GOLD Image Creation IN OEM

 

🛠️ GOLD Image Creation 

Creating a standardized GOLD image for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Database binaries is essential for maintaining consistency, simplifying patching, and ensuring compliance across production environments. This guide walks you through the process of setting up and generating a GOLD image using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) on the GCP production server (OEM Server).

✅ Prerequisites

🖥️ Environment Setup

  • Login Server: OEM Server

  • Source Database Server: Test DB Server

  • Oracle Version: 19.22

  • Target Requirement: Database must be patched with version 19.22 before proceeding.

🔐 Credential Creation

In the OEM Console, create the following credentials:

  1. Normal Credential

    • Name: V2V_ORACLE_VM_LOGIN

    • User: oracle

  2. Privilege Credential

    • Name: GLOBAL_SUDO_TO_ROOT_VIA_ORACLE

    • User: oracle with sudo privileges to root

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🖼️ OEM Console → Setup → Security → Named Credentials
👉 Show creation screen of both credentials

📁 Step 1: Prepare Directories on Source DB Server

On the source server geetldbpl01, execute:

bash
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mkdir -p /ora01/app/dispatch
mkdir -p /ora01/app/stage

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🖼️ Terminal session showing directory creation

🧾 Step 2: Create Parameter and Input Files

Login to the GCO prod server (OEM Server) as oracle user.

🔧 Create a Working Directory

bash
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mkdir FPP
cd FPP

✍️ Create Parameter Files

bash
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vi grid1922_image.txt
vi DB1922_image.txt
chmod 755 *.txt

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🖼️ Terminal window showing ls -lrt of FPP directory after file creation

✍️ Create Input Deployment Files

bash
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vi input_deploy_grid1922.txt
vi input_deploy_db1922.txt
chmod 755 *.txt

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🖼️ Final file listing with permissions shown via ls -lrt

📄 Step 3: Parameter File Contents

grid1922_image.txt

ini
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IMAGE_NAME=GRID922
IMAGE_DESCRIPTION=GRID PSU
REF_TARGET_NAME=OraHome1_4_Test DB Server_8731
IMAGE_SWLIB_LOC=FPPGIMAGE/GRID_1922
STORAGE_TYPE_FOR_SWLIB=OmsShared
STORAGE_NAME_FOR_SWLIB=default_loc
REF_GI_CREDENTIALS=V2V_ORACLE_VM_LOGIN:SYSMAN
REF_HOST_ROOT_CREDENTIALS=GLOBAL_SUDO_TO_ROOT_VIA_ORACLE:SYSMAN
WORKING_DIRECTORY=/ora01/app/stage
VERSION_NAME=19.22

DB1922_image.txt

ini
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IMAGE_NAME=DB1922
IMAGE_DESCRIPTION=DB PSU
REF_TARGET_NAME=OraHome2_5_Test DB Server_6713
IMAGE_SWLIB_LOC=FPPGIMAGE/DB_922
STORAGE_TYPE_FOR_SWLIB=OmsShared
STORAGE_NAME_FOR_SWLIB=default_loc
REF_HOST_CREDENTIALS=V2V_ORACLE_VM_LOGIN:SYSMAN
REF_HOST_ROOT_CREDENTIALS=GLOBAL_SUDO_TO_ROOT_VIA_ORACLE:SYSMAN
WORKING_DIRECTORY=/ora01/app/stage
VERSION_NAME=19.22

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🖼️ Terminal output showing contents using cat grid1922_image.txt and cat DB1922_image.txt

🖥️ Step 4: OEM Console – Create FPP Image Directory

  1. Login to OEM Console.

  2. Navigate to Enterprise → Provisioning and Patching → Software Library.

  3. Create a new directory:

    • Path: FPPGIMAGE

    • Structure: Subdirectories for GRID_1922 and DB_922

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🖼️ OEM Console view showing creation of directories in Software Library

🚀 Step 5: Initiate GOLD Image Creation

  • Use the OEM’s image creation workflow.

  • Select the parameter files grid1922_image.txt and DB1922_image.txt.

  • Choose the respective credentials.

  • Confirm all validations and begin the creation process.

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🖼️ OEM screen during image creation wizard showing parameter file inputs

🧩 Summary Checklist

Task

Description

Status

Patch source DB to 19.22

Ensure DB is updated

✅

Create required directories

On source server

✅

Create credentials in OEM

V2V_ORACLE_VM_LOGIN, GLOBAL_SUDO_TO_ROOT_VIA_ORACLE

✅

Build parameter/input files

Use provided formats

✅

Setup Software Library

Create FPPGIMAGE in OEM

✅

Launch Image Creation

From OEM Console

✅



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