Applying SOA Bundle Patch

Description: Demonstrates how to apply a SOA bundle patch in general. As as example, this post shows applying SOA Bundle Patch 11.1.1.9.160119 (Patch 22469374) on top of base SOA 11.1.1.9.0.

References:
Oracle Support - SOA 11g and 12c: Bundle Patch Reference (Doc ID 1485949.1) \

1. Shutdown all WebLogic servers (e.g. Admin Server, SOA).

2. Download the specific SOA Bundle Patch from Oracle Support.

# Example
Patch Name: 22469374
Description: SOA Bundle Patch 11.1.1.9.160119(ID:151224.1926)
File: p22469374_111190_Generic.zip

3. Extract the SOA Bundle Patch.

# Unzip .zip file
unzip p22469374_111190_Generic.zip

4. Apply patch to SOA home via OPatch.

# Set ORACLE_HOME to SOA home directory
export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_SOA1

# Set SOA OPatch to Path
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$PATH

# Navigate inside patch and apply
cd 22469374
opatch apply


# Verify patch is applied
opatch lsinventory


5. Apply patch to Oracle Common home via OPatch.

# Set ORACLE_HOME to Oracle Common home directory
export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common

# Set Oracle Common OPatch to Path
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch:$PATH

# Navigate inside patch and apply
cd 22469374
opatch apply


# Verify patch is applied
opatch lsinventory


6. Start up the servers.