Advice on Oracle Patches/Oracle Support

I'd like some advice here... I am of the opinion to NEVER apply an Oracle patch without getting direction to do so from Oracle Support to correct an existing issue. I have some colleagues who believe we should apply certain patches based on success they have had in other environments and do so without involving Oracle Support.
Can someone please offer some guidance here on what might be the best practice?
Thanks

Personally, it would depend on the "we" you're referring to and on the environment...
If you're an application vendor that knows that your product hits a particular bug relatively frequently or you've got home-grown apps that hit multiple databases in your organization that all hit a particular bug relatively frequently because of known similarities in architecture/ design/ implementation, I'd have no problems applying a patchset to all the systems. If you find that it's easier to maintain a bunch of different databases if they all run identical patchsets, I could also see that argument as potentially having some merit.
On the other hand, if you're talking to someone that wants to apply a patch because it solved a problem at some other site that may or may not resemble your site, I'd probably steer clear.
Justin

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Error while apply oracle patch 10.2.0.4

hi..
i am applying oracle patch 10.2.0.4 on my Production system , it generating error
E:\oracle\R3D\102\OPatch>opatch apply
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.2.0
Oracle interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.2.0
Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved..
Oracle Home       : e:\oracle\R3D\102
Central Inventory : C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
   from           : n/a
OPatch version    : 10.2.0.2.0
OUI version       : 10.2.0.2.0
OUI location      : e:\oracle\R3D\102\oui
Log file location : e:\oracle\R3D\102\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch-2009_Apr_29_13-3
5-37-PKT_Wed.log
ApplySession applying interim patch '7715057' to OH 'e:\oracle\R3D\102'
Apply Session failed: ApplySession failed to prepare the system. ApplySession: R
equired component(s) [ oracle.rdbms.rsf, 10.2.0.4.0 ] not present in the Oracle
Home or a higher version found.
System intact, OPatch will not attempt to restore the system
OPatch failed with error code = 73
plz guide me , how can i resolve that issue
Regards
Imran

Hi,
why people do not read even the web sites
to download the patches you fo to the page
http://service.sap.com/oracle-download
there it says:
ORACLE
General Information
This area in the SAP Support Portal is designed to download Oracle patchsets, patches, scripts etc. Information on how to download Oracle patches can be found in SAP Note 509314.
The answer to your question is on the mentioned note "[509314|http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/509314]"

Tuxedo 8.0 and Oracle patch 9.2.0.8

Hi,
We have installed Oracle patch 9.2.0.8 into UNIX machine. We are using Tuxedo for middleware that using an API Application through Tuxedo to provision onto Oracle database.
Since Oracle patch 9.2.0.8 installed, Tuxedo produced core file.
It has been mentioned by Oracle Metalink Doc ID 455832.1 that potentially because both server and client have to be in synch version. The Oracle patch has been installed on UNIX server for both
My question is that:
- Is there any Oracle client on Tuxedo (8.0) patch that need to be installed ?
- Or should we upgrade Tuxedo to later version, if yes which version that in synch with Oracle patch 9.2.0.8 ?
At the moment no workarround is applied.
Thank in advance for any info and help.
--Age

Hi Todd,
Thank you for your usefull answer. I will take this point with our application's vendor.
Do you know if we would like to upgrade to a higher version or best to the latest 10gR3, is there any contact Support that we can contact to get software kit (weblink for download etc.). I am not sure the license contract agreement of our company, in parallel I would like to know the procedure from your side (Oracle Tuxedo).
Regards,
--Age

How to find / get the list of oracle patches applied using SAPGUI

At OS Level as ora<SID> user from directory /usr/sap/<SID>/102_64/OPatch/opatch inventory command gives the output of applied oracle patches. How to find out form SAPGUI login the same information.
Thaanx in advance.
PR

