Brian Fitzgerald

AI, Cloud, and databases

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Monthly Oracle Critical Patch Updates have begun!

[Sophie B. Hawkins @therealsophieb]

With fellow artist Kerri Rosenthal. This Memorial Day, remember the soldiers who have given their lives for peace. Remember we are neighbors. And remember who you are. Make art, not war.

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

@ak48503 @elonmusk Or, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." (KJV)

It is profound.

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

With the superlative Oracle Certified Master, Istvan Stahl at the Empire State Building @IstvanStahl @EmpireStateBldg

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

@therealsophieb Ah! Our wedding waltz. Excellent, Sophie.

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Oracle Grid patch 19.31.0.0.260421 fails
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /lib/modules/5.14.0-611.55.1.el9_7.x86_64/extra/usm/oracleacfs.ko: Key was rejected by service

Solution:

cd $grid/bin
rm acfsroot acfsload acfsdriverstate
$grid/crs/install/rootcrs.sh -postpatch
opatchauto resume

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Solution:
rm -r /u01/app/oracle_grid/product/1930/grid/opatchautocfg/db/dbtmp/bootstrap_qco01ld-2605a
opatchauto resume

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

opatchauto resume fails
Can't exec "/u01/app/oracle_grid/product/1930/grid/opatchautocfg/db/dbtmp/bootstrap_qco01ld-2605a/perl/bin/perl": Permission denied at /u01/app/oracle_grid/product/1930/grid/OPatch/auto/database/bin/OPatchAutoDB.pl line 648.
Session log file is /u01/app/oracle_grid/product/1930/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/opatchauto2026-05-17_12-17-57AM.log
OPATCHAUTO-68009: Required resume argument missing.
OPATCHAUTO-68009: The -session argument is required when resuming an existing session.
OPATCHAUTO-68009: Provide the required argument.

solution...

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Solution:
$ crsctl modify resource ora.chad -attr "START_DEPENDENCIES='', STOP_DEPENDENCIES=''" -unsupported
$ dbca -silent -deleteDatabase -sourceDB -MGMTDB
$ srvctl stop mgmtlsnr
$ srvctl remove mgmtlsnr
# opatchauto resume

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Oracle 19c grid
Patch 19.31.0.0.260421
Error:
PDB GIMR_DSCREP_10: Applied with errors
select status into stat from dba_registry where comp_id = 'JAVAVM';
- ORA-01403: no data found
- ORA-06512: at line 5
solution ...

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

@climagic
mv ...{,-}

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

AWS RDS for Oracle database was likely patched for Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431).

Expect to find "New Operating System update is available" on your console.

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Oracle Enterprise Manager patch availability had been rescheduled to May 8 and May 15. The latest news is May 22. https://t.co/FtEVwJZeMt

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Patching Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) on Red Hat Linux
https://t.co/E7DJl2dukp

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Bye cat!

Beginning with 19.31 Apr2026 RU, TOMCAT directories have been deleted from subpatch and the functionality is replaced with Micronaut. Refers to the Oracle grid home.

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

Patch 39062931: COMBO OF OJVM COMPONENT 19.31.0.0.260421 + DB RU 19.31.0.0.260421
for Oracle Database 19c on Linux x86-64 is available

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

@svenolafhilmer @oraclebase aye

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

@oraclebase By the way, the Database 19c quarterly patch for Linux is delayed until May 1. KB106822
https://t.co/RlyN0ZsIcp

[Brian Fitzgerald @ExaGridDba]

@connor_mc_d There is literally no website left on Earth that is worse than the Oracle Customer Support website.