Sunday, 4 December 2016

R12.2 Online Patching Questions and Answers



Hi Friends,

As per our previous commitments for R12.2 Questions and Answers, we are back once again with R12.2 Online Patching Questions and Answers.
Please find the below Questions and Answers, Hope these may useful for all of us:

Question:   Should we enable Maintenance Mode before patching?
 

Answer:  This is not available in Release 12.2.

Question:   Can we upgrade to Release 12.2 with Online Patching?
 

Answer:  We can’t .  After you upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2, you will enable to do Online Patching.

Question:   Once we upgrade to Release 12.2, so can we still apply patches in the traditional way?
 

Answer:  No. Here, all patches for Release 12.2 will be applying only online patches. The traditional, pre-12.2 method (adpatch) of applying patches will not work.

Question:   Can we still use adpatch in the Release 12.2 Online Patching environment?
 

Answer:  No way. Only we can use adop utility in R12.2 onwards.

Question:   Is there any plans to make Online Patching available with pre-12.2 releases?
 

Answer:  No,  Online patching Adop can only be used with Release 12.2.

Question:   Can we use  Online Patching in a test environment?
 

Answer:  Yes, of course   you can use. It is required in all Oracle E-Business Suite environments R12.2 onwards.

Question:   Can we use the patch edition for testing purposes?
 

Answer:  As per me, a specialized component of the Online Patching infrastructure, the patch edition is not supported for use as a test environment. You should continue to employ a separate, dedicated test environment which you can do by cloning.

Question:   Is  hotpatch option still exist in  Online Patching environment?
 

Answer:  Yes, its support. However, the hotpatch option can only be used to apply patches specifically designed to support it. But, you should avoid using hotpatch mode unless in the patch readme explicitly states it is supported. Or better to contact Product Support Team.

Question:  Will Online Patching be used with database technologies such as Active Dataguard and Flashback?
 

Answer:  Yes, we can. Online patching can be used alongside Active Dataguard and Flashback.

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