Users' questions

Where is the OPatch directory?

by Rhyley Bryan

Where is the OPatch directory?

You can find opatch utility in $ORACLE_HOME/Opatch directory.

How do I set OPatch path in Oracle home?

Before beginning the procedure to apply the Bundle Patch be sure to:

  1. Set ORACLE_HOME. For example: Copy export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/mwhome.
  2. Run export PATH=<>:$PATH to ensure that the Opatch executables appear in the system PATH. For example: Copy export PATH=$Oracle_HOME/OPatch:$PATH.

How do I know if my OPatch is applied?

Check the Patch Applied to the Oracle Database

  1. List the patches applied in Oracle Database Go to directory CD %ORACLE_HOME%\OPatch opatch lspatches.
  2. List the patches with lsinventory — on Windows system: CD %ORACLE_HOME%\OPatch opatch lsinventory –On Linux $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory|grep “Patch description”

How do I fix corrupted inventory in Oracle?

If you lost this inventory you can recover by following steps.

  1. Find the location of oraInst.
  2. Modify the file oraInst.
  3. Change the permissions to be appropriate.
  4. For consistency, copy the file to Oracle home directory.
  5. Run Oracle Universal Installer from Oracle home as below:
  6. Verify oracle patch details.

How do I check my Lsinventory?

To verify what patches have been applied to an Oracle home, or to find out additional information about the Oracle home, use the opatch lsinventory command. The following example shows sample output of the lsinventory command, which indicates that a specific interim patch has been applied.

How do I know if my OPatch is 19c?

To identify the version of OPatch:

  1. Change directory to the following directory: cd ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/
  2. Run the following command: ./opatch version. For example: ./opatch version OPatch Version: 13.3. 0.0. 0 OPatch succeeded.

How do I know if I have an OPatch conflict?

  1. Prerequisite Check. We use the following command to check any conflict before patching.
  2. Run a Dummy Patch. If you want to patch grid infrastructures in a RAC environment, you can do a dummy patching by adding -analyze modifier to opatchauto apply.
  3. Use My Oracle Support Checker Tool.

How do I know if I have an Opatch conflict?

How do you get oraInventory?

  1. oraInventory location in windows : INST_LOC – “c:\program files\Oracle\Inventory“
  2. oraInventory default location in Linux, AIX : Directory mentioned in /etc/oraInst.loc.
  3. oraInventory default location in Solaris: Directory mentioned in /var/opt/oracle / oraInst.loc.

How do you make oraInventory?

How to Recreate the OraInventory

  1. Locate the oraInst.loc file, which may be in different locations, depending on your system:
  2. Modify the file oraInst.loc file:
  3. Change the permissions to be appropriate, (using your directory location):

How do I find my OPatch version?

What is the latest version of OPatch?

Now, the OPatch version is 11.2. 0.3. 19.

Where is the opatch Command located in Oracle?

This chapter provides information on using OPatch to apply patches.This chapter includes the following topics: The OPatch utility is located in the /OPatch directory. You can run it with various commands and options. The following command shows the syntax for the OPatch utility:

Where is the patch information stored in opatch?

When you apply an interim patch to an Oracle home, OPatch stores the patch information in the $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage directory. Inside this directory, separate directories are created for each patch applied to the Oracle home. You can only apply one version of the patch in the system at a given time.

Do you need to install Oracle universal installer for opatch?

OPatch is a Java-based utility that runs on all supported operating systems and requires installation of the Oracle Universal Installer. It is used to apply patches to Oracle software.

Can you use opatch to roll back Oracle patches?

The OPatch utility provides several commands that you can use to apply and roll back patches to Oracle software in your Oracle Fusion Middleware environment. For more information about using OPatch commands in an Oracle Fusion Middleware environment, see the following topics: