Oracle® Management Agent 13c Release 2 (13.2.0.0.0)

1 Bugs Fixed by This Patch

The previous bundle number is 28216294.

The additional bugs fixed by this patch are as follows:

• 28373706: EM-AGENT Bundle Patch 13.2.0.0.180831

• 27838774: Host logical memory usage metric is EM has wrong value

• 28353025: signoff_agents job deleted whole agent base directory

• 28189153: OPC: CDC2 - Agent Upgrade blackout not ending post BP18 upgrade

• 28072161: Support num occurrences before target is declared to be in MCE

• 27912409: Agent Restart Issue

• 27144188: Host Refresh Configuration job failing with timeout waiting for postload

• 21512882: Fresh agent install using agent push to honor SCRATCHPATH from additional param

2 Applying Management Agent Patches

To apply an Management Agent patch, follow these steps:

1. In Cloud Control, from the Enterprise menu, select Patching and Provisioning, and then click Patches and Updates.

2. On the Patches and Updates page, in the Patch Search Region, enter the 28373706 available in the ReadMe, and click Search.

3. Select the patch, and from the context menu click Add to a Plan, and select Add to New.

4. In the Add Patch to Plan dialog box, enter a unique name for the plan, and click the search icon to view the list of targets reporting to the OMS running on your host. From the list, select the Management Agent targets (or group of targets) that need to be patched. Ensure that you add at least one target of type agent, and then click Create Plan.

5. On the Patches and Updates page, in the Plans region, click the Patch Plan you created in the previous step. Alternatively, select the Patch Plan, and from the context menu, click View.

6. In the Create Plan wizard, on the Plan Information page, in the Overview section, validate the Patch Plan name. You can choose to edit it if you want.

   (Optional) Select a date and time when you want to deploy the Patch Plan, and enter a short description to describe the Patch Plan.

7. Click Next.

8. On the Patches page, review the patches added to the Patch Plan.

9. Click Next.

10. In the Deployment Options page, do the following:

    In the Where to Stage section, retain the default location (%emd_emstagedir%) available on the target machine, or edit the Stage Location to provide a new location for staging the Management Agent patches.

    In the Oracle Home Credentials section, select Oracle Home Preferred Credentials if you have already set them earlier. You can otherwise click Override Oracle Home Preferred Credentials to set the Normal Oracle Home Credentials and Privileged Oracle Home Credentials, to access the Oracle home of the target.

11. Click Next.

12. On the Validation page, click Analyze to check for conflicts. If there are conflicts, then review the issues, and resolve it according to the corresponding solutions available on the page. After resolving the issue, click Re-Analyze.

13. Click Next.

14. On the Review & Deploy page, review the details you have provided for the patch plan, then click Deploy.

3 Deinstalling Management Agent Patches

To deinstall Management Agent patches, follow these steps:

1. In Cloud Control, from the Enterprise menu, select Patching and Provisioning, and then click Patches and Updates.

2. On the Patches and Updates page, in the Patch Search Region, enter 28373706, and click Search.

3. Select the patch, and from the context menu click Add to a Plan, and select Add to New.

4. In the Add Patch to Plan dialog box, enter a unique name for the plan, and click the search icon to view the list of targets reporting to the OMS running on your host. From the list, select the Management Agent targets (or group of targets) that need to be patched. Ensure that you add at least one target of type agent, and then click Create Plan.

5. On the Patches and Updates page, in the Plans region, click the Patch Plan you created in the previous step. Alternatively, select the Patch Plan, and from the context menu, click View.

6. In the Create Plan wizard, on the Plan Information page, in the Overview section, validate the Patch Plan name. You can choose to edit it if you want.

   (Optional) Select a date and time when you want to deploy the Patch Plan, and enter a short description to describe the Patch Plan.

7. Click Next.

8. On the Patches page, review the patches added to the Patch Plan.

9. Click Next.

10. In the Deployment Options page, do the following:

    In the Where to Stage section, retain the default location (%emd_emstagedir%) available on the target machine, or edit the Stage Location to provide a new location for staging the Management Agent patches. The Management Agent patches are required to be staged even for deinstallation because the Patch Plan runs certain prerequisite checks that are available only within the staged Management Agent patches.

    In the Oracle Home Credentials section, select Oracle Home Preferred Credentials if you have already set them earlier. You can otherwise click Override Oracle Home Preferred Credentials to set the Normal Oracle Home Credentials and Privileged Oracle Home Credentials, to access the Oracle home of the target.

    In the Rollback section, select Plan deployment rolls back the patches in this plan.

11. Click Next.

12. On the Validation page, click Analyze to check for conflicts. If there are conflicts, then review the issues, and resolve it according to the corresponding solutions available on the page. After resolving the issue, click Re-Analyze.

13. Click Next.

14. On the Review & Deploy page, review the details you have provided for the patch plan, then click Deploy.

4 Appendix A: Manual Applying and Deinstalling the Management Agent Patch

The Appendix covers the following:

• Prerequisites

• Applying Management Agent Patches

• Deinstalling Management Agent Patches