How to Apply Opatch in Oracle Apps R12

How to apply Opatch in Oracle Home in ERP R12

OPATCH CONFIGURATION ISSUES

A.      ERROR: OPatch failed because of an Inventory problem.

B.      ERROR: OPatch failed because of problems in the patch area.

C.      The patch directory area must be a number.

SOLUTION

1.       First of Check and locate /etc/oraInst.loc, File, and see Inventory path. It must be According to Current Environment SID.

2.       For applying OPatch in EBS, one should remember to copy New Patch in /d01/oracle/PROD/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/.patch_storage Directory.

HOW TO APPLY PATCH

·         Set Apps Node environment variable.

·         Copy Zip file to /d01/oracle/PROD/apps/tech_st/10.1.2/.patch_storage location.

·         Unzip File and go to the newly created Patch directory.

·         run command "opatch apply" and wait for the completion process

Enjoy Opatch patching ..............................