[DBT-20052] Database upgrade is not supported from Oracle Home with Oracle Home User “dbuser” to an Oracle Home with Windows Virtual Account.

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

Background: A customer has an Oracle Database version 12.2.0.1 on Windows server. He asked to upgrade this database to 19c (19.17) on the same server. Procedure: I installed Oracle 19c (19.3) on a new oracle home on the same server.(During the installation I selected "Windows Virtual Account" as the Oracle Home owner) I applied the … Continue reading [DBT-20052] Database upgrade is not supported from Oracle Home with Oracle Home User “dbuser” to an Oracle Home with Windows Virtual Account.

opatch version failed with error: Java (1.7) could not be located. OPatch cannot proceed!

Posted on by Ahmed Abdel Fattah

BackgroundI asked one of my colleagues to download the latest opatch patch, in preparation to patching one oracle database 19c home on Oracle Linux platform (8.8).The old utility has version: 12.2.0.1.17 The latest downloaded utility has version: OPATCH_VERSION:12.2.0.1.40 Usually, I start by renaming the old OPatch directory, then extracting the new version under Oracle Home.This … Continue reading opatch version failed with error: Java (1.7) could not be located. OPatch cannot proceed!