exadata Commands

Use commands with the exadata keyword to patch an Oracle Exadata system.

rhpctl update exadata
Patches an Oracle Exadata system.

Parent topic: RHPCTL Command Reference

rhpctl update exadata

Patches an Oracle Exadata system.

Syntax

rhpctl update exadata {-dbnodes [-patchmgrloc patch_mgr_loc] [-iso_repo iso_repo_name] [-backup] 
         [-batches list_of_batches | -continue | -abort] | -cells [-cellnodes list_of_cell_nodes] | -ibswitches [-ibnodes list_of_ibswitch_nodes] 
         [-downgrade]} [-image exadata_image_name] [-fromnode node_name] [-patchmgargs "-patch_mgr_args"] 
         [-client client_name] [-rollback] [-schedule {timer_value | NOW }] [-eval]

Parameters

Table A-19 rhpctl update exadata Command Parameters

Parameter	Description
`-dbnodes`	Specifies to patch Exadata database nodes.
`-patchmgrloc patch_mgr_loc`	Specifies the patch manager location.
`-iso_repo iso_image_name`	Specifies the ISO image name.
`-backup`	Performs backup of the Exadata database server.
`-batches list_of_batches`	Optionally, you can specify a comma-delimited list of batches of nodes where each batch is a comma-delimited list of node names enclosed in parentheses and node names are enclosed in double quotation marks (`""`) in the format: `"(nA,nB,...),(...,nY,nZ)"`.
`-continue`	Update Oracle Exadata on the next batch of nodes.
`-abort`	Abort the ongoing update operation.
`-cells`	Specifies to patch storage servers.
`-cellnodes`	List of cell nodes in the format `Ba,...,Bz`
`-ibswitches`	Specifies to patch the InfiniBand Network Fabric switches.
`-ibnodes`	List of IB switch nodes in the format `Ba,...,Bz`
`-downgrade`	Specify this option to downgrade the InfiniBand Network Fabric switches.
`-image`	Specify the name of an Oracle Exadata image. This image should have already been deployed to all the database nodes of the target machine.
`-fromnode`	Specify the name of the source node.
`-patchmgargs`	Optionally specify the patch manager arguments in double quoted string.
`-client client_name`	Specify the name of the cluster in which you want to update database nodes.
`-rollback`	Specify this option to roll back the patch.
`-schedule {timer_value \| NOW }`	Optionally, you can use this parameter to schedule a time to run this operation, in ISO-8601 format, as in the following example: `2020-07-25T19:13:17+05` If `NOW` is specified or the option is omitted, then the job is scheduled immediately
`-eval`	Evaluate the command without actually running the command.

Usage Notes

Use the rhpctl update exadata command to perform only database node patching.