Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Intended Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching and Upgrade Overview

• 1.1 Installation, Patching, and Upgrade Terminology
  • 1.1.1 Patching
  • 1.1.2 Migration
  • 1.1.3 Upgrade
  • 1.1.4 Installation
• 1.2 Patching and Upgrade Tools
• 1.3 About Database Patches for Oracle Fusion Middleware

2 Patching Oracle Fusion Middleware with Oracle OPatch

• 2.1 About Patching
  • 2.1.1 Types of Patches That can be Used with OPatch
  • 2.1.2 Types of Patches That can not be Used with OPatch
• 2.2 About OPatch
  • 2.2.1 Getting OPatch
  • 2.2.2 Getting Patches
  • 2.2.3 OPatch Environment Variables
  • 2.2.4 OPatch System Requirements
  • 2.2.5 Backup and Recovery Considerations for Patching
• 2.3 OPatch in a Fusion Middleware Environment
  • 2.3.1 A Typical Patching Scenario
  • 2.3.2 Patching a Fusion Middleware Product
  • 2.3.3 Patching in a Distributed Environment
    • 2.3.3.1 Patching with a Local Middleware Home
    • 2.3.3.2 Patching with a Shared Middleware Home
  • 2.3.4 Patching Artifacts Deployed Outside the Oracle Home
• 2.4 Running OPatch
  • 2.4.1 Applying Patches and Deploying Patched Artifacts to WebLogic Servers
    • 2.4.1.1 Using the OPatch Property File
    • 2.4.1.2 Using the -auto Option
    • 2.4.1.3 Using the apply Command
    • 2.4.1.4 Sample Output for the apply Command
  • 2.4.2 Rolling Back Patches and Deploying Patched Artifacts to WebLogic Servers
  • 2.4.3 Deploying Patched Artifacts to WebLogic Servers
  • 2.4.4 Listing the Source Oracle Homes
  • 2.4.5 Listing the Domains Created from the Middleware Home or Oracle Home
  • 2.4.6 Listing the Applicable Oracle Homes for a Patch
  • 2.4.7 Listing Patches Applied to an Oracle Home or WebLogic Domain
  • 2.4.8 Starting or Stopping a Runtime Instance
• 2.5 Troubleshooting OPatch in a Fusion Middleware Environment
  • 2.5.1 Notes About Patching the MDS Repository
  • 2.5.2 Setting the Machine Name and Listen Address

3 Applying the Latest Oracle Fusion Middleware Patch Set

• 3.1 Summary of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching Process
• 3.2 Special Instructions for Patching Oracle WebCenter
• 3.3 Perform General Pre-Patching Tasks
  • 3.3.1 Stop the Servers and Processes
  • 3.3.2 Back Up Your Middleware Home, Domain Home and Oracle Instances
  • 3.3.3 Back Up Your Database and Database Schemas
  • 3.3.4 Back Up Additional Configuration Information
  • 3.3.5 Patch Oracle WebLogic Server
  • 3.3.6 Rename the emCCR File for Silent Patching
• 3.4 Download and Start the Product Installer or Patch Set Installer
  • 3.4.1 About the Installers Used for Patching
    • 3.4.1.1 Product Installers
    • 3.4.1.2 Patch Set Installers
  • 3.4.2 Download the Installer
  • 3.4.3 Start the Installer
• 3.5 Patch Set Installer Instructions
• 3.6 Update Your Schemas with Patch Set Assistant
• 3.7 Post-Patching Tasks
  • 3.7.1 Post-Patching Tasks If Your Starting Point is Release 11.1.1.2.0
  • 3.7.2 Post-Patching Tasks If Your Starting Point is Release 11.1.1.3.0
  • 3.7.3 Post-Patching Tasks If Your Starting Point is Release 11.1.1.4.0
  • 3.7.4 Post-Patching Tasks for System Components
    • 3.7.4.1 Upgrading System Components
    • 3.7.4.2 Updating Configuration Properties in Oracle Identity Federation
    • 3.7.4.3 Updating Oracle Configuration Manager (Windows Only)
    • 3.7.4.4 Resolving JDBC Errors in Oracle Reports and Oracle Portal
    • 3.7.4.5 Updating the Configuration in SSL-Enabled Oracle Portal Instances
  • 3.7.5 Post-Patching Tasks for Your WebLogic Server Domain
    • 3.7.5.1 Updating Fusion Middleware Shared Libraries
    • 3.7.5.2 Updating Configurations and Stores
    • 3.7.5.3 Enabling WS-AtomicTransaction
  • 3.7.6 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle SOA Suite
    • 3.7.6.1 Removing the tmp Folder for SOA Composer and BPM Workspace
    • 3.7.6.2 Updating the soa-infra Application in Warning State
    • 3.7.6.3 Run soa-upgrade.py to Update the Policy Store and Deploy a Shared Library
    • 3.7.6.4 Updating the Oracle Data Integrator Clients if BAM-ODI Integration is Enabled
    • 3.7.6.5 Committing or Reverting Open Edit Sessions in SOA Composer
    • 3.7.6.6 Saving and Restoring XEngine Customizations for Oracle B2B
  • 3.7.7 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
    • 3.7.7.1 Updating Oracle I/PM in Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
    • 3.7.7.2 Updating Oracle Application Adapters for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite
    • 3.7.7.3 Applying Patch 12369706 for Oracle Information Rights Management
  • 3.7.8 Adding New OWSM Pre-Defined Policies
  • 3.7.9 Upgrading Oracle Service Bus Domain Configuration
    • 3.7.9.1 Upgrade Instructions
    • 3.7.9.2 Post-Upgrade Tasks
  • 3.7.10 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle Business Intelligence
    • 3.7.10.1 Updating Oracle Business Intelligence Code Grants
    • 3.7.10.2 Updating Oracle Business Intelligence Catalogs
    • 3.7.10.3 Updating Oracle Real-Time Decisions
  • 3.7.11 Post-Patching Tasks for Oracle Data Integrator
    • 3.7.11.1 Finalizing Repository Patching
    • 3.7.11.2 Reconfiguring the Java EE Agent
    • 3.7.11.3 Reconfiguring the ODI Standalone Agent
• 3.8 Start the Servers and Processes
• 3.9 Verify Your Patch Installation

