opatch prereq

How to Patch Oracle Database 19c on Solaris (DBRU 19.17)

by Ed Chen
January 25, 2023March 4, 2023

Here are steps to apply Database Release Update (DBRU) 19.17 (p34419443) on Oracle database 19.3 on Solaris. Upload Patches Update Opatch utility Backup Oracle Home… Read More »

How to Patch Oracle Database 19c on Windows (p33575656)

by Ed Chen
April 8, 2022February 13, 2023

After installing Oracle Database 19c on Windows, we may need to upgrade the database regularly. Assuming that you have done the following items: OPatch utility… Read More »

How to Patch Grid and Oracle Home 12c (PSU 32917447)

by Ed Chen
August 4, 2021February 13, 2023
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In this post, I want to patch PSU 32917447 on grid and oracle home 12.1.0.2. Since I have talked about patching Grid and RAC database… Read More »

How to Patch Oracle Database 19c on Linux (DBRU 19.9)

by Ed Chen
December 19, 2020February 13, 2023
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Here are steps to apply Database Release Update (DBRU) 19.9 (p31771877) on Oracle database 19.3. Upload Patches Update Opatch utility Backup Oracle Home Apply Release… Read More »

How to Resolve Opatchauto Failed with Error Code 42

by Ed Chen
October 14, 2020February 13, 2023

Before reading this post, please refer to the known issues in the README document of your patch first, maybe you can find a solution there.… Read More »

How to Patch Oracle GoldenGate 12c

by Ed Chen
September 19, 2020February 13, 2023

Use the Latest OPatch First of all, we have to download the latest OPatch utility for GoldenGate. In this case, we downloaded OPatch 11.2.0.3.25 for… Read More »

How to Patch RAC Database 12c

by Ed Chen
September 16, 2020February 13, 2023

If you know how to patch a single-instance database, then you'll learn that patching a RAC database has some additional steps and risk after reading… Read More »

How to Patch Grid and Oracle Home 12c

by Ed Chen
September 12, 2020February 13, 2023

To patch a Grid infrastructure including Oracle home, we need to download the correct patch from My Oracle Support (MOS) for your current version of… Read More »

How OPatch Check Conflict

by Ed Chen
August 29, 2020February 13, 2023

Before you apply the new patch, you probably want to know whether the current configuration of Oracle home that conflict with the patch. Here in… Read More »

Opatch Prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail

by Ed Chen
August 28, 2020February 13, 2023

Opatch Prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail Always use opatch prereq checkconflictagainstohwithdetail command to check any conflict before patching. In which, the option CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail is pretty self-explanatory. checkconflictagainstohwithdetail =… Read More »