Chapter 11: Managing Oracle Software
Chapter 11: Managing Oracle Software
This chapter describes how to keep your Oracle software up-to-date
with patch releases.
Approximately 1 hour
This tutorial covers the following topics:
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Before you perform this tutorial, you should:
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To select the appropriate patch for your environment, determine
the following:
What version of the Oracle Database software are you using?
Where your Oracle Home location?
What is your hardware configuration?
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You can determine your Oracle database version by navigating
to the Enterprise Manager Database Home page.
The version is listed under the General section.
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The Oracle Home is the operating system location of
your Oracle installation. To determine this location, click View
All Properties.
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The Oracle Home is listed on the View All Properties
page. Click the Oracle Home link.
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The Oracle Home directory page is displayed. On this
page, you can view the file directory of your Oracle home, along with
the installed product components and time of installation. Return back
to the home page by clicking the Database tab.
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Click the host link to access information
about your hardware configuration.
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The Host page appears listing your operating system,
hardware platform, IP address, number of CPUs, memory size and disk space.
Note your operating system and platform. Click Database
to return to your Database Home page.
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You can configure your Oracle MetaLink Login Credentials in
Enterprise Manager as follows:
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Click Setup on your Database Home page.
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The Setup page is displayed. Click Patching Setup
to access the Patching Setup page.
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Enter your own MetaLink username and password. Click
Apply.
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Your MetaLink credentials have
been successfully set up.
Click Database to return to your Database
Home page.
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In this section you learn how to download or stage patches.
Perform the steps listed below to stage the patch release:
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Access the Software and Support page. Click Stage
Patch in the Database Software Patching section.
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On the Search by Criteria page, input your version number
and product information. Click Search.
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If there are no patches for this release, you will receive
an error message.
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After you have downloaded the latest patch or patch set release,
you can install it. Prior to installing the patch, you should shut down your
database instances, listeners, and dependent applications, and back up your
current Oracle home installation. You can apply the patch by unzipping the downloaded
file and running the Oracle Installer.
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Review the ReadMe included with the patch release for
patch-specific installation instructions.
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Shut down all dependent applications.
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Shut down your database instances.
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Optionally, shut down the database listener.
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Shut down Enterprise Manager processes.
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Apply the patch by following the instructions in the
ReadMe file.
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Restart the database instance(s).
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Start the listener if you shut it down in step 4.
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Start the Enterprise Manager processes.
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Start your applications and notify users.
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In this tutorial, you learned how to:
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Determine your Oracle environment,
including software version, file location, and hardware configuration. |
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Set the environment for staging
a patch. |
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Applying a patch. |
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