OPatch failed with error code = 255

[Former Member]

Hello,

I have installed Oracle 9.2.0.1 in my system.

Now, i want to apply a patch on that Oracle by using Opatch.

But when i try to apply Optach, i am facing teh follwing error

"Please make sure you are running OPatch with JRE version 1.4 or later.

OPatch failed with error code = 255"

I have installed jre version 6 after that and jdk 1.5. Still i m facing the same issue.

Please help.

As i need to upgrade my oracle and i m stuck up with that error.

Thanks,

Deepak

[fidel_vales · Accepted solution]

Hi,

> I have installed Oracle 9.2.0.1 in my system.

O_o, AFAIK, that was never supported, and 9i is out of "extended support"

> ApplySession applying interim patch '4487801' to OH <Oracle_Home>

> ApplySession failed during prerequisite checks: Prerequisite check "CheckApplicableProduct" failed.

Of course, the patch is not for the release you are trying to applied to

I looked for it in MOS and this is what I found:

Patch 4487801: PLACEHOLDER BUG FOR 9.2.0.6 PATCH 9 FOR WINDOWS 32BIT

That means that you MUST install 9.2.0.6 BEFORE installing this patch.

Due to the mentioned issues about "support" what I do recommend you is to install 9.2.0.8 and its latests Windows bundle patch available in SAP Service Marketplace.

[Former Member]

Hello,

Thanks alot Fidel Vales ...Its working now.

I installed the latest bundle 9.2.0.0 patch, it comes with the setup.exe an di simply executed that file.

Thanks,

Deepak

[Former Member]

Hello,

I tried with above command and faced the a different error . I tried applying patch 4487801.

ApplySession applying interim patch '4487801' to OH <Oracle_Home>

ApplySession failed during prerequisite checks: Prerequisite check "CheckApplica

bleProduct" failed.

The details are:

OPatch found incompatible or invalid applicable product type with respect to the

Oracle Home.

System intact, OPatch will not attempt to restore the system

OPatch failed with error code = 74

I doubt if some other patches to be applied before this one.if yes, then from where we can get the list of pre requite patches.

Please guide.

[Former Member]

Did you check the environment variables for ORACLE_HOME and JAVA_HOME?

What command did you actually execute?

Kind regards,

[Former Member]

Try this command:

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/opatch <OPatch command> -jre <OS Java Home> where <OS Java Home is the path to your installed java .

Kind regards,