Applying SOA Bundle Patch 20423535: PS6 Bundle Patch 7 (11.1.1.7.7) and OSB Bundle Patch 20423630: PS6 Bundle Patch 4 (11.1.1.7.4)

Applying SOA Bundle Patch 20423535: PS6 Bundle Patch 7 (11.1.1.7.7) and OSB Bundle Patch 20423630: PS6 Bundle Patch 4 (11.1.1.7.4)

I) Applying SOA Bundle Patch 20423535:  PS6 Bundle Patch 7 (11.1.1.7.7)
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- Before applying patch, run below on soa_111 & oracle_common home to ensure that the patch is not already applied. You may also check for conflicts with existing patches.

opatch apply -report


- Stop services & take cold backup


Download the patch & copy to staging area.

cd /stage/20423535


i) Apply Patch 20423535 on soa_111 home
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export ORACLE_HOME=/instance_name/fmw/product/111/soa_111
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$PATH  


opatch apply

Verify patch applied
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opatch lsinventory|grep 20423535



ii) Apply Patch 20423535 on oracle_common home
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export ORACLE_HOME=/instance_name/fmw/product/111/oracle_common

export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$PATH
  
opatch apply
  
Verify patch applied
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opatch lsinventory|grep 20423535




II) Applying OSB Bundle Patch 20423630:  PS6 Bundle Patch 4 (11.1.1.7.4)
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- Before applying patch, run below on osb_111 home to ensure that the patch is not already applied
- Stop services & take cold backup


Download the patch & copy to staging area.

cd /stage/20423630

opatch apply -report

export ORACLE_HOME=/instance_name/fmw/product/111/osb_111
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$PATH
  

opatch apply

Verify patch applied
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opatch lsinventory|grep 20423630  


III) Post Patching
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Move tmp and cache for Admin and each managed server
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cd /instance_name/admin/user_projects/soa_domain/servers/

mv tmp tmp_<date>

mv cache cache_<date>


Move the application staging area for each managed server
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Location of staging area: domain_home/servers/osb_server1/stage. 


PLEASE NOTE: If staging directory for each managed server is not deleted, then the patch will not take effect & the server may not even start successfully.


Once server started, verify if the stage directory has got recreated.


cd /instance_name/admin/user_projects/soa_domain/bin


Configure setDomainEnv.sh
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Take a backup of setDomainEnv.sh and add the below line appropriately


EXTRA_JAVA_PROPERTIES="${EXTRA_JAVA_PROPERTIES} 

-Dcom.bea.wli.sb.pipeline.RouterRuntimeCache.preload=true"
export EXTRA_JAVA_PROPERTIES



Start the services & ensure all urls work fine & no post patch errors seen in the logs.