Users operate on a Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client to perform tasks such as requesting deployment of Oracle homes and querying gold images.

1. If there is no highly available VIP (HAVIP) on the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server, then, as the root user, create an HAVIP, as follows:

   # srvctl add havip -id id -address {host_name | ip_address}
   

   You can specify either a host name or IPv4 or IPv6 IP address. The IP address that you specify for HAVIP or the address that is resolved from the specified host name must not be in use when you run this command.

   Note:

   The highly available VIP must be in the same subnet as the default network configured in the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server cluster. You can obtain the subnet by running the following command:

   $ srvctl config network -netnum 1

2. On the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Server as the Grid home owner, create the client data file, as follows:

   $ rhpctl add client -client client_cluster_name -toclientdata path
   

   RHPCTL creates the client data file in the directory path you specify after the -toclientdata flag. The name of the client data file is client_cluster_name.xml.

   Note:

   The client_cluster_name must be unique and it must match the cluster name of the client cluster where you run step 4.

3. Copy the client data file that you created in the previous step to a directory on the client cluster that has read/write permissions to the Grid home owner on the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client.
4. Create the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client by running the following command as root on the client cluster:

   # srvctl add rhpclient -clientdata path_to_client_data
      [-diskgroup disk_group_name -storage base_path]

   If you want to provision working copies to Oracle ACFS storage on this cluster, and you have already created a disk group for this purpose, then specify this disk group in the preceding command. In this case, also specify a storage path which will be used as a base path for all mount points when creating Oracle ACFS file systems for storing working copies.

   Note:

   Once you configure a disk group on a Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client, you cannot remove it from or change it in the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client configuration. The only way you can do either (change or remove) is to completely remove the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client using the srvctl remove client command, and then add it back with a different disk group, if necessary. Before you remove a Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client, ensure that you remove all registered users from this cluster and all working copies provisioned on this cluster.

5. Start the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client, as follows:

   $ srvctl start rhpclient

6. Check the status of the Fleet Patching and Provisioning Client, as follows:

   $ srvctl status rhpclient