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• #2: ILT Schedule: Timing Topic 45 minutes Lecture 60 minutes Practice 105 minutes Total
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• #5: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Wizard Patch Wizard greatly reduces the time and effort needed for patch management. Instructor Note : Patches that provide pro-active maintenance include high priority patches and Oracle recommended patches to fix a known issue. Patches that introduce new functionality are generally not defined as pro-active maintenance patches.
• #6: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Wizard You use the OAM interface to set up the Patch Wizard staging directory, manage patch filters, submit concurrent requests, and view recommended patches. The concurrent programs perform and monitor the following tasks: Upload patch information from the patch information bundle to Patch Wizard tables Patch Wizard loads the patch information bundle metadata, including .ldt files and readme files, into the Oracle Applications database. Recommend patches based on the current environment and the patch information bundle Patch Wizard can analyze multiple requests against the metadata. For example, you can narrow the comparison to report only on recommended Human Resources patches, or to report only on high-priority patches. Analyze lists of patches after downloading them from Oracle MetaLink You can also use Patch Wizard to upload the metadata for a specific patch or set of patches, and then view information reported from the metadata. For example, you can upload the metadata for a patch, and then view any requisite patches that have not yet been applied and the impact of applying this new patch.
• #7: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Accessing Patch Wizard You can navigate to the Patch Wizard main page from the Oracle Applications Manager Dashboard.
• #8: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Accessing Patch Wizard You can navigate to the Patch Wizard main page from the Maintenance tab of the Oracle Applications Manager Site Map as well.
• #9: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Wizard Main Page - Results The Results section of the Patch Wizard main page shows the list of all completed recommended patch requests. You can narrow the list of results by entering information in the Filter Criteria section of the main page. For example, you can view only the results of requests submitted on a certain date, or only results that contain a certain text string in the filter name. Clicking the icon in the Details column of a specific recommended patch request accesses the Recommended Patch Results page. After setting up and submitting a request, view the details of the recommended patches on this page. Note that if the patch filter or patch list that you submitted does not appear in the Results section, there may be errors with the request, or the patches may already be applied, or no patches were recommended for the selected criteria. Review the request log for more information. If there are errors, make corrections and resubmit the request. The information on the Preferences, Define Patch Filters, Recommend/Analyze Patches, Download Patches, and Recommended Patches pages is described in the following sections.
• #10: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Wizard Before you submit a request for a patch analysis or download patches, you must access the Patch Wizard Preferences page and set up the system defaults and preferences. This Preferences page provides access to various setup tasks, including: Set preferences, both site-specific and general, that include the staging directory and various defaults that will apply to the patches you download. Set up filters that report only those patches that may affect your system.
• #11: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Downloading the Patch Information Bundle The list of recommended patches is in a Patch Information Bundle file that you download from Oracle MetaLink to the staging directory you define in the Preferences page. This file is updated daily and contains the list of recommended patches as well as metadata for these patches. The Patch Information Bundle metadata contain the readme and .ldt file for each recommended patch. The patch metadata .ldt files are FNDLOAD data files included in the top-level directory of all recent patches. The .ldt files contain prerequisite patch information and a manifest of all files in the patch with their version numbers. The Patch Information Bundle metadata also include information about the relationships between patches, such as which minipacks are contained in the recommended maintenance pack. The Patch Wizard loads the Patch Information Bundle data, including .ldt files and readme files, into the Oracle Applications database. It uses the metadata to analyze multiple requests. For example, you can narrow the comparison of applied patches to recommended patches to report only on recommended Human Resources patches, or to report only on patches that introduce a new code level.
• #12: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Wizard Preferences Page The Patch Wizard Preferences page allows you to set configuration specific information about your Oracle Applications system. The site-specific information you set on the Patch Wizard Preferences page applies to other functions of the Patch Wizard, such as Recommended Patches and Download Patches. From the Patch Wizard main page, click the Tasks icon to show the Patch Wizard Preferences page. Staging Directory The staging directory is where you store the patch information bundle and other files used by Patch Wizard. It is also used by Patch Wizard to create temporary files and subdirectories. These temporary files and directories are deleted after processing. Merge Option Defaults You can choose to automatically merge patches that you download. You can choose to merge all patches into one merged patch, create two merged patches (one for US patches and one for all non-US patches), or create multiple merged patches (such as one for each separate language). Language and Platform Details You can select one or more languages, which are the languages of patches that Patch Wizard will recommend and download. You can also set the platform of the patches you want recommended and downloaded Display Option Defaults Hidden patches are patches that you choose not to see in your reports. For example, you may be aware of a patch that you plan to download and apply at a later date, but choose not to see it in the current reports. Checking the Show Hidden Patches button on the Preferences screen overrides the hidden patch setting, and all patches, even hidden patches, are reported.
