It is possible to run the upgrade either in GUI mode or silent mode using the softwareOnlyWithPlugins_upgrade.rsp extracted from the installers (refer KB621611). In this case the GUI was chosen. The 24ai installer requires considerable amount of temporary space. Usually taken from /tmp location. If there is not enough space then in the default location give an alertnative location as tmp. To start the binary installation execute the following
./em13500_linux64.bin -Djava.io.tmpdir=/opt/tmpThis will open the GUI. Select upgrade existing EM and under it select the option upgrade software only and configure later.
Skip the software update download.
The upgrade is done on a RHEL8 (4.18.0-553) but OUI is checking for UEK 5.4. This failure is ignoreable.
Give new locations for 24ai.
Give repository DB connection details
Ensure following DB pre-req succeeds.
Upgrade will take care of some plugin by upgrading or migrating them depending on availability.
Review Space and install location.
Click the upgrade button to begin the upgrade.
When the upgrade completes run the allroot.sh.
# /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/allroot.sh Starting to execute allroot.sh ......... Starting to execute /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/root.sh ...... Check /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/install/root_ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal_2026-01-27_13-32-17-025234174.log for the output of root script Finished execution of /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/root.sh ...... Starting to execute /opt/company/app/software/em/agent24/agent_24.1.0.0.0/root.sh ...... Finished product-specific root actions. /etc exist /opt/company/app/software/em/agent24/agent_24.1.0.0.0 Finished execution of /opt/company/app/software/em/agent24/agent_24.1.0.0.0/root.sh ......Once the allroot.sh is run click the OK button. This will complete the install of binaries and give instructions on the next step which is to configure the setup but do not run the ConfigureGC.sh until the binaries are patched. Click the close button and commence the patching.
Update the OMSpatcher before the patchnig (refer KB371380). Current patch level (before the 24RU patch applied)
opatch lspatches 37103277;FMW Thirdparty Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.240925 37096063;OSS 19C BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.241001 37035947;OWSM BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240908 37028738;ADF BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240905 36964687;WebCenter Core Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.240819 36851321;RDA release 24.4-20241015 for OFM 12.2.1.4 SPB 36789759;FMW PLATFORM BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240812 36316422;OPSS Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.240220 34065178;One-off 30152128;One-off 26626168;One-off 1221423;Coherence Cumulative Patch 12.2.1.4.23 37033394;OHS (NATIVE) DB19C BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240906 36615359;DATABASE RELEASE UPDATE 19.24.0.0.0 FOR FMW DBCLIENT 34809489;One-off 37087476;WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.2.1.4.240922 35965629;ADR FOR WEBLOGIC SERVER 12.2.1.4.0 CPU JAN 2024Analyze the patch
$ omspatcher apply -analyze -bitonly -silent
OMSPatcher Automation Tool
Copyright (c) 2024, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
OMSPatcher version : 13.9.24.9.0
OUI version : 13.9.4.0.0
Running from : /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home
Log file location : /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/opatch2026-01-27_15-17-25PM_1.log
OMSPatcher log file: /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/38532004/omspatcher_2026-01-27_15-18-00PM_analyze.log
WARNING: OMSPatcher has been invoked with bitonly option but the System patch provided has deployment metadata.
Invocation in bitonly mode will prevent OMSPatcher from deploying artifacts.
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
Y (auto-answered by -silent)
User Responded with: Y
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527741 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527764 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527785 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527758 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527802 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527828 passed.
Running apply prerequisite checks for sub-patch(es) "38527741,38527764,38527785,38527758,38527802" and Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home"...
Sub-patch(es) "38527741,38527764,38527785,38527758,38527802" are successfully analyzed for Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home"
Running apply prerequisite checks for sub-patch(es) "38527828" and Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/ext_oms_home"...
Sub-patch(es) "38527828" are successfully analyzed for Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/ext_oms_home"
Complete Summary
================
All log file names referenced below can be accessed from the directory "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/2026-01-27_15-17-25PM_SystemPatch_38532004_1"
Prerequisites analysis summary:
-------------------------------
The following sub-patch(es) are applicable:
Featureset Sub-patches Log file
---------- ----------- --------
oracle.sysman.top.oms 38527741,38527764,38527785,38527758,38527802 38527741,38527764,38527785,38527758,38527802_opatch2026-01-27_15-19-04PM_2.log
oracle.sysman.top.zdt 38527828 38527828_opatch2026-01-27_15-21-08PM_2.log
The following sub-patches are not needed by any component installed in the OMS system:
38527775,38527794,38527769,37616371,38527807,37990627
The following sub-patches are already applied to the OMS system:
38154809
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following warnings have occurred during OPatch execution:
1) OMSPatcher has been invoked with bitonly option but the System patch provided has deployment metadata.
