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Hi, I am using Opatch ( in this case to check for one off patch conflicts ) before applying PSU 11.1.0.7.6
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Home name= APPSIAS_LPROD, Location= "/fs03/LPROD/lprodora/iAS"
Home name= APPSIAS_LDEV2, Location= "/fs19/LDEV2/ldev2ora/iAS"
Home name= APPSIAS_LUAT, Location= "/fs22/LUAT/luatora/iAS"
Home name= OraDb11g_LUAT, Location= "/fs22/LUAT/luatdb/product/11.1.0/db"
Home name= ORACLE_HOME1, Location= "/fs03/LPROD/lproddb/8.1.7"
Home name= APPSDB_LDEV2, Location= "/fs19/LDEV2/ldev2db/9.2.0"
Home name= OraDb11g_LUAT1, Location= "/fs22/LUAT/luatdb/product/11.1.0/db_1"
Home name= OraDb11g_LPROD, Location= "/fs03/LPROD/lproddb/product/11.1.0/db"
Home name= APPSDB_LUAT, Location= "/fs29/LUAT/luatdb/product/11.1.0/db"
INFO:Throwable Occured: OracleHomeInventory gets null oracleHomeInfo
The throwable is converted into Exception and stored in Result Object.
where is Opatch picking these homes up from and how do I reset Opatch to pick up the proper Homes
Jim

This seems to be an EBS install. See if MOS Doc 742477.1 (How to create, update or rebuild the Central Inventory for Applications R12) can help remove these bogus HOMEs
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