13c:emcli commands fails with Error: Unable to find a java program of version "1.7" or greater for execution (Doc ID 2476074.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 12, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

13c emcli commands fail with the following error despite all the required parameters are set in the environment.

JAVA_HOME and the JDK values are set correctly in the environment:

export JAVA_HOME=/u01/oracle/products/13.2.0/oms/oracle_common/jdk
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin

$ java -version

Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Djava.io.tmpdir=/u01/oracle/tmp/install
java version "1.7.0_111"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_111-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.111-b13, mixed mode)

Cause

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