Oracle : Backup of GI and RDBMS home before

patching
Note : Please test below steps in your lower environment before trying in
Production

Backup of GI and RDBMS home before patching

As root do it when DB instance/CRS is down :

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As root do it when DB instance/CRS is down :

1) For GRID Home :

[grid@server1 ~]$ cd /u01/app/grid/product

[grid@server1 product]$ ls -ltr
total 4
drwxr-x---. 75 root oinstall 4096 Feb 13 02:23 12102
[grid@server1 product]$ sudo su - root
cd /u01/app/grid/product
tar -czvf bkup_GI_home_12102.tar.gz ./12102

2) For RDBMS Home :

$ pwd
/u01/app/oracle/product
oracle@server1:ORCL:/u01/app/oracle/product>
$ ls -ltr
total 6222468
-rw-r--r--. 1 oracle oinstall 6371799040 Mar 25 23:59 12102_bkp.tar
drwxr-xr-x. 72 oracle oinstall 4096 Mar 26 03:13 12102
oracle@server1:ORCL:/u01/app/oracle/product> sudo su - root
cd /u01/app/oracle/product
tar -czvf bkup_rdbms_home_12102.tar.gz ./12102

3) For oraInventory :

/var/opt/grid/oraInventory

As root :

tar -czvf oraInventory_Jun27.tar.gz ./oraInventory

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Restore : If any issues and needs to restore RDBMS/GI home follow

below steps :
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As Root :

for GRID Home:

[root@server1 product]# pwd

/u01/app/grid/product

mv 12102 12102_old

tar zvxf bkup_GI_home_12102.tar.gz

For RDBMS Home :

[root@server1 product]# pwd

/u01/app/oracle/product

mv 12102 12102_old

tar zvxf bkup_rdbms_home_12102.tar.gz

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