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Before you start the Patch Wizard confirm that you have setup the Patching and Metalink Settings correctly. Click the Setup link.

Click the Patching Setup link from the left navigation bar.

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Make sure that the MetaLink credentials are properly setup. Once you confirm it, click the Deployments tab to access the Patch Wizard.

Click the Patch Agent link under the Patching section.

Specify the Patch Number as 3822442, select Linux x86 from the Platform drop-down list and click the Search button.

Note: You can use Deployment Procedures to patch any Oracle software except Oracle Management Agent. To patch Oracle Management Agent, use patch wizard approach by clicking the Patch Agent link.

Select the patchset that is for the 10.2.0.3 release and click the Next button.

In this step the Patch Wizard will automatically detect all the existing 10.2.0.1 agents and list them in the Available Targets section. Select the agent that you want to patch with the latest patchset and click the Move button to move it to the Selected Targets section.

Click the Next button.

Preferred credentials simplify access to managed targets by storing target login credentials in the Management Repository. With preferred credentials set, users can access an Enterprise Manager target that recognizes those credentials without being prompted to log into the target. Use the "Preferences" Global link on right hand top of the page to set preferred credentials for any enterprise manager target.

If the preferred credentials have been set for the agent that is being patched then you can choose "Use Oracle Home Preferred Credentials" option button. For this exercise Preferred Credentials for this agent are not set so keep the "Override Oracle Home Preferred Credentials" option button selected and specify the host credentials. Click the Next button.

Make sure that the Apply option button is selected and click the Next button.

Note: You can use the Provide custom patching script option button to configure Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM). If you select it you will have to provide the necessary values to the different parameters in the script.

Schedule the patch job for immediate execution and click the Next button.

Review your settings and click the Finish button.

The job is submitted. You can click the View Job button to see the progress of the job execution.

You can track the job execution from the job execution page.

When the Patch job is successfully completed you should see the status as Succeeded.

Note: You can access all the jobs that are submitted from the Grid Console from the Jobs tab.

Before upgrading Oracle Management Agent, you need to check its version. Click Setup to check the version of the Oracle Management Agent.

Click the Agents sub tabbed page.

The current version of the Oracle Management Agent is displayed. Since the current version of the Oracle Management Agent is 10.1.x.x, you need to use the Upgrade Agent option. Click the Deployments tabbed page to upgrade the agent.

Click Install Agent link in the Agent Installation section.

The Install Agent page is displayed. Click the Upgrade Agent link.

Note: This option helps you upgrade from one release to another, and not patch a particular release. So if you want to apply a patch set on a 10.2.0.2 Management Agent and make it 10.2.0.3 Management Agent, then do not use this option; use the Patch Agent wizard in the Deployments page.

The Agent Upgrade: Installation Details page is displayed. In the Existing Agent Home field under the Source Agent Information section, enter the location of the Agent Home of the host that you want upgrade.

Note: You need to enter the current location of the Agent Home that you want to upgrade. This is not the same as the Oracle Management Server (OMS) Agent Home location.

In the Version section, select the version from the dropdown list to which you want the Agent to be upgraded.

In the Provide Host List text box under the Hosts section, specify all the hosts (hostnames or IP addresses) on which you want to upgrade the Agent. Alternatively, you click the Get Host Names From File button to select the file that contains a list of all the required hostnames. If you have more than one host on which you want to upgrade the Agent, you can use a comma (,), or a white space as a separator.

In the OS Credential section, specify the appropriate operating system user credentials. Select Run root.sh option if you want to execute this script. The user must have sudo user privileges to run the root.sh script.

In the Destination section, specify the location where you want to install the upgraded Agent Home. Enterprise Manager Grid Control creates a new sub-directory for the Agent Home in the specified location.

Note: A new Agent Home is created for the Upgrade Agent task in your host.

In the Additional Parameters text box, enter any additional parameters that you want to pass during installation.

In the Management Server Security section, specify the Management Server Registration Password for secure communications between the Agent and OMS.

In the Additional Scripts section, you may enter any pre-installation or post-installation scripts. You can select Run as Super User option if you want to run these scripts as root.
Note: The pre-installation and post-installation scripts must be available on all the hosts. These files are not copied onto the hosts from the source software location during installation.

Click Continue to upgrade the Oracle Management Agent.

In the New Agent Installation: Oracle Configuration Manager Details Page, you need to specify the License Agreement option, the Registration and the Connection Details.
You can either accept or decline the Oracle Configuration Manager License Agreement. If you decline the license agreement, Oracle Configuration Manager will be installed but not configured.
The Registration section enables you to link your service requests with the appropriate configuration information for a quicker support. By default, all the fields are disabled. To enable these fields and specify the proxy server settings, check the Enable Oracle Configuration Manager option. Enter the following details:
Customer Identification Number (CSI): Enter the Customer Identification Number that uniquely identifies your organization.
Metalink Account Username: Enter the username of your Oracle Metalink Account. This is used to identify the configuration data that is being uploaded to Oracle.
Country Code: Select your country code from the drop down list.
Under the Connection Details, if you are using a proxy server to access the Internet, you must provide the proxy server configuration details here. By default, all the fields in this section are disabled. To enable these fields and specify the proxy server settings, check the Enable Proxy option. Specify the following information:
Proxy Server and Proxy Port: Enter the host name and port number of the proxy server. These fields are mandatory.
Proxy Username and Proxy Password: If the proxy server requires authentication, you must specify the credentials in the Proxy Username and Proxy Password fields.

Select Accept License Agreement option.

Click Continue.

This page displays the Agent Upgrade is in progress.

Once the agent is successfully upgraded, the status page is displayed. The Session Details section provides a link to the pre-requisite details page and the installation details page. Click the Status Home button to view the details.

The Status page displays that the Agent was successfully upgraded.