{"id":10303,"date":"2017-07-08T11:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/grid-infrastructure-11-2-0-3-psu-my-opatch-version-check-is-failing\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:35:55","slug":"grid-infrastructure-11-2-0-3-psu-my-opatch-version-check-is-failing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/grid-infrastructure-11-2-0-3-psu-my-opatch-version-check-is-failing\/","title":{"rendered":"Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.3 PSU: My Opatch version check is failing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mouhamadou Diaw<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last day I was configuring grid infrastructure 11.2.0.3 for a standlone server.
\nAfter the installation, I decided to apply the Patch Set Update 11.2.0.3.7 (Includes Database PSU 11.2.0.3.7) \u2013 16742216
\nIn the documentation it is marked You must use the OPatch utility version 11.2.0.3.4 or later to apply this patch<\/em>.
\nVerifying my opatch version, I see that I have to update it
\n
\n[root@ ]# .\/OPatch\/opatch version
\nInvoking OPatch 11.2.0.1.7
\nOPatch Version: 11.2.0.1.7
\n<\/code>
\nSo I download a newer version and install it
\n
\n[grid psuJul2013]$ \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/OPatch\/opatch version
\nOPatch Version: 11.2.0.3.15
\nOPatch succeeded.
\n[grid@dbserver psuJul2013]$
\n<\/code>
\nWith my new opatch I am fine to proceed. First I create my ocm.rsp file
\n
\n[oracle@dbserver ~]$ \/u00\/app\/oracle\/product\/11.2.0\/pcsdb\/OPatch\/ocm\/bin\/emocmrsp
\nOCM Installation Response Generator 10.3.7.0.0 - Production
\nCopyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and\/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
\n..
\nProvide your email address to be informed of security issues, install and initiate Oracle Configuration Manager. Easier for you if you use your My Oracle Support Email address\/User Name.
\nVisit http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/support\/policies.html for details.
\nEmail address\/User Name:
\n..
\nYou have not provided an email address for notification of security issues.
\nDo you wish to remain uninformed of security issues ([Y]es, [N]o) [N]: y
\nThe OCM configuration response file (ocm.rsp) was successfully created.
\n[oracle@dbserver ~]$
\n<\/code>
\nThen I unzip the patch
\n[oracle@dbserver 11203]$ unzip -d psuJul2013\/ p16742216_112030_Linux-x86-64.zip<\/code>
\nAnd I run the command to apply the patch
\n
\n[root@ 11203]# \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/OPatch\/opatch auto \/u00\/software\/11203\/psuJul2013 -ocmrf \/u00\/software\/11203\/ocm.rsp
\nExecuting \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/perl\/bin\/perl \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/OPatch\/crs\/patch11203.pl -patchdir \/u00\/software\/11203 -patchn psuJul2013 -ocmrf \/u00\/software\/11203\/ocm.rsp -paramfile \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/crs\/install\/crsconfig_params
\n..
\nThis is the main log file: \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/cfgtoollogs\/opatchauto2017-07-06_11-39-25.log
\n..
\nThis file will show your detected configuration and all the steps that opatchauto attempted to do on your system:
\n\/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/cfgtoollogs\/opatchauto2017-07-06_11-39-25.report.log
\n..
\n2017-07-06 11:39:25: Starting Oracle Restart Patch Setup
\nUsing configuration parameter file: \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/crs\/install\/crsconfig_params
\nThe opatch minimum version check for patch \/u00\/software\/11203\/psuJul2013\/16619898 failed for \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid
\nThe opatch minimum version check for patch \/u00\/software\/11203\/psuJul2013\/16619892 failed for \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid
\nOpatch version check failed for oracle home \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid
\nOpatch version check failed
\nERROR: update the opatch version for the failed homes and retry
\n<\/strong>
\n..
\nopatch auto failed.<\/span>
\n<\/code>
\nStrange, though my opatch version seems to be fine, I got errors about opatch version check.
\nLooking into the log file \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/cfgtoollogs\/opatchauto2017-07-06_11-39-25.log, I find following lines. It seems that there is a write permission issue.
\n[oracle@ pcsdb]$ less \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/cfgtoollogs\/opatchauto2017-07-06_11-39-25.log
\n...
\n...
\nOPatch failed to lock and get an Inventory Session for the given Oracle Home \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid
\nPossible causes are:
\nNo read or write permission to $ORACLE_HOME, cannot create $ORACLE_HOME\/.patch_storage
\nNo read or write permission to $ORACLE_HOME\/.patch_storage
\nOPatch cannot proceed further because system will not be able to backup files, or read the backup area for rollback\/restore.
\nOPatchSession cannot load inventory for the given Oracle Home \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid. Possible causes are:
\nNo read or write permission to ORACLE_HOME\/.patch_storage
\nCentral Inventory is locked by another OUI instance
\nNo read permission to Central Inventory
\nThe lock file exists in ORACLE_HOME\/.patch_storage
\nThe Oracle Home does not exist in Central Inventory
\n..
\n UtilSession failed: IPMRWServices::verifyPatchStorageDirectory() cannot read or write to \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/.patch_storage<\/strong>
\n..
\nOPatch failed with error code 73
\n..
\n2017-07-06 11:39:30: Status of opatch version check for \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid is 0
\n2017-07-06 11:39:30: Opatch version check failed for oracle home \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid
\n2017-07-06 11:39:30: Opatch version check failed
\n2017-07-06 11:39:30: ERROR: update the opatch version for the failed homes and retry
\n<\/code>
\nAfter some researches it seems that it\u2019s a Bug 24584367. A workaround is to create the directory $GRID_HOME\/.path_storage<\/span> and to grant appropriate privileges to user grid on it.
\n
\n[root@dbserver 11203]# cd \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/
\n[root@dbserver grid]# mkdir .patch_storage
\n[root@dbserver grid]# chown grid:oinstall .patch_storage\/
\n<\/code>
\nAnd then rerun the opatch process which finally goes fine.
\n
\n[root@dbserver psuJul2013]# \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/OPatch\/opatch auto \/u00\/software\/11203\/psuJul2013 -ocmrf \/u00\/software\/11203\/ocm.rsp
\nExecuting \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/perl\/bin\/perl \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/OPatch\/crs\/patch11203.pl -patchdir \/u00\/software\/11203 -patchn psuJul2013 -ocmrf \/u00\/software\/11203\/ocm.rsp -paramfile \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/crs\/install\/crsconfig_params
\n..
\nThis is the main log file: \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/cfgtoollogs\/opatchauto2017-07-06_11-44-05.log
\n..
\nThis file will show your detected configuration and all the steps that opatchauto attempted to do on your system:
\n\/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/cfgtoollogs\/opatchauto2017-07-06_11-44-05.report.log
\n..
\n2017-07-06 11:44:05: Starting Oracle Restart Patch Setup
\nUsing configuration parameter file: \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid\/crs\/install\/crsconfig_params
\n..
\nStopping CRS...
\nStopped CRS successfully
\n..
\npatch \/u00\/software\/11203\/psuJul2013\/16619898 apply successful for home \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid
\npatch \/u00\/software\/11203\/psuJul2013\/16619892 apply successful for home \/u00\/app\/11.2.0\/grid
\n..
\nStarting CRS...
\nCRS-4123: Oracle High Availability Services has been started.
\n..
\nopatch auto succeeded.
\n<\/code>
\nHope that this article will help to save time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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