ODA Upgrade from 19.16 to 19.20

Patching Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) Bare Metal Systems involves applying updates to both the operating system and Oracle Software Components.

Starting with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.11, Oracle Database Appliance uses the out-of-place patching model. This means that a new software Oracle Home is created when patching an Oracle Grid Infrastructure or Oracle Database home. Starting with Oracle Database Appliance release 19.11, the patches for Oracle Grid Infrastructure are available as images. All procedures remain the same.

The Oracle Database Appliance Patch Bundle contains the latest patches for DCS Admin, DCS Components, OAK, Oracle ILOM, Firmware, enhancements, and fixes.

The Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes include information about the latest Oracle Database Appliance patch bundle and a list of component versions in the patch bundle. Oracle recommends updating the appliance with the latest Oracle Database Appliance software version to take advantage of new features, fixes, and the latest supported component versions. See the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes for the upgrade paths.

In this blog we will upgrade ODA (Single Node) from 19.16 to 19.20, always remember, if we need to upgrade to 19.20 your current version has to be 19.16 or later.

 

Minimum patch requirement for ODA releases:

 

Download and stage 19.20 version patches in the staging area:

In this activity, we are downloading the server patch, Grid infrastructure clone, and database clone. If you need patches for additional components refer to the below link for patch numbers:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/engineered-systems/oracle-database-appliance/19.20/cmtrn/oda-patches.html#GUID-220DA05B-0F52-4EDA-84C9-BFD15F43802D 

 

Update the repository with the downloaded patches:

Unzip the downloaded patches and update the repository.

Update the repository with the server software file and Confirm that the repository update is successful.

/opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-repository -f /tmp/oda-sm-19.20.0.0.0-230802.1-server.zip

Update the repository with the Oracle Grid Infrastructure clone file and the Oracle Database clone file and Confirm that the repository update is successful.

/opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-repository -f /tmp/odacli-dcs-19.20.0.0.0-230720-GI-19.20.0.0.zip
/opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-repository -f /tmp/odacli-dcs-19.20.0.0.0-230720-DB-19.20.0.0.zip

 

Update DCS Admin:

/opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-dcsadmin -v 19.20.0.0.0

 

Update DCS Components:

The command updates the Zookeeper, and MySQL, and updates other DCS components such as the DCS Agent, DCS CLI, and DCS Controller on Oracle Database Appliance.

 If the DCS components are updated, then the message “status”: “Success” is displayed on the command line.

/opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-dcscomponents -v 19.20.0.0.0

 

Update DCS Agent:

/opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-dcsagent -v 19.20.0.0.0

 

Create a pre-patch report and ensure pre-checks run successfully:

[root@test01 ~]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli create-prepatchreport -s -v 19.20.0.0.0

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
              ID: 24184885-1966-4523-b610-1bcfaec6cc1f
     Description: Patch pre-checks for [OS, ILOM, GI, ORACHKSERVER, SERVER]
          Status: Created
         Created: February 8, 2024 6:39:04 PM AST
         Message: Use 'odacli describe-prepatchreport -i 24184885-1966-4523-b610-1bcfaec6cc1f' to check details of results

[root@test01 ~]# odacli describe-prepatchreport -i 24184885-1966-4523-b610-1bcfaec6cc1f

Patch pre-check report
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Job ID: 24184885-1966-4523-b610-1bcfaec6cc1f
     Description: Patch pre-checks for [OS, ILOM, GI, ORACHKSERVER, SERVER]
          Status: SUCCESS
         Created: February 8, 2024 6:39:04 PM AST
          Result: All pre-checks succeeded

Node Name
---------------
test01

Pre-Check                      Status   Comments
------------------------------ -------- --------------------------------------
__OS__
Validate supported versions    Success  Validated minimum supported versions.
Validate patching tag          Success  Validated patching tag: 19.20.0.0.0.
Is patch location available    Success  Patch location is available.
Verify OS patch                Success  Verified OS patch
Validate command execution     Success  Validated command execution

__ILOM__
Validate ILOM server reachable Success  Successfully connected with ILOM
                                        server using public IP and USB
                                        interconnect
Validate supported versions    Success  Validated minimum supported versions.
Validate patching tag          Success  Validated patching tag: 19.20.0.0.0.
Is patch location available    Success  Patch location is available.
Checking Ilom patch Version    Success  Successfully verified the versions
Patch location validation      Success  Successfully validated location
Validate command execution     Success  Validated command execution