Invocation in bitonly mode will prevent OMSPatcher from deploying artifacts.
2) Sub-patch "38154809" skipped as it is already been applied to the "OMS" system.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log file location: /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/38532004/omspatcher_2026-01-27_15-18-00PM_analyze.log
OMSPatcher succeeded.Apply the patch
$ omspatcher apply -bitonly -silent
OMSPatcher Automation Tool
Copyright (c) 2024, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
OMSPatcher version : 13.9.24.9.0
OUI version : 13.9.4.0.0
Running from : /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home
Log file location : /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/opatch2026-01-27_15-22-47PM_1.log
OMSPatcher log file: /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/38532004/omspatcher_2026-01-27_15-23-20PM_apply.log
WARNING: OMSPatcher has been invoked with bitonly option but the System patch provided has deployment metadata.
Invocation in bitonly mode will prevent OMSPatcher from deploying artifacts.
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
Y (auto-answered by -silent)
User Responded with: Y
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527741 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527764 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527785 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527758 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527802 passed.
Prereq "checkComponents" for patch 38527828 passed.
Running apply prerequisite checks for sub-patch(es) "38527741,38527764,38527785,38527758,38527802" and Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home"...
Sub-patch(es) "38527741,38527764,38527785,38527758,38527802" are successfully analyzed for Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home"
Running apply prerequisite checks for sub-patch(es) "38527828" and Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/ext_oms_home"...
Sub-patch(es) "38527828" are successfully analyzed for Oracle Home "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/ext_oms_home"
To continue, OMSPatcher will do the following:
[Patch and deploy artifacts] :
Do you want to proceed? [y|n]
Y (auto-answered by -silent)
User Responded with: Y
Applying sub-patch(es) "38527741,38527758,38527764,38527785,38527802"
Properties file /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/sysman/config/emInstanceMapping.properties not found. Exiting.
Properties file /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/sysman/config/emInstanceMapping.properties not found. Exiting.
Coping /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/oracle_common/modules/oracle.pki/oraclepki.jar,/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/oracle_common/modules/oracle.osdt/osdt_core.jar,/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/oracle_common/modules/oracle.osdt/osdt_cert.jar to /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/oui/em
Properties file /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/sysman/config/emInstanceMapping.properties not found. Exiting.
Failed to move file to deployed locationProperties file /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/sysman/config/emInstanceMapping.properties not found. Exiting.
Failed to move file to deployed locationProperties file /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/sysman/config/emInstanceMapping.properties not found. Exiting.
Properties file /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/sysman/config/emInstanceMapping.properties or cumulative mapping files /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/install/deploy_library_mapping.txt_delta or /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/install/undeploy_library_mapping.txt_delta not found. Exiting.
Please monitor log file: /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2026-01-27_15-26-34PM_3.log
Applying sub-patch(es) "38527828"
Please monitor log file: /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/ext_oms_home/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2026-01-27_15-30-06PM_4.log
Complete Summary
================
All log file names referenced below can be accessed from the directory "/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/2026-01-27_15-22-47PM_SystemPatch_38532004_1"
Patching summary:
-----------------
Binaries of the following sub-patch(es) have been applied successfully:
Featureset Sub-patches Log file
---------- ----------- --------
oracle.sysman.top.zdt_24.1.0.0.0 38527828 38527828_opatch2026-01-27_15-30-06PM_4.log
oracle.sysman.top.oms_24.1.0.0.0 38527741,38527758,38527764,38527785,38527802 38527741,38527758,38527764,38527785,38527802_opatch2026-01-27_15-26-34PM_3.log
The following sub-patches are not needed by any component installed in the OMS system:
38527775,38527794,38527769,37616371,38527807,37990627
The following sub-patches are already applied to the OMS system:
38154809
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following warnings have occurred during OPatch execution:
1) OMSPatcher has been invoked with bitonly option but the System patch provided has deployment metadata.
Invocation in bitonly mode will prevent OMSPatcher from deploying artifacts.