Hi ,
You can execute few commands from SAP level, suppose for example if you don't have access to Operating system.But it will be executed under sidadm user.Opatch utility will executed under orasid user ( concerns if you have Unix flavour ) .
I have used this and it gives the result.
in SAP level ,
SE38 -
>program name RSBDCOS0 -
> execute -
>/oracle/<SID>/920_64/OPatch/opatch lsinventory
[1]/oracle/CWR/920_64/OPatch/opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 1.0.0.0.57
Copyright (c) 2007 Oracle Corporation. All Rights Reserved..
We recommend you refer to the OPatch documentation under
OPatch/docs for usage reference. We also recommend using
the latest OPatch version. For the latest OPatch version
and other support related issues, please refer to document
293369.1 which is viewable from metalink.oracle.com
Oracle Home           : /oracle/CWR/920_64
Oracle Home Inventory : /oracle/CWR/920_64/inventory
Central Inventory     : /oracle/CWR/oraInventory
   from               : /etc/oraInst.loc
OUI location          : /oracle/CWR/920_64/oui
OUI shared library    : /oracle/CWR/920_64/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so
Java location         : /oracle/CWR/920_64/jdk/jre/bin/java
Log file location     : /oracle/CWR/920_64/.patch_storage/<patch ID>/*.log
Creating log file "/oracle/CWR/920_64/.patch_storage/LsInventory__06-12-2008_12-33-47.log"
Result:
Installed Patch List:
=====================
1) Patch 6000096 applied on Thu Dec 20 14:19:51 CET 2007
      [ Base Bug(s): 5172444 3521347 3639130 5140931 4541524 4483286 5129407 5977665 5562159 ]
2) Patch 5530958 applied on Thu Dec 20 14:19:09 CET 2007
      [ Base Bug(s): 5530958 ]
3) Patch 5496862 applied on Thu Dec 20 14:18:10 CET 2007
      [ Base Bug(s): 5496862 ]
4) Patch 5369855 applied on Thu Dec 20 14:15:20 CET 2007
      [ Base Bug(s): 5369855 ]
5) Patch 4660718 applied on Thu Dec 20 14:14:26 CET 2007
      [ Base Bug(s): 4660718 ]
6) Patch 5901875 applied on Thu Dec 20 14:12:27 CET 2007
      [ Base Bug(s): 5901910 5490859 2701372 5901875 5491035 ]
OPatch succeeded.
if you need , you can change the directory using change directory option.

