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When applying patch 19.26, the following error was displayed.
OPatchauto session is initiated at Tue May 27 09:19:03 2025
OPATCHAUTO-72083: Performing bootstrap operations failed.
OPATCHAUTO-72083: The bootstrap execution failed because null.
OPATCHAUTO-72083: Fix the reported problem and re-run opatchauto. In case of standalone SIDB installation and Grid is not installed re-run with -sidb option.
com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.OPatchAutoException: OPATCHAUTO-72083: Performing bootstrap operations failed.
OPATCHAUTO-72083: The bootstrap execution failed because null.
OPATCHAUTO-72083: Fix the reported problem and re-run opatchauto. In case of standalone SIDB installation and Grid is not installed re-run with -sidb option.
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.util.BootstrapHandler.performBootstrapping(BootstrapHandler.java:542)
at com.oracle.glcm.patch.auto.db.util.BootstrapHandler.main(BootstrapHandler.java:98)
OPatchauto session completed at Tue May 27 09:19:12 2025
Time taken to complete the session 0 minute, 10 seconds
opatchauto bootstrapping failed with error code 255.
For this error number OPATCHAUTO-72083, there are several ways to fix it, you need to pay attention to the messages that accompany the error.
In my case, it was related to Grid, which was not identifying the installation:
“OPATCHAUTO-72083: Fix the reported problem and re-run opatchauto. In case of standalone SIDB installation and Grid is not installed re-run with -sidb option.”
If we look in the inventory, we can see that the cluster is pointing to the correct ORACLE_HOME: /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid:
oracle@cealdmdsbr01 [dmdsbr01] /home/oracle> cat /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
<!-- Copyright (c) 1999, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
All rights reserved. -->
<!-- Do not modify the contents of this file by hand. -->
<INVENTORY>
<VERSION_INFO>
<SAVED_WITH>12.2.0.7.0</SAVED_WITH>
<MINIMUM_VER>2.1.0.6.0</MINIMUM_VER>
</VERSION_INFO>
<HOME_LIST>
<HOME NAME="OraGI19Home2" LOC="/u01/app/19.21.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="8"/>
<HOME NAME="agent13c1" LOC="/oem_agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0" TYPE="O" IDX="5"/>
<HOME NAME="agent13c2" LOC="/oem_agent/agent_13.5.0.0.0" TYPE="O" IDX="9"/>
<HOME NAME="OraGI19Home1" LOC="/u01/app/19.0.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="1" CRS="true"/>
<HOME NAME="OraDB12Home1" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="2"/>
<HOME NAME="OraDB19Home1" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="3"/>
<HOME NAME="OraHome1" LOC="/oem_agent/GoldImage_OEM_13.5_33355570/agent_13.5.0.0.0" TYPE="O" IDX="10"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasiha19c_home1_6835" LOC="/u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="13"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasidb19c_home1_583" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.25.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="14"/>
<HOME NAME="OraDB19Home2" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_2" TYPE="O" IDX="4" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="OUIPlaceHolderDummyHome1" LOC="/home/oracle/OraPlaceHolderDummyHome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="6" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasidb19c_home1_219" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.21.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="7" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasidb19c_home1_5401" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.23.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="12" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasiha19c_home1_5493" LOC="/u01/app/19.23.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="11" REMOVED="T"/>
</HOME_LIST>
<COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</INVENTORY>To correct this, let’s attach the cluster to the correct ORACLE_HOME.
/u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/oui/bin/runInstaller -updateNodeList ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid CRS=true
/u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/oui/bin/runInstaller -updateNodeList ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/19.0.0.0/grid CRS=falseNow the inventory.xml looks like this.
