Day: April 11, 2020

Before upgrading Oracle 18c GI to 19c GI, trying to apply the latest GI RU patches onto 19c gold image, it fails like following:

[grid@racnode1 grid]$ ./gridSetup.sh -silent -applyRU /media/sf_Software/Patches/19c/30463609
Preparing the home to patch...
Applying the patch /media/sf_Software/Patches/19c/30463609...
OPatch command failed while applying the patch. For details look at the logs from /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/

It is because the patch path is not correct, patch 30463609 is Combo of OJVM  and GI. The correct path should be the sub-directory one.

[grid@racnode1 grid]$ ./gridSetup.sh -silent -applyRU /media/sf_Software/Patches/19c/30463609/30501910

ERROR: The home is not clean. This home cannot be used since there was a failed OPatch execution in this home. Use a different home to proceed.

When the command gridSetup.sh fails,  it makes the NEW_HOME unusable.

The only way to get around this issue currently is to clean the contents out of that HOME , and unzip the gold image again.

[grid@racnode1 ~]$ cd /u01/app/19.0.0/grid/
[grid@racnode1 grid]$ rm -fr * 
[grid@racnode1 grid]$ unzip <SW-LOCATION>/LINUX.X64_193000_grid_home.zip -d ./

[grid@racnode1 grid]$ ./gridSetup.sh -silent -applyRU /media/sf_Software/Patches/19c/30463609/30501910
Preparing the home to patch...
Applying the patch /media/sf_Software/Patches/19c/30463609/30501910...
Successfully applied the patch.
The log can be found at: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/GridSetupActions2020-04-11_10-53-32PM/installerPatchActions_2020-04-11_10-53-32PM.log
Launching Oracle Grid Infrastructure Setup Wizard...

[FATAL] [INS-40426] Grid installation option has not been specified.
   ACTION: Specify the valid installation option.
[grid@racnode1 grid]$