OPATCH Utility (Oracle RDBMS Patching)
This post has been
written on request of one of regular visitor of my blog (Altaaf). This post is
all about Oracle Patching Utility (OPATCH) and various options that can be used
along with Opatch.
We will begin the
discussion by knowing what exactly is Opatch?
- OPatch is a java
based utility that allow the application and rolling back of interim patches to
an Oracle product. The program has sub-commands that may take arguments. The
program requires Java(JVM) to be present on the current system.OPatch expects
users to have commands such as fuser, jar, ar and make on Unix platforms and
jar on Windows platforms to be available in their PATH.
Opatch Details
How to check the
Opatch version?
-bash-3.00$ ./opatch
version
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.3.0
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.3.0
OPatch Version:
10.2.0.3.0
OPatch succeeded.
How to know which
version is the correct version of Opatch for your RDBMS home?
You can verify whether
the Opatch version for your RDBMS release is correct or not using metalink note
ID 357221.1.
This note ID gives the
copatibilities between OPatch version and RDBMS version.
How to get the latest
version of OPatch?
