AIX: Apply PSU or Interim patch Fails with Copy Failed as TFA was Running (Doc ID 1668630.1)

Last updated on MAY 13, 2014

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.3 to 12.1.0.1 [Release 11.2 to 12.1]
IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-bit)

Symptoms

 Applying 11.2.0.4.2 PSU on AIX platform using opatch auto fails at applying Oracle Clusterware (OCW) patch with the following messages:

applying OCW component:
Applying interim patch '18031740' to OH '/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid'

Patching component oracle.crs, 11.2.0.4.0...
 
Copy failed from '/u01/software/patch/18139609/18031740/files/lib/libhasgen11.so' to '/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid/lib/libhasgen11.so'...
Please verify all applications associated with the Oracle Home '/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid' are shut down. If this is AIX, please perform solution documented in Note 739963.1 on https://myoraclesupport.oracle.com. .

and few more libraries:

ApplySession failed in system modification phase...
'ApplySession::apply failed: Copy failed from '/u01/software/patch/18139609/18031740/files/lib/libhasgen11.so' to '/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid/lib/libhasgen11.so'...
Copy failed from '/u01/software/patch/18139609/18031740/files/lib/libocr11.so' to '/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid/lib/libocr11.so'...
Copy failed from '/u01/software/patch/18139609/18031740/files/lib/libocrb11.so' to '/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid/lib/libocrb11.so'...
Copy failed from '/u01/software/patch/18139609/18031740/files/lib/libocrutl11.so' to '/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid/lib/libocrutl11.so'...

 

 

Cause

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