Some Tips for debugging ORACLE OPATCH issues

 

To see all the components versions opatch lsinventory --detail Additional Help opatch apply –help To get OPatch Refer Note:293369.1 and Note: 224346.1,  hosted under BUG:6880880

To get more details about errors in logs export OPATCH_DEBUG=true For opatch version 1.0.0.0.xx, logs are written into the patch storage area under $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/<bug number> To get additional logs when the default log wont reveal much use OS tacers like on Solaris: truss -aefdD -o test.out opatch apply truss -faeo /tmp/truss.out opatch apply > /tmp/applylog.out

When you apply a one-off the files <PATCHNUMBER>\etc\config\actions  and  <PATCHNUMBER>\etc\config\inventory have all the actions it has to do the platform it is supported on The <Component> version="10.1.2.3.0" opt_req="R"  means the the particular component is required to apply the patch. This compares the version with the version in the file $ORACLE_HOME/inventory/ContentsXML/comps.xml

Platform id is picked up from the file : %ORACLE_HOME%\inventory\ContentsXML\oraclehomeproperties.xml This can be overridden using OPATCH_PLATFORM_ID variable Simple Java program to check the OS info public class platform { public static void main (String[] args) { System.out.print("Operating System: "); System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.name")); System.out.print("Operating System version: "); System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.version")); System.out.print("System Architecture: "); System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.arch")); } }

To use a customized centralized inventory ./runInstaller –invPtrLoc /oracle/oraInst.loc opatch apply -invPtrLoc /oracle/oraInst.loc

To see if the OPATCH is holding a lock on a particular patch cd $ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage  see the file   patch_free

OPATCH 11g TIPS

To see Oracle Common components Go to OPatch in  Middleware home and oracle_common directory /home/oracle/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common/OPatch unset ORACLE_HOME opatch lsinventory –detail So, if there is a dependency with your common component files and if you have set the ORACLE_HOME to SOA_HOME, the opatch compares the version to $ORACLE_HOME/inventory/ContentsXML/comps.xml and wont find the library for Eg: Optional component(s) missing : [ oracle.xdk.parser.java,11.1.0.7.0 ] , [ oracle.jrf.thirdparty.jee, 11.1.1.1.0 ] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To see the version using the RDA ./rda.sh -vdT inv