__GI__
Validate GI metadata           Success  Successfully validated GI metadata
Validate supported GI versions Success  Successfully validated minimum version
Validate available space       Success  Validated free space under /u01
Is clusterware running         Success  Clusterware is running
Validate patching tag          Success  Validated patching tag: 19.20.0.0.0.
Is system provisioned          Success  Verified system is provisioned
Validate ASM in online         Success  ASM is online
Validate kernel log level      Success  Successfully validated the OS log
                                        level
Validate minimum agent version Success  GI patching enabled in current
                                        DCSAGENT version
Validate Central Inventory     Success  oraInventory validation passed
Validate patching locks        Success  Validated patching locks
Validate clones location exist Success  Validated clones location
Validate DB start dependencies Success  DBs START dependency check passed
Validate DB stop dependencies  Success  DBs STOP dependency check passed
Validate space for clones      Success  Clones volume is already created volume
Evaluate GI patching           Success  Successfully validated GI patching
Validate command execution     Success  Validated command execution

__ORACHK__
Running orachk                 Success  Successfully ran Orachk
Validate command execution     Success  Validated command execution

__SERVER__
Validate local patching        Success  Successfully validated server local
                                        patching
Validate command execution     Success  Validated command execution

Please note if the pre-patch report does not take a filesystem snapshot, use the below steps to take the filesystem snapshot using odabr utility (which needs to be installed explicitly)

     # df -Ph / /opt /u01
     # pvs
     # /opt/odabr/odabr backup -dryrun
     - Specify size based on dryrun output
     # /opt/odabr/odabr backup -snap
     Or
     # /opt/odabr/odabr backup -snap [-osize 30 -rsize 5 -usize 70]
     # /opt/odabr/odabr infosnap
     # lvs

Until this step, all the activities can be performed online, from now the downtime starts, and make sure the application is down.

 

Update Server/Server Patching:

Please note that the server reboots 5 minutes after the patching is completed

[root@test01 etc]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-server -v 19.20.0.0.0
{
   "jobId" : "2b4c40ef-b50e-42d1-b43f-a76c1bdb8e4a",
   "status" : "Created",
   "message" : "Success of server update will trigger reboot of the node after 4-5 minutes. Please wait until the node reboots.",
   "reports" : [ ],
   "createTimestamp" : "February 08, 2024 18:48:51 PM AST",
   "resourceList" : [ ],
   "description" : "Server Patching",
   "updatedTime" : "February 08, 2024 18:48:51 PM AST",
   "jobType" : null
}

[root@test01 ~]# odacli describe-job -i 2b4c40ef-b50e-42d1-b43f-a76c1bdb8e4a

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
              ID: 2b4c40ef-b50e-42d1-b43f-a76c1bdb8e4a
     Description: Server Patching
          Status: Success
         Created: February 8, 2024 6:48:51 PM AST
         Message: Successfully patched GI with RHP

