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How Do I Update Opatch In OAS 2025?

Hey Everyone,

Fighting the documentation trap & circular references - trying to find the correct version of Opatch to download to update the v8.2 Binary downloaded.

Downloaded p38161336_82000_MSWIN-x86-64 which comes with 13.9.2.4.1 - I mean, why ship software with incompatible versions of the applications required to do a basic stack-patch?

Looking to 6880880 bug - the downloader has nothing available to download that says compatible.

	This Patch is Obsolete. It cannot be Downloaded.

	Reason
		This is causing issues with EM and is not intended, JCS customershave been provided another location.

What do you suggest here - to get the next steps of the upgrade moving along?

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Gianni Ceresa

Hi,

The OPatch I use comes from https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/PatchDetail?patchId=28186730

For my OAS 8.2 I have a note telling me to use 13.9.4.2.11+, and from that link I take whatever version it gives me (right now it is 13.9.4.2.20).

As you can see it says explicitly it is for "FOR EM 13.5 AND FMW/WLS 12.2.1.4.0, 14.1.1.0.0, 14.1.2.0.0", which is the important piece because every OAS does use FMW/WLS 12.2.1.4.

SteveF-Oracle

Hi Tim,

You will update opatch AFTER the upgrade (either in-place or out-of-place migration) with our stack patch bundle (in some rare cases if the opatch version is to old, the SPB can't updated it during the patching process and it needs to be updated manually first (with the opatch shipped in the SPB).

Critical Patch Update (CPU) Advisor For Oracle Analytics Server and Oracle Business Intelligence - Updated for July 2025 (Doc ID 2832967.2)

For OAS 2025, it is included in 38161336

Tim Ouimet

Thanks both - for the notes here:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/bi/analytics-server/install-config-oas/installing-product-software.html#GUID-94C32691-7E21-48EC-BB13-8F75820AB8F4

I take it to mean literally after installing the binaries from OAS files - pre database upgrade, schema and reconfiguration..

Applying Patches for Oracle Analytics Server

After you install Oracle Analytics Server, you must apply the latest Oracle Fusion Middleware patches and Oracle Analytics Server patches. For the list of Critical Patch Update (CPU) instructions and patches, go to Oracle Support document ID 2832967.2, and click Analytics Server (OAS).

SteveF-Oracle

Thanks for the clarification!
If you apply the stack patch bundle, it will automatically update OPatch to OPATCH 13.9.4.2.20
Here is a link to the readme, or you can click on the link embedded in the note.

https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/Services/download?type=readme&aru=27613653

Hope that helps.

Tim Ouimet

https://community.oracle.com/products/oracleanalytics/discussion/comment/70309#Comment_70309

Hi Steve - My issue was that I was trying to apply the SPB using SPBAT - and it failed the version check. I may have my steps out of order.

SteveF-Oracle

Ok, then I would do this

Copy the Opatch zip from the unzipped OAS SPB: OAS_SPB_8.2.0.0.250707\tools\opatch\generic\p28186730_1394219_Generic.zip to a temp directory.
Unzip it
Follow the readme directions to update/apply it to the opatch in your [ORACLE_HOME]
After it completes, re-run the stack patch bundle (see readme) with -phase precheck, it should complete successfully with no warnings and you will see in the output log that opatch is up-to-date and validated.
Then, you can apply the stack patch bundle with -phase apply

Tim Ouimet

That worked.

So - here's the full steps in layman's terms - as I'm working through it.

Backup the existing [ORACLE_HOME], db for schema.

Download files (V983368-01 (fmw 12.2.1.4), V1048326-01, OAS 2025).

Create new [ORACLE_HOME]

Install both the above files to [ORACLE_HOME] new.

Run UA readiness against old [ORACLE_HOME] from the new [ORACLE_HOME]

Run UA from new [ORACLE_HOME], UA'ing the Old [oracle_home]

Reconfigure Domain from new [ORACLE_HOME]

Upgrade the Domain Config from the new [ORACLE_HOME]

Update oPatch in new [ORACLE_HOME]

Apply SPB to new [ORACLE_HOME]

Start the services & cross-fingers.