OUD - The OPatch Utility Fails with an Error: "OPatch failed with error code 73"
(Doc ID 2400319.1)
Last updated on FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Applies to:
Oracle Unified Directory - Version 11.1.2.3.0 to 12.2.1.4.0 [Release 11g to 12c]Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
Unable run Opatch utility in OUD installation, this fails with error code 73
Symptom:1
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Oracle Home : $OUD_HOME
Central Inventory : /oraInventory
from : $OUD_HOME/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 11.1.0.12.9
OUI version : 11.1.0.11.0
Log file location : $OUD_HOME/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2018-05-15_13-06-22PM_1.log
List of Homes on this system:
Home name= OraHome1, Location= "$OUD_HOME/agent12c/plugins/oracle.oud.odir.agent.plugin_12.1.0.2.0"
Inventory load failed... OPatch cannot load inventory for the given Oracle Home.
Possible causes are:
Oracle Home dir. path does not exist in Central Inventory
Oracle Home is a symbolic link
Oracle Home inventory is corrupted
LsInventorySession failed: OracleHomeInventory gets null oracleHomeInfo
OPatch failed with error code 73
Symptom 2
12c example opatch failure:
...
OPatch/opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 13.9.4.2.0
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Oracle Home : <oracle_home>
Central Inventory : <path>/oraInventory
from : /<path>/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 13.9.4.2.0
OUI version : 13.9.4.0.0
Log file location : /<path>/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2023-02-03_15-07-14PM_1.log
OPatch detects the Middleware Home as "<path>"
LsInventorySession failed: OPatch failed to locate Central Inventory.
Possible causes are:
The Central Inventory is corrupted
The oraInst.loc file specified is not valid.
OPatch failed with error code 73
...
Cause
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