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Provisioning. Objectives. After completing this lesson, you should be able to: Explain provisioning Provision the software library Clone Oracle Home Set up MetaLink Use the Enterprise Manager patch cache Use the critical patch advisory Use the Patch Wizard. Provisioning. Images library.
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Objectives • After completing this lesson, you should be able to: • Explain provisioning • Provision the software library • Clone Oracle Home • Set up MetaLink • Use the Enterprise Manager patch cache • Use the critical patch advisory • Use the Patch Wizard
Provisioning Images library New hardware server Provisioned hardware server
Provisioning Concepts • Key concepts for provisioning: • Hardware server • Staging server • Boot server • Software components • Images • Default image • Gold image • Directives • Software library • Assignments
Provisioning Operating System After Before Server insertedin rack and poweredon (PXE boot)
Bare-Metal Provisioning After Before Discoveredin EM Provisioned with a gold Image Enterprise Manager Grid Control10g Server insertedin rack and poweredon (PXE boot)
Cloning Oracle Home 1 2 3
Out-of-Box Clonable Oracle Homes • The following version of the products are clonable out-of-box:
Cloning a New Cluster CRSgold image Clone RACgold image Clone Runconversion Clone ASMgold image Node 1 RAC database Clone Software library
Extending Clusters Clone CRSgold image RACgold image Addinstance. Clone Node 1 ASMgold image Clone RAC cluster Addinstance. Node n Clone Software library
Patching 2 1 Use EM to apply patch. Patched software Broken software (Nonpatched) 3
Using the Patch Cache Patch Cache Patch1 Patch2 Patch3 Patch4 Patch5 Patch6 Patch7
Using the Critical Patch Advisory • You are automatically notified about critical patches to targets. Receive critical patch advisories. 1 Update inventory. 4 Apply patch. 3 2 Evaluate applicability. Patches on MetaLink
Using the Patch Wizard • Use the Patch Wizard to patch any Oracle software. On the Deployments page, click the Patch Oracle Software link.
Using the Patch Wizard: Evaluate the List of Patches • You can view details about or view results of each patch in the list to determine whether you want to apply it.
Using the Patch Wizard: Select Destination • Select the targets on which the patch must be applied.
Using the Patch Wizard: Set Credentials • To apply the patch, specify the host credentials.
Using the Patch Wizard: Stage or Apply • You can choose to stage or apply the patch.
Using the Patch Wizard: Schedule • Specify when the patch must be applied.
Using the Patch Wizard: Summary • Review the Summary, and then click Finish.
Patching Linux (Lights-Out Patching) All systems requiring patch identified 2 Lights-Out Patching 1 3 Linux OS patch New patch added to patch repository Patch automatically deployed to affected systems 4 Reference image updated
Summary • In this lesson, you should have learned how to: • Explain provisioning • Provision the software library • Clone Oracle Home • Set up MetaLink • Use the EM patch cache • Use the critical patch advisory • Use the Patch Wizard
Practice 16 Overview: Provisioning • This practice covers the following topics: • Cloning an Oracle Database • Creating a Software Library • Using the Patch Cache for Patching