OPatch Utility Reference

By default, the OPatch utility is located in the Oracle_home/OPatch directory. The following shows the syntax for running the OPatch utility:

opatch [-help] [-report] [command]

where:

-help lists the commands and options supported by the utility.
Use the -help parameter together with a command to view detailed information for the OPatch command. For example:
```
opatch apply -help
```
-report prints the actions without executing the command.

command is one of these OPatch commands:

apply [PatchDirectory]
This command applies the patch to the software located in Oracle_home. If you do not run the utility from the directory in which the patch content resides (PatchDirectory), include the complete path to the directory.

For the command to work properly, the ORACLE_HOME environment variable must be set to Oracle_home. See Dealing with Conflicts When You Run the Apply Command.

lsinventory

This command displays your system's OPatch and Oracle Universal Installer versions and directories, and lists the patches currently installed in Oracle_home. The following shows sample output for the lsinventory command:

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 13.9.4.2.6
Copyright (c) 2021, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.

Oracle Home          : Oracle_home
Central Inventory    : /export/oraInventory
   from              : Oracle_home/oraInst.loc
OPatch version       : 13.9.4.2.6
OUI Version          : 13.9.4.0.0
Log file location    : Oracle_home/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2021-11-24_06-53-05AM_1.log

OPatch detects the Oracle Home as "Oracle_home"

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Interim patches (2) :

Patch 33416881 : applied on Wed Nov 24 06:53:05 GMT 2021
Unique Patch ID: 24443925
Patch description: "WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 14.1.1.0.210930"
   Created on 30 Sep 2021, 15:53:34 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     30965440, 31564423, 32235275, 32528774, 31765550, 31742292, 32371861
     30912052, 31353368, 31950565, 31525147, 32868847, 25900775, 31770512
     31401659, 32544020, 31975788, 31510290, 32651810, 31918617, 32647611
     32054481, 33034990, 32373306, 32503912, 30285053, 31287540, 31671559
     32847474, 31332368, 31199699, 32408938, 32312961, 30284059, 32789767
     31316252, 31567049, 32068710, 31232471, 31475287, 31922313, 32248716
     33166329, 32875528, 32097062, 31816475, 32235872, 31247235, 33207639
     33152312, 33114718, 32883876, 31913015, 31995447, 32953480, 31047981
     32244262, 31943068, 30885114, 33245345, 31332264, 32077936, 32959192
     31583896, 31088577, 31498405, 32301793, 30838007, 31483821, 33063225
     33141458, 33171421, 30885128, 32214441, 29449188, 32976692, 31157988
     32519960, 31765567, 31142740, 30964331, 32226530, 31539237, 31492196
     30245934, 32832099, 32472196, 32228228, 32069620, 32697451, 32520971
     31011293, 31526201, 32064362, 32133880, 31441174, 30652362, 32950042
     32307656, 32639821, 32415913, 32893667, 31234573, 32108759, 33164116
     31113242, 31234666, 32593893, 31657139, 32920991, 32099344, 31160218
     30927469, 32497814, 30961904, 32962304, 31184158, 33170754, 32425607
     31380363

Patch 33286174 : applied on Wed Nov 24 06:52:09 GMT 2021
Unique Patch ID: 24406033
Patch description: "Bundle patch for Oracle Coherence Version 14.1.1.0.7"
   Created on 21 Sep 2021, 12:11:28 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     31201347, 31214284, 31806281, 31944953, 32124447, 32341371, 32581868
     32816973, 32822629, 32503887, 32421840, 32973306, 33286174
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

rollback -id PatchNumber

This command removes the specified patch from the Oracle_home directory, where PatchNumber is the patch number.

You can find the patch number by using the lsinventory command. For example, you would use the command rollback -id 24406033 to roll back the patch shown in the following sample lsinventory output:

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Interim patches (1) :

Patch 33286174 : applied on Wed Nov 24 06:52:09 GMT 2021
Unique Patch ID: 24406033
Patch description: "Bundle patch for Oracle Coherence Version 14.1.1.0.7"
   Created on 21 Sep 2021, 12:11:28 hrs PST8PDT
   Bugs fixed:
     31201347, 31214284, 31806281, 31944953, 32124447, 32341371, 32581868
     32816973, 32822629, 32503887, 32421840, 32973306, 33286174
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

For a full list of the OPatch commands and their descriptions, see "Common OPatch Commands When Patching an Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle home" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Patching with OPatch.