Oracle Patch 10.2.0.4 error - Windows Server 2008 x64

Hello!
Could you please give your comments if you have seen errors described below? It appeared during the Oracle Patch 10.2.0.4 installation in Windows Server 2008 x64.
*************installActions2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.log******************
Using paramFile: C:\ORACLE_Patch_10.2.0.4_Windows\WINDOWS_X86_64\p6810189_10204_MSWIN-x86-64\Disk1\install\oraparam.ini
Checking installer requirements...
Checking operating system version: must be 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 or 6.0. Actual 6.0
Passed
Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors. Actual 4294967296 Passed
All installer requirements met.
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C:\ORACLE_Patch_10.2.0.4_Windows\WINDOWS_X86_64\p6810189_10204_MSWIN-x86-64\Disk1\install\unzip -qqqo ../stage/Components/oracle.swd.jre/1.5.0.11.0/1/DataFiles/"*.jar" -d "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\OraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM"
The commandline for unzip:
C:\ORACLE_Patch_10.2.0.4_Windows\WINDOWS_X86_64\p6810189_10204_MSWIN-x86-64\Disk1\install\unzip -qqqo ..\stage\Components\oracle.swd.oui\10.2.0.4.0\1\DataFiles\/"*.jar" -d "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\OraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM"
The commandline for unzip:
C:\ORACLE_Patch_10.2.0.4_Windows\WINDOWS_X86_64\p6810189_10204_MSWIN-x86-64\Disk1\install\unzip -qqqo ..\stage\Components\oracle.swd.oui.core\10.2.0.4.0\1\DataFiles\/"*.jar" -d "C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\OraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM"
The number of files bootstrapped for the jre is 551.
The number of files bootstrapped for the oui is 71.INFO: Environment Variables:
INFO:      ORACLE_HOME =
INFO:      PATH = C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\SnapAPI\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis\SnapAPI\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\;H:\oracle\S50\102
INFO:      CLASSPATH =
INFO: Username:Administrator
INFO: Install area Control created with access level 1
INFO: Oracle Universal Installer version is 10.2.0.4.0
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INFO: Reader/Writer 'oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicGlobalContextXMLReaderWriter' was created.
INFO:
*** Welcome Page***
INFO: Initializing install inventory
INFO: Setting up install inventory
INFO:
*** Specify Source Location Page***
INFO: Initializing OUI Shiphome access setup
INFO: DefaultifyLangiages : Value of oracle.installer.defaultifyLanguages : false
INFO: fetch the file: C:\ORACLE_Patch_10.2.0.4_Windows\WINDOWS_X86_64\p6810189_10204_MSWIN-x86-64\Disk1\stage/shiphomeinfo.properties
INFO: Performing operation for OUI Shiphome access setup
INFO:
*** Select a Product to Install Page***
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INFO:
*** Select Installation Type Page***
INFO: Setting the 'InstallType ( DEP_MODE )' property to 'Custom'. Received the value from the default settings.
INFO: Setting the 'TopLevelInstallType ( TLDepModes )' property to 'Custom'. Received the value from the default settings.
INFO: install properties filename: C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\OraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM/oracle.patchset.db_Custom.properties
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*** Specify Home Details Page***
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INFO: Initializing OUI Oracle Home access setup
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INFO: DefaultifyLangiages : Value of oracle.installer.defaultifyLanguages : false
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INFO: Setting the PROD_HOME variable of 'oracle.sysman.ccr_10.2.7.1.0' to 'H:\oracle\S50\102/ccr'. Received the value from the variable calculation.
INFO: Setting the PROD_HOME variable of 'oracle.jdk_1.5.0.11.0' to 'H:\oracle\S50\102\jdk'. Received the value from the variable calculation.
INFO: Setting the PROD_HOME variable of 'oracle.swd.oui_10.2.0.4.0' to 'H:\oracle\S50\102\oui'. Received the value from the variable calculation.
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INFO: Setting the PROD_HOME variable of 'oracle.swd.opatch_10.2.0.4.0' to 'H:\oracle\S50\102\OPatch'. Received the value from the variable calculation.
INFO: Setting the PROD_HOME variable of 'oracle.swd.jre_1.5.0.11.0' to 'H:\oracle\S50\102\jre\1.5.0'. Received the value from the variable calculation.
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INFO:
*** Product-Specific Prerequisite Checks Page***
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INFO: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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INFO: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INFO: Prerequisite checks completed : Fri Aug 06 23:04:20 EEST 2010
INFO: oracle.ons Product Location: Empty path specified.
INFO: oracle.sysman.repository.db Product Location: Empty path specified.
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*** Language Selection Page***
INFO:
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INFO: Setting languages [fi, en] for patch 'Oracle Notification Service Patch 10.2.0.4.0 '
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SEVERE: Abnormal program termination. An internal error has occured. Please provide the following files to Oracle Support :
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs\installActions2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.log"
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs\oraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.err"
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs\oraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.out"
INFO: User Selected: Yes/OK
*************installActions2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.log******************
**************oraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.err***********************
Exception java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sysman/oii/oiix/OiixGeneralQueries occurred..
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/sysman/oii/oiix/OiixGeneralQueries
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     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisCompContext.doQuery(OiisCompContext.java:2498)
     at Patches.oracle.ons.v10_2_0_4_0.CompContext.getCalculatedValueObject_s_operatingSystem(Unknown Source)
     at Patches.oracle.ons.v10_2_0_4_0.CompContext.getCalculatedValueObject(Unknown Source)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisCompContext.getCalculatedValue(OiisCompContext.java:646)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisVariable.getCalculatedValue(OiisVariable.java:1477)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisVariable.setVariable(OiisVariable.java:2430)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisCompContext.doOperation(OiisCompContext.java:1093)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.OiifbLinearIterator.iterate(OiifbLinearIterator.java:147)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicCompsWizEngine.doOperation(OiicCompsWizEngine.java:202)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.OiifbLinearIterator.iterate(OiifbLinearIterator.java:147)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstallSession$OiicSelCompsInstall.doOperation(OiicInstallSession.java:3844)
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**************oraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.err***********************
***************oraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.out**************************
**************oraInstall2010-08-06_11-02-02PM.out*************************

A similar error is mentioned in MOS Doc 840965.1 (Upgrading Agent 10.2.0.3 To 10.2.0.4 Using OUI Is Failing With "Abnormal program termination") - not sure if the scenario and solution can help in your case.
HTH
Srini

