Adpatch options

Adpatch options

To change the default behaviour of patching ,we can use below options.

Non default
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nocopyportion
nodatabaseportion
nogenerateportion
nocompiledb
nocompilejsp
novalidate
nomaintainancemrc
noautoconfig
hotpatch



default
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copyportion
databaseportion
generateportion
compiledb
compilejsp
validate
maintainancemrc
autoconfig
nohotpatch


Checkfile *:-
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The checkfile option of adpatch tells adpathc to check for already executed exec, SQL, and exectier commands. this can cause performance overheds so should be used only when specified.

$adpatch options=nocheckfile


compiledb *:-
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Purpose: To compile invalid objects in the database after running actions in the database driver.
Default: compiledb (use ‘nocompiledb’ to skip)



compilejsp *:-
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Purpose: To compile out-of-date JSP files, if the patch has copy actions for at least one JSP file.
Default: compilejsp (use’nocompilejsp’ to skip)


copyportion*:-
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Purpose: To run commands found in a copy driver. This will copy the higher version files from patch to product top.
Default: copyportion (Use ‘nocopyportion’ to skip. Use it only when mentioned in readme of patch)


databaseportion * :-
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Purpose: To run commands found in a database driver. This portion includes applying the files (like sql, pls etc) to database.
Default: databaseportion (use ‘nodatabaseportion’ to skip. Use it only when mentioned in readme of patch).


generateportion *:-
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Purpose: To run commands found in a generate driver. This portion will generate new executable files from the copied code of patch. For example if will generate new forms files (fmx) from new .fmb files.
Default: generateportion (use ‘nogenerateporation’ to skip).

$adpatch options=nogenform
$adpatch options=nogenrep

integrity *:-
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Purpose: To perform patch integrity checking. Tells adpatch whether to perform patch integrity checking, which verifies that the version of each file referenced in a copy action matches the version present in the patch.
Default: nointegrity (By default the integrity is not checked)

$adpatch options=integrity

maintainmrc *:-
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Purpose: To maintain the MRC schema after running actions found in the database driver.
Default: maintainmrc (use ‘nomaintainmrc’ to skip)


autoconfig *:-
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Purpose: Tells adpatch to run Autoconfig after patch installation.
Default: autoconfig (use ‘noautoconfig’ to skip)


parallel * :-
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Purpose: To run actions that update the database or actions (like SQL) that generate files in parallel (like genform).



prereq *:-
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Purpose: Tells adpatch whether to perform prerequisite patch checking prior to running patch driver files that contain actions normally found in the copy driver.
Default: prereq (use ‘noprereq’ to skip)

$adpatch options=noprereq

validate *:-
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Purpose: To connect to all registered Oracle Applications schemas at the start of the patch. Adpatch validates the passwords for each schema.
Default: novalidate (use ‘validate’ to validate schema passwords)
Default: parallel (use ‘noparallel’ to skip)


Java Classes * :-
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If you wish adpatch not to copy new java classes from the patch .By default java classes are copied.

$adpatch options=nojcopy


Relinking *:-
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If you wish adpatch not do perform relinking you can use options=nolink.


Force Copy *:-
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By default adpatch copies the files without check the version of the existing files already present on the system.If you do  not wish the newer version of the file to be replaced by the older version contained in the patch use options=noforcecopy.

$adpatch options=noforcecopy.


You could specify multiple options at the command line using the , delimiter.
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$adpatch options=nocompiledb,nocompilejsp,nojcopy


Following flags can be passed to adpatch
1) hidepw
Purpose: This argument is used to hide the passwords in log files
Default: nohidepw
2) trace
Purpose: Tells the adpatch utility whether to log all database operations to a trace file
Default: notrace
3) logging
Purpose: Tells the adpatch utility whether to create indexes using the logging or nologging mode.



What two tables adpatch creates when you apply or run adpatch session ?
FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES , AD_DEFERRED_JOBS