Opatch utility

Hi,
i want to practice to do patching the oracle using opatch utility.
How can i do this?if any options available for this
I have installed oracle10gR2 on rhel5 in my laptop for practice purpose .PLease help me...
Regards,
S.Mugunthan.

goto the below link:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B1930601/em.102/b16227/oui1_basics.htm#CIHGIJGJ_
Opatch
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OPatch is the Oracle database's Interim (one-off) Patch Installer.
If OPatch is not installed into your Oracle Home ($ORACLE_HOME/OPatch), you may need to download it from Metalink and install it yourself.
[edit] Syntax
Syntax and options can be displayed using the -help option:
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
$ opatch -help
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.2
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.2
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Usage: opatch [ -help ] [ -r[eport] ] [ command ]
            command := apply
                       lsinventory
                       napply
                       nrollback
                       rollback
                       query
                       version
                       prereq
                       util
<global_arguments> := -help       Displays the help message for the command.
                       -report     Print the actions without executing.
example:
   'opatch -help'
   'opatch apply -help'
   'opatch lsinventory -help'
   'opatch napply -help'
   'opatch nrollback -help'
   'opatch rollback -help'
   'opatch prereq -help'
   'opatch util -help'
OPatch succeeded.
[edit] Listing installed patches
All patches that are installed with Oracle's OPatch Utility can be listed by invoking the opatch command with the lsinventory option. Here is an example:
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
$ opatch lsinventory
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.1.0
Oracle interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.1.0
Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved..
Installed Top-level Products (1):
Oracle Database 10g                                           10.2.0.1.0
There are 1 products installed in this Oracle Home.
There are no Interim patches installed in this Oracle Home.
OPatch succeeded.

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Hi how to install opatch utility to the existing 9.2.0.1 database and how to upgrade to 9.2.0.6 using opatch.
Thanks,

First terminology:
patch - fix for some bug
patchset - collection of patches (many).
Opatch utility is only for applying patches not for patchests.
Btw specify OS for future.

How to use Opatch Utility

I am new to Oracle Opatch Utility and can't seen to find the correct information on Metalink or OTN. My database system contains Oracle 11g, version 11.1.0, running on Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server4.1
My questions are as follows:
1. Do you run Opatch as the Oracle user? or as root?
2. Are there any other environment variables besides the $ORACLE_HOME, that need to be set for Opatch to run properly?
3. When I run the command ". opatch lsinventory -detail" as the oracle user, the output scrolls off the screen, and when the command terminates, it exits from the Oracle connection. Is this a normal Opatch behavior?
Thanks in advance for any input on this subject.
Eduardo B.

You can check metalink doc
OPATCH FAQ
Doc ID: 242993.1
which should answer many of your questions.
you should run opatch as oracle user not root.
usually there's patch note if you need to run opatch. you just follow what's patch not suggested.
No, opatch lsinventory shouldn't close out the oracle OS user connection after run.
oracle %./opatch lsinventory
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.3.0
Oracle interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.3.0
Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved..
Oracle Home       : /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
Central Inventory : /oracle/app/oracle/oraInventory
   from           : /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 10.2.0.3.0
OUI version       : 10.2.0.3.0
OUI location      : /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/oui
Log file location : /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/
opatch/opatch2009-01-27_14-07-15PM.log
Lsinventory Output file location : /oracle/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/
db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2009-01-27_14-07-15PM.txt
Installed Top-level Products (2):
Oracle Database 10g                                             10.2.0.1.0
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 Patch Set 2                       10.2.0.3.0
There are 2 products installed in this Oracle Home.
Interim patches (2) :
Patch 5556081      : applied on Thu Mar 06 11:14:13 PST 2008
   Created on 9 Nov 2006, 22:20:50 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     5556081
Patch 5557962      : applied on Thu Mar 06 11:14:03 PST 2008
   Created on 9 Nov 2006, 23:23:06 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     4269423, 5557962, 5528974
OPatch succeeded.
oracle %

How to Patch on Windows (same as OPatch utility)???

Hi All,
I am applying a JDBC patch in oracle (using OPatch utility) with OS Sun SPARC... But I got an issue while applying the patch and oracle says that OPatch 10.2.0.4.3 has an internal bug..
My questions is How I can apply the same patch (it's paltform independent) in Windows OS ??
Do we need to use OPatch option or what's the altrenate utility to apply patch in windows??
Thanks a lot...

