Database 18c Patch
As of the Release date (17-Apr-2018), the only Oracle Database 18 software that is available is 18.1.0 for on-premise Exadata. Therefore, the following patches for Oracle Database 18 are only for on-premise Exadata systems that are running Oracle Database 18.1.0.
More Info: Database 18 Proactive Patch Information (Doc ID 2369376.1)
OPatch Utility Information
You must use the OPatch utility version 12.2.0.1.13 or later to apply this patch. Oracle recommends that you use the latest released OPatch version for 12.2, which is available for download from My Oracle Support patch 6880880 by selecting the 12.2.0.1.0 release.
[oracle@18c ~]$ export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$ORACLE_HOME/bin [oracle@18c ~]$ opatch version OPatch Version: 12.2.0.1.13 OPatch succeeded. [oracle@18c ~]$
Patch Information
Database Apr 2018 Release Update 18.2.0.0.180417 patches are cumulative. That is, the content of all previous Database bundles is included in the latest Database bundle patch.
To install the Database Apr 2018 Release Update 18.2.0.0.180417 patch, the Oracle home must have the 18.1 Database installed.
Checking the Production Version
[oracle@18c ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 18.0.0.0.0 Production on Tue Apr 24 18:01:50 2018 Version 18.1.0.0.0 Copyright (c) 1982, 2017, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 18c Enterprise Edition Release 18.0.0.0.0 - Production Version 18.1.0.0.0 SQL>
In the next step, we can apply a patch 27676517 on 18.1 Database.
[oracle@18c 27676517]$ opatch apply Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.13 Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/18.0.0/db_1 Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory from : /u01/app/oracle/product/18.0.0/db_1/oraInst.loc OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.13 OUI version : 12.2.0.4.0 Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/18.0.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2018-04-24_18-07-00PM_1.log Verifying environment and performing prerequisite checks... OPatch continues with these patches: 27676517 Do you want to proceed? [y|n] y User Responded with: Y All checks passed. Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on the local system. (Oracle Home = '/u01/app/oracle/product/18.0.0/db_1') Is the local system ready for patching? [y|n] y User Responded with: Y Backing up files... Applying interim patch '27676517' to OH '/u01/app/oracle/product/18.0.0/db_1' ApplySession: Optional component(s) [ oracle.assistants.usm, 18.0.0.0.0 ] , [ oracle.has.crs, 18.0.0.0.0 ] , [ oracle.network.cman, 18.0.0.0.0 ] , [ oracle.assistants.asm, 18.0.0.0.0 ] not present in the Oracle Home or a higher version is found. Patching component oracle.network.rsf, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms.crs, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.assistants.acf, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.sqlplus.ic, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms.deconfig, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.sqlplus, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms.util, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms.dbscripts, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.assistants.deconfig, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.assistants.server, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms.install.plugins, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms.rsf, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.rdbms.rman, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.javavm.client, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.ldap.owm, 18.0.0.0.0... Patching component oracle.ldap.security.osdt, 18.0.0.0.0... Patch 27676517 successfully applied. Log file location: /u01/app/oracle/product/18.0.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2018-04-24_18-07-00PM_1.log OPatch succeeded. [oracle@18c 27676517]$
As we see now version changes to 18.2.0.0.0, but for the post-installation step, we have to start the database and open all PDBs (if applicable)
[oracle@18c 27676517]$ sqlplus / as sysdba SQL*Plus: Release 18.0.0.0.0 - Production on Tue Apr 24 18:12:28 2018 Version 18.2.0.0.0 Copyright (c) 1982, 2018, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to an idle instance. SQL> startup ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 2432694552 bytes Fixed Size 8898840 bytes Variable Size 654311424 bytes Database Buffers 1761607680 bytes Redo Buffers 7876608 bytes Database mounted. Database opened. SQL> alter pluggable database all open; show pdbs Pluggable database altered. SQL> CON_ID CON_NAME OPEN MODE RESTRICTED ---------- ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- 2 PDB$SEED READ ONLY NO 3 PDB18CFLEET READ WRITE NO SQL> exit
In the last step, we can run datapatch verbose
[oracle@18c 27676517]$ datapatch -verbose SQL Patching tool version 18.0.0.0.0 Production on Tue Apr 24 18:17:52 2018 Copyright (c) 2012, 2018, Oracle. All rights reserved. Log file for this invocation: /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/sqlpatch_14589_2018_04_24_18_17_52/sqlpatch_invocation.log Connecting to database...OK Gathering database info...done Note: Datapatch will only apply or rollback SQL fixes for PDBs that are in an open state, no patches will be applied to closed PDBs. Please refer to Note: Datapatch: Database 12c Post Patch SQL Automation (Doc ID 1585822.1) Bootstrapping registry and package to current versions...done Determining current state...done Current state of interim SQL patches: No interim patches found Current state of release update SQL patches: Binary registry: 18.2.0.0.0 Release_Update 1804041635: Installed PDB CDB$ROOT: No release update patches installed PDB PDB$SEED: No release update patches installed PDB PDB18CFLEET: No release update patches installed Adding patches to installation queue and performing prereq checks...done Installation queue: For the following PDBs: CDB$ROOT PDB$SEED PDB18CFLEET No interim patches need to be rolled back Patch 27676517 (Database Release Update : 18.2.0.0.180417 (27676517)): Apply from 18.1.0.0.0 Feature Release to 18.2.0.0.0 Release_Update 1804041635 No interim patches need to be applied Installing patches... Patch installation complete. Total patches installed: 3 Validating logfiles...done Patch 27676517 apply (pdb CDB$ROOT): SUCCESS logfile: /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/27676517/22097537/27676517_apply_NEWCDB_CDBROOT_2018Apr24_18_18_40.log (no errors) Patch 27676517 apply (pdb PDB$SEED): SUCCESS logfile: /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/27676517/22097537/27676517_apply_NEWCDB_PDBSEED_2018Apr24_18_19_34.log (no errors) Patch 27676517 apply (pdb PDB18CFLEET): SUCCESS logfile: /u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/27676517/22097537/27676517_apply_NEWCDB_PDB18CFLEET_2018Apr24_18_19_35.log (no errors) SQL Patching tool complete on Tue Apr 24 18:20:20 2018 [oracle@18c 27676517]$
So, as we see it’s very simple approach to upgrading the version by applying the patch.
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