Oracle To End Support for Java 7

No More Free Updates for Java 7 after April 2015
Users must sign long-term support deals or migrate to Java 8 to avoid 'enormous headache and disruption to millions of applications'
Public updates for Java 7 -- including bug and security fixes -- will end this month, a situation that one security advocate says could impact millions of applications.
"As outlined in the Oracle JDK [Java Development Kit] Support Roadmap, after April 2015, Oracle will not post further updates of Java SE [Standard Edition] 7 to its public download sites," Oracle's Java SE Support Roadmap states. "Customers who need continued access to critical bug fixes and security fixes as well as general maintenance for Java SE 7 or older versions can get long-term support through Oracle Java SE Support. The process of migrating users from Java 7 to Java 8 through the auto update feature is expected to take place after the January 2015 CPU release."
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Oracle released Java SE 7 in July 2011; Java SE 8 was released in March 2014. Java, particularly on the client side, has been beset by security issues in recent years. But Oracle has taken many steps to address the issues and stressed that most of the problems dated back several years, before Oracle took over Java from Sun in 2010.
Still, the impact of Oracle's cessation of public updates could be severe, an official at security firm Waratek, believes. Oracle's "rapid" end-of-life schedule for Java versions is great for innovation and language evolution, Waratek CTO John Matthew Holt said in an emailed statement. "However, there is a dangerous tradeoff; now millions of Java 7 applications will have to defend themselves against code-level vulnerabilities without the benefit of future fixes." Holt advocates either upgrades to Java 8 or use of Java Run-time Application Self Protection (RASP) technologies (Waratek is a RASP vendor).
This week's security update from Oracle, meanwhile, marks the "proverbial 'end of the road' for Java 7 application security, Holt said. "After today, the only version of the Java Platform which will receive public security updates is Java 8. This is huge news, and it is going to cause enormous headache and disruption to millions of application owners around the world."
Contacted Tuesday afternoon for a comment on the end of public updates for Java SE 7, by late evening Oracle had not yet responded.
The April 2015 Critical Patch Update released Tuesday by Oracle provides 98 new fixes for security issues across a wide range of product families, said Eric Maurice in an Oracle blog post. These range from Oracle Database to Oracle Fusion Middleware, Java SE, and MySQL. Fourteen of the security fixes are for Java SE.

Java 7 has already been dead for quite a while. While you could still use it for Java apps on your system, Apple blocked its use in browsers long ago. You have to install version 8 if you need Java support for the web.

OIap AW are Invalid after applying the Oracle patch 9.2.0.6

Hi
We have applied Oracle patch 9.2.0.6. after applied the patch we are not able to connect with AW might be all AW are invalid.
i am getting the following error :
ava.sql.SQLException: ORA-06521: PL/SQL: Error mapping function
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ORA-06512: at line 1
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at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.aw.SchemaNode.getChildren(SchemaNode.java:87)
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at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNodeModel.dTreeItemExpanding(BaseNodeModel.java:221)
at oracle.bali.ewt.dTree.DTreeDeferredParent.__fireExpansionChanging(Unknown Source)
at oracle.bali.ewt.dTree.DTreeDeferredParent.setExpanded(Unknown Source)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNode.expandHelper(BaseNode.java:1527)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNode.access$000(BaseNode.java:85)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNode$ExpansionThread.run(BaseNode.java:1488)
Any idea or thought would be appreciable.
Thanks
Anwar

Please file a TAR with support to resolve this issue.
Hope this helps,
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Olap AW Invalid after applying Oracle patch 9.0.2.6

Hi
We have applied Oracle patch 9.2.0.6. after applied the patch we are not able to connect with AW might be all AW are invalid.
i am getting the following error :
ava.sql.SQLException: ORA-06521: PL/SQL: Error mapping function
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_AW", line 18
ORA-06512: at line 1
at oracle.olap.awm.businessobject.aw.WorkspaceBO.getWorkspacesAttachedBySchemaUsingDML(WorkspaceBO.java:623)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.aw.SchemaNode.getChildren(SchemaNode.java:87)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNodeModel.refreshData(BaseNodeModel.java:74)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNodeModel.dTreeItemExpanding(BaseNodeModel.java:221)
at oracle.bali.ewt.dTree.DTreeDeferredParent.__fireExpansionChanging(Unknown Source)
at oracle.bali.ewt.dTree.DTreeDeferredParent.setExpanded(Unknown Source)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNode.expandHelper(BaseNode.java:1527)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNode.access$000(BaseNode.java:85)
at oracle.olap.awm.navigator.node.BaseNode$ExpansionThread.run(BaseNode.java:1488)
Any idea or thought would be appreciable.
Thanks
Anwar

