Downloading the Latest Unified Assurance Software¶

When you install, upgrade, or update Oracle Communications Unified Assurance, you can download the latest Unified Assurance release package from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, and any applicable patches from My Oracle Support.

About Release Packages¶

Release packages are available on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud for major and minor release numbers. For example, in version 6.1.0.2.0, 6 is a major release number and 1 is a minor release number. The remaining three digits are patch release numbers.

Release package file names are in the following format:

V<part_number>.zip

They contain the RPM file and all of the package and definition files for the release.

About Patch Packages¶

Patches are available on My Oracle Support. You often downloaded them as multiple zip files, with names in the following format:

p<patch_ID>.zip

where <patch_ID> is the patch part number, software version, platform, and patch segment number. For example, p12345678_61020_Linux-x86-64_1of4.zip.

Each of these zip files can contain multiple collection file segments that you must concatenate into a single collection file. The resulting collection file contains the RPM and all of the updated packages and definition files for the patch.

See Patches and Updates in My Oracle Support Help for more information about using My Oracle Support to find and download patches.

About Installing Releases with Patches¶

If there are no patches available for the release you are installing, you download the release package from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud and extract its contents on the primary presentation server. In multiserver environments, you copy the release RPM from the primary presentation server to all other servers in the environment.

If there are patches available for the release you are installing, you download both the release package from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud and the patch package from My Oracle Support and extract their contents on your primary presentation server. In multiserver environments, you copy the patch RPM from the primary presentation server to all other servers in the environment.

Downloading the Latest Release Package¶

In a browser, log in to Oracle Software Delivery Cloud:

https://edelivery.oracle.com
From the All Categories menu, select Download Package.
In the search bar, enter Oracle Communications Unified Assurance, and select it from the list that appears.
Add the download package for the latest version of Unified Assurance to your cart by clicking on it.
In the upper right, select Continue.
Review the information in the table and click Continue.
Review the terms and restrictions, select the confirmation, and click Continue.
Click the name of the zip file to download it.

Note

Alternatively, you can click Download to manage the download with Oracle Download Manager. This is useful if you are downloading multiple files.
If there is not an /install subdirectory under your home directory, create it. The default directory structure is:

/opt/install

The documentation refers to this directory as <installation_directory>.
Extract the contents of the release zip file to <installation_directory>:
```
unzip -d <installation_directory> V<part_number>.zip
```
If there are patches available for this release, proceed to Downloading the Latest Patch.

If there are no patches available for this release and this is a multiserver environment, copy the Assure1-<version_number>.el8.x86_64.rpm file to <installation_directory> on all other servers in the environment.

Downloading the Latest Patch¶

In a browser, log in to My Oracle Support:

https://support.oracle.com
Select the Patches & Updates tab.
Under Patch Search, select Product or Family (Advanced).
In Product, enter Oracle Communications Unified Assurance, and select it from the list that appears.
From the Release menu, select your release number.
Click Search.

The results page with all patches for your selected version appears.
Do one of the following:
- Select a row to view the readme, add the patch to a plan, or download the patch.
- Select a patch name to see more information about it. You can also see the readme, add the patch to a plan, or download the patch from the details page.
Click Download (either on the context menu in the Patch Search Results table, or on the Patch details page).

The File Download window appears. Most patches come in multiple files that you must download, extract, and concatenate.
Do one of the following:
- Click the names of each zip file to download them individually.
- Click Download All to download an Oracle Download Manager with all of the files.
When all of the files have finished downloading, extract them all to the same directory. Repeat the following for each patch file:
```
unzip p<patch_ID>.zip
```
Each patch part may contain multiple collection file segments.
When you have all of the patch part files extracted, concatenate the collection file segments into one zip file:
```
cat Oracle-Communications-Unified-Assurance-<patch_version_number>-el8.zip.part-* > Oracle-Communications-Unified-Assurance-<patch_version_number>-el8.zip
```
where <patch_version_number> is the version number for the patch.

Extract the concatenated collection file to <installation_directory>:

 unzip -d <installation_directory> Oracle-Communications-Unified-Assurance-<patch_version_number>-el8.zip

If this is a multiserver environment, copy the Assure1-<patch_version_number>.el8.x86_64.rpm file for the patch to <installation_directory> on all other servers in the environment.

Next Steps¶

After downloading release and patch packages on the primary presentation server and copying the RPM to all other servers in the environment, you are ready to install, upgrade, or update your servers.

For a fresh installation, see:

For an upgrade, see About Upgrading Unified Assurance.

For updating an existing installation to a patch, see Updating Unified Assurance.