Quickly learn how to drive patchVantage and understand the benefits using the presentation in conjunction with the AWS Cloud Instance. This is a real-time actual Oracle Database Administration session

1. patchVantage AWS Cloud Starter
Pack
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Some Oracle DBA knowledge is
required
The basic Cloud Demonstration covers some useful Database Administration tasks
Apply the Jan 2017 Critical Patch Updates
against 12.1.0.2.0 of the Oracle RDBMS
Create a Snap Shot Database in a few
minutes
This document will walk you through the actual real-time operations. The
purpose is to reveal important features quickly without launching into setup
details.

2. Critical Patch Update(CPU)
Contents
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You can obtain and verify this information from My Oracle Support Document 2203916.1
The CPU consists of 3 patches :
Opatch Upgrade with patch number
6880800 24732082 24917972

3. What is a Patch Group?
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Real-life
upgrades
normally consist
of multiple
patches and
scripts.
The groups allow
you to build the
kind of complex
solutions that are
necessary Oracle
These can then
be applied
against 100’s of
Database or
Application
environments.
In this example a system generated group
“jan_cpu_2017_rdbms_121” will be used.

4. What is an
Environment?
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In our example we will use a pre-registered environment
EC2_AMAZON_DB1_DB
This is one of three actual Cloud Databases . We need
to login to the application using credentials sent by e-
mail.
The term environment is commonly
used to describe a Database or
ApplicationThe product holds meta-data which
it has collected from actual Oracle
environments
There are three types of
environment• HOST(server)
• DB(Database)
• APPS(Application)

5. Cloud Login [US]
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http://ec2-54-149-211-128.us-west-
2.compute.amazonaws.com:8084/apex/f?p=101

6. Dashboa
rd
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The first page displays a
dashboard. This is
covered in a separate
tutorial

7. Navigati
on
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Use the MENU on the Left
hand Side to navigate .
There are 9 primary
functions Import Data
Import Patches ,
Environments
etc. into the
Product
Setup
Configure Patch
Groups, Scripts or
Monitoring
Parameters
Operations
Perform
Backups,
Patching or
Clones
View
Examine
Concurrent Jobs
and various
Historical records
User Portal
Connect to
Environments
Administration
Provision
Users, set up
credentials
Reports
Discover
Environments,
Compare Patch
Levels etc.
Utilities
Download
Patches, Migrate
Data etc.
Preferences
Set User
Defined
Options

8. View
Patches
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• The patches displayed in the screen are those downloaded by the product or DBA
• You can also download these patches to your PC and share them with your team.
Begin touring the product by looking at the central location for patches
Stored
Patches
Navigation: View -
>

9. View Patch
Group
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Patch
Groups
Navigation: Setup -
>
Take a look at the
structure of the
“Patch Group” we
are about to apply.

10. Operation : Launch
Patches
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Navigate to the Operations
section:
Operation
s
Deployments
Each page has a brief explanation at the top. (Item level help also
exists )
In order to execute a Patch or Script you need to enter the
following:• Tier : DB
• Environment : EC2_AMAZON_DB1_DB
(The version and availability will appear )
• Type : group ( list appears as group , script , opatch
and control )
• Value : jan_cpu_2017_121
Launch the process click clicking the button
The following screens

11. Deployment
Screen
1
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12. Job
ActivityAfter submitting a process its normal to
check on the status using the Job
Reporting ScreenUsing the Menu again we navigate
View -> Active Jobs
For example you can see that they are grouped under the job name
PV5788. The sequence of events involves stopping the Database,
downloading patches (if necessary), confirming the server is
operational. The patches are then applied, the database is restarted
and the 12c DataPatch executes any SQL Scripts.The patching is fully automated and log files are e-mailed to the user.
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13. SNAP Clones
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The next part of the demo shows easy it is to create a
Thin Clone.This is achieved using a backup and the Oracle dbNFS
functionality.
Works on any
Linux/UNIX
Cloud
Container
Hardware
Agnostic
Uses fractional
disk space even
for 100TB
databases
Takes
minutes to
create
Displaces the
need for EMC
or Exadata
Hardware
You can find more information about this type of Clone here:
https://oracle-base.com/articles/11g/clonedb-11gr
Unique
Features

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Operation : Launch SNAP
Clone
Navigate to the Operations
section
• The Cloning page (below) requires the Cloning Template. This is pre-defined entity that provides
information on what backup should be used and the location of the ORACLE_HOME
• Its normally a good idea to generate a unique DBID but in our case
simply click
Operation
s
Clone
RDBMS

15. Launched
Clone
You can see the process
has been started. Once
more we need to look at
the Job Activity
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Clone Results
• The new database was created in 11minutes.
• You can repeat this process again to generate another unique clone.
• The only real restriction is the amount of RAM on your Cloud Server

17. Quickly verify the SNAP
Clone worked using the
“User Portal” form.
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View Environments
• Use the menu on the Left
Hand Side:
• A new environment called
snap418_DB has been
create
User
Portal
RDBMS
Environments