Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.36Ĭopyright (c) 2023, Oracle Corporation. opatch lsinventory ~]$ opatch lsinventory ~]$ unzip -q /sources/patches/p34765931_190000_Linux-x86-64.zip -d /sources/patches/Ĭheck current inventory of Oracle home. We aim at updating the database to release 19.18. In case that you need to restore Oracle home back to the original state, we should take a backup on Oracle home by tar or zip command. Where 1 means that the instance does not exist. ~]$ ps -ef | grep smon | grep -v ~]$ echo $? Backup Oracle Home Stop Databaseīefore backing up Oracle home and applying patches, please stop Oracle database, then make sure the instance is idle. ~]$ export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatchĪdding the path to the user's profile is recommended. If you saw error opatch: command not found in the last command, you should add path $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch to $PATH environment variable. Let's see what version of OPatch we have after updating it. Here we follow a practical procedure to update Opatch utility.

In which, p6880880 is the latest OPatch utility. We should download the newest Opatch utility and release update for Oracle database 19.3 form MOS, and then upload them to the server.

Here are steps to apply Database Release Update (DBRU) 19.18 (REL-JAN230131, 34765931) to Oracle database 19c (19.3) on Linux.

Toad version for oracle 19c