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" ?>
<!-- Copyright (c) 1999, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
All rights reserved. -->
<!-- Do not modify the contents of this file by hand. -->
<INVENTORY>
<VERSION_INFO>
<SAVED_WITH>12.2.0.7.0</SAVED_WITH>
<MINIMUM_VER>2.1.0.6.0</MINIMUM_VER>
</VERSION_INFO>
<HOME_LIST>
<HOME NAME="OraGI19Home2" LOC="/u01/app/19.21.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="8"/>
<HOME NAME="agent13c1" LOC="/oem_agent/agent_13.4.0.0.0" TYPE="O" IDX="5"/>
<HOME NAME="agent13c2" LOC="/oem_agent/agent_13.5.0.0.0" TYPE="O" IDX="9"/>
<HOME NAME="OraGI19Home1" LOC="/u01/app/19.0.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="1"/>
<HOME NAME="OraDB12Home1" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0.1/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="2"/>
<HOME NAME="OraDB19Home1" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="3"/>
<HOME NAME="OraHome1" LOC="/oem_agent/GoldImage_OEM_13.5_33355570/agent_13.5.0.0.0" TYPE="O" IDX="10"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasiha19c_home1_6835" LOC="/u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="13" CRS="true"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasidb19c_home1_583" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.25.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="14"/>
<HOME NAME="OraDB19Home2" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.0.0.0/dbhome_2" TYPE="O" IDX="4" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="OUIPlaceHolderDummyHome1" LOC="/home/oracle/OraPlaceHolderDummyHome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="6" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasidb19c_home1_219" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.21.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="7" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasidb19c_home1_5401" LOC="/u01/app/oracle/product/19.23.0.0/dbhome_1" TYPE="O" IDX="12" REMOVED="T"/>
<HOME NAME="Orasiha19c_home1_5493" LOC="/u01/app/19.23.0.0/grid" TYPE="O" IDX="11" REMOVED="T"/>
</HOME_LIST>
<COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</COMPOSITEHOME_LIST>
</INVENTORY>
After the above procedure, it was possible to apply the patch normally.
# opatchauto apply /u01/software/37257886 -oh /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
OPatchauto session is initiated at Tue May 27 10:11:40 2025
System initialization log file is /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchautodb/systemconfig2025-05-27_10-11-51AM.log.
Session log file is /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/opatchauto2025-05-27_10-11-56AM.log
The id for this session is C5L7
Executing OPatch prereq operations to verify patch applicability on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Patch applicability verified successfully on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Executing patch validation checks on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Patch validation checks successfully completed on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Performing prepatch operations on CRS - bringing down CRS service on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Prepatch operation log file location: /u01/app/oracle/crsdata/cealdmdsbr01/crsconfig/hapatch_2025-05-27_10-15-17AM.log
CRS service brought down successfully on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Start applying binary patch on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Binary patch applied successfully on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Running rootadd_rdbms.sh on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Successfully executed rootadd_rdbms.sh on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Performing postpatch operations on CRS - starting CRS service on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Postpatch operation log file location: /u01/app/oracle/crsdata/cealdmdsbr01/crsconfig/hapatch_2025-05-27_10-28-39AM.log
CRS service started successfully on home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
OPatchAuto successful.
--------------------------------Summary--------------------------------
Patching is completed successfully. Please find the summary as follows:
Host:cealdmdsbr01
SIHA Home:/u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
Version:19.0.0.0.0
Summary:
==Following patches were SKIPPED:
Patch: /u01/software/37257886/36758186
Log: /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2025-05-27_10-12-17AM_1.log
Reason: /u01/software/37257886/36758186 is not required to be applied to oracle home /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid
==Following patches were SUCCESSFULLY applied:
Patch: /u01/software/37257886/37260974
Log: /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2025-05-27_10-16-14AM_1.log
Patch: /u01/software/37257886/37266638
Log: /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2025-05-27_10-16-14AM_1.log
Patch: /u01/software/37257886/37268031
Log: /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2025-05-27_10-16-14AM_1.log
Patch: /u01/software/37257886/37461387
Log: /u01/app/19.25.0.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2025-05-27_10-16-14AM_1.log
OPatchauto session completed at Tue May 27 10:30:06 2025
Time taken to complete the session 18 minutes, 15 seconds
NOTE: There are several ways to fix this error, you need to pay attention to the message that accompanies the error to find the correct solution.
