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Analyzing a Patch Plan in OEM 13C Fails with Error: ORA-27478: job "SYS"."LOAD_OPATCH_INVENTORY_1" is running (Doc ID 2414912.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 13, 2023

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 13.1.0.0.0 and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Analyzing a Patch Plan for patch 19954978 (GRID INFRASTRUCTURE PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.0.2.2 (JAN2015)) for 12.1.0.2.0 DB via OEM 13C fails with the following console error:

Connecting to database...OK

Determining current state...DBD::Oracle::st execute failed: ORA-27478: job "SYS"."LOAD_OPATCH_INVENTORY_1" is running

ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_QOPATCH", line 1129

ORA-06512: at line 2 (DBD ERROR: OCIStmtExecute) [for Statement "BEGIN

SELECT XMLSerialize(CONTENT dbms_qopatch.get_pending_activity INDENT)

INTO ?

FROM dual;

END;" with ParamValues: :p1=undef] at <DB_HOME>/sqlpatch/sqlpatch.pm line 858.

PREREQ_STATUS: FAILED

PREREQ_MESG: The SQL patching tool failed to run on the following database targets:

 

Changes

 

Cause

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