Igor,
Since you've encountered undocumented errors, your repository upgrade has failed. You'll want to leave the repository as is for troublshooting, if at all possible, and log a TAR with support if you haven't already. They'll ask you to upload your upgrade log file and your upgrade tmp directory.
Regards

Oracle Patch Base and Parameter Maintenace for BO installations

SAP publishes a set of recommended Oracle Patches and Parameter settings for Oracle Database operation on all OLAP and OLTP systems. Do the bug patches and database parameter values recommended apply to Business Objects installations that leverage Oracle or are there different requirements for BO application installations which are configured to use an Oracle database? If so, where can I find the following information?
Alan

I would suggest to look the Support platforms documentation of your BOBJ version.
You can find this here http://service.sap.com/bosap-support
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Error when applying Oracle patch 10.2.0.3.0

I am on RedHat 4 ES
I have installed Oracle 10g 32 bit (10.2.0.1.0)
I did not created any database yet
I am trying install patch 10.2.0.3.0 (p5337014_10203_LINUX.zip)
Using ./runInstaller (was able to clik Next twice)
But get below error, wondering if anyone knows the fix for it, if not I will raise TAR with Oracle as the error suggests. Found nothing in m.link
==
SEVERE: Abnormal program termination. An internal error has occured. Please provide the following files to Oracle Support :
"/u01/oracle/product/oraInventory/logs/installActions2007-02-21_05-41-56PM.log"
"/u01/oracle/product/oraInventory/logs/oraInstall2007-02-21_05-41-56PM.err"
"/u01/oracle/product/oraInventory/logs/oraInstall2007-02-21_05-41-56PM.out"
INFO: User Selected: Yes/OK
=====
== /u01/oracle/product/oraInventory/logs/oraInstall2007-02-21_05-41-56PM.out ==
=====
<empty file>
=====
== /u01/oracle/product/oraInventory/logs/oraInstall2007-02-21_05-41-56PM.err ==
=====
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at oracle.sysman.oii.oiix.OiixJarClassLoader.loadClass(OiixJarClassLoader.java:729)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisCompJarLoader.loadCompContext(OiisCompJarLoader.java:862)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisCompJarLoader.loadCompContext(OiisCompJarLoader.java:845)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisCompInstallation.initContext(OiisCompInstallation.java:465)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiis.OiisCompInstallation.getContext(OiisCompInstallation.java:516)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifw.OiifwDepSetPlanWCCE.calcAdditions(OiifwDepSetPlanWCCE.java:970)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifw.OiifwDepSetPlanWCCE.initialize(OiifwDepSetPlanWCCE.java:365)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.OiifbCondIterator.iterate(OiifbCondIterator.java:152)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicDepWizEngine.doOperation(OiicDepWizEngine.java:424)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.

Could you share your solution, in case someone ever finds this thread looking for a solution for a similar problem?
Thanks in advance

Install the oracle patch with OPatch

Hi:
the error "ORA 3106" happened when the BW system was drawing out the
data from the CRM system . I found the note "1005758 - ORA 3106 in
Oracle 10.2.0.2",so I downloaded the oracle patch p5092134 and p6646850. I upgraded the opatch version to 10.2.0.2.5 and executed the
command "opatch apply " in the patch "6646850" folder, but the process
stopped at the phase "Backing up files affected by the patch '6646850'
for rollback. This might take a while...", why?

