Patch 26710464 - Database Release Update 12.2.0.1.171017
This document is accurate at the time of release. For any changes and additional information regarding Database Release Update (DB RU) 12.2.0.1.171017, see these related documents that are available at My Oracle Support (http://support.oracle.com/):
Document 2296870.1 Database, Fusion Middleware, and Enterprise Manager Critical Patch Update October 2017 Patch Availability Document
Document 854428.1 Patch Set Updates for Oracle Products
Document 2297823.1 Oracle Database Release Update 12.2.0.1.171017 Known Issues
This document includes the following sections:
Database Release Update (DB RU) 12.2.0.1.171017 patches are cumulative. That is, the content of all previous DB RUs is included in the latest DB RU patch.
To install the DB RU 12.2.0.1.171017 patch, the Oracle home must have the 12.2.0.1.0 Database installed. Subsequent DB Release Updates can be installed on Oracle Database 12.2.0.1.0 or any DB Release Update (RU) or Release Update Revision (RUR).
This patch is Oracle RAC Rolling Installable.
This patch is Database Vault installable. Review My Oracle Support Document 1195205.1 for details on how to apply this patch to a Database Vault environment.
This patch is Data Guard Standby-First Installable. See My Oracle Support Document 1265700.1 Oracle Patch Assurance - Data Guard Standby-First Patch Apply for details on how to remove risk and reduce downtime when applying this patch.
Table 1 describes installation types and security content. For each installation type, it indicates the most recent DB RU patch to include new security fixes that are pertinent to that installation type. If there are no security fixes to be applied to an installation type, then "None" is indicated. If a specific DB RU is listed, then apply that or any later DB RU patch to be current with security fixes.
Table 1 Installation Types and Security Content
| Installation Type | Latest DB RU with Security Fixes |
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Server homes |
DB RU 12.2.0.1.171017 |
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Client-Only Installations |
DB RU 12.2.0.1.170718 |
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Instant Client Installations |
DB RU 12.2.0.1.170718 (The Instant Client installation is not the same as the client-only Installation. For additional information about Instant Client installations, see Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide.) |
This section includes the following section:
You must use the OPatch utility version 12.2.0.1.6 or later to apply this patch. Oracle recommends that you use the latest released OPatch version for 12.2, which is available for download from My Oracle Support patch 6880880 by selecting the 12.2.0.1.0 release.
For information about OPatch documentation, including any known issues, see My Oracle Support Document 293369.1 OPatch documentation list.
These instructions are for all Oracle Database installations.
Before you install DB RU 12.2.0.1.171017, perform the following actions to check the environment and to detect and resolve any one-off patch conflicts.
The Oracle JavaVM Component 12.2.0.1.x Database Release Update (DB RU) patch is also available as a separate patch. This patch is not Oracle RAC Rolling Installable. For customers wanting to install both patches together during a single downtime window, follow the various Patching Options listed in the My Oracle Support Document 1929745.1 - Oracle JavaVM Component Database PSU and RU" (OJVM PSU and OVJM RU) Patches.
If you are installing the RU to an environment that has a Grid Infrastructure home, note the following:
Grid Infrastructure Release Update 12.2.0.1.171017 Patch 26737266 should be applied to the Grid Infrastructure home and Database home using the readme instructions provided with the patch.
Ensure that the $PATH definition has the following executables: make, ar, ld, and nm.
The location of these executables depends on your operating system. On many operating systems, they are located in /usr/ccs/bin, in which case you can set your PATH definition as follows:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/ccs/bin
For an introduction to the DB RU one-off patch concepts, see "Patch Set Updates Patch Conflict Resolution" in My Oracle Support Document 2285054.1 Release Update and Release Update Revisions for Database Proactive Patch Program.
The fastest and easiest way to determine whether you have one-off patches in the Oracle home that conflict with the RU, and to get the necessary conflict resolution patches, is to use the Patch Recommendations and Patch Plans features on the Patches & Updates tab in My Oracle Support. These features work in conjunction with the My Oracle Support Configuration Manager. Recorded training sessions on these features can be found in Document 603505.1.
However, if you are not using My Oracle Support Patch Plans, the My Oracle Support Conflict Checker tool enables you to upload an OPatch inventory and check the patches that you want to apply to your environment for conflicts.
If no conflicts are found, you can download the patches. If conflicts are found, the tool finds an existing resolution to download. If no resolution is found, it will automatically request a resolution, which you can monitor in the Plans and Patch Requests region of the Patches & Updates tab.
For more information, see Knowledge Document 1091294.1, How to use the My Oracle Support Conflict Checker Tool.
Or, use the following steps to manually discover conflicts and resolutions:
Determine whether any currently installed one-off patches conflict with the DB RU patch as follows:
unzip p26710464_12201_<platform>.zip cd 26710464 opatch prereq CheckConflictAgainstOHWithDetail -ph ./
The report will indicate the patches that conflict with DB RU 26710464 and the patches for which DB RU 26710464 is a superset.
Note that Oracle proactively provides DB RU 12.2.0.1.171017 one-off patches for common conflicts.
