R12.2

[rajeev]

Hi Erman,

Congrats for achieving the top 60 Oracle blogs.Need your inputs here

According to https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26401_01/doc.122/e22954/T202991T531065.htm

prepare phase:3 methods for syncronization

Method 1 - Identify the patches that were applied to the run APPL_TOP and apply them to the patch APPL_TOP.-is the default and therefore does not need to be specified in the adop command:
Method 2 - Create a new patch file system by cloning the run file system using the fs_clone command.
Method 3 - Much faster than the other two methods, this delta synchronization method(this comes for delta 8)

The default delta-style (incremental) method of file system synchronization handles official patches but will not synchronize any manually applied customizations.

we are on R12.2.5 and delta 7.we never used adop_sync.drv to include custom directories but still all our custom forms/rdfs are being copied as part of prepare without any issues,This is incontrast to above notes.what type of sync is going on in our system.Need your expertise

Thanks,
Rajeev

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Hi Rajeev,

Thanks for the intro.

"we never used adop_sync.drv to include custom directories but still all our custom forms/rdfs are being copied as part of prepare without any issues"
How ?

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

maybe you have a rsync scheduled in crontab?
Did you check it?

[rajeev]

Thanks for the update.verified in crontab but no rsync is scheduled and our adop_sync.drv does nt include any custom folders.we are on delta 7.we have placed our custom folder under JAVA_TOP.I really wanted to know how this sync is happening

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

Who does these deployments?

During the deployment, He/or she might have copied the complied files to both filesystems, patch and run? Did you ask him or her?

[lawrence]

deployments are custom forms and reports,deployments are done only in run file system

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

interesting..
let me think.

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

can it be a result of fsclone?
Do you run it regularly?

[satish]

No we don't run fsclone regularly except when we abort patching cycle.what I thought was might be in delta 7 oracle might made some changes in code to copy customization as well during prepare,but not sure and need your input

[ErmanArslansOracleBlog]

As you say that you deploy your customization on the run fs only, then there should be an operation which may trigger a fs_clone operation.

Without fs clone and adop_sync (or a simiar extra operation) , the customizations that you do directly in run fs, can not be replicated to patch fs.. If there is a situation like this, I must say it is weird.

Anyways, do a test deployment (a little form or report) maybe, and see if it is replicated to patch fs automatically.. But as I say, this is not gonna happen.