Apply Patch without shutting the Database

Most of the time, we can shut down the database and listener for patching the database home. But there is a method to apply the patch without shutting down the database and listener. Checking the database and listener running [oracle@oem 12834800]$ ps -ef|grep pmon oracle 16816 1 0 03:11 ? 00:00:00 ora_pmon_PROD4 oracle 18385 1 […]

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OPatch failed with error code 135 – Argument(s) Error… Given ‘ocmrf’ file does not exists

Issue Using opatch auto to apply patch 18706472, it failed with error code 135: opatchauto2017-09-23_04-21-57.log shows: 2017-09-23 04:24:41: s_run_as_user2: Running /bin/su oracle -c ‘ /oracle/product/11.2.0/db/OPatch/opatch napply /software_dump/latestpatch/18706472/18522509 -local -silent -ocmrf /home/grid/responsefile/file.rsp -oh /oracle/product/11.2.0/db -invPtrLoc /oracle/product/11.2.0/db/oraInst.loc ‘ 2017-09-23 04:24:42: Removing file /tmp/filexagz0g 2017-09-23 04:24:42: Successfully removed file: /tmp/filexagz0g 2014-09-23 04:24:42: /bin/su exited with rc=135 2017-09-23 04:24:42: […]

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Recreate Oracle Central Inventory

Inventory is the index for the oracle installation. All the details about the ORACLE_HOME including different utility versions, patch details etc. If you do a fresh Oracle installation the inventory will be updated. But if you copy the ORACLE binaries from some other location and if you are not updating the inventory, we cannot read […]

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