Patch activity

Question

During patch applying using adpatch utility why it is not asking patch driver u11737539.drv?
[prod1@UAT1 appshome]$ cd 11737539/
[prod1@UAT1 11737539]$ adpatch
                     Copyright (c) 2002 Oracle Corporation
                        Redwood Shores, California, USA
                         Oracle Applications AutoPatch
                                 Version 12.0.0
NOTE: You may not use this utility for custom development
      unless you have written permission from Oracle Corporation.
Attention: AutoPatch no longer checks for unapplied pre-requisite patches.
You must use OAM Patch Wizard for this feature. Alternatively, you can
review the README for pre-requisite information.
Your default directory is '/appshome/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl'.
Is this the correct APPL_TOP [Yes] ?
AutoPatch records your AutoPatch session in a text file
you specify.  Enter your AutoPatch log file name or press [Return]
to accept the default file name shown in brackets.
Filename [adpatch.log] : 11737539c.log
Backing up restart files, if any......Done.
Your previous AutoPatch session did not run to completion.
Do you wish to continue with your previous AutoPatch session [Yes] ?
You are about to apply a patch to the installation of Oracle Applications
in your ORACLE database 'UAT'
using ORACLE executables in '/appshome/PROD/apps/tech_st/10.1.2'.
Is this the correct database [Yes] ?
Already asked for the ORACLE username and password
of Application Object Library.
(The given username/password was: APPLSYS/*****)
The status of various features in this run of AutoPatch is:
                                           <-Feature version in->
Feature                          Active?   APPLTOP    Data model    Flags
CHECKFILE                        Yes       1          1             Y N N Y N Y
PREREQ                           Yes       6          6             Y N N Y N Y
CONCURRENT_SESSIONS              No        2          2             Y Y N Y Y N
PATCH_TIMING                     Yes       2          2             Y N N Y N Y
PATCH_HIST_IN_DB                 Yes       6          6             Y N N Y N Y
SCHEMA_SWAP                      Yes       1          1             Y N N Y Y Y
JAVA_WORKER                      Yes       1          1             Y N N Y N Y
CODELEVEL                        Yes       1          1             Y N N Y N Y
Reading product information from file...
Reading language and territory information from file...
Reading language information from applUS.txt ...
AutoPatch warning:
Product Data File
/appshome/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/zfaprod.txt
does not exist for product "zfa".
This product is registered in the database but the
above file does not exist in APPL_TOP.  The product
will be ignored without error.
AutoPatch warning:
Product Data File
/appshome/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/zsaprod.txt
does not exist for product "zsa".
This product is registered in the database but the
above file does not exist in APPL_TOP.  The product
will be ignored without error.
AutoPatch warning:
Product Data File
/appshome/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/jtsprod.txt
does not exist for product "jts".
This product is registered in the database but the
above file does not exist in APPL_TOP.  The product
will be ignored without error.
Currently, the following language is installed:
Code   Language                                Status
US     American English                        Base
Your base language will be AMERICAN.
Setting up module information.
Reading database for information about the modules.
Saving module information.
AD code level : [A.4]
AutoPatch error:
You must be in Maintenance Mode to apply patches.
You can use the AD Administration Utility to set Maintenance Mode.
You should check the file
/appshome/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl/admin/UAT/log/11737539c.log
for errors.
[prod1@UAT1 11737539]$

Answer 1

You must be in Maintenance Mode to apply patches.You need to enable via adadmin before applying the patch or apply the patch using options=hotpatch.
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=Maintenance+AND+Mode&objID=c3&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=hotpatch&objID=c3&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
Please search the forum before posting such questions -- http://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=%22You+must+be+in+Maintenance+Mode+to+apply+patches%22&objID=c3&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
Thanks,
Hussein