OPatch Error: "OPatch failed with error code 73" When Installing a Patch (Doc ID 2774611.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 12, 2022

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Symptoms

Applying a patch using OPatch fails with error:

Destination File "C:\app\<Oracle Home>\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\jdbc\lib\ojdbc6dms.jar" does not exists or is not writeable
  'oracle.dbjava.jdbc, 12.1.0.2.0': Cannot update file 'C:\app\<Oracle Home>\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\jdbc\lib\ojdbc6dms.jar' with '\oracle\jdbc\driver\OracleSql.class'
  Jar Action: Destination File "C:\app\<Oracle Home>\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\jdbc\lib\ojdbc6dms.jar" does not exists or is not writeable

Jar Action: Destination File "C:\app\<Oracle Home>\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\jdbc\lib\ojdbc6dms.jar" does not exists or is not writeable
'oracle.dbjava.jdbc, 12.1.0.2.0': Cannot update file 'C:\app\<Oracle Home>\product\12.1.0\dbhome_1\jdbc\lib\ojdbc6dms.jar' with '\oracle\net\resolver\AddrResolution.class'

[SEVERE] OUI-67073:UtilSession failed:
Prerequisite check "CheckApplicable" failed.

OPatch failed with error code 73

Changes

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