Use My Oracle Support Document 1321267.1 Database Patch conflict resolution to determine, for each conflicting patch, whether a conflict resolution patch is already available, and if you need to request a new conflict resolution patch or if the conflict may be ignored.
When all the one-off patches that you have requested are available at My Oracle Support, proceed with Section 3.2, "Patch Installation Instructions".
Follow these steps:
If you are using a Data Guard Physical Standby database, you must install this patch on both the primary database and the physical standby database, as described by My Oracle Support Document 278641.1.
If this is a RAC environment, install the DB RU patch using the OPatch rolling (no downtime) installation method as the DB RU patch is rolling RAC installable. Refer to My Oracle Support Document 244241.1 Rolling Patch - OPatch Support for RAC.
If this is not a RAC environment, shut down all instances and listeners associated with the Oracle home that you are updating. For more information, see Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
Set your current directory to the directory where the patch is located and then run the OPatch utility by entering the following commands:
unzip p26710464_12201_<platform>.zip
cd 26710464
opatch apply
If there are errors, refer to Section 5, "Known Issues".
After installing the patch, perform the following actions:
Apply conflict resolution patches as explained in Section 3.3.1.
Load modified SQL files into the database, as explained in Section 3.3.2.
Apply the patch conflict resolution one-off patches that were determined to be needed when you performed the steps in Section 3.1.4, "One-off Patch Conflict Detection and Resolution".
The following steps load modified SQL files into the database. For a RAC environment, perform these steps on only one node.
Datapatch is run to complete the post-install SQL deployment for the DB RU. For further details about Datapatch, including Known Issues and workarounds to common problems, see: Database 12c Post Patch SQL Automation (Doc ID 1585822.1).
For each separate database running on the same shared Oracle home being patched, run the datapatch utility as described in Table 2.
Table 2 Steps to Run the Datapatch Utility for Standalone DB Versus Single/Multitenant (CDB/PDB) DB
| Steps | Standalone DB | Steps | Single/Multitenant (CDB/PDB) DB |
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Footnote 1 It is recommended the Post Install step be run on all pluggable databases; however, the following command (SQL> alter pluggable database PDB_NAME open ) could be substituted to only open certain PDBs in the single/multitenant database. Doing so will result in the Post Install step only being run on the CDB and opened PDB's. To update a pluggable database at a later date (skipped or newly plugged in), open the database using the alter pluggable database command mentioned previously and rerun the datapatch utility. See My Oracle Support Document 1935365.1 Multitenant Unplug/Plug Best Practices for more information about the procedure for unplugging/plugging with different patch releases (in both directions).
The datapatch utility will then run the necessary apply scripts to load the modified SQL files into the database. An entry will be added to the dba_registry_sqlpatch view reflecting the patch application. In the dba_registry_sqlpatch view, verify the Status for the APPLY is "SUCCESS". For any other status, refer to the following My Oracle Support note for additional information and actions: Document 1609718.1 Datapatch Known Issues.
Check the following log files in $ORACLE_BASE/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/26710464/<unique patch ID> for errors:
26710464_apply_<database SID>_<CDB name>_<timestamp>.log
where database SID is the database SID, CDB name is the name of the multitenant container database, and timestamp is of the form YYYYMMMDD_HH_MM_SS.
This patch now includes the OJVM Mitigation patch (Patch:19721304). If an OJVM RU is installed or planned to be installed, no further actions are necessary. Otherwise, the workaround of using the OJVM Mitigation patch can be activated. As SYSDBA do the following from the admin directory:
SQL > @dbmsjdev.sql SQL > exec dbms_java_dev.disable
For more information on the OJVM mitigation patch, see Document 1929745.1 Oracle Recommended Patches -- "Oracle JavaVM Component Database PSU and RU" (OJVM PSU and OJVM RU) Patches.
You must execute the steps in Section 3.3.2, "Loading Modified SQL Files into the Database" for any new database. There are no actions required for databases that have been upgraded.
For more information, see My Oracle Support, 12.1:DBCA(Database Creation) does not execute ”datapatch (Doc ID 2084676.1).
These instructions apply if you need to deinstall the patch.
Section 4.1, "Patch Deinstallation Instructions for a Non-RAC Environment"
Section 4.2, "Patch Post-Deinstallation Instructions for a Non-RAC Environment"
Section 4.3, "Patch Deinstallation Instructions for Oracle RAC Environment"
Section 4.4, "Patch Post-Deinstallation Instructions for Oracle RAC Environment"
Follow these steps:
Shut down all instances and listeners associated with the Oracle home that you are updating. For more information, see Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
Run the OPatch utility specifying the rollback argument as follows.
opatch rollback -id 26710464
If there are errors, refer to Section 5, "Known Issues".
After deinstalling the patch, do the following:
Datapatch is run to complete the post-deinstall SQL deployment for the DB RU. For further details about Datapatch, including Known Issues and workarounds to common problems, see: Database 12c Post Patch SQL Automation (Doc ID 1585822.1).
