LSINVENTORYSESSION FAILED: RAWINVENTORY GETS NULL ORACLEHOMEINFO
error :
$ opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.8
Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0
Central Inventory : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0/oraInventory
from : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.8
OUI version : 12.1.0.2.0
Log file location : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2017-10-17_08-46-13AM_1.log
List of Homes on this system:
LsInventorySession failed: RawInventory gets null OracleHomeInfo
OPatch failed with error code 73
Solution :
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$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin
$ cat attachHome.sh
#!/bin/sh
OHOME=/TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0
OHOMENAME=OraDB12Home1
CUR_DIR=`pwd`
cd $OHOME/oui/bin
./runInstaller -detachhome ORACLE_HOME=$OHOME ORACLE_HOME_NAME=$OHOMENAME $* > /dev/null 2>&1
./runInstaller -attachhome ORACLE_HOME=$OHOME ORACLE_HOME_NAME=$OHOMENAME $*
cd $CUR_DIR
$
$ ./attachHome.sh
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 16896 MB Passed
The inventory pointer is located at /etc/oraInst.loc
'AttachHome' was successful.
After Fix :
========
$ opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.8
Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Oracle Home : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0
Central Inventory : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0/oraInventory
from : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0/oraInst.loc
OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.8
OUI version : 12.1.0.2.0
Log file location : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2017-10-17_08-55-06AM_1.log
Lsinventory Output file location : /TEST/oracle/TEST/db/tech_st/12.1.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2017-10-17_08-55-06AM.txt
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Local Machine Information::
Hostname: devebs.doyensys.com
ARU platform id: 212
ARU platform description:: IBM_AIX
Installed Top-level Products (1):
Oracle Database 12c 12.1.0.2.0
There are 1 products installed in this Oracle Home.
Interim patches (4) :
Patch 23089357 : applied on Sat Sep 16 07:24:46 IST 2017
Unique Patch ID: 20160189
Created on 10 May 2016, 20:43:37 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
23089357
Patch 20204035 : applied on Fri Sep 15 22:26:51 IST 2017
Unique Patch ID: 18381868
Created on 15 Dec 2014, 05:44:27 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
20123899, 15894842
Patch 19627012 : applied on Fri Sep 15 22:23:48 IST 2017
Unique Patch ID: 18355531
Created on 7 Dec 2014, 21:56:35 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
19627012
Patch 19382851 : applied on Fri Sep 15 22:20:06 IST 2017
Unique Patch ID: 18355484
Created on 7 Dec 2014, 21:36:19 hrs PST8PDT
Bugs fixed:
19382851
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OPatch succeeded.
$