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EM 13c: Patching Empty Database Oracle Home Failed With Error "opatch_prereq_results.xml not found" (Doc ID 2776878.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 18, 2023

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 12.1.0.2.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

OEM 13.3, 13.3.2 DB Plugin with latest bundle patches.
Applying <Patch 30340202> on 12.1.0.2 empty Database Oracle home (which does not have any db instance running) using OEM failed with below error:

Failed Job step log shows the below errors:
<DB_OH>/oui/bin/runInstaller -jreLoc
<DB_OH>/jdk/jre -prereqchecker -entryPoint
oracle.opatch.em.apply -prereqLogLoc
<tnp loc>/JOB_AC0F50BCA0817985E0536210800AE703 -silent
-waitForCompletion -invPtrLoc <DB_OH>/oraInst.loc
PREREQ_CONFIG_LOCATION=<DB_OH>/OPatch/opatchprereqs
-J-Doracle.knowledgesource.sessioncontext=<tmp loc>/JOB_AC0F50BCA08
17985E0536210800AE703/prereq_context.xml

START_OF_PREREQ_OUTPUT
Starting Oracle Prerequisite Checker...

Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 13957 MB Passed

Oracle Prerequisite Checker version Version 12.1.0.2.0 Production
Copyright (C) 1999, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Starting execution of Prerequisites...
Total No of checks: 20

END_OF_PREREQ_OUTPUT

Tue Aug 4 10:52:55 2020 - SEVERE:the prereq result file
<tmp loc>/JOB_AC0F50BCA0817985E0536210800AE703/results/opatch/opatch_prereq_results.xml not found.
Result file not found under log location.

Issue is observed only with latest opatch version 12.2.0.1.21 or above in DB home.

Changes

 

Cause

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