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

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!

Oracle Database 19c Release Updates (RUs) and Release Update Revisions (RURs)

Following is a list of all RU (Release Updates) and RUR (Release Update Revisions) issued for the Oracle Database 19c (19.3) since Apr-2019 till today 24-Jun-2021. Please zoom-in to see the above picture clearly, or see it partitioned below: Please note that:– Both RUs & RURs are released quarterly (Jan, April , Jul & Oct).– … Continue reading Oracle Database 19c Release Updates (RUs) and Release Update Revisions (RURs)

opatch error \QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip was unexpected at this time.

When trying to run opatch on windows, I got the following error: \QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip was unexpected at this time. After some research, I found that this error is due to spaces in the value of the CLASSPATH variable. Here, we have a couple of solutions: Solution #1 Remove "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip" from the CLASSPATH, we don't … Continue reading opatch error \QuickTime\QTSystem\QTJava.zip was unexpected at this time.