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Oratab Shows Wrong Oracle Home Path After Upgrading Database (Doc ID 2321000.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 05, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 to 12.2.0.1 [Release 11.2 to 12.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Oracle database is upgraded from 11.2.0.4 to 12c, but corresponding ORACLE_HOME PATH in /etc/oratab is updated wrongly to original PATH by GI Agent:

 

Cause

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