Hi:
    I had done with what you said,but .............,the log displayed:
epdev:orasm0 12> cd 6646850
epdev:orasm0 13> pwd
/data/oracle/SM0/102_64/6646850
epdev:orasm0 14> ls
README.html README.txt   custom       etc          files        patchmd.xml
epdev:orasm0 15> opatch apply
opatch: Command not found.
epdev:orasm0 16> ../OPatch/opatch apply
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.2.5
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.2.5
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home       : /oracle/SM0/102_64
Central Inventory : /oracle/oraInventory
   from           : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 10.2.0.2.5
OUI version       : 10.2.0.2.0
OUI location      : /oracle/SM0/102_64/oui
Log file location : /oracle/SM0/102_64/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2008-06-17_16-05
ApplySession applying interim patch '6646850' to OH '/oracle/SM0/102_64'
Running prerequisite checks...
Patch 6646850: Optional component(s) missing : [ oracle.sdo.companion, 10.2.0.2.on, 10.2.0.2.0 ] , [ oracle.isearch.server, 10.2.0.2.0 ]
OPatch detected non-cluster Oracle Home from the inventory and will patch the lo
Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on the local sy
(Oracle Home = '/oracle/SM0/102_64')
Is the local system ready for patching? [y|n]
y
User Responded with: Y
Backing up files and inventory (not for auto-rollback) for the Oracle Home
Backing up files affected by the patch '6646850' for restore. This might take a while...
The Oracle Configuration Manager is already installed. OPatch does nothing.
Do you wish to configure OCM at this time? (y/n)
n
User Responded with: N
Returning to CPU apply.
Backing up files affected by the patch '6646850' for rollback. This might take a while...
^CKilled
epdev:orasm0 17> pwd
/data/oracle/SM0/102_64/6646850
epdev:orasm0 18> ../OPatch/opatch apply
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.2.5
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.2.5
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home       : /oracle/SM0/102_64
Central Inventory : /oracle/oraInventory
   from           : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 10.2.0.2.5
OUI version       : 10.2.0.2.0
OUI location      : /oracle/SM0/102_64/oui
Log file location : /oracle/SM0/102_64/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2008-06-17_16-16-01PM.log
ApplySession applying interim patch '6646850' to OH '/oracle/SM0/102_64'
Running prerequisite checks...
Patch 6646850: Optional component(s) missing : [ oracle.sdo.companion, 10.2.0.2.0 ] , [ oracle.isearch.client, 10.2.0.2.0 ] , [ oracle.isearch.is_common, 10.2.0.2.0 ] , [ oracle.isearch.server, 10.2.0.2.0 ]
OPatch detected non-cluster Oracle Home from the inventory and will patch the local system only.
Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on the local system.
(Oracle Home = '/oracle/SM0/102_64')
Is the local system ready for patching? [y|n]
y
User Responded with: Y
Backing up files and inventory (not for auto-rollback) for the Oracle Home
Backing up files affected by the patch '6646850' for restore. This might take a while...
The Oracle Configuration Manager is already installed. OPatch does nothing.
Do you wish to configure OCM at this time? (y/n)
n
User Responded with: N
Returning to CPU apply.
Backing up files affected by the patch '6646850' for rollback. This might take a while...
/oracle/SM0/102_64/jdk/bin/java[3]: 8941768 Killed
OPatch failed with error code 137
epdev:orasm0 19> epdev:orasm0 19> epdev:orasm0 19>
epdev:orasm0 19>
epdev:orasm0 19> ../OPatch/opatch apply -force -silent
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.2.5
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.2.5
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home       : /oracle/SM0/102_64
Central Inventory : /oracle/oraInventory
   from           : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 10.2.0.2.5
OUI version       : 10.2.0.2.0
OUI location      : /oracle/SM0/102_64/oui
Log file location : /oracle/SM0/102_64/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2008-06-17_16-25
-39PM.log
ApplySession applying interim patch '6646850' to OH '/oracle/SM0/102_64'
Running prerequisite checks...
Patch 6646850: Optional component(s) missing : [ oracle.sdo.companion, 10.2.0.2.
0 ] , [ oracle.isearch.client, 10.2.0.2.0 ] , [ oracle.isearch.is_common, 10.2.0
.2.0 ] , [ oracle.isearch.server, 10.2.0.2.0 ]
OPatch detected non-cluster Oracle Home from the inventory and will patch the lo
cal system only.
Please shutdown Oracle instances running out of this ORACLE_HOME on the local sy
stem.
(Oracle Home = '/oracle/SM0/102_64')
Is the local system ready for patching? [y|n]
Y (auto-answered by -silent)
User Responded with: Y
Backing up files and inventory (not for auto-rollback) for the Oracle Home
Backing up files affected by the patch '6646850' for restore. This might take a
The Oracle Configuration Manager is already installed. OPatch does nothing.
The Oracle Configuration Manager has been installed as part of
the CPU installation. Prior to contacting Oracle Support, please
refer to http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/ocm.html
for answers to your questions.
Please complete the configuration of the Software by
invoking the command:
/oracle/SM0/102_64/ccr/bin/setupCCR
Backing up files affected by the patch '6646850' for rollback. This might take a

Where can i get oracle patch 8297200

hi,
where can i get oracle patch patch 8297200 for my oracle 11g?

Download it from
https://support.oracle.com
You need a CSI number to download this.
Regards
Rajesh

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