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New Oracle Home patches do not match database registry patches after migration [message #686954] Tue, 07 February 2023 10:48 Go to next message
rcct
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Registered: May 2013
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Hi all, I recently migrated our databases to a new Linux server, as the old one had become end-of-life. So I installed a new Oracle home on the server, and migrated our database to it. The migration worked successfully. However, I am facing a patches mismatch, details are as follows:

The database in the old home been patched right up to Jan 2022 patches
a. Patch 33587128 - Database Jan 2022 Release Update 12.2.0.1.220118
b. Patch 33561275 - Oracle JavaVM Component Release Update 12.2.0.1.220118

When I patched the new home, opatch completed successfully, since it’s a brand-new Oracle home installation. However, datapatch on the database is failing, since it already has the patches in the registry. I have attached the sqlpatch_invocation.log file for reference. I’m getting messages such as:

Patch 30502018 ():
Not installed in the binary or the SQL registry
Patch 30593149 ():
Installed in the SQL registry only


Finally, the prereq checks fail with multiple messages:

Error: prereq checks failed!
patch 26123830: Error reading descriptor from registry: Not a SCALAR reference at /oracle/app/product/12.2.0.1/db_1/sqlpatch/lib/XML/Simple.pm line 433, <LOGFILE> line 383.


Can someone let me know how to fix this patch mismatch issue? Thanks!
Re: New Oracle Home patches do not match database registry patches after migration [message #686966 is a reply to message #686954] Wed, 08 February 2023 13:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Watson
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You need to copy your $ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch directory across. Without it, datapatch can't rollback the old patch before applying the new ones. You could raise a TAR with Support to confirm.
Re: New Oracle Home patches do not match database registry patches after migration [message #686985 is a reply to message #686966] Fri, 10 February 2023 09:19 Go to previous message
rcct
Messages: 36
Registered: May 2013
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Thank you John. I will work on that. Problem with raising a TAR is that it sends an automated message saying "Oracle 12c is no longer supported, upgrade" lol.
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