• #13: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Define Patch Filters The Patch Information Bundle file contains information for all recommended patches for all products. If the Patch Wizard were to compare patches in the patch information database against all metadata in this file, the number of recommended patches in the report might be too large to be useful. To avoid this, Patch Wizards provides filters so that only those patch types and products in the metadata that apply to your system are included in the comparison. From the main page, click the Tasks icon for Define Patch Filters to see all filters created for the current system. Patch Wizard has three pre-seeded filters, and you can create custom filters.
• #14: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Define Patch Filters Clicking the Define Patch Filters link in the Patch Wizard main page shows all the filters created for the current system. Patch Wizard has three pre-seeded filters, and you can create custom filters from this Define Filters page. There are six columns of information on this page: Select: This option button determines which filter to view, create like, edit, or delete. Patch Filter Name: This is the name of the defined filter. Type: The options are Oracle for pre-seeded filters and Custom for user defined filters. Description: This is the description of the filter. Updated By: This is the user who made the most recent update to the filter. Updated Date: This is the date the filter was last updated. Note that the pre-seeded filters contain "Oracle" in the Type column on this page, and other filters you create contain "Custom" in this column. You cannot edit or delete the three pre-seeded filters, but you can use the three filters as templates to create new filters.
• #15: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Define Patch Filters The New Codelevels filter determines recommended patches for a product, product family, or the entire Oracle Applications system. The Recommended Patches filter determines recommended patches for the current codelevel. The Recommended Patches and New Codelevels filter determines recommended patches for both the current and new codelevels. Note that you cannot edit the three pre-seeded filters.
• #16: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Wizard Requests - Submit After setting up the Patch Wizard staging area (and optionally creating custom filters), you can submit requests for processing from the Recommend/Analyze Patches page. Click the Tasks icon in the Recommend/Analyze Patches row to access the Recommend Patches page.
• #17: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Recommend Patches The Recommend Patches screen contains the following actions: Create Recommendations This generates recommendations based on the selected patch filter. You choose one of the three pre-seeded filters or any custom filter you created in the Define Patch Filters page. Patch Wizard uses the filter and compares the patch history database against the metadata patch list to recommend which patches you should apply. Before generating any recommendation, Patch Wizard automatically downloads the latest Patch Information Bundle from Oracle Meta Link . This differs from earlier releases, when there used to be separate action on this page which would instruct Patch Wizard to just download and process the Info-Bundle. Analyze Specific Patches This generates recommendations for specific patches. After downloading specific patches from Oracle MetaLink and placing them in the staging area, you can analyze these patches from this page by entering the patch numbers.
• #18: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Recommend Patches You can enter a date and time in the Schedule section of this page to run the request at a later time. You can also schedule recurring requests by entering the information in the Recurrence section of this page.
• #19: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Download Patches The Download Patches page prompts you for information about the patches to download, then downloads the patches directly from Oracle MetaLink . You enter the patch numbers in the input field separated by a comma. You can also choose to analyze the patches while downloading. The Merge Options section of this page defines how patches should be merged after downloading. The defaults for merging are set on the Patch Wizard Preferences page. If you choose to automatically merge patches while downloading, specify the merged patch name and the merging strategy in this section.
• #20: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Download Patches You can select the languages and platform of the patches to download. When you provide information in this section of the page, Patch Wizard only downloads patches that match the selected languages and platform. You can also provide information in the Schedule section to download at a later time.
• #21: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Wizard Job Status Clicking the Job Status icon for either the Recommend/Analyze Patches task or the Download Patches task in the Patch Wizard Tasks table shows the status of the respective requests.
