OPATCH INSTALLATION

OPATCH INSTALLATION

Requirement:

• You must have Perl 5.00503 (or later) installed under the ORACLE_HOME, or elsewhere within the host environment.

·                     If the Oracle inventory is not setup correctly this utility will fail. To check accessibility to the inventory you can use the command:

     % ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory

·                     OPatch scripts should be copied to $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch directory.

• Prior to the Install Phase, following checks are performed:

           

- Conflicts with other patches

- Conflicts with subset patches (existing patch is a subset of the patch being installed)

-       If a conflict is found, please abort the install and contact Oracle Support Services.

-       If a subset is found, please continue the install, as all fixes for the subset patch are included in the patch being installed.  The subset patch(s) will be automatically rolled back prior to the installation of the new patch.

-       Shutdown all instances that are running under ORACLE_HOME being patched.

Installation Steps:

1- Set your current directory to the directory where the patch is located:

cd 7019661

·                     Ensure that the directory containing the opatch script appears in your $PATH; then enter the following command:

           

            % opatch apply

                        (or)

    % ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch apply

Patch Deinstallation Instructions:

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  Use the following command:

    % cd 7019661

    % ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch rollback -id 7019661