2) Sub-patch "38154809" skipped as it is already been applied to the "OMS" system.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log file location: /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/oms_home/cfgtoollogs/omspatcher/38532004/omspatcher_2026-01-27_15-23-20PM_apply.logPatches after the RU apply
opatch lspatches 38527802;Oracle Enterprise Manager for Systems Infrastructure 24ai Release 1 Plug-in Update 7 (24.1.1.7) for Oracle Management Service 38527785;Oracle Enterprise Manager for Exadata 24ai Release 1 Plug-in Update 7 (24.1.1.7) for Oracle Management Service 38527764;Oracle Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database 24ai Release 1 Plug-in Update 7 (24.1.1.7) for Oracle Management Service 38527758;Oracle Enterprise Manager for Fusion Middleware 24ai Release 1 Plug-in Update 7 (24.1.1.7) for Oracle Management Service 38527741;Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Platform Update 7 (24.1.0.7) for Oracle Management Service 38154809;Oracle Enterprise Manager for Cloud Framework 24ai Release 1 Plug-in Update 5 (24.1.1.5) for Oracle Management Service 37103277;FMW Thirdparty Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.240925 37096063;OSS 19C BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.241001 37035947;OWSM BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240908 37028738;ADF BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240905 36964687;WebCenter Core Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.240819 36851321;RDA release 24.4-20241015 for OFM 12.2.1.4 SPB 36789759;FMW PLATFORM BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240812 36316422;OPSS Bundle Patch 12.2.1.4.240220 34065178;One-off 30152128;One-off 26626168;One-off 1221423;Coherence Cumulative Patch 12.2.1.4.23 37033394;OHS (NATIVE) DB19C BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.240906 36615359;DATABASE RELEASE UPDATE 19.24.0.0.0 FOR FMW DBCLIENT 34809489;One-off 37087476;WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.2.1.4.240922 35965629;ADR FOR WEBLOGIC SERVER 12.2.1.4.0 CPU JAN 2024
Before running ConfigureGC.sh add a datafile to mgmt_tablespace tablespace. During the upgrade this went beyond 32GB. Upgrade will hang until space is added. Secondly if sysman login was disabled with
UPDATE MGMT_CREATED_USERS SET SYSTEM_USER='-1' WHERE user_name='SYSMAN'then enable it with
UPDATE MGMT_CREATED_USERS SET SYSTEM_USER='1' WHERE user_name='SYSMAN'Refer EMCC security guide for more on this. Stop OMS and agent and run the configureGC.sh.
emctl stop oms -all emctl stop agent $ $ORACLE_HOME/sysman/install/ConfigureGC.shSelect upgrade existing system
At this stage the DB modification will happen as such its a good idea to have a backup of the DB if one wasn't done before.
New to 24ai is that upgrades could be done with non-Sys user as well. In this case sys user was selected for upgrade.
As mentioned earlier for the PDB which is inheriting memory parameters from CDB the following warnings could be ignored.
The extend weblogic server domain step comes pre-populated with server,port and the weblgoic user names. Enter the password for the user and the base location.
The port configuration will come pre-populated with existing ports used for configuration.
Review and click configure button.
Configuration assitants show the progress of each step
At the end of the configuration the finish page shows the EM URL and port along with admin service information.
The OMS will be up and running.
emctl status oms Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Copyright (c) 1996, 2024 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. WebTier is Up Oracle Management Server is Up JVMD Engine is Up [oracle@ip-172-31-8-174 ~]$ emctl status oms -details Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Copyright (c) 1996, 2024 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Console Server Host : ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal HTTP Console Port : 7788 HTTPS Console Port : 7803 HTTP Upload Port : 4889 HTTPS Upload Port : 4903 EM Instance Home : /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/gc_inst/em/EMGC_OMS1 OMS Log Directory Location : /opt/company/app/software/em/middleware24/gc_inst/em/EMGC_OMS1/sysman/log OMS is not configured with SLB or virtual hostname Agent Upload is locked. OMS Console is locked. Active CA ID: 1 Console URL: https://ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal:7803/em Upload URL: https://ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal:4903/empbs/upload WLS Domain Information Domain Name : GCDomain Admin Server Host : ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal Admin Server HTTPS Port: 7102 Admin Server is RUNNING Extended Domain Name : EMExtDomain1 Extended Admin Server Host : ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal Extended Admin Server HTTPS Port: 7026 Extended Admin Server is RUNNING Oracle Management Server Information Managed Server Instance Name: EMGC_OMS1 Oracle Management Server Instance Host: ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal WebTier is Up Oracle Management Server is Up JVMD Engine is UpThe EM key will be secured
emctl status emkey Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Copyright (c) 1996, 2024 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Enter Enterprise Manager Root (SYSMAN) Password : The EMKey is configured properly.Agent is also upgraded 24ai and will be up and running.
