1. Cloud Control Database Lifecycle Management Administrator's Guide
  2. Appendixes
  3. Troubleshooting Issues
  4. Troubleshooting Patching Issues
  5. Oracle Software Library Configuration Issues
  6. OPatch Update Job Fails When Duplicate Directories Are Found in the Software Library
  7. Issue

Issue

When you run an OPatch Update job, sometimes it might fail with the following error:

2011-11-28 10:31:19,127 RemoteJobWorker 20236 ERROR em.jobs startDownload.772- OpatchUpdateLatest: java.lang.NullPointerException: Category, 'Oracle Software Updates', has no child named, 'OPatch' at oracle.sysman.emInternalSDK.core.patch.util. ComponentUtil.getComponentCategory (ComponentUtil.java:854)

Even after applying the Cloud Control patch released in January 2012, you might see the following error:

Category, 'Oracle Software Updates' already exists.