Oracle VM: Upgrade VM Manager to 3.1.1-365

This post is related to a recent patch released by Oracle with improves and corrects some issues affecting VM Manager 3.1.1.

To apply this patch first you need to download it from MOS:

Download Patch 14227416

When downloaded burn .iso file to a cd and mount it to your VM Manager Linux

[root@vmm /]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
[root@vmm /]# cd /mnt/cdrom

Or if you like you can mount the .iso directly

[root@vmm /]# mount -o loop ovmm-3.1.1-upgrade-b365.iso /mnt/cdrom
[root@vmm /]# cd /mnt/cdrom

Start installation process by simply running

[root@vmm /]# ./runUpgrader.sh

Please note that you should perform a full backup of VM Manager database in case something goes wrong during installation process.

Here is the output produced during patch apply:


Stating OVM Manager upgrade on Thu Jul 19 11:15:58 CEST 2012

Oracle VM Manager 3.1.1.365 upgrade utility
Upgrade logfile : /tmp/upgrade-2012-07-19-15.log


It is highly recommended to do a full database repository backup prior to upgrading Oracle VM Manager ...

Press any key to continue ...


Oracle VM Manager is running ...
Verifying installation status ...
Read Oracle VM Manager config file ...
Skipping database upgrade for the same product version (3.1.1 to 3.1.1)
Found Oracle VM Manager install files ...
Found Oracle VM Manager upgrader ...
Found Oracle WebLogic Server ...
Found Java ...
Using the following information :
  Database Host          : 10.0.0.74
  Database SID           : ORCL
  Database LSNR          : 1521
  Oracle VM Schema       : ovs
  Oracle VM Manager UUID : 0004fb0000010000aef89d7d546a0d5e
  Current Build ID       : 3.1.1.305
  Upgrade from version   : 3.1.1
  Upgrade to version     : 3.1.1
Using /tmp/workdir.RnNTi2YzKa for backup and export location.
Using /tmp/patchdir.5j35ZzYWj for patching.
Undeploying previous version of Oracle VM Manager application ...
Undeploying Oracle VM Manager help ...
Undeploying Oracle VM Manager console ...
Undeploying Oracle VM Manager core ...
Waiting for Oracle VM Manager core to fully undeploy...
Waiting...
Finished undeploying previous version ...
Upgrading Oracle VM Manager ...
Backing up old files to /tmp/ovm-manager-3-backup-2012-07-19-111726...
Removing old files ...
Unpacking Oracle VM Manager 3.1.1.365
Refresh system-jazn-data.xml file ...
Redeploying Oracle VM Manager core container ...
Redeploying Oracle VM Manager console ...
Redeploying Oracle VM Manager help ...
Unpacking Oracle VM Manager OVM CLI Tool
Completed upgrade to 3.1.1.365 ...
Writing updated config in /u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/.config
Restart WebLogic ...
Stopping Oracle VM Manager                                 [  OK  ]
Starting Oracle VM Managernohup: ignoring input and redirecting stderr to stdout
                                                           [  OK  ]

OVM Manager upgrade finished on Thu Jul 19 11:18:57 CEST 2012

Once installation is completed login to your VM Manager and everything should be back as normal and if you go to Help -> About you will see:


Oracle VM Manager
Version: 3.1.1.365
Build: 20120615_365

That's all!!