Useful adop (AD online patching ) command

AD online patching is a new feature in EBS R12.2. We have a different command line then adpatch for that feature. Here in this article,I have given a very common and useful  31 adop command line for R12.2

1. 1. Get examples about adop

      adop -examples
      

   2. Get help about command line option for adop

      adop -help
      

   3. Typical online patching cycle:

      source <ebs_root>/EBSapps.env run
      adop phase=prepare
      adop phase=apply patches=123456
      adop phase=finalize
      adop phase=cutover
      source <ebs_root>/EBSapps.env run
      adop phase=cleanup
      

   4. Run prepare phase

      adop phase=prepare
      

   5. Run apply phase

      adop phase=apply patches=12797970
      

   6. Run Finalize phase

      adop phase=finalize
      

   7. Run Cutover phase

      adop phase=cutover
      

   8. Run Cleanup phase

      adop phase=cleanup
      

   9. Run fs_clone phase

      adop phase=fs_clone
      

   10. Multiple phases can be executed in a single adop command.Example – combined finalize/cutover/cleanup:

       adop phase=finalize,cutover,cleanup
       

   11. How to restart the failed adop session incase you want to start from failure

       adop phase=apply patches=2375757 restart=yes
       

   12. How to restart the failed adop session incase you want to start from the very beginning

       adop phase=apply patches=1234 abandon=yes
       

   13. If you want to ignore a previously failed patch and apply a different one instead, you need to specify the new patch number and abandon=yes on the command line:

       adop phase=apply patches=5868678 abandon=yes
       

   14. How to deal with “Continue As If It Were Successful” error:

       $ adop phase=apply patches=<patch list> abandon=no restart=yes flags=autoskip
       

   15. how to define workers in adop:

       $ adop phase=apply patches=<patch list> workers=5
       

   16. How to re-apply patch forcefully:

       $ adop phase=apply patches=<patch list> options=forceapply
       

   17. How to define patchtop in adop:

       $ adop phase=apply patches=<patch list> patchtop=<patch location base>
       

   18. How to merge patch in adop

       $ adop phase=apply patches=<patch list> merge=yes
       

   19. How to stop application from restarting after cutover

       adop phase=cutover mtrestart=no
       

   20. adop exit incase of failure in jobs. If you want it to wait for action through adctrl

       adop phase=apply patches=123456 wait_on_failed_job=yes
       

   21. How to apply patch directly to run file system with no downtime

       $ adop phase=apply patches=<patch_list> hotpatch=yes
       

   22. How apply a single patch to an NLS installation

       This procedure assumes that you will apply US and language patches separately.
       a. Use adop to start a new patching cycle 
       
       adop phase=prepare
       
       b. Use adop to apply the patch driver of the US patch.
       
       adop phase=prepare patches=123456
       
       c. Use adop to apply the patch drivers of each NLS patch. If you have merged the individual NLS patches for a system that runs multiple languages, apply the driver for the merged NLS patch.
       
       adop phase=apply patches=123456_JA:u123456.drv workers=8
       
       d. Use adop to complete the patching cycle 
       adop phase=finalize, cutover, cleanup phase
       

   23. How to apply multiple patches to an NLS installationThis example assumes the system has American English, French, and German installed.

       a. Use adop to start a new patching cycle
       
       adop phase=prepare
       
       b. Use AD Merge Patch to merge the US (American English) patches into a single patch.
       
       c. Use AD Merge Patch to merge the French and German patches into a single NLS patch.
       
       d. Use adop to apply all drivers of the merged US patch.
       
       e. Use adop to apply all drivers of the merged NLS patch.
       
       f. Use adop to complete the patching cycle (finalize, cutover, cleanup phases).

   24. How to apply the Apply hrglobal.drv

       adop phase=apply patchtop=$PER_TOP/patch/115 patches=driver:hrglobal.drv workers=8 options=nocopyportion,nogenerateportion,forceapply
       

   25. How to apply the xla driver

       $ adop phase=apply options=nocopyportion patchtop=$XLA_TOP/patch/115 patches=driver:xla5584908.drv
       

   26. How to multiple patches using separate apply commands:

       source <ebs_root>/EBSapps.env run
       adop phase=prepare
       adop phase=apply patches=4689990
       adop phase=apply patches=5789990
       adop phase=finalize
       adop phase=apply patches=5668899
       adop phase=finalize
       adop phase=cutover
       source <ebs_root>/EBSapps.env run
       adop phase=cleanup
       

   27. How to clean up old version

       $ adop phase=prepare
       $ adop phase=actualize_all
       $ adop phase=finalize finalize_mode=full
       $ adop phase=cutover
       $ adop phase=cleanup cleanup_mode=full
       

   28. How to abort the adop patching cycle

       $ adop phase=abort,cleanup cleanup_mode=full
       $ adop phase=fs_clone
       

   29. How to validate the system before starting prepare or cutover

       adop -validate
       

   30. How to find the running online patching cycle

       adop -status
       

   31. If you want additional details of operations performed:

       $ adop -status -detail
       

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