Patching and Upgrades - Oracle Exadata Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach - page 344

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Updating Your Oracle Databases
After your Oracle binaries have been patched with the QDPE patches, you typically will need to update your Oracle
registry information. Log in to a compute node as the Oracle software owner, change directories to $ORACLE_HOME , and
for each database log in to SQL*Plus as SYSDBA and run the following:

SQL> connect / as sysdba

SQL> @rdbms/admin/catbundle.sql exa apply

How It Works
When patching your Exadata Database Machine using a QFSDP or other storage server patch, there are generally
three distinct activities required for patching your compute nodes:
1.

First, you must update your compute nodes with the image, RPMs, and software required
to coexist with the images on your storage cells. As discussed in Recipe 11-1, these were
historically referred as “minimal packs,” but Oracle has phased out the minimal pack
concept in preference of using Oracle's ULN and yum.

2. Next, you would typically apply patches to your RDBMS, Grid Infrastructure, and diskmon

binaries using OPatch. These patches are usually delivered as part of a QPDE (Quarterly
Database Patch for Exadata).

3. Finally, you would update each database's registry using catbundle.sql exa apply .
The QDPE patches are not necessarily required to coexist with the updated versions of your compute node
firmware, kernel, and RPMs unless specified in the patch README file, but we generally recommend that when applying
a QFSDP patch that the Exadata DMA apply the QDPE patches along with storage server and compute node updates.

11-5. Patching the InfiniBand Switches
Problem
You wish to patch your InfiniBand switches.

Solution
In this recipe, you will learn how to patch your InfiniBand switches. We will demonstrate by showing an example of
applying an InfiniBand patch.