Task Name                                Start Time                          End Time                            Status
---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
Validating GI user metadata              February 8, 2024 6:49:06 PM AST     February 8, 2024 6:49:06 PM AST     Success
Validate ILOM server reachable           February 8, 2024 6:49:06 PM AST     February 8, 2024 6:49:08 PM AST     Success
Validate DCS Admin mTLS setup            February 8, 2024 6:49:08 PM AST     February 8, 2024 6:49:08 PM AST     Success
Configure export clones resource         February 8, 2024 6:49:09 PM AST     February 8, 2024 6:49:09 PM AST     Success
Creating repositories using yum          February 8, 2024 6:49:09 PM AST     February 8, 2024 6:49:13 PM AST     Success
Updating YumPluginVersionLock rpm        February 8, 2024 6:49:13 PM AST     February 8, 2024 6:49:13 PM AST     Success
Applying OS Patches                      February 8, 2024 6:49:14 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:04:13 PM AST     Success
Creating repositories using yum          February 8, 2024 7:04:14 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:04:14 PM AST     Success
Applying HMP Patches                     February 8, 2024 7:04:14 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:04:30 PM AST     Success
Patch location validation                February 8, 2024 7:04:30 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:04:30 PM AST     Success
Oda-hw-mgmt upgrade                      February 8, 2024 7:04:30 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:00 PM AST     Success
OSS Patching                             February 8, 2024 7:05:00 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:01 PM AST     Success
Applying Firmware Disk Patches           February 8, 2024 7:05:01 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:03 PM AST     Success
Applying Firmware Controller Patches     February 8, 2024 7:05:03 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:05 PM AST     Success
Checking Ilom patch Version              February 8, 2024 7:05:06 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:06 PM AST     Success
Patch location validation                February 8, 2024 7:05:06 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:06 PM AST     Success
Save password in Wallet                  February 8, 2024 7:05:06 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:07 PM AST     Success
Disabling IPMI v2                        February 8, 2024 7:05:07 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:05:07 PM AST     Success
Apply Ilom patch                         February 8, 2024 7:05:07 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:14:18 PM AST     Success
Copying Flash Bios to Temp location      February 8, 2024 7:14:18 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:14:18 PM AST     Success
Starting the clusterware                 February 8, 2024 7:14:18 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:16:20 PM AST     Success
Registering image                        February 8, 2024 7:16:20 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     Success
Registering working copy                 February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     Success
Registering image                        February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     Success
Creating GI home directories             February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     Success
Extract GI clone                         February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     Success
Provisioning Software Only GI with RHP   February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:16:21 PM AST     Success
Patch GI with RHP                        February 8, 2024 7:16:22 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:44 PM AST     Success
Updating .bashrc                         February 8, 2024 7:22:44 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:45 PM AST     Success
Updating GIHome in the repository        February 8, 2024 7:22:45 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:45 PM AST     Success
Updating GIHome version                  February 8, 2024 7:22:45 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:49 PM AST     Success
Validate GI availability                 February 8, 2024 7:22:53 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:53 PM AST     Success
Patch KVM CRS type                       February 8, 2024 7:22:53 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:54 PM AST     Success
Patch VM vDisks CRS dependencies         February 8, 2024 7:22:54 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:54 PM AST     Success
Patch DB System domain config            February 8, 2024 7:22:54 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:22:54 PM AST     Success
Update System version                    February 8, 2024 7:23:35 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:23:35 PM AST     Success
Cleanup JRE Home                         February 8, 2024 7:23:35 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:23:35 PM AST     Success
Add SYSNAME in Env                       February 8, 2024 7:23:35 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:23:35 PM AST     Success
Starting the clusterware                 February 8, 2024 7:23:35 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:25:30 PM AST     Success
Setting ACL for disk groups              February 8, 2024 7:25:30 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:25:42 PM AST     Success
Enable LKCE                              February 8, 2024 7:27:20 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:30:51 PM AST     Success
Update lvm.conf file                     February 8, 2024 7:30:53 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:30:53 PM AST     Success
Update previous workarounds              February 8, 2024 7:30:53 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:30:53 PM AST     Success
Generating and saving BOM                February 8, 2024 7:30:53 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:31:22 PM AST     Success
PreRebootNode Actions                    February 8, 2024 7:31:22 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:32:07 PM AST     Success
Reboot Ilom                              February 8, 2024 7:32:07 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:32:07 PM AST     Success

 

Update Storage/Storage patching:

Run pre-patch report

[root@test01 ~]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli create-prepatchreport -st -v 19.20.0.0.0

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
              ID: 2beee6d6-c776-44a1-b2b6-5d2c091c5efe
     Description: Patch pre-checks for [STORAGE]
          Status: Created
         Created: February 8, 2024 7:41:32 PM AST
         Message: Use 'odacli describe-prepatchreport -i 2beee6d6-c776-44a1-b2b6-5d2c091c5efe' to check details of results

[root@test01 ~]# odacli describe-prepatchreport -i 2beee6d6-c776-44a1-b2b6-5d2c091c5efe

Patch pre-check report
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Job ID: 2beee6d6-c776-44a1-b2b6-5d2c091c5efe
     Description: Patch pre-checks for [STORAGE]
          Status: SUCCESS
         Created: February 8, 2024 7:41:32 PM AST
          Result: All pre-checks succeeded

Node Name
---------------
test01

Pre-Check                      Status   Comments
------------------------------ -------- --------------------------------------
__STORAGE__
Validate patching tag          Success  Validated patching tag: 19.20.0.0.0.
Patch location validation      Success  Verified patch location
Patch tag validation           Success  Verified patch tag
Storage patch tag validation   Success  Verified storage patch location
Verify ASM disks status        Success  ASM disks are online
Validate command execution     Success  Validated command execution

Update Storage

[root@test01 ~]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-storage -v 19.20.0.0.0
{
   "jobId" : "8f2a025b-4cfe-44d2-88be-e6e027d5e850",
   "status" : "Created",
   "message" : "Success of Storage Update may trigger reboot of node after 4-5 minutes. Please wait till node restart",
   "reports" : [ ],
   "createTimestamp" : "February 08, 2024 19:44:46 PM AST",
   "resourceList" : [ ],
   "description" : "Storage Firmware Patching",
   "updatedTime" : "February 08, 2024 19:44:46 PM AST",
   "jobType" : null
}

[root@test01 ~]# odacli describe-job -i 8f2a025b-4cfe-44d2-88be-e6e027d5e850

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
              ID: 8f2a025b-4cfe-44d2-88be-e6e027d5e850
     Description: Storage Firmware Patching
          Status: Success
         Created: February 8, 2024 7:44:46 PM AST
         Message:

Task Name                                Start Time                          End Time                            Status
---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
Applying Firmware Disk Patches           February 8, 2024 7:44:50 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:44:53 PM AST     Success
Applying Firmware Controller Patches     February 8, 2024 7:44:53 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:51:07 PM AST     Success
Generating and saving BOM                February 8, 2024 7:51:07 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:51:12 PM AST     Success
PreRebootNode Actions                    February 8, 2024 7:51:12 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:51:12 PM AST     Success
Reboot Ilom                              February 8, 2024 7:51:12 PM AST     February 8, 2024 7:51:12 PM AST     Success

Note: If disks are not up-to-date, it may be related to ILOM and BIOS patches.

