Oracle’s OPatch utility is used for applying interim CPU patches to maintain the security of your RDBMS. In this article we will cover the error which would be received when you use OPatch options that are not supported by your currently installed OPatch utility.
1. Logon to your Oracle database server as the Oracle software owner.
2. Change directories to the location of your CPU patch and unzip the file.
unzip p9119226_10204_
3. Change directories into your unzipped patch directory which is named with the CPU number you are applying.
cd 9119226
OPatch napply -skip_subset -skip_duplicate
4. You receive the following error or similar error during installation.
ORCL :> OPatch napply -skip_subset -skip_duplicate
Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.3.0
Oracle interim Patch Installer version 10.2.0.3.0
Copyright (c) 2005, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved..
Syntax Error… Unrecognized Command or Option: failed to parse arguments
“unknown option ‘-skip_subset'”
Please use the option ‘OPatch -help’ to get correct syntax
OPatch failed with error code 14
ORCL :>
5. This error is being generated because OPatch 10.2.0.3.0 did not support the napply option or its tags. The solution is to download the latest Oracle Patch 6880880, containing the OPatch utility, and unzip it in your ORACLE_HOME directory.
Larry J Catt, OCP 9i, 10g
oracle@allcompute.com
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