4 Updating Your Schemas with Patch Set Assistant

• 4.1 Which Schemas Need to be Updated with Patch Set Assistant?
• 4.2 Special Instructions for Standalone Oracle Portal Repository Schemas
• 4.3 Special Instructions for Oracle Service Bus Schemas Installed in a Microsoft SQL Server Database
• 4.4 Before You Begin Using the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.4.1 Back Up Your Database and Database Schemas
  • 4.4.2 Check Your Database and Schemas
  • 4.4.3 Shut Down All Components Using the Schemas You Want to Update
  • 4.4.4 Check the aq_tm_processes Value for Oracle Portal
• 4.5 Running the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.5.1 General Information about the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.5.2 Starting the Patch Set Assistant
  • 4.5.3 Command Line Syntax
  • 4.5.4 Additional Database Connection Information for Oracle Data Integrator
  • 4.5.5 Sample Commands
  • 4.5.6 Verifying the Schema Version Number After Update
  • 4.5.7 Checking for Invalid Database Objects
  • 4.5.8 Loading the Oracle SOA Suite Purge Scripts
• 4.6 Patch Set Assistant Log Files

5 Patching Oracle WebCenter

• 5.1 Task 1: Prepare for Applying the Oracle WebCenter Patch Set
  • 5.1.1 Task 1a: Perform General Oracle Fusion Middleware Pre-Patching Steps
  • 5.1.2 Task 1b: Save Your OmniPortlet and WebClipping Customizations
  • 5.1.3 Task 1c: Run purgeMetadata() for WebCenter Spaces
• 5.2 Task 2: Upgrade Oracle Universal Content Management 10g
• 5.3 Task 3: Remove the LD_LIBRARY_PATH Entry from the setDomainEnv Script
• 5.4 Task 4: Update Oracle WebCenter to 11.1.1.5.0
  • 5.4.1 Choosing Your Oracle WebCenter Update Method
  • 5.4.2 Updating Oracle WebCenter Using WLST Commands
  • 5.4.3 Updating Oracle WebCenter Using Node Manager and Automated Script
    • 5.4.3.1 Configure Node Manager
    • 5.4.3.2 Verify Your Node Manager Configuration
    • 5.4.3.3 Update Oracle WebCenter
    • 5.4.3.4 How to Run the Oracle WebCenter Automated Script
• 5.5 Task 5: Perform Oracle WebCenter Post-Patching Tasks
  • 5.5.1 Migrating Your Oracle Wiki Pages and Blogs
    • 5.5.1.1 Procedure for Migrating Oracle Wiki Pages and Blogs
    • 5.5.1.2 Troubleshooting Problems During Wiki Migration
  • 5.5.2 Restoring Your OmniPortlet and WebClipping Customizations
  • 5.5.3 Upgrading Oracle WebCenter Custom Portal Managed Servers
  • 5.5.4 Migrating Content Presenter Custom Templates
  • 5.5.5 Updating Oracle WebCenter Portal Schemas
  • 5.5.6 Updating Your Configuration for WebCenter REST APIs
    • 5.5.6.1 Configure an Identity Asserter
    • 5.5.6.2 Configure the Credential Store
  • 5.5.7 Updating Multi Calendar Layouts
  • 5.5.8 Extending a Domain to Install Oracle WSM Policy Manager
  • 5.5.9 Setting the Web Context Root on the UCM Connection
  • 5.5.10 Post-Patching Tasks for WebCenter Spaces
    • 5.5.10.1 Configuring Group Space Workflows
    • 5.5.10.2 Allowing Group Spaces to Have a Default Template Set
    • 5.5.10.3 Updating the Timezone Attribute in WebCenter Spaces
    • 5.5.10.4 Updating the Group Spaces Display Mode
    • 5.5.10.5 Migrating WebCenter Spaces Custom Library
    • 5.5.10.6 Starting Oracle BPM to Login to WebCenter Spaces
  • 5.5.11 Post-Patching Tasks for Security Features
    • 5.5.11.1 Configuring Web Services Security for Discussions
    • 5.5.11.2 Adding Oracle Single Sign-On Authentication Provider to the List of Authentication Providers
• 5.6 Task 6: Add New Features to Oracle WebCenter
  • 5.6.1 Enabling Process Spaces in a Patched Domain
  • 5.6.2 Extending a WebCenter Domain to Add Oracle WebCenter Analytics Collector
  • 5.6.3 Add Activity Graph, Analytics, Pagelet Producer, and Personalization Server to the Patched Domain
  • 5.6.4 Upgrading a WebCenter Custom Application to Add Portal Framework Features

