adpatch failed

adpatch failed

The steps mentioned below is one of the time saving technique.Adpatch is running and fails on one of the workers.  To fix this worker and continue with the patch installation, a new patch needs to be applied.Considering that only 1 adpatch session can run on an instance at any given time(yes, if you cant believe then try it once  ), how can a patch be applied when adpatch is already running?


Using the adctrl utility, shutdown the workers.

a. adctrl

b. Select option 3 “Tell worker to shutdown/quit”

2.  Backup the FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES table which is owned by the APPLSYS schema

a. sqlplus applsys/<password>

b. create table fnd_Install_processes_back as select * from fnd_Install_processes;

c. The 2 tables should have the same number of records.

select count(*) from fnd_Install_processes_back;

select count(*) from fnd_Install_processes;

3.  Backup the AD_DEFERRED_JOBS table.

a. sqlplus applsys/<password>

b. create table AD_DEFERRED_JOBS_back

as select * from AD_DEFERRED_JOBS;

c. The 2 tables should have the same number of records.

select count(*) from AD_DEFERRED_JOBS_back;

select count(*) from AD_DEFERRED_JOBS;

4.  Backup the .rf9 files located in $APPL_TOP/admin/<SID>/restart directory.

At this point, the adpatch session should have ended and the cursor should

be back at the Unix prompt.

a. cd $APPL_TOP/admin/<SID>

b. mv restart restart_back

c. mkdir restart

6.  Drop the FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES table and the AD_DEFFERED_JOBS table.

a. sqlplus applsys/<password>

b. drop table FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES;

c. drop table AD_DEFERRED_JOBS;

8.  Apply the new patch.

9.  Restore the .rf9 files located in $APPL_TOP/admin/<SID>/restart_back

directory.

a. cd $APPL_TOP/admin/<SID>

b. mv restart restart_<patchnumber>

c. mv restart_back restart

10. Restore the FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES table which is owned by the APPLSYS

schema.

a. sqlplus applsys/<password>

b. create table fnd_Install_processes

as select * from fnd_Install_processes_back;

c. The 2 tables should have the same number of records.

select count(*) from fnd_Install_processes;

select count(*) from fnd_Install_processes_back;

11. Restore the AD_DEFERRED_JOBS table.

a. sqlplus applsys/<password>

b. create table AD_DEFERRED_JOBS

as select * from AD_DEFERRED_JOBS_back;

c. The 2 tables should have the same number of records.

select count(*) from AD_DEFERRED_JOBS_back;

select count(*) from AD_DEFERRED_JOBS;

12. Re-create synonyms

a. sqlplus apps/apps

b. create synonym AD_DEFERRED_JOBS for APPLSYS.AD_DEFERRED_JOBS;

c. create synonym FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES FOR APPLSYS.FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES;

13. Start adpatch, it will resume where it stopped previously.