Uploading Patches to the Software Library

After you have downloaded a patch, you then need to upload the patch into the Software Library, or the patch cache.

To upload patches to the Software Library:

1. From the Database Home page, in the Related Links section at the bottom of the page, click Deployments.

2. On the Deployments page, in the Patching section, click View/Upload Patch.

3. On the Patch Cache page, click Upload Patch.

   The Create Oracle Software Update Component page appears.

4. Click the Browse button, and then navigate to the directory where you saved the patch file to disk. If you are accessing DB Control from a browser running on a client computer, then the patch must be available on that client computer.

   When you have located the patch file, click the file name to select the file, then click Open. This places the file name in the Patch File field.

5. In the Patch Attributes section of the Create Oracle Software Update Component pag enter the following information about the patch you are uploading:

   • Patch number

   • The type of patch (individual or patch set)

   • The date the patch was created

   • The patch description

   • The product family for the patch, (for example, Oracle Database)

   • The product the patch applies to (for example, RDBMS Server)

   • The release version of the product

   • The platform your database runs on

   • The language to use (for example, American English)

   • (Optional) A description of the patch

   
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   You can find most of this information in the patch set README file.

6. When you have finished entering the information, check the option Add Patch File to Patch Cache, then click Upload.

   The Patch Cache page appears again, with a confirmation message.

7. The patch now appears in the Patch Cache.