Tag: opatchauto

Automating Oracle Patching With an Ansible Module

Editor’s Note: Because our bloggers have lots of useful tips, every now and then we bring forward a popular post from the past. We originally published today’s post on February 13, 2019. This blog post has been on my To…

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OPatchAuto Bug on 19.3 GI/RDBMS When Patching to 19.6

The other day I was doing a fresh install of Oracle 19.3. I was using the binaries from edelivery, doing some testing in that version, then patching to 19.6. The installation and the tests went fine. Next, I proceeded to... Read More >

How to patch an exadata (part 6) – timing

Quick links to Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6    6: Timing Now that we know how to patch every component and the different options available to do so…

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How to patch an exadata (part 3) – grid and database OH patching

Quick links to Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6    3.4/ Patching the Grid Infrastructure 3.4.0 – Information Patching a node takes around 30 – 45 minutes You have…

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How to patch an exadata (part 2) – cells, IB and DB servers

Quick links to Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 3: The patching procedure 3.1 Patching the Cells (aka Storage Servers)   3.1.0 – Information All actions must be done…

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How to patch an exadata (part 1) – introduction and prerequisites

Once you have installed your new Exadata machine will come a time where you’ll be asked : “shouldn’t we patch the Exadata” ? And the answer is “yes, definitely“. Indeed, Oracle releases huges (~ 10 GB) “Quarterly Full Stack” patches (aka Bundles)…

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