Supercluster M7 Patchmgr Is Displaying Grep: Illegal Option -- A (Doc ID 2382204.1)

Last updated on JUNE 11, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software - Version 12.2.1.1.1 to 18.1.5.0.0 [Release 12.2]
Oracle SuperCluster Specific Software - Version 2.x and later
Oracle SuperCluster M7 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle SuperCluster M8 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
There are many tools that depend on /usr/gnu/bin/grep. osc-config-backup has an RFE about this. Ref: Enh 25575784 - backup tool install should check that gnu grep is available

Symptoms

Patchmgr is displaying the following when using patchmgr and it takes a long time to run each patchmgr option:

Cause

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Supercluster M7 Patchmgr Is Displaying Grep: Illegal Option -- A (Doc ID 2382204.1)

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Symptoms

Cause

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