WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 - Get Patch List with RESTful Management Services

Posted by Dirk Nachbar on Friday, September 08, 2017
Yesterday, I discovered a new field within the RESTful Management Services under serverRuntime - patchList.

This new field contains the list of applied patches to your Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 installation, so I thought, I will not longer need to access opatch lsinventory to retrieve the list of applied patches on my WebLogic Server installation ...

You can check the list of applied Patches with following URL call within a browser or just use a curl command:
http://<servername>:<port>/management/weblogic/latest/serverRuntime?links=none&fields=patchList


Now lets compare the above list with opatch lsinventory.

cd $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
./opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 13.9.2.0.0
Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.


Oracle Home       : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-wls-12.2.1.3.0
Central Inventory : /u00/app/oracle/oraInventory
   from           : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-wls-12.2.1.3.0/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 13.9.2.0.0
OUI version       : 13.9.2.0.0
Log file location : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-wls-12.2.1.3.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2017-09-08_12-48-42PM_1.log


OPatch detects the Middleware Home as "/u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-wls-12.2.1.3.0"

Lsinventory Output file location : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-wls-12.2.1.3.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2017-09-08_12-48-42PM.txt

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Local Machine Information::
Hostname: weblogic122130
ARU platform id: 226
ARU platform description:: Linux x86-64


Interim patches (4) :

Patch  26355633     : applied on Thu Aug 31 14:26:20 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21447583
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 1 Aug 2017, 21:40:20 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     26355633

Patch  26287183     : applied on Thu Aug 31 14:26:10 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21447582
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 1 Aug 2017, 21:41:27 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     26287183

Patch  26261906     : applied on Thu Aug 31 14:25:53 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21344506
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 12 Jun 2017, 23:36:08 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     25559137, 25232931, 24811916

Patch  26051289     : applied on Thu Aug 31 14:25:48 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21455037
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 31 Jul 2017, 22:11:57 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     26051289

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OPatch succeeded.
Looks so far so good. 4 applied Patches are reported with the RESTful Management Services URL access and the same 4 patches are reported with opatch lsinventory.

Now lets perform the same on an Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 (Infrastructure) hosting Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0.

RESTful Management Services access http://<servername>:<port>/management/weblogic/latest/serverRuntime?links=none&fields=patchList give me a list of 11 applied patches:


And now the usual crosschecking with opatch lsinventory

cd $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
./opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 13.9.2.0.0
Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.


Oracle Home       : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-fr-12.2.1.3.0
Central Inventory : /u00/app/oraInventory
   from           : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-fr-12.2.1.3.0/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 13.9.2.0.0
OUI version       : 13.9.2.0.0
Log file location : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-fr-12.2.1.3.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2017-09-08_13-16-42PM_1.log


OPatch detects the Middleware Home as "/u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-fr-12.2.1.3.0"

Lsinventory Output file location : /u00/app/oracle/product/fmw-fr-12.2.1.3.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2017-09-08_13-16-42PM.txt

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Local Machine Information::
Hostname: fr122130
ARU platform id: 226
ARU platform description:: Linux x86-64


Interim patches (14) :

Patch  26248143     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:47:48 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21362003
   Created on 26 Jun 2017, 11:23:19 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     26248143
   This patch overlays patches:
     24732082
   This patch needs patches:
     24732082
   as prerequisites

Patch  25549931     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:46:55 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21137755
   Created on 20 Apr 2017, 02:55:44 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     25549931

Patch  24737021     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:46:08 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21289586
   Created on 22 May 2017, 04:19:02 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     24737021

Patch  22754279     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:45:25 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  20383951
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 9 Jul 2016, 00:36:58 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     22754279

Patch  21663638     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:44:30 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  20477024
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 31 Aug 2016, 21:01:13 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     21663638

Patch  19795066     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:43:29 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  19149348
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 16 Jul 2015, 15:51:43 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     19795066

Patch  19632480     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:42:49 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  19278519
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 25 Aug 2015, 07:19:43 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     19632480

Patch  19154304     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:42:13 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  19278518
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 25 Aug 2015, 07:10:13 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     19154304

Patch  19030178     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:41:36 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  19234068
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 4 Aug 2015, 05:40:22 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     19030178

Patch  24732082     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:41:00 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  20904347
Patch description:  "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.170117 (24732082)"
   Created on 21 Dec 2016, 07:15:01 hrs PST8PDT
Sub-patch  24006101; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.161018 (24006101)"
Sub-patch  23054246; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.160719 (23054246)"
Sub-patch  22291127; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.160419 (22291127)"
Sub-patch  21948354; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.160119 (21948354)"
Sub-patch  21359755; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.5 (21359755)"
Sub-patch  20831110; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.4 (20831110)"
Sub-patch  20299023; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.3 (20299023)"
Sub-patch  19769480; "Database Patch Set Update : 12.1.0.2.2 (19769480)"
   Bugs fixed:
     19309466, 19902195, 18250893, 21172913, 17655240, 21266085, 19028800
. . .
. . .
. . .
     21294938, 20898997, 18510194, 19534363, 19188927

Patch  26355633     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:33:37 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21447583
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 1 Aug 2017, 21:40:20 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     26355633

Patch  26287183     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:33:24 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21447582
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 1 Aug 2017, 21:41:27 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     26287183

Patch  26261906     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:33:03 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21344506
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 12 Jun 2017, 23:36:08 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     25559137, 25232931, 24811916

Patch  26051289     : applied on Fri Sep 01 13:32:56 CEST 2017
Unique Patch ID:  21455037
Patch description:  "One-off"
   Created on 31 Jul 2017, 22:11:57 hrs UTC
   Bugs fixed:
     26051289

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OPatch succeeded.

Unfortunately opatch lsinventory reports me 14 applied patches on my environment while the RESTful Management Services reports only 11 patches :-(

Seems that there is a small unexpected feature (some people would call it a bug ...) within the WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 Infrastructure version. I have already started a SR with Oracle about that, lets see what will be the result ..

So summing up, its a really nice enhancement to retrieve your applied patches via a simple URL call or curl command, but be careful depending on your version of the WebLogic Server (Generic or Infrastructure) you might not see the correct list.