{"id":42979,"date":"2026-03-09T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/?p=42979"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:59:45","slug":"ogg-08048-after-patching-goldengate-explanations-and-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/ogg-08048-after-patching-goldengate-explanations-and-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"OGG-08048 after patching GoldenGate: explanations and solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When patching GoldenGate Classic Architecture, you might encounter an OGG-08048<\/code> error when restarting your extracts and replicats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OGG-08048: Failed to initialize timezone information. Check location of ORACLE_HOME.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
What should you do exactly, and how do you avoid this error in the future ? In fact, this error is easy to reproduce, which also makes it easy to avoid. Usually, it happens when following the official documentation instructions<\/a> for patching. They always include a modification of the ORACLE_HOME<\/code> variable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
export ORACLE_HOME=GoldenGate_Installation_Path<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Where does this come from ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This is a good practice to make sure the OPatch<\/code> utility knows what to patch. However, it might cause issues when restarting. As a rule of thumb, the modified environment<\/strong> should only be used to patch and roll back<\/strong> your installation. You shouldn’t do any management tasks with it !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most important thing to remember is that you should start the manager<\/strong> with the correct environment variables<\/strong> ! If the manager is already started, you might still have the error when starting the extracts. What this means if that correcting your environment variables after restarting the manager might not solve the issue !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this explanation, you now understand why rolling back the patch will not solve the OGG-08048<\/code>. The rollback will work, but you will not be able to restart the extracts !<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What should you do if you have an OGG-08048<\/code> error ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you have an OGG-08048<\/code> error when starting GoldenGate processes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n