Opatch util cleanup not working
System:
[oracle@hostname:/opt/oraclegrid/18]$ uname -a SunOS hostname 5.11 11.4.24.75.2 sun4v sparc sun4v
Database:
Oracle 18c 18.10 (April 2020 patch), RacOneNode setup
Opatch
OPatch Version: 12.2.0.1.21
I found out, that a .patch_storage folder in GRID/DB homes takes really much space on file system.
I tried to use opatch util cleanup utility (this utility should clean this folder) but nothing happened. Here is output:
[oracle@hostname:/opt/oraclegrid/18]$ du -hs .patch_storage/ 4.1G .patch_storage [oracle@hostname:/opt/oraclegrid/18]$ opatch util cleanup Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.21 Copyright (c) 2020, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Oracle Home : /opt/oraclegrid/18 Central Inventory : /opt/oraInventory from : /opt/oraclegrid/18/oraInst.loc OPatch version : 12.2.0.1.21 OUI version : 12.2.0.4.0 Log file location : /opt/oraclegrid/18/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2020-09-13_14-47-13PM_1.log Invoking utility "cleanup" OPatch will clean up 'restore.sh,make.txt' files and 'scratch,backup' directories. You will be still able to rollback patches after this cleanup. Do you want to proceed? [y|n] y User Responded with: Y Backup area for restore has been cleaned up. For a complete list of