I am sure you need following steps.....I have struggled my way once... not tough though...
happy patching :)))
1) set oracle_home= < oracle home>
2) set PATH=<oracle home>\Opatch;%PATH%
3) run "opatch lsinventory" to know that everything is set properly
4) go to patch directory where you have extracted patch and run "opatch apply"

Install Opatch Utility 6880880

I try to apply Oracle interim patch released on March 2009. But the document syas that I have to use Opatch utility 10.2.0.4.3 or later. The current version on my DB server is 10.2.0.4.2. So I have to install Opatch Utility patch 6880880. In the README document, it says: " to install this patch, simply extract the file directly under the ORACLE_HOME". In my understanding, this Opatch utility is a java based program. As long as I extract zipped file under Oracle_Home, it will be ready to execute for Opatch usage. Am I right? Please confirm my thought and give me your advice. Thanks.

Do exactly as the document indicates and it should work correctly.

Doubt on opatch utility

I applied a patch which converted
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production
to
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.2.1 - Production
Now how I am using opatch lsinventory to list the patch applied
i get nothing in the log file generated
The log file look like this
reating log file "F:\oracle\ora92\.patch_storage\LsInventory__11-02-2006_11-38-41.log"
Accessing inventory ... (retry 10 times, delay 30 seconds each time)
Invoking command """C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.3.1\bin\java.exe" -classpath "C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\lib\OraInstaller.jar;C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\lib\srvm.jar;F:\oracle\ora92\OPatch\jlib\opatch.jar;;F:\oracle\ora92\jlib\share.jar " -Doracle.installer.invPtrLoc=N/A -Dopatch.retry=10 -Dopatch.delay=30 opatch/LsInventory "C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui" "f:\oracle\ora92" opatch.pl 1.0.0.0.55 FALSE""
Result:
OPatch succeeded.
Could some one plz tell me how to use opatch utility

Sir,
This what i get
C:\>perl F:\oracle\ora92\OPatch\opatch.pl -r lsinventory -all
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 1.0.0.0.55
Copyright (c) 2006 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 = F:\oracle\ora92
Location of Oracle Universal Installer components = C:\Program Files\Oracl
Location of OraInstaller.jar = "C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\lib"
Oracle Universal Installer shared library = C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\bi
2\oraInstaller.dll
Location of Oracle Inventory Pointer = N/A
Location of Oracle Inventory = C:\Program Files\oracle\inventory
Path to Java = "C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.3.1\bin\java.exe"
Log file = F:\oracle\ora92/.patch_storage/<patch ID>/*.log
Creating log file "F:\oracle\ora92\.patch_storage\LsInventory__11-03-2006_
11.log"
OPatch succeeded.
C:\>
and log look like
Creating log file "F:\oracle\ora92\.patch_storage\LsInventory__11-03-2006_15-40-11.log"
Accessing inventory ... (retry 10 times, delay 30 seconds each time)
""C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.3.1\bin\java.exe" -classpath "C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\lib\OraInstaller.jar;C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\lib\srvm.jar;F:\oracle\ora92\OPatch\jlib\opatch.jar;;F:\oracle\ora92\jlib\share.jar" -Doracle.installer.invPtrLoc=N/A -Dopatch.retry=10 -Dopatch.delay=30 opatch/LsHome "C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui" "f:\oracle\ora92" opatch.pl 1.0.0.0.55 FALSE"
Retrieving $ORACLE_HOME details
Invoking command """C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.3.1\bin\java.exe" -classpath "C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\lib\OraInstaller.jar;C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui\lib\srvm.jar;F:\oracle\ora92\OPatch\jlib\opatch.jar;;F:\oracle\ora92\jlib\share.jar" -Doracle.installer.invPtrLoc=N/A -Dopatch.retry=10 -Dopatch.delay=30 opatch/LsHome "C:\Program Files\Oracle\oui" "f:\oracle\ora92" opatch.pl 1.0.0.0.55 FALSE""
OPatch succeeded.

How can install patch using OPatch utility in Linux

I want to update Oracle patch 9352164.Currently, Oracle Patch is installed 10.2.0.4.0 but i required 10.2.0.4.4. I have downloaded 9352164 from oracle metlink site.
I have also set environment variable path in bash_profile file.
Environment variable Path setting
"PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/OPatch/"
It also shows following result against this command echo $PATH
/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/oracle/bin:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/OPatch/
When i run the opatch apply command under the directory 9352164 then i received following error message
[oracle@Vm006-IS-Test 9352164]$ opatch apply
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.2
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.4.2
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1
Central Inventory : /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
from : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 10.2.0.4.2
OUI version : 10.2.0.4.0
OUI location : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/oui
Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2011-06-20_15-22-17PM.log
ApplySession failed: Patch ID is null.
System intact, OPatch will not attempt to restore the system
OPatch failed with error code 73
Please help out..........

Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2011-06-20_15-22-17PM.log
INFO:Starting ApplySession at Mon Jun 20 15:22:17 PKT 2011
INFO:Starting Apply Session at Mon Jun 20 15:22:17 PKT 2011
SEVERE:OUI-67073:ApplySession failed: Patch ID is null.
INFO:System intact, OPatch will not attempt to restore the system
INFO:Finishing ApplySession at Mon Jun 20 15:22:17 PKT 2011
INFO:Total time spent waiting for user-input is 0 seconds. Finish at Mon Jun 20 15:22:17 PKT 2011
INFO:Stack Description: java.lang.RuntimeException: Patch ID is null.
INFO:StackTrace: oracle.opatch.PatchObject.getPatchID(PatchObject.java:543)
INFO:StackTrace: oracle.opatch.ApplySession.loadAndInitPatchObject(ApplySession.java:1487)
INFO:StackTrace: oracle.opatch.ApplySession.process(ApplySession.java:5191)
INFO:StackTrace: oracle.opatch.OPatchSession.main(OPatchSession.java:1544)
INFO:StackTrace: oracle.opatch.OPatch.main(OPatch.java:570)
INFO:File "/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/.patch_storage/patch_unzip" cannot be deleted as it does not exist

Patch 6880880 (Upgrade Opatch Utility)

Hi Guys,
I need to apply Patch 6880880. From what I understand from the documentation and some posts about this patch is that this patch is nothing but upgrading the version of hpatch/Opatch.
When I unzip folder p6880880_101000_MSWIN-x86-64.zip, it makes a folder called Opatch (according to earlier posts I need to overwrite the existing folder OPatch folder) in the Hyperion directory .
But I am afraid to do that because the new OPatch folder resulting from unzipping the p6880880_101000_MSWIN-x86-64.zip file doesnt contain hpatch.bat.
I need hpatch.bat because I further need to apply couple of more patches (9976978 and 11794962) to fix some HFM security issue. And the patch 6880880 is pre-requisite for patches 9976978 and 11794962.
Please suggest.
Thanks

Thanks for the reply John!
You mean just rename old Opatch folder to Opatch_old and unzip the new folder to D:\Hyperion?. Or make a copy of old Opatch folder in some other directory and then just simply unzip the new Opatch folder and overwrite the existing?.
Also, I hope by doing this any existing patch that has been applied in the past doest get effected?
Thanks

Patch number for upgrading opatch from 10.2.0.1.0 to 10.2.0.1.1

Please can someone tell me what is the Patch number for upgrading opatch utility from 10.2.0.1.0 to 10.2.0.1.1?
Thanks in advance.

Sami,
Why don't you use the latest version of opatch (Patch 4898608 - OPatch 10.2.0.1.6)?

Installing Opatch tool

Please can some one lead me in the following text, on how to install oracle tool OPATCH?
My question : After reading the below text, I download the zip file of the OPATCH tool, I unzip the file under oracle home. When unzipping the file, it created another directory under orache home.
But how can I do next to upgrate my oracle OPATCH from the unzipped file resulted?
README for 4898608
Patch Details
Patch summary:
README file for OPatch(10.2.0.1.4), the Oracle Interim Patching Tool.
This patch installs the "OPatch" utility. OPatch is used for patching
Oracle software. If you have an older version of opatch it is strongly
recommended to back it up.
OPatch is Oracle's only supported method of installing Interim
patches. It updates the central and per-product inventories with the
details of the patch.
How to install the utility:
To install this patch simply extract the file p4898608_10203_GENERIC.zip
using unzip or winzip, depending upon the platform. You should extract
the zip file directly under the ORACLE_HOME.
Thanks

Hi,
Please see OPatch documentation list Doc ID: Note:293369.1. Hope it helps.
Adith

Getting Error In Opatch

Hi,
Database: 9.2.0.8
OS : solaris sparc
We need to apply some intrem patch through Opatch utility. I am getting following error when doing
opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 1.0.0.0.58
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 : /soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8
Oracle Home Inventory : /soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8/inventory
Central Inventory : /soft/upgrade/oraInventory
from : /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc
OUI location : /soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8/oui
OUI shared library : /soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8/oui/lib/solaris/liboraInstaller.so
Java location : /soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8/jre/1.3.1/bin/java
Log file location : /soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8/.patch_storage/<patch ID>/*.log
Creating log file "/soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8/.patch_storage/LsInventory__11-18-2008_16-41-19.log"
/soft/upgrade/apps/product/9.2.0.8/jre/1.3.1/bin/java[18]: /usr/bin/ls: not found
Result:
Error: can't find libjava.so.
OPatch succeeded.
I can't find anu useful information at metalink or google. Any idea about this problem?

Hi Yogesh Yadav
Is your LD_LIBRARY_PATH set properly in your environment?
See that example :
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/gateways.102/b16209/ch4.htm#i1002589
Edited by: Hub on Nov 18, 2008 1:21 PM

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How does opatch lsinventory works ?