Follow these steps:
For each separate database running on the same shared Oracle home being patched, run the datapatch utility as described in Table 3. If this is Oracle RAC, run datapatch on only one instance.
Table 3 Steps to Run the datapatch Utility for Standalone DB Versus Single/Multitenant (CDB/PDB) DB
| Steps | Standalone DB | Steps | Single/Multitenant (CDB/PDB) DB |
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Footnote 1 It is recommended the Post Install step be run on all pluggable databases; however, the following command (SQL> alter pluggable database PDB_NAME open ) could be substituted to only open certain PDBs in the single/multitenant database. Doing so will result in the Post Install step only being run on the CDB and opened PDB's. To update a pluggable database at a later date (skipped or newly plugged in), open the database using the alter pluggable database command mentioned previously and rerun the datapatch utility. See My Oracle Support Document 1935365.1 Multitenant Unplug/Plug Best Practices for more information about the procedure for unplugging/plugging with different patch releases (in both directions).
The datapatch utility will then run the necessary rollback scripts. An entry will be added to the dba_registry_sqlpatch view reflecting the patch application. In the dba_registry_sqlpatch view, verify the Status for the ROLLBACK is "SUCCESS". For any other status, refer to the following My Oracle Support note for additional information and actions: Document 1609718.1 Datapatch Known Issues.
Check the following log files in $ORACLE_BASE/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/26710464/<unique patch ID> for errors:
26710464_rollback_<database SID>_<CDB name>_<timestamp>.log
where database SID is the database SID, CDB name is the name of the multitenant container database, and timestamp is of the form YYYYMMMDD_HH_MM_SS.
Patch deinstallation instructions for Oracle RAC includes these environments:
Follow these steps for each node in the cluster, one node at a time.
Shut down the instance on the node.
Run the OPatch utility specifying the rollback argument as follows.
opatch rollback -id 26710464
If there are errors, refer to Section 5, "Known Issues".
Start the instance on the node as follows:
srvctl start instance
Follow the instructions listed in Section Section 4.2, "Patch Post-Deinstallation Instructions for a Non-RAC Environment" only on the node for which the steps in Section 3.3.2, "Loading Modified SQL Files into the Database" were executed during the patch application.
All other instances can be started and accessed as usual while you are executing the deinstallation steps.
For information about OPatch issues, see My Oracle Support Document 293369.1 OPatch documentation list.
For issues documented after the release of this DB RU, see My Oracle Support Document 2297823.1 Oracle Database Release Update 12.2.0.1.171017 Known Issues.
Other known issues are as follows.
The following ignorable errors may be encountered while running the datapatch/catbundle.sql script or its rollback script:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist ORA-00955: name is already used by an existing object ORA-01430: column being added already exists in table ORA-01432: public synonym to be dropped does not exist ORA-01434: private synonym to be dropped does not exist ORA-01435: user does not exist ORA-01917: user or role 'XDB' does not exist ORA-01920: user name '<user-name>' conflicts with another user or role name ORA-01921: role name '<role name>' conflicts with another user or role name ORA-01927: cannot REVOKE privileges you did not grant ORA-01952: system privileges not granted to 'WKSYS' ORA-02289: sequence does not exist ORA-02303: cannot drop or replace a type with type or table dependents ORA-02443: Cannot drop constraint - nonexistent constraint ORA-04043: object <object-name> does not exist ORA-06512: at line <line number>. If this error follow any of above errors, then can be safely ignored. ORA-14452: attempt to create, alter or drop an index on temporary table already in use ORA-29809: cannot drop an operator with dependent objects ORA-29830: operator does not exist ORA-29832: cannot drop or replace an indextype with dependent indexes ORA-29844: duplicate operator name specified ORA-29931: specified association does not exist
Problem: An ORA-04068 error may appear in the Database alert log file when datapatch is run.
During a successful run of the datapatch tool with no errors indicated, an ORA-04068 error may appear in the Database alert log file:
ORA-04068: existing state of packages has been discarded
Workaround: This is a retryable error in datapatch itself. If a patch installation receives it, then datapatch will automatically retry the operation once, before reporting it as a failure. The fact that datapatch did not report the retry and ran successfully with no errors confirms that the patch was successfully installed, and that another Oracle background process received the error. The ORA-04068 error should be ignored as long as datapatch runs successfully with no errors indicated (possibly after an automatic retry).
The following documents are references for this patch.
Document 1585822.1 Database 12c Post Patch SQL Automation
Document 293369.1 OPatch documentation list
Document 360870.1 Impact of Java Security Vulnerabilities on Oracle Products
Document 1321267.1 Database Patch conflict resolution
Document 26710464.8 Database Release Update 12.2.0.1.171017 (DB RU)
Document 2245178.1 12.2.0.1 Database Release Updates - List of Fixes in each RU/RUR
Document 1561792.2 Troubleshooting Assistant: Patching Oracle Database/Client
This patch includes the following bug fixes.
See My Oracle Support Document 2245178.1 that documents all the non-security bugs fixed in each 12.2.0.1 Release Update (DB RU).
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