Enterprise Manager Fleet Maintenance FAQ
(Doc ID 2272569.1)
Last updated on APRIL 17, 2024
Applies to:
Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 12.1.0.8.0 and laterInformation in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
This Document contains Frequently Asked Questions for patching databases using Fleet Maintenance.
Questions and Answers
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In this Document
| Purpose |
| Questions and Answers |
| 1. Which Management Pack is needed for using Fleet Maintenance Patching in Enterprise Manager. |
| 2. What is the Minimum version of Enterprise Manager needed for Fleet Maintenance Patching. |
| 3. Can I do fleet maintenance patching from Enterprise Manager Console. |
| 4. Is Fleet Maintenance Patching mechanism available only for database plugin targets(database, GI, Oracle restart). |
| 5. Is it possible to use Fleet Maintenance to do both minor(Ex: 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4) and major upgrades(Example: 11g to 12c) |
| 6. Can I apply One off patches and Patch Set Update patches using Fleet Maintenance. |
| 7. Is it possible to apply Combo Patches or Grid Infrastructure Patches to both Grid Infrastructure and database home using single Fleet maintenance command. |
| 8. Can fleet Maintenance be used for both in place and out of place patching. |
| 9. Should Enterprise Manager be connected to My Oracle Support(online mode) for using Fleet Maintenance. |
| 10. What is the minimum privileges required for Enterprise manager user to do fleet maintenance. |
| 11. Can I use Patch recommendations(Enterprise > Provisioning and Patching > Patches & Updates > All Recommendations) for Fleet Maintenance. |
| 12. Does 'Software Standardization Advisor' consider Patch recommendations in Enterprise Manager. |
| 13. Would 'Software Standardization Advisor' work only if targets are patched using Fleet Maintenance. Say if there a patch applied via opatch and another one applied using EM Patch plan. |
| 14. Is it possible to create a Gold Image using Fleet Maintenance. |
| 15. Is there an option to selectively eliminate some folders of an Oracle home during image creation using Fleet Maintenance(using 'emcli db_software_maintenance -createSoftwareImage' command). |
| 16. Can a Gold Image created for Stand alone database be used for RAC database and vice versa. |
| 17. Can I use Gold Image of Single Instance HA(Oracle Restart) for Clusterware or vice versa. |
| 18. Is there a prerequisite only mode available for database db software deployment. |
| 19. What is the difference with creating multiple images and multiple versions of an image. |
| 20. Is it possible to apply patch to a database home with no databases running in it. |
| 21. Is it possible to selectively patch multiple databases running from an Oracle Home. |
| 22. Would the targets be automatically subscribed if a latest version of Gold Image is created and saved in software library. |
| 24. Can I patch targets using both Fleet Maintenance and Patch Plan creation mechanism. For example, applying 2016 Dec PSU using Patch plan based and then 2017 Jan PSU using Fleet Maintenance. |
| 25. Can I subscribe a target to an image which is already subscribed to a different image. |
| 26. Can I create a gold image for Linux Operating system and have targets in AIX or other operating system subscribed. |
| 27. I have a target subscribed to an image. Also have done deployment of image using DEPLOY_DB_SOFTWARE. Can I deploy the same image by passing a new Oracle Home. |
| 30. The fleet maintenance activity shows 'Succeeded', but I always see some of the steps as 'Skipped - Condition evaluated to false'. Should I do anything to fix. |
| 31. Can I create a custom deployment procedure and use it with fleet maintenance steps. |
| 32. Can fleet maintenance support on windows target db servers. |
| References |