Which two are true about Rapid Home Provisioning (RHP), which has been available since Orcale 18c? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• AIt is an Oracle Database service
• BIt cannot be used to upgrade Oracle Database homes.
• CIt can be used to provision applications.
• DIt can be used to patch Grid Infrastructure homes containing Oracle Restart.
• EIt can be used to provision middleware.

• A
  3% (1)
• C
  93% (27)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Rapid Home Provisioning (RHP) is a Grid Infrastructure feature - not an Oracle Database service - designed to manage software homes at scale across a fleet of servers. Options C and E are correct because RHP's scope extends beyond just Oracle Database software; it can provision and patch applications and middleware homes in addition to Oracle software stacks, making it a general-purpose provisioning tool for standardized deployments.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is false - RHP is a component of Oracle Grid Infrastructure (Clusterware), not an Oracle Database service.
• B is false - RHP can upgrade Oracle Database homes; that is one of its primary use cases.
• D is false - this is a known limitation: RHP cannot patch Grid Infrastructure homes that contain Oracle Restart, because RHP itself depends on Grid Infrastructure being active; you cannot patch the infrastructure you are running on via RHP.

Memory tip: Think of RHP as a "fleet manager" that lives inside Grid Infrastructure and can reach outward to provision databases, apps, and middleware on remote targets - but it cannot patch its own foundation (GI/Oracle Restart). The correct answers (C, E) both involve things outside the Oracle DB/GI stack, which is the key pattern to remember.

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