6 Patching an 11g (11.1.1.2.0) Oracle Identity Management High Availability Environment with 11g (11.1.1.4.0)

• 6.1 Task 1: Stopping Servers and System Components
  • 6.1.1 Stopping Managed Servers
  • 6.1.2 Stopping the Administration Server
  • 6.1.3 Stopping the Node Manager
  • 6.1.4 Stopping the Oracle Management Agent
  • 6.1.5 Stopping the System Components
  • 6.1.6 Special Consideration for Patching OID Replication Environments
• 6.2 Task 2: Updating Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.2 to Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.4
• 6.3 Task 3: Updating the Oracle Identity Management Oracle Home using the Oracle Identity Management Patch Set Installer
• 6.4 Task 4: Updating the Oracle HTTP Server Oracle Home Using the Oracle Web Tier Patch Set Installer
• 6.5 Task 5: Updating the Oracle Identity Management Repository using Patch Set Assistant
• 6.6 Task 6: Starting System Components and Servers
  • 6.6.1 Starting System Components
    • 6.6.1.1 Starting Oracle Internet Directory Processes
    • 6.6.1.2 Starting Oracle Virtual Directory Processes
    • 6.6.1.3 Starting Oracle HTTP Server
  • 6.6.2 Starting Node Manager
  • 6.6.3 Starting the Oracle WebLogic Administration Server
  • 6.6.4 Starting the Managed Server
  • 6.6.5 Starting Oracle Management Agent
• 6.7 Task7: Updating the Version Number String Shown in Oracle Enterprise Manager

A Patch Set Installer Screens

• A.1 Welcome Screen
• A.2 Specify Installation Location Screen
• A.3 Specify Security Updates Screen
• A.4 Installation Summary Screen
• A.5 Installation Progress Screen
• A.6 Installation Complete Screen

B Using Patch Assistant to Migrate from 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.1.0) to Release 1 (11.1.1.2.0)

• B.1 Overview of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.2.0) Patch Assistant
• B.2 Migration Process
• B.3 Preparing to Migrate
  • B.3.1 Evaluating and Reviewing your Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.1.0) Environment
  • B.3.2 Preparing to Migrate Your Configuration
    • B.3.2.1 Prerequisites
    • B.3.2.2 Extracting the Contents of Patch Assistant
    • B.3.2.3 Setting Up the Patch Assistant Environment
    • B.3.2.4 Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • B.3.2.5 Setting Logging Properties
• B.4 Migrating to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.2.0)
  • B.4.1 Migration Roadmap
  • B.4.2 Migration Procedure
    • B.4.2.1 Stopping the Old Domain
    • B.4.2.2 Installing Oracle Software for 11.1.1.2.0
    • B.4.2.3 Downloading Patch Assistant
    • B.4.2.4 Migrating the Schema
    • B.4.2.5 Creating a WebLogic Domain for 11.1.1.2.0
    • B.4.2.6 Migrating the Domain
    • B.4.2.7 Migrating an Instance
    • B.4.2.8 Registering the Instance
    • B.4.2.9 Starting or Stopping the 11.1.1.2.0 Domain
    • B.4.2.10 Completing Post-Migration Tasks
    • B.4.2.11 Decommissioning the 11.1.1.1.0 Installation
  • B.4.3 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Fusion Middleware Components
    • B.4.3.1 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Fusion Middleware Audit Framework
    • B.4.3.2 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
    • B.4.3.3 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Directory Integration Platform
    • B.4.3.4 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Identity Federation
    • B.4.3.5 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Platform Security Services
    • B.4.3.6 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle Reports
    • B.4.3.7 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle SOA
    • B.4.3.8 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle User Messaging Service
    • B.4.3.9 Post-Migration Configuration for Oracle WebCenter
    • B.4.3.10 Post Migration Configuration for Oracle Web Services Manager
  • B.4.4 Installation Process
  • B.4.5 Configuration Process
  • B.4.6 Properties in the patchMaster.properties File
    • B.4.6.1 Overriding Properties Set in the patchMaster.properties File
  • B.4.7 Oracle Fusion Middleware Components Supported by Patch Assistant

C Sample Patch Master Properties File

Index