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12.1:Preupgrade command Fails with:"ERROR -ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_PREUP" " (Doc ID 2337266.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 25, 2019

Applies to:

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 Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Below error received while executing the preupgrade.jar(12.2) on Oracle database 11.2.0.3.



[oracle@xyz ~]$ /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/jdk/bin/java - jar /home/oracle/scripts/Upgrade/preupgrade.jar

 

ERROR -
ERROR - Unable to run sqlplus due to:
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_PREUP", line 4391
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_PREUP", line 9635
ORA-06512: at line 8

declare
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01426: numeric overflow
ORA-06512: at line 56



if you are executing the preupgrade tool from a standby database
make sure the preupgrade tool has been executed in the primary database
If you are executing the tool from Windows, please make sure you have
given the appropriate permissions to the Oracle binaries owner.



Changes

 

Cause

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