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"Opatchauto -help" Fails with Error java.lang.NullPointerException (Doc ID 2366301.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 04, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 "Opatchauto -help" fails with below error .

 

./opatchauto -help

OPatchauto session is initiated at Thu Feb 8 15:45:58 2018
Feb 08, 2018 3:46:03 PM com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.OPatchAuto main
SEVERE: OPatchAuto failed.
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBBaseProductSupport.containsDBTwelveTwoAboveHome(DBBaseProductSupport.java:1239)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBBaseProductSupport.handleVersionSpecificOptions(DBBaseProductSupport.java:1148)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBBaseProductSupport.loadUnSupportedOptions(DBBaseProductSupport.java:1108)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBProductSupport.loadUnSupportedOptions(DBProductSupport.java:264)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBProductSupport.updateOptionApplicability(DBProductSupport.java:233)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.OPatchAutoOptions.loadProductOptions(OPatchAutoOptions.java:820)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.product.ProductSupportManager.getOptions(ProductSupportManager.java:261)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.OPatchAuto.orchestrate(OPatchAuto.java:285)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.OPatchAuto.main(OPatchAuto.java:210)

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBBaseProductSupport.containsDBTwelveTwoAboveHome(DBBaseProductSupport.java:1239)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBBaseProductSupport.handleVersionSpecificOptions(DBBaseProductSupport.java:1148)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBBaseProductSupport.loadUnSupportedOptions(DBBaseProductSupport.java:1108)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.integration.model.productsupport.DBProductSupport.loadUnSupportedOptions(DBProductSupport.java:264)

Cause

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