Datapatch fails with catconInit: unexpected error in get_instance_status_and_name

(Doc ID 2409301.1)

Last updated on JUNE 12, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When attempting to run ./datapatch -verbose, patching fails and the following error is found in the sqlpatch_invocation.log

Changes

 

Cause

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