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Database Release Update (DB RU) failed with the error: [SEVERE] OUI-67073: UtilSession failed: null (Doc ID 3062839.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 17, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A to N/A [Release All Releases]
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A to N/A
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A to N/A [Release 1.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 While applying the Database RU, the following error is encountered:

ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CAS Dynamic Loading :

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Trying to load HomeOperations object

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: HomeOperations object created. CUP1.0 is enabled

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] OPatch invoked as follows: 'apply -invPtrLoc ORACLE_HOME/oraInst.loc '

Total memory: 387 MB

Free memory : 352 MB

Max memory : 2731 MB

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] Oracle Home : ORACLE_HOME

Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory

from : ORACLE_HOME/oraInst.loc

OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.44

OUI version : 12.2.0.7.0

OUI location : ORACLE_HOME/oui

Log file location : ORACLE_HOME/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2024-12-02_13-40-06PM_1.log

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] Patch history file: ORACLE_HOME/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch_history.txt

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] [OPSR-TIME] Loading raw inventory

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] [OPSR-MEMORY] Loaded all components from inventory. Heap memory in use: 58 (MB)

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] [OPSR-MEMORY] Loaded all one offs from inventory. Heap memory in use: 75 (MB)

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] [OPSR-TIME] Raw inventory loaded successfully

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] NApply::no CAS enabled, OPatch runs with legacy process.

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] Verifying environment and performing prerequisite checks...

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] [OPSR-TIME] Running prerequisite checks

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] opatch-external.jar is in ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/jlib/opatch-external.jar

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] [OPSR-TIME] Loading cooked inventory

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] [OPSR-MEMORY] : Loading cooked one offs. Heap memory used 1192 (MB)

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] [OPSR-MEMORY] : Loaded cooked oneoffs. Heap memory used : 633 (MB)

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] [OPSR-TIME] Cooked inventory loaded successfully

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 29517242 is a subset of other poh CUP: 33192793

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 29517242 is a subset of other poh CUP: 33515361

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 29517242 is a subset of other poh CUP: 34133642

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 29517242 is a subset of other poh CUP: 34765931

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 29517242 is a subset of other poh CUP: 35042068

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 33192793 is a subset of other poh CUP: 33515361

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 33192793 is a subset of other poh CUP: 34133642

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 33192793 is a subset of other poh CUP: 34765931

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 33192793 is a subset of other poh CUP: 35042068

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 33515361 is a subset of other poh CUP: 34133642

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 33515361 is a subset of other poh CUP: 34765931

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 33515361 is a subset of other poh CUP: 35042068

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 34133642 is a subset of other poh CUP: 34765931

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 34133642 is a subset of other poh CUP: 35042068

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] CUP_LOG: Found poh CUP 34765931 is a subset of other poh CUP: 35042068

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] OPatch invoked in CLI. Run Init Prereqs

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Running Initial prerequisite checks...

[ORACLE_HOME] [SEVERE] OUI-67073:UtilSession failed: null

[ORACLE_HOME] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127012034/perl/man/man3/TAP::Parser::ResultFactory.3"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127012034/perl/bin/ptargrep"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127012034/perl/bin/perl5.38.2"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127012034/perl/bin/h2xs"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127012034/perl/bin/perldoc"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/zipfiles.txt"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127013922/inventory/Templates/perl/lib/5.38.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Config_heavy.pl"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127013922/inventory/Templates/perl/lib/5.38.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/perllocal.pod"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127013922/inventory/Templates/perl/lib/5.38.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Config.pm"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127013922/inventory/Templates/perl/lib/5.38.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE/config.h"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127013922/inventory/Templates/perl/lib/site_perl/5.38.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/auto/DBD/Oracle/mk.pm"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127013922/inventory/Templates/perl/bin/h2xs"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Deleted the file "ORACLE_HOME/.patch_storage/unzip_action/1733127013922/inventory/Templates/perl/bin/perldoc"

[Date_And_Time] [INFO] Stack Description: java.lang.NullPointerException

at oracle.opatch.ipm.IPMReadServices.getLocalNode(IPMReadServices.java:1627)

at oracle.opatch.OPatchEnv.getLocalNode(OPatchEnv.java:2390)

at oracle.opatch.SQLUtilities.shutdownAllDB(SQLUtilities.java:271)

at oracle.opatch.OPatchSession.process(OPatchSession.java:2721)

at oracle.opatch.OPatch.process(OPatch.java:888)

at oracle.opatch.OPatch.main(OPatch.java:945)

Changes

 

Cause

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