Do Not Mix Different Patch Types
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Oracle,
Technical Track
I was preparing to apply a July 2019 path for a single instance database without ASM. Here are the available patch types for Oracle Database: PSU, SPU(CPU), Bundle Patches (Versions 12.1 & lower) via Doc ID 2118136.2 Review current patch on system. Notice Database Bundle Patch.
$ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch lspatches 26717470;Database Bundle Patch : 12.1.0.2.171017 (26717470) OPatch succeededDownloaded Patch 29494060 - Database Patch Set Update 12.1.0.2.190716 Check patch conflict was not favorable.
$ cd $PATCH_TOP_DIR/29494060 $ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -ph ./ Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.17 Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. PREREQ session Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1 Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory from : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/oraInst.loc OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.17 OUI version : 12.1.0.2.0 Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2019-11-07_14-59-34PM_1.log Invoking prereq "checkconflictagainstohwithdetail" Prereq "checkConflictAgainstOHWithDetail" failed. The details are: The relation between 2 composites[26717470,29494060] are invalid. Please contact SE team to regenerate the patches. Summary of Conflict Analysis: There are no patches that can be applied now. OPatch succeeded.Downloaded Patch 29698629 - Database Proactive Bundle Patch 12.1.0.2.190716 Check patch conflict was successful.
$ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -phBaseDir $PATCH_TOP_DIR/29698629/29496791 Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.17 Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. PREREQ session Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1 Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory from : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/oraInst.loc OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.17 OUI version : 12.1.0.2.0 Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2019-11-08_08-47-34AM_1.log Invoking prereq "checkconflictagainstohwithdetail" Prereq "checkConflictAgainstOHWithDetail" passed. OPatch succeeded. $ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -phBaseDir $PATCH_TOP_DIR/29698629/29509318 Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.17 Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. PREREQ session Oracle Home : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1 Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory from : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/oraInst.loc OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.17 OUI version : 12.1.0.2.0 Log file location : /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2019-11-08_08-47-46AM_1.log Invoking prereq "checkconflictagainstohwithdetail" Prereq "checkConflictAgainstOHWithDetail" passed. OPatch succeeded.Lesson learned is to apply the same patch type as the existing one.
