Few months ago I hit an interesting case. After installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Database software on a server, the new Release Update come out and I wanted to use opatchauto to apply it automatically on both homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It doesn’t work. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nsudo ${ORACLE_HOME}\/OPatch\/opatchauto apply -phBaseDir \/tmp\/RU_19c_JAN2021\/32126842 -prepare-clone -silent \/tmp\/RU_19c_JAN2021\/clone.properties\n...\nOPATCHAUTO-72128: Cannot execute out of place patching prepare session.\nOPATCHAUTO-72128: Clone home properties \/tmp\/RU_19c_JAN2021\/clone.properties specified has entry for non requested home(s) [\/u00\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.8.0].\nOPATCHAUTO-72128: Please correct properties file and re-run out of place patching prepare operation.\nOPatchAuto failed.\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\nThe setup is all correct, opatchauto is the latest version (13.9.4.5.0, as of February 2021), the inventory has the two homes:<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<HOME NAME="OraGI19Home1" LOC="\/u00\/app\/grid\/19.8.0" TYPE="O" IDX="1" CRS="true"\/>\n<HOME NAME="OraDB19Home1" LOC="\/u00\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.8.0" TYPE="O" IDX="2"\/>\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\nThe clone.properties file has the name of these homes:<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\/u00\/app\/grid\/19.8.0=\/u00\/app\/grid\/19.10.0\n\/u00\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.8.0=\/u00\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.10.0\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\nThe only “problem” is that no database is created. In fact, the workaround is just to register a fake DB on the CRS:<\/p>\n\n\n
\nsrvctl add database -db XX -oraclehome \/u00\/app\/oracle\/product\/19.8.0\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\nThen the opatchauto works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I open a SR with Oracle. Inform about the OPatch bug and ask what is the meaning of the OPATCHAUTO-72128 error, because there is no documentation of Opatchauto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The normal ping-pong with Oracle support starts, they ask me to run with maximum debug level before they can do something. I say that the complete use case is already described and they can try in-house and can\/should open a bug. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No success. The support person says that if the customer doesn’t do more work, Oracle doesn’t care about the bug and problem will remain unfixed. I inform that I will blog about this bug, so that the community is aware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Final answer from this SR:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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