Hi,
Refer links:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/em.102/b16227/oui8_opatch.htm
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B16240_01/doc/em.102/e15294/prereq_checks.htm
http://avdeo.com/2008/08/19/opatch-utility-oracle-rdbms-patching/
thanks,
X A H E E R

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I have applied interim patches through OPATCH.
I used OPatch utility to install CPU patch.
For my other system (AIX 5.2)
I wanted to apply release 10.1.0.5 patch.
Can I use optach utilty for 10.1.0.5 patch?
OR we use OPTACH utility for only interim patches?
Please confirm.
DN

DN,
10.1.0.5 is not a patch but patchset, you install it like a new version but in existing ORACLE_HOME, you don't need opatch utility.
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Opatch 6880880 (Update Hpatch to Fix Smartview Issue)

Hello Everyone,
I have to apply Patch 6880880 to update Hpatch version. This is nothing but upgrading the version of the opatch utility. After reading the documentation, I am just following the intial prequisite checks that are needed.
One of the very first step is to set ORACLE_HOME to the oracle home directory.
I did that by using following cmd:
set ORACLE_HOME=C:\Hyperion
Now, I am at the next step where i have to run the *<path to OPatch> optach lsinventory* command. But when I run this command this is what I get:
C:\Hyperion\OPatch>opatch lsinventory
File Not Found
C:\Hyperion\oui\bin\..\..\jre\1.4.2\bin\java.exe could not be located. OPatch cannot proceed!
I cant seem to resolve this error.
Please help.
Thanks
A part of Documentation is below:
Patch summary:
README file for OPatch 10.2.0.5.1, the Oracle Interim Patching Tool.
This patch installs the "OPatch" utility. OPatch is used for patching
Oracle software. If you have an older version of opatch it is strongly
recommended to back it up.
OPatch is Oracle's only supported method of installing Interim
patches. It updates the central and per-product inventories with the
details of the patch.
How to install the utility:
To install this patch simply extract the file "zipped file"
using unzip or winzip, depending upon the platform. You should extract
the zip file directly under the ORACLE_HOME.
To check the version of the opatch utility installed in the above step,
go to the OPatch directory and run "opatch version"
How to run the utility:
OPatch tool requires JDK to be present in the Oracle Home.
It requires JDK version of 1.4.2 or higher for proper functioning.
It can be invoked directly using
<path to OPatch>/opatch [<patch command>] [options]

I applied the apply but the patch failed due to following error:
ApplySession failed during prerequisite checks: Prerequisite check "CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables" failed.
System intact, OPatch will not attempt to restore the system
OPatch failed with error code = 74
According to the patch documentation, 1st step is to Stop HFM Services, HsxServer.exe, HsvDataSource.exe, and CASSecurity.exe processes on all application servers.
I couldnt find these processes under task manager on our HFM server. So I just stopped all the Hyperion Financial Services from services.
I cant seem to find these processes. I dont know if just by stopping HFM services stopped all these processes automatically?.
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I am going to apply bundle patch and my oracle database is 11.2.0.2 and platform Microsoft Windows x86. As per the read me file Oracle recommends that to use OPatch utility release 11.2.0.1.3 or later.To check the accessibility to the inventory i use %ORACLE_HOME%/OPatch/opatch lsinventory command.
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Invoking OPatch 11.2.0.1.1
OPatch could not create/open history file for writing : ***my oracle home path***\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch_history.txt
**oracle_home***\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch_history.txt (Access is denied)
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.1.1
Copyright (c) 2009, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
OPatch could not open log file, logging will not be possible
Oracle Home       : *****
Central Inventory : C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory
   from           : n/a
OPatch version    : 11.2.0.1.1
OUI version       : 11.2.0.2.0
OUI location      : **ORACLE_HOME***\oui
Log file location : **ORACLE_HOME**\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch2015-04-09_16-27-49PM.log
Patch history file: **ORACLE_HOME**\cfgtoollogs\opatch\opatch_history.txt
Inventory load failed... OPatch cannot load inventory for the given Oracle Home.
LsInventorySession failed: LsInventory cannot create the log directory **ORACLE_HOME***\cfgtoollogs\opatch\lsinv\lsinventory2015-04-
09_16-27-49PM.txt
OPatch failed with error code = 73
Can anyone please help me to solve this?
Do I need to install latest opatch utility?

Hi,
this error message " LsInventorySession failed: LsInventory cannot create the log directory **ORACLE_HOME***\cfgtoollogs\opatch\lsinv\lsinventory2015-04-
09_16-27-49PM.txt "
indicates that you have permission issue with your file systems : ORACLE_HOME/cfgtoollogs/opatch
double check the owner of this file system.
Regards,

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