Alright, i'm going to try and FTP it directly, like Maria said. This is my Linux box: [/home/oracle/patch/OPatch:oracle]@blah# uname -a Linux blah 2.6.18-128.1.1.0.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Feb 10 15:02:51 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux I'm still a little confused from the Grid Control installed... well, the 10.2.0.0 install was ok, but the upgrade to Release 5 was what confused me. There's 3 ORACLE_HOMES, with the OMS, Agent and the actual database, from what i can see. When i upgraded the release 5, it had runInstall for OMS home and Agent Home, but nothing for the DB home. Everything came up after i installed it originally, but those 3 homes is why this OPatch upgrade come to my attention in the first place. [/home/oracle/patch/OPatch:oracle] cd $ORACLE_HOME [/home/oracle/OracleHomes/oms10g:oracle]# cd OPatch [/home/oracle/OracleHomes/oms10g/OPatch:oracle]# opatch version Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.5 OPatch Version: 10.2.0.4.5 OPatch succeeded. [/home/oracle/OracleHomes/oms10g/OPatch:oracle]# cd ../../db10g [/home/oracle/OracleHomes/db10g:oracle]# cd OPatch [/home/oracle/OracleHomes/db10g/OPatch:oracle]# opatch version Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.1.0 OPatch Version: 10.2.0.1.0 OPatch succeeded. [/home/oracle/OracleHomes/db10g/OPatch:oracle]# cd ../../agent10g/OPatch [/home/oracle/OracleHomes/agent10g/OPatch:oracle]# opatch version Invoking OPatch 10.2.0.4.5 OPatch Version: 10.2.0.4.5 OPatch succeeded. This db10g home has a lower version of OPatch, so, that's the main spot i want to install it. did i do something wrong in the first place when installing Grid? :( Lyall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Drake" To: lyallbarbour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: OPatch question Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:12:28 -0400 Lyall, Please make sure that you have the 10.2.0.4 patchset applied to that home. You used the string "10.2.0.1 db home" in your post. Typically I use the "-skip_duplicates" switch on Linux. What OS is this? Paul On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Lyall Barbour wrote: > Hey everyone, > > So, i'm trying to install the CPU July patch on a 10.2.0.4 > Oracle Home for Grid. It said to install OPatch version > 10.2.0.4.4 or higher, so i download p688... whatever patch from > Metalink. When i try to use the OPatch from my patch directory > (opatch napply) i get this: > > Invoking utility "napply" > Failed to load the patch object. Possible causes are: > The specified path is not an interim Patch shiphome > Meta-data files are missing from the patch area > Patch location = /home/oracle/patch/OPatch/docs > Details = PatchObject constructor: Input file > "/home/oracle/patch/OPatch/docs/etc/config/actions" or > "/home/oracle/patch/OPatch/docs/etc/config/inventory" does not > exist. > NApply could not load patch from location '/home/oracle/patch/OPatch/docs' > UtilSession failed: PatchObject constructor: Input file > "/home/oracle/patch/OPatch/docs/etc/config/actions" or > "/home/oracle/patch/OPatch/docs/etc/config/inventory" does not > exist. > OPatch failed with error code 73 > > I've been looking through the 'net and Metalink all morning... I > thought i found something on Metalink about "corrupted" patch > when you download it, so re-download, but i got the same error... > This is on Unbreakable Linux server, Oracle 10.2.0.5 OMS home and > Agent home 10.2.0.1 DB home. > > TIA, Lyall > > -- > How Strong is Your Score? > Click here to see yours for $0! > By FreeCreditReport.com > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- http://www.completestreets.org/faq.html http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/docs/pamanual.pdf -- How Strong is Your Score? Click here to see yours for $0! By FreeCreditReport.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l