Patching/Upgrading Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X6-2S,M,L (Small,Medium and Large)

This document describe the step by step procedure to  Patching or Upgrading Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X6-2S,M,L (Small,Medium and Large).

1. Log in to Oracle Database Appliance.
 as root, using the password welcome1.

2. Plumb the Network (if this is fresh ODA installation)
configure-firstnet

3. Check Dsc-agent version.
[root@oak ~]# rpm -qa |grep dcs-agent
dcs-agent-12.1.2.8.0_LINUX.X64_160817.2-1.x86_64


3. Download latest patches from MOS
Download the patch from Doc ID 2144642.1

4.Transfer the downloaded files to  Oracle Database Appliance machine.
scp or winscp

5. Unzip the Patch in a temporary location (/u01) in the Oracle Database Appliance X6-2. The unzipped file will have a name oda-sm-12.1.2.10.0-170213-server.zip

6.Update metadata repository

[root@oak bin]# ./odacli update-repository -f /u01/oda-sm-12.1.2.10.0-170213-server.zip
{
  "jobId" : "d3dcf3b1-c333-4f16-a9bf-dd3492a717b8",
  "status" : "Created",
  "message" : null,
  "reports" : [ ],
  "createTimestamp" : "June 16, 2017 02:17:15 AM PDT",
  "description" : "Repository Update",
  "updatedTime" : "June 16, 2017 02:17:15 AM PDT"
}

7. Check the job completion status.

[root@oak bin]# ./odacli list-jobs

ID                                       Description                                                                 Created                             Status
---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
d3dcf3b1-c333-4f16-a9bf-dd3492a717b8     Repository Update                                                           June 16, 2017 2:17:15 AM PDT        Success


8. Update the dcs agent

[root@oak bin]# ./odacli update-dcsagent -v 12.1.2.10.0 ; sleep 120
{
  "jobId" : "14326f0b-3828-493b-b476-0511a2d86624",
  "status" : "Created",
  "message" : null,
  "reports" : [ ],
  "createTimestamp" : "June 16, 2017 02:18:44 AM PDT",
  "description" : "DcsAgent patching",
  "updatedTime" : "June 16, 2017 02:18:44 AM PDT"
}

9.Verifying the dcs-agent patch
[root@oak bin]# ./odacli describe-job -i 14326f0b-3828-493b-b476-0511a2d86624

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ID:  14326f0b-3828-493b-b476-0511a2d86624
            Description:  DcsAgent patching
                 Status:  Success
                Created:  June 16, 2017 2:18:44 AM PDT
                Message:

Task Name                                Start Time                          End Time                            Status
---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
location validation                      June 16, 2017 2:18:44 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:18:44 AM PDT        Success
Apply patch                              June 16, 2017 2:18:44 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:18:45 AM PDT        Success

10.Check the job completion status.

[root@oak bin]# ./odacli list-jobs

ID                                       Description                                                                 Created                             Status
---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
d3dcf3b1-c333-4f16-a9bf-dd3492a717b8     Repository Update                                                           June 16, 2017 2:17:15 AM PDT        Success
14326f0b-3828-493b-b476-0511a2d86624     DcsAgent patching                                                           June 16, 2017 2:18:44 AM PDT        Success



11. Verify the DCS-Agent version.
[root@oak bin]# rpm -qa | grep dcs-agent
dcs-agent-12.1.2.10.0_LINUX.X64_170213-1.x86_64

12. Upgrade the Server.This steps will upgrade the various OS, Firmware, oda-hw-mgmt rpm and the Grid Infrastructure(GI).
The 12.1.2.10 patch bundle contains GI patch, dcs–agent  and oda-hw-mgmt stack, ilom/Bios and os patches.
[root@oak bin]# ./odacli update-server -v 12.1.2.10.0
{
  "jobId" : "876b78dc-2adb-4bd1-b997-e701eb678a29",
  "status" : "Created",
  "message" : "Success of Server Update may trigger reboot of node after 4-5 minutes. Please wait till node restart",
  "reports" : [ ],
  "createTimestamp" : "June 16, 2017 02:22:33 AM PDT",
  "resourceList" : [ ],
  "description" : "Server Patching",
  "updatedTime" : "June 16, 2017 02:22:33 AM PDT"
}


13. Verifying the patching process.
[root@oak bin]# ./odacli describe-job -i 876b78dc-2adb-4bd1-b997-e701eb678a29

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
                     ID:  876b78dc-2adb-4bd1-b997-e701eb678a29
            Description:  Server Patching
                 Status:  Success
                Created:  June 16, 2017 2:22:33 AM PDT
                Message:

Task Name                                Start Time                          End Time                            Status
---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
dcscontroller rpm verification           June 16, 2017 2:22:33 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:33 AM PDT        Success
Patch location validation                June 16, 2017 2:22:33 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:33 AM PDT        Success
dcs-controller upgrade                   June 16, 2017 2:22:34 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        Success
dcscli rpm verification                  June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        Success
Patch location validation                June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        Success
dcs-cli upgrade                          June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        Success
oak rpm verification                     June 16, 2017 2:22:35 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:36 AM PDT        Success
Patch location validation                June 16, 2017 2:22:36 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:36 AM PDT        Success
oda-hw-mgmt upgrade                      June 16, 2017 2:22:36 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:22:57 AM PDT        Success
Creating repositories using yum          June 16, 2017 2:22:57 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:23:01 AM PDT        Success
Applying OS Patches                      June 16, 2017 2:23:01 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:26:47 AM PDT        Success
Checking Ilom patch Version              June 16, 2017 2:26:48 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:26:50 AM PDT        Success
Patch location validation                June 16, 2017 2:26:50 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:26:51 AM PDT        Success
Apply Ilom patch                         June 16, 2017 2:26:53 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:36:06 AM PDT        Success
Copying Flash Bios to Temp location      June 16, 2017 2:36:06 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:36:06 AM PDT        Success
Reboot Ilom                              June 16, 2017 2:36:06 AM PDT        June 16, 2017 2:36:06 AM PDT        Success


14. Check the job completion status.

[root@oak bin]# ./odacli list-jobs

ID                                       Description                                                                 Created                             Status
---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
d3dcf3b1-c333-4f16-a9bf-dd3492a717b8     Repository Update                                                           June 16, 2017 2:17:15 AM PDT        Success
14326f0b-3828-493b-b476-0511a2d86624     DcsAgent patching                                                           June 16, 2017 2:18:44 AM PDT        Success
876b78dc-2adb-4bd1-b997-e701eb678a29     Server Patching                                                             June 16, 2017 2:22:33 AM PDT        Success

15.check status of all the components.

[root@oak~]# odacli describe-component
System Version
---------------
12.1.2.10.0

Component                                Installed Version    Available Version
---------------------------------------- -------------------- --------------------
OAK                                       12.1.2.10.0           up-to-date
GI                                        12.1.0.2.170117       up-to-date
DB                                        12.1.0.2.170117       up-to-date
ILOM                                      3.2.8.24.r114611      up-to-date
BIOS                                      38070000              up-to-date
OS                                        6.8                   up-to-date



16.Log Files.All the patching related information is logged in the dcs-agent log file
/opt/oracle/dcs/log/dcs-agent.log.


Reference MOS notes:- 888888.1 , 2144642.1