Update Oracle Exadata Cell server or storage sever by importing and deploying a new Cell server gold image.

1. Create an Oracle Exadata Cell server image.

   The following command creates an Oracle Exadata Cell server image. In the example, image specifies the name of the Cell server image that you want to add, imagetype specifies EXAPATCHSOFTWARE for Oracle Exadata software, version specifies the version of the Oracle Exadata software, and path specifies the absolute path location of the Cell server image that you want to import.

   rhpctl import image -image image_name -imagetype EXAPATCHSOFTWARE 
   -version software_version -path absolute_path

   When you import a Cell server image with this command, the version parameter must be the version of the Cell server software required by the patchmgr on the node. The path parameter should contain Cell server update zip files.

2. Deploy the Oracle Exadata Cell server image to the client cluster.

   The following command deploys an Oracle Exadata Cell server image to a client cluster. In the example, image specifies the name of the Oracle Exadata Cell server image that you want to deploy, client specifies the name of the cluster to which you want to deploy the image, and path specifies the absolute path location for deploying the Oracle Exadata Cell server image on the target or client side.

   rhpctl deploy image -image image_name 
   -client client_cluster_name -path image_file_path

3. Evaluate the current configuration and perform pre-upgrade checks.

   The following command evaluates the current configuration and performs pre-upgrade checks. In the example, image specifies the name of the Oracle Exadata Cell server image that you want to use for updating, client specifies the name of the cluster in which you want to update the Cell server, and batches specifies 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)".

   rhpctl update exadata -cells -image image_name -client client_cluster_name
    -patchmgrargs "-ignore_alerts" -batches "(batch1),(batch2)" -eval

4. Update Oracle Exadata Cell server with the new image.

   rhpctl update exadata -cells -image image_name -client client_cluster_name
    -patchmgrargs "-ignore_alerts" -batches "(batch1),(batch2)"