1 Pre-upgrade Tasks

Perform the following tasks before upgrading.

Before upgrading FMW 12.2.1.2 to 12.2.1.4, ensure that you:
  1. Create a new directory oracle1 1-1
  2. Shutting down the servers 1-2

Create a New Directory for the Oracle User

A new directory oracle1 is created to store the FMW files in this directory, that are used to install BI Publisher.

Create the oracle1 directory under /home/oracle to place the files needed for Fusion MiddleWare installation.
  1. As the Oracle user, run this command to create the directory oracle1 under /home/oracle:
    [oracle@vm ~]# mkdir oracle1

Shutdown the FMW Servers and Oracle BI instance

To stop the Fusion Middleware servers and Oracle BI instance and servers.

  1. As the Oracle user, go to the path:
    [oracle@vm]$cd /home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_Home/user_projects/domains/bi/bitools/bin
  2. Run the command to shutdown the FMW Servers and Oracle BI instance:
    [oracle@bin]$ ./stop.sh