 

Update DBHomes/Patch DBHomes:

Run pre-patch report

[root@test01 ~]# odacli list-dbhomes

ID                                       Name                 DB Version                               DB Edition Home Location                                 Status
---------------------------------------- -------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------- --------------------------------------------- ----------
0f6c2c52-3d0c-4d9b-8acc-167bbbe80195     OraDB19000_home1     19.16.0.0.220719                         EE         /u01/app/odaorahome/oracle/product/19.0.0     CONFIGURED

[root@test01 ~]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli create-prepatchreport --dbhome --dbhomeid 0f6c2c52-3d0c-4d9b-8acc-167bbbe80195 -v 19.20.0.0.0

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
              ID: 0b0f53e2-4ae8-41de-a3ff-82f8c9b24a04
     Description: Patch pre-checks for [DB, ORACHKDB]: DbHome is OraDB19000_home1
          Status: Created
         Created: February 8, 2024 7:58:24 PM AST
         Message: Use 'odacli describe-prepatchreport -i 0b0f53e2-4ae8-41de-a3ff-82f8c9b24a04' to check details of results

[root@test01 ~]# odacli describe-prepatchreport -i 0b0f53e2-4ae8-41de-a3ff-82f8c9b24a04

Update DBHome

[root@test01 etc]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-dbhome --id 0f6c2c52-3d0c-4d9b-8acc-167bbbe80195 -v 19.20.0.0.0 -f

{
   "jobId" : "0d7fd66f-6c9a-4b7e-93ea-5fbec5af34d9",
   "status" : "Created",
   "message" : null,
   "reports" : [ ],
   "createTimestamp" : "February 08, 2024 21:24:29 PM AST",
   "resourceList" : [ ],
   "description" : "DB Home Patching: Home Id is 0f6c2c52-3d0c-4d9b-8acc-167bbbe80195",
   "updatedTime" : "February 08, 2024 21:24:29 PM AST",
   "jobType" : null
}

[root@test01 etc]# odacli describe-job -i 0d7fd66f-6c9a-4b7e-93ea-5fbec5af34d9

Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
              ID: 0d7fd66f-6c9a-4b7e-93ea-5fbec5af34d9
     Description: DB Home Patching: Home Id is 0f6c2c52-3d0c-4d9b-8acc-167bbbe80195
          Status: Success
         Created: February 8, 2024 9:24:29 PM AST
         Message:

Task Name                                Start Time                          End Time                            Status
---------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------- ----------
Creating wallet for DB Client            February 8, 2024 9:24:36 PM AST     February 8, 2024 9:24:36 PM AST     Success
Patch databases by RHP - [TLHHBP]        February 8, 2024 9:24:36 PM AST     February 8, 2024 9:29:51 PM AST     Success
Updating database metadata               February 8, 2024 9:29:51 PM AST     February 8, 2024 9:29:51 PM AST     Success
Set log_archive_dest for Database        February 8, 2024 9:29:51 PM AST     February 8, 2024 9:29:54 PM AST     Success
Update System version                    February 8, 2024 9:29:54 PM AST     February 8, 2024 9:29:54 PM AST     Success
Generating and saving BOM                February 8, 2024 9:29:54 PM AST     February 8, 2024 9:30:35 PM AST     Success
TDE parameter update                     February 8, 2024 9:30:35 PM AST     February 8, 2024 9:30:35 PM AST     Success

 

Cleanup Patchrepo:

# odacli cleanup-patchrepo -cl -v 19.16.0.0.0
# cd /backup/ODA_patches
# rm -f oda-sm-19.16.0.0.0-date-server.zip odacli-dcs-19.16.0.0.0-date-GI-19.16.0.0.zip odacli-dcs-19.16.0.0.0-date-DB-19.18.0.0.zip

 

Post Patching Tasks:

Add your additional rpms manually if needed
Put back your profile scripts for grid and oracle users
Remove the snapshots done with odabr.
   Note: Run on both nodes
   # odabr delsnap
   # /opt/odabr/odabr infosnap
   # lvs
   # pvs

 

Remove OLD DB home if not needed

odacli delete-dbhome -i db244e9d-9d3e-446f-9e15-461913aaf1b6

Run datapatch and release the environment for validation.