OPatch failed with error code 73;UtilSession failed:oracle.crs:

While applying Oracle patch on RDBMS_HOME we received following error


[oracle@ppcmswgc-db01 ~]$ OPatch/opatch napply custom/server/ -local -oh $ORACLE_HOME -id 13440962
Invoking OPatch 11.2.0.1.7

Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.2.0.1.7
Copyright (c) 2011, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

UTIL session

Oracle Home       : /u02/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1
Central Inventory : /u01/oraInventory
   from           : /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 11.2.0.1.7
OUI version       : 11.2.0.3.0
Log file location : /u02/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2014-01-29_10-42-40AM.log

Verifying environment and performing prerequisite checks...
UtilSession failed: Patch 13440962 requires component(s) that are not installed in OracleHome. These not-installed components are oracle.crs:11.2.0.3.0,
Log file location: /u02/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2014-01-29_10-42-40AM.log

OPatch failed with error code 73

SOLUTION

Change the directory to "custom/server" and run opatch from there:


[oracle@ppcmswgc-db01 ~]$ ls -ltr
total 160536
drwxrwxrwx 5 oracle oinstall      4096 Dec 28  2011 13440962



[oracle@ppcmswgc-db01 ~]$ cd 13440962/custom/server
[oracle@ppcmswgc-db01 server]$ ls -tlr
total 4
drwxrwxrwx 5 oracle oinstall 4096 Dec 28  2011 13440962

[oracle@ppcmswgc-db01 ~]opatch napply -local -oh $ORACLE_HOME -id 13440962