Category Archives for patching
Critical Patch Updates (CPU) for Oct 2016 are now available : E-Business Suite, FMW, SOA, Identity Management etc
Critical Patch Updates (CPU) are security fixes that Oracle releases quarterly basis (Jan, April, July, and Oct). 1. Oracle released Oct 2016 patches on 18th Oct 2016 2. These CPUs cover Oracle Databases, Fusion Middleware, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Siebel CRM., Oracle Peoplesoft, Oracle JD-Edwards, Linux etc . 3. For list of […]
Read MoreBasics of Patching in Oracle Apps (adpatch)
Whenever a patch request comes in the first and foremost thing which has to be done by an Oracle apps DBA is to look into existing system, if the patch exists. We can query ad_bugs.login to sqlplus with apps user and fire the below command. SQL> select bug_number,creation_date from apps.ad_bugs where bug_number in (‘&bug_number’); […]
Read MorePatching Oracle Identity Manager from 11.1.1.5.0 to 11.1.1.5.2
This post explains the patching process of Oracle Identity Manager from 11.1.1.5.0 to 11.1.1.5.2 using the patch 13399365. To determine the present versions of OIM components, use the command opatch lsinventory at $OIM_ORACLE_HOME/OPatch. Set the environment variable ORACLE_HOME as OIM oracle home before running the command. The output of the command is as shown below: […]
Read MorePatching Oracle Access Manager Server 11.1.1.5
I will detail the steps required for patching OAM from 11.1.1.5 to BP03 version. To find out all the OAM patch versions then refer the metalink note 736372.1. The BP03 patch number is 13473393. Patching process: Stop OAM server and weblogic admin server and any other servers present in that domain. Set the ORACLE_HOME env […]
Read MoreOIM 11.1.1.5 BP02 (13399365) and OAM 11.1.1.5 BP02 (13115859)
Patches for Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) or Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and bundled together and released as Bundle Patch (BP). From OIM/OAM 11g, bundle patch is applied using opatch (from OIM/OAM ORACLE_HOME/OPatch directory). For list of all patches in OIM 11.1.1.3 follow Metalink Note # 1247564.1 and for OIM 11.1.1.5 follow note # 1360009.1 For list of […]
Read MoreHow to install Bundle Patch (BP) on OAM 11.1.1.3 – BP02 (10368022) OAM 11.1.1.3.2
Last week I discussed about OAM (Access Manager) 11g certification with E-Business Suite R12 for Single Sign-On here . Under this certification OAM 11g should be with BP02 (Bundle Patch 02) i.e. 11.1.1.3.2. In this post I am going cover how to apply patches in OAM 11g and update OAM from 11.1.1.3.0 to 11.1.3.2 (10368022). I discussed about Bundle Patch in OAM 10g […]
Read MoreHow to apply patch in Fusion Middleware (IDM, SOA, WebCenter) with multiple weblogic domains
Patches in Oracle Fusion Middleware are applied using OPatch utility. I recently applied a patch on Oracle Identity Management Home which contained two domains – IDMDomain & base_domain . Syntax– To apply patch using OPatch utility cd $PATCH_TOP/<patch_dir> opatch apply -auto Error encountered – ApplySession failed: The given Oracle Home ‘$mw_home/Oracle_IDM1’ has been sourced to […]
Read MoreOracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 PS 3 (11.1.1.4) available now
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 patchset3 (PS3) i.e. 11.1.1.4.0 is now available for WebLogic (10.3.4 as 11g R1), SOA Suite, Service Bus (OSB), WebCenter, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Identity Management (OID/OVD/OIF only), Portal/Forms/Reports and Web Tier (OHS, WebCache) Documentation for Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 PS3 is available here 11g R1 patch set 3 software […]
Read MoreHow to install Patches in Oracle Access Manager 10g : Bundle Patch / BPXX
Oracle Access Manager (OAM) is Access Management Product acquired by Oracle from Oblix (earlierNetPoint). OAM is Oracle’s main Single Sign-Onproduct for Fusion Middleware 11g Component (SOA, BAM, WebCenter, BPM, OSB, UCM, OBIEE….). This post is for patching in OAM 10g (10.1.4.X). Bundle Patch in OAM : Bundle Patch (BP) is collection of patches grouped in to single […]
Read MoreOracle Entitlement Server Patches
If you are looking for patches on Oracle Entitlement Server, here it is. CP1: SSM : 7716200 ADMIN : 7716188 DBConfigTool : 7716171 CP2: SSM : 8393978 ADMIN : 8393965 DBConfigTool : 8393975 CP3 : Admin Server: 9171320 SSM: 9171016 Note: There is no DBConfigTool released in CP3.
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