• #22: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Job Status Each line item on the View All page represents a Patch Wizard request. It provides the following summary information: Details: This link allows you to toggle between Show and Hide. Show expands the row to show additional request details. Hide contracts and hides the action details. Request ID: The ID assigned to the request. Program: The program used to carry out the request. Phase: The phase of the request. The phase may be Pending, Running, Completed, or Inactive. Status: The status in which the request completed. Valid statuses are Normal, Error, Warning, Cancelled, and Terminated. Requestor: The user who submitted the request. Request Start Date: The start date of the request. Duration: The running time of the request. Wait Time: The length of time between when the request was submitted and when it began processing. Clicking on the heading for a column allows you to sort the job status requests based on the content in that column. The sortable columns have column headings with dark borders and when the mouse cursor is placed over the column heading the pointer will change to a hand. The sort alternates between ascending and descending each time you click the column heading. Note: All view pages provide the same summary information.
• #23: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Recommended Patches Results This page lists the results of the selected Recommend Patches request that you submitted. The set of recommended patches are divided in two sections: Recommended Patches for Current Code Level Patches that introduce New Code Level This page has the following columns of information: Select : Select this check box and click the Download button if you want the patch number sent to the Download Patches page for submission. You can select any number of patches. Patch : This is the patch number of the recommended patch. Product : The product of the patch. Reason Recommended : The reason the patch is recommended, for example, it is part of a minipack or a family pack. Prerequisite : The number of all prerequisite patches for the recommended patch. If prerequisite exist, the number will be a hyperlink to a separate Recommended Patches page listing the prerequisite patches. Codelevel Introduced : The number of all the codelevels introduced for the recommended patch. If any, the number will be a hyperlink to a separate Recommended Patches page listing the prerequisite patches. Patch Description : A brief description of the patch. Hide Patch : Select this check box to hide the patch from the list of recommended patches. To hide or show selected patches, use the Show Hidden Patches check box at the top of the page and click Redisplay Data to refresh the page. The default values are set in the Patch Wizard Preferences page. Impact : Click this icon to access the Patch Impact Summary page. If you submitted a specific patch to analyze, click the Impact icon on the Recommended Patches Request page to view the Patch Impact Analysis Report. Clicking the Download button carries the selected patch number(s) to the Download Patches page for submission.
• #24: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Impact Analysis Access the Patch Impact Analysis report by clicking the Impact icon for a specific patch on the Recommended Patches Results page.
• #25: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Patch Impact Analysis The key information on this page is separated into three sections. General Patch Information This section includes the following information: Patch Description : A brief description of the patch. Patch Readme : Click this icon to see the readme file for the patch. Total Files in Patch : The total number of files in the patch. Click the number link to access the Patch Impact Details page, which lists each file in the patch. Files to Install : The number of files the patch will install. Prerequisite Patches : The number of prerequisite patches for the recommended patch. Direct Impact Summary This section includes the following information: Applications Patched : The number of products that will have files updated. Click the number link to access the Patch Impact Details page, which lists each product impacted and how they are impacted. File Types Installed : The number of different file types in the patch. Click the number link to access the Patch Impact Details page, which lists the file types and how they impact the system. New Files Introduced : The number of new files that will be introduced by the patch. Click the number link to access the Patch Impact Details page, which lists details about each new file introduced. Existing Files Changed : The number of existing files in the system that will be changed by the patch. Click the number link to access the Patch Impact Details page, which lists the existing files changed and the new version numbers. Existing Files Unchanged : The number of files unchanged because the version in the patch is older than the version in the system. Click the number link to access the Patch Impact Details page, which lists the files in the patch that are the same or earlier versions than those currently in the system. Indirect Impact Summary This section includes the following information: Unchanged Files Affected : The number of system files with dependencies on patched files Menu Navigation Trees Affected : The number of menu navigation trees that will be updated by the patch Diagnostics Tests to Re-Run : The number of diagnostic tests to be re-executed after patching
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• #28: <Course name> <Lesson number> - Refer to Practice - Defining the Staging Directory [ LAB4211Y ] Refer to Practice - Defining Patch Filters [ LAB4213Y ] Refer to Practice - Uploading the Patch Information Bundle [ LAB4214Y ] Refer to Practice - Submitting and Viewing Requests [ LAB4215Y ] Refer to Practice - Analyzing Patch Impact [ LAB4216Y ]