Which three are true about Rapid Home Provisioning of Oracle software? (Choose three.)

Question

Options

• AIt can be used only on nodes with Oracle Grid Infrastructure installed.
• BIt can be used to patch existing Oracle software installations.
• CIt can be used to create templates of Oracle homes as gold images of only Oracle databases.
• DIt can be used to deploy new homes without disrupting active databases.
• EIt can be used to create a single-instance Oracle Database in an already-installed Oracle home.
• FIt can be used to upgrade only single-instance databases running on Oracle Restart.

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  76% (35)
• C
  4% (2)
• F
  13% (6)

Explanation

Rapid Home Provisioning (RHP) is a fleet-management feature that lets DBAs provision, patch, and upgrade Oracle software homes across many servers with minimal disruption. B is correct because RHP is explicitly designed to patch existing Oracle software installations by provisioning a patched gold image and switching targets to it. D is correct because RHP enables workload-aware deployment - it can move active workloads off an old home before switching, leaving running databases uninterrupted. E is correct because RHP supports creating a new single-instance database within an already-provisioned Oracle home, not just provisioning the home itself.

Why the distractors fail: A is wrong because RHP targets do not require Oracle Grid Infrastructure - it can provision to standalone (Oracle Restart) nodes as well; only the RHP server itself runs on a GI cluster. C is wrong because gold images apply to any Oracle software home (Grid Infrastructure, Database, etc.), not exclusively to Oracle Database. F is wrong because RHP can upgrade both single-instance and Oracle RAC databases - it is not restricted to Oracle Restart environments.

Memory tip: Think of RHP as a "home delivery service" - it delivers (deploy new homes, D), refreshes (patch existing installs, B), and sets up (create a database in a home, E); it is not limited to GI-only nodes or Oracle Database-only images, and it handles RAC upgrades just as well as single-instance.

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