Oracle Database/ERP/Cloud/RAC/Misc Solutions

Patch DN1F is mutually exclusive and cannot coexist with patch(es): CIH8 While applying a patch on WLS, we encounter the error: Patch DN1F is mutually exclusive and cannot coexist with patch(es): CIH8 Solution: Remove the conflicting patch using below command: [applmgr@oel7 bsu]$ ./bsu.sh -prod_dir=/u01/apps/TEST/fs1/FMW_Home/wlserver_10.3 -patchlist=CIH8 -verbose -remove Checking for conflicts........ No conflict(s) detected Starting removal of Patch ID: CIH8 Removing /u01/apps/TEST/fs1/FMW_Home/patch_wls1036/patch_jars/AppsAdapter.jar Removing /u01/apps/TEST/fs1/FMW_Home/patch_wls1036/patch_jars/bpm-infra.jar Removing /u01/apps/TEST/fs1/FMW_Home/patch_wls1036/patch_jars/DBAdapter.jar Removing /u01/apps/TEST/fs1/FMW_Home/patch_wls1036/patch_jars/dbws.jar Removing /u01/apps/TEST/fs1/FMW_Home/patch_wls1036/patch_jars/jca-binding-api.jar Updating /u01/apps/TEST/fs1/FMW_Home/patch_wls1036/profiles/default/sys_manifest_classpath/weblogic_patch.jar Old manifest value...

In some case adop prepare phase fails due to some issues and if you wish to apply any patch in hotpatch mode, it will fail with below errors [STATEMENT] There is already a session which is incomplete. Details are: [STATEMENT]     Session Id: 2 [STATEMENT]     Prepare phase status: R [STATEMENT]     Apply phase status: N [STATEMENT]     Cutover  phase status: N [STATEMENT]     Abort phase status: N [STATEMENT]     Session status: F [ERROR]     Cannot apply hotpatch as another online patching cycle is going on [ERROR]     Unrecoverable error occured. Exiting the current session. [STATEMENT] [START 2019/10/22 16:13:00] Unlocking sessions table [STATEMENT] [END   2019/10/22 16:13:00] Unlocking sessions table [STATEMENT] Log file: /adop_20191022_161221.log [STATEMENT] [START 2019/10/22 16:13:02] Unlocking sessions table [STATEMENT] [E...

There is a very nice explanation of how to connect to an Oracle Cloud VM using putty.  Connect to a Cloud VM on Windows with PuTTY https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/cloud/ggcs/Connect_to_a_cloud_VM_on_Windows_with_Putty/connect_to_a_cloud_VM_using_Putty.html#summary PS: Instead of using the auto-login (oracle) user name use (opc). It worked for me.  Enjoy ur VM

There has been a structural changes on the primary DB ( like adding of data files,etc) and during the time, tried to connect from standby database using rman as below rman target / catalog rman/rman@dbcat Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.4.0 - Production on Mon Oct 21 13:30:38 2019 Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved. connected to target database: SPROD (DBID=1981104798) connected to recovery catalog database RMAN> show all; 2> ; ORA-20079: full resync from primary database is not done doing automatic resync from primary resyncing from database with DB_UNIQUE_NAME SPROD RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS =============== RMAN-00571: =========================================================== RMAN-03002: failure of show command at 10/21/2019 11:00:29 RMAN-03014: implicit resync of recovery catalog failed RMAN-03009: fai...