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OPatch Apply/Rollback Errors: 'Prerequisite check "CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables" failed' OPatch fails with error code = 41 or 74 (Doc ID 747049.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 01, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
 







Symptoms

While trying to apply or rollback any patch using OPatch, it fails with the following error:

Linux/Unix:

%opatch apply
or
%opatch rollback -id <patch>

Running prerequisite checks...


Prerequisite check "CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables" failed.
The details are:


Following executables are active :
<ORACLE_HOME>/bin/oracle

ApplySession failed during prerequisite checks: Prerequisite check "CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables" failed.
System intact, OPatch will not attempt to restore the system

OPatch failed with error code 74

 Windows:

INFO:Prerequisite check "CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables" failed.
The details are:

Following files are active :
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orageneric11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oraclient11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orapls11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oracommon11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oraxml11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oranhost11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oran11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oranro11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orantcp11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orazt11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orahasgen11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oci.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orasql11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oraldapclnt11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\oraztkg11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orannzsbb11.dll
<ORACLE_HOME>\bin\orasnls11.dll
SEVERE:OUI-67074:ApplySession failed during prerequisite checks: Prerequisite check "CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables" failed.

 

Cause

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