ra_update.pl failed with 'Type of argument to keys on reference must be unblessed hashref or arrayref' (Doc ID 2418867.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 15, 2019

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Symptoms

+ RA upgrade to 12.1.1.1.8.201803 failed with :

/opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/bin/ra_update.pl --patch_type=upgrade --force

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Tue Jul 3 09:34:30 2018: Post Patch RASYS Updates: Complete
Tue Jul 3 09:34:30 2018: Providing RA OS Updates
Tue Jul 3 09:34:44 2018: Created log file /opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/log/ra_install.install.step2.20180703.0934.log
Start: Configuring OS for ZDLRA - Successful: OK
Start: Running on node: <nodename1> - Successful: OK
End: Running on node: <nodename1> - Successful: OK
Start: Running on node: <Failed to execute /opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/expect/ssh_run.expect: 256spawn /usr/bin/ssh -o ConnectTimeout=20 -o LogLevel=error -l root <nodename2> /opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/install/ra_install.pl --step=2 --remote
Created log file /opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/log/ra_install.install.step2.20180703.0934.log
at /opt/oracle.RecoveryAppliance/install/ra_install.pl line 594Tue Jul 3 09:37:16 2018: Start: Setting ASM_POWER_LIMIT.Tue Jul 3 09:37:16 2018: End: Setting ASM_POWER_LIMIT.MSG Set Command '/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/dbhome_1/bin/srvctl status database -db zdlra' timeout to 900.

Type of argument to keys on reference must be unblessed hashref or arrayref at /u01/<path>/perl/lib/site_perl/5.14.1/RA/DB/Oracle.pm line 258.

+ Customer tried to restart the patch and failed with the same error message.

Cause

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