and update operations.

    5. After all the fields are entered and verified, click Next.

  5. In the Review page, verify that all the information entered is correct, and click on Validate. Select Quick to perform a quick validation or Full to perform a full validation. Full validation submits a deployment procedure and submits the FPP command with the -eval=true flag.

    After the validation completes successfully, submit the operation by clicking Submit. Enter a name for the procedure and click Submit again.

  6. Click Monitor Progress to view the operation in the Procedure Activity Page.

After the procedure is successfully complete, you have updated your Exadata infrastructure.