emctl status agent Oracle Enterprise Manager 24ai Release 1 Copyright (c) 1996, 2024 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------- Agent Version : 24.1.0.0.0 OMS Version : 24.1.0.0.0 Protocol Version : 12.1.0.1.0 Agent Home : /opt/company/app/software/em/agent24/agent_inst Agent Log Directory : /opt/company/app/software/em/agent24/agent_inst/sysman/log Agent Binaries : /opt/company/app/software/em/agent24/agent_24.1.0.0.0 Core JAR Location : /opt/company/app/software/em/agent24/agent_24.1.0.0.0/jlib Agent Process ID : 449292 Parent Process ID : 449240 Agent URL : https://ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal:3872/emd/main/ Local Agent URL in NAT : https://ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal:3872/emd/main/ Repository URL : https://ip-172-31-8-174.eu-west-1.compute.internal:4903/empbs/upload Started at : 2026-01-27 17:33:37 Started by user : oracle Operating System : Linux version 4.18.0-553.84.1.el8_10.x86_64 (amd64) Number of Targets : 50 Last Reload : (none) Last successful upload : 2026-01-27 17:39:46 Last attempted upload : 2026-01-27 17:39:46 Total Megabytes of XML files uploaded so far : 0.52 Number of XML files pending upload : 0 Size of XML files pending upload(MB) : 0 Available disk space on upload filesystem : 8.58% Collection Status : Collections enabled Heartbeat Status : Ok Last attempted heartbeat to OMS : 2026-01-27 17:43:06 Last successful heartbeat to OMS : 2026-01-27 17:43:06 Next scheduled heartbeat to OMS : 2026-01-27 17:44:06 --------------------------------------------------------------- Agent is Running and ReadyHowever agent will have to be patched with relevant RU for agent. As it won't have those patches. Below output shows the patches on agent.
opatch lspatches 37121017;Non System patch Tracking bug to repackage 19.24 version of UCP patch as 24.1 EM Agent patch 37121014;Non System patch Tracking bug to repackage 19.24 version of JDBC patch as 24.1 EM Agent patch 37096063;OSS 19C BUNDLE PATCH 12.2.1.4.241001 37087476;WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.2.1.4.240922 OPatch succeeded.If password verification function was set to null set it back to original value.
Login to the upgraded 24ai EMCC.
To remove the old 13.5 middleware home verify no processes are running out of it and detach it from inventory.
ps ax | grep /middleware/ echo $ORACLE_HOME /opt/xxx/app/software/em/middleware $ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin/detachHome.sh -silent ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME Launcher log file is /opt/tmp/OraInstall2026-01-27_05-50-49PM/launcher2026-01-27_05-50-49PM.log. Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 4095 MB Passed Checking if this platform requires a 64-bit JVM. Actual 64 Passed (-d64 flag is not required) detachHome failed. The log(s) can be found here: /opt/tmp/OraInstall2026-01-27_05-50-49PM.Though message says detachment fails the inventory.xml says the old home has been rmeoved.
more /opt/xxx/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml
...
<HOME_LIST>
<HOME NAME="oms13c1" LOC="/opt/company/app/software/em/middleware" TYPE="O" IDX="3" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME_LISTgt;
Oracle documentation also states to detach oracle_common directory$ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin/detachHome.sh -silent ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME/oracle_commonBut as there's no such entry in the inventory this fails and could be ignored.
Once detached from oracle inventory the old middleware home and instance base location could be removed.
ls agent gc_inst gc_inst135 middleware middleware135 swlib rm -rf middleware gc_inst ls agent gc_inst135 middleware135 swlibThe next post will show how to upgrade the central agent to 24.1.
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Useful KB docs
(KB315275) EM 24ai: How to Upgrade OEM from 13.5 to 24.1
(KB371380) EM 24ai: How To Upgrade Enterprise Manager 24.1 OMSPatcher Utility to the Latest Version
(KB621611) EM 24ai: How to Upgrade OEM from 13.5 to 24.1 Using Silent Method
