EM13c: OMSPatcher Analyze Command for Enterprise Manager 13c OMS Fails with Error: OMSPatcher failed with error code 236 (Doc ID 2136840.1)

Last updated on APRIL 19, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Running omspatcher analyze command on windows machine, fails with following error:
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D:\temp\22920724>omspatcher apply -analyze -property_file C:\app\oracle\MW\EM\property.txt OMSPatcher.OMS_USER=oracle
OMSPatcher Automation Tool
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OMSPatcher version : 13.6.0.0.0
OUI version : 13.6.0.0.0
Running from : C:\app\oracle\MW\EM
Log file location :
C:\app\oracle\MW\EM\cfgtoollogs\omspatcher\opatch2016-04-20_10-47-09AM_1.log

OMSPatcher log file:
C:\app\oracle\MW\EM\cfgtoollogs\omspatcher\22920724\omspatcher_2016-04-20_10-47-21AM_analyze.log

OMSPatcher could not read installed OMS owner from OUI inventory by itself.
Please add OMSPatcher.OMS_USER=<OMS installed user> to command line and try again.

[ Error during Get Central Inventory Information Phase]. Detail: OMSPatcher was not able to read OUI inventory to retrieve installed user & system details.
OMSPatcher failed: OMSPatcher could not read installed OMS owner from OUI inventory by itself.
Please add OMSPatcher.OMS_USER=<OMS installed user> to command line and try again.

Log file location:
C:\app\oracle\MW\EM\cfgtoollogs\omspatcher\22920724\omspatcher_2016-04-20_10-47-21AM_analyze.log

Recommended actions: Please check if OUI inventory is locked by some other processes. Please check if OUI inventory is readable.

OMSPatcher failed with error code = 236

Cause

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