Oracle OPatch and “Archive not applied” error

Recently, I have installed an Oracle 11.2.0.4 RDBMS on a server, and I wanted to install the latest Patch Set Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.4 from October 2014. During the execution, I fell on the error “Archive not applied” and the job failed. This is how to quickly fix this issue.

While installing the PSU 11.2.0.4.4 from October 2014 on my Oracle 11.2.0.4 database server, I experienced the following error:

The following actions have failed:
Archive not applied /oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/17478514/files/lib/libserver11.a/kjb.o to /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib/libserver11.a… ”
Archive not applied /oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/17478514/files/lib/libpls11.a/pevmexe.o to /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib/libpls11.a… ”
Archive not applied /oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/17478514/files/lib/libclient11.a/knoggcap.o to /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib/libclient11.a… ”
Archive not applied /oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/17478514/files/lib/libgeneric11.a/qcd.o to /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib/libgeneric11.a… ”
Archive not applied /oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/17478514/files/lib/libpls11_pic.a/pevmexe_pic.o to /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib/libpls11_pic.a… ”
Archive not applied /oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/17478514/files/lib/libxml11.a/lpxm.o to /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib/libxml11.a… ”

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Typically, this error appears when there are permission issues in the Oracle directories. Here, the /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib directory seemed to by the cause of my error. So I checked my environment. By invoking OPatch with the Oracle user, access should be gained to that directory:

oracle@srvora01 ~]$ id
uid=54321(oracle) gid=54321(oinstall) groups=54321(oinstall),54322(dba)

I am connected as “oracle” user, member of the “oinstall” group.

[oracle@srvora01 ~]$ ls -ld /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib
drwxr-xr-x 4 oracle oinstall 12288 Jan 16 13:10 /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/lib/oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/

As you can see, my “lib” directory is owned by “oracle” with the “oinstall” group. So there are definitely no issues with permissions here 🙁
I was very surpised during a few minutes! But I discovered an issue in the path of the patch I wanted to deploy:

[oracle@srvora01 19121551]$ pwd
/oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551/

Do you see my mistake? I used a space character in the name of the directory containing the patch to apply. And OPatch does not like space characters, definitely…

Once my mistake discovered, I just had to rename my directory and run the OPatch again:

[oracle@srvora01 ~]$ mv “/oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu 11.2.0.4.4/” “/oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu_11.2.0.4.4/“

[oracle@vmreforadg01 ~]$ cd /oracle/soft/11.2.0.4/psu_11.2.0.4.4/19791364/19121551
[oracle@vmreforadg01 19121551]$ opatch apply
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.3.6
Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.
…

The patch was installed successfully:

[oracle@vmreforadg01 19121551]$ opatch lsinventory
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.3.6
Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.
Oracle Home       : /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0
Central Inventory : /u00/app/oraInventory
from           : /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 11.2.0.3.6
OUI version       : 11.2.0.4.0
Log file location : /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2015-01-16_13-33-02PM_1.log
Lsinventory Output file location : /u00/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_4_0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2015-01-16_13-33-02PM.txt
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Installed Top-level Products (1):
Oracle Database 11g                                                  11.2.0.4.0
There are 1 product(s) installed in this Oracle Home.
Interim patches (1) :
Patch  19121551     : applied on Fri Jan 16 13:10:20 CET 2015
Unique Patch ID:  17949166
Patch description:  “Database Patch Set Update : 11.2.0.4.4 (19121551)”
Created on 6 Oct 2014, 10:07:57 hrs PST8PDT
Sub-patch  18522509; “Database Patch Set Update : 11.2.0.4.3 (18522509)”
Sub-patch  18031668; “Database Patch Set Update : 11.2.0.4.2 (18031668)”
Sub-patch  17478514; “Database Patch Set Update : 11.2.0.4.1 (17478514)”
Bugs fixed:
17288409, 17205719, 17811429, 17754782, 17726838, 13364795, 17311728
17284817, 17441661, 13645875, 18199537, 16992075, 16542886, 17446237
14565184, 17071721, 17610798, 17375354, 17449815, 17397545, 19463897
18230522, 17235750, 16360112, 13866822, 17982555, 17478514, 12905058
14338435, 13944971, 16929165, 12747740, 17546973, 14054676, 17088068
18264060, 17343514, 17016369, 17042658, 14602788, 14657740, 17332800
19211724, 13951456, 16315398, 17186905, 18744139, 16850630, 17437634
19049453, 18673304, 17883081, 18641419, 17296856, 18262334, 17006183
18277454, 17232014, 16855292, 10136473, 17705023, 17865671, 18554871
19121551, 17588480, 17551709, 17344412, 17842825, 18681862, 17390160
13955826, 13609098, 18139690, 17501491, 17239687, 17752121, 17299889
17602269, 18673325, 17313525, 17242746, 19544839, 17600719, 18191164
17571306, 19466309, 17951233, 18094246, 17165204, 17011832, 17040527
16785708, 16180763, 17477958, 17174582, 17465741, 18522509, 17323222
19463893, 16875449, 16524926, 17237521, 17596908, 17811438, 17811447
18031668, 16912439, 16494615, 18061914, 17545847, 17082359, 19554106
17614134, 17341326, 17891946, 19458377, 17716305, 17752995, 16392068
19271443, 17767676, 17614227, 17040764, 17381384, 18973907, 18673342
14084247, 17389192, 17006570, 17612828, 17721717, 13853126, 18203837
17390431, 17570240, 14245531, 16043574, 16863422, 19727057, 17468141
17786518, 17037130, 17267114, 18203838, 16198143, 16956380, 17478145
14829250, 17394950, 17027426, 16268425, 18247991, 19584068, 14458214
18436307, 17265217, 13498382, 16692232, 17786278, 17227277, 16042673
16314254, 17443671, 16228604, 16837842, 17393683, 17787259, 18009564
15861775, 16399083, 18018515, 16472716, 17050888, 14010183, 17325413
16613964, 17080436, 17036973, 17761775, 16721594, 18280813, 15979965
18203835, 17297939, 16731148, 17811456, 14133975, 17385178, 17586955
16450169, 17655634, 9756271, 17892268, 17648596, 16220077, 16069901
11733603, 16285691, 17587063, 18180390, 17393915, 18096714, 17238511
17824637, 14285317, 19289642, 14764829, 18328509, 17622427, 16943711
17346671, 18996843, 14852021, 17783588, 16618694, 17672719, 17546761
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OPatch succeeded.