Is it required to run datapatch after creating database?
Why bother trying to remember versus running datapatch -prereq to find out?
Test case for 12.2.
Database July 2019 Release Update 12.2 applied:
[oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ /media/patch/lspatches.sh + . /media/patch/gi.env ++ set +x The Oracle base remains unchanged with value /u01/app/oracle ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle GRID_HOME=/u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid Oracle Instance alive for sid "+ASM1" + /u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid/OPatch/opatch version OPatch Version: 12.2.0.1.17 OPatch succeeded. + /u01/app/12.2.0.1/grid/OPatch/opatch lspatches 29770090;ACFS JUL 2019 RELEASE UPDATE 12.2.0.1.190716 (29770090) 29770040;OCW JUL 2019 RELEASE UPDATE 12.2.0.1.190716 (29770040) 29757449;Database Jul 2019 Release Update : 12.2.0.1.190716 (29757449) 28566910;TOMCAT RELEASE UPDATE 12.2.0.1.0(ID:180802.1448.S) (28566910) 26839277;DBWLM RELEASE UPDATE 12.2.0.1.0(ID:170913) (26839277) OPatch succeeded. + exit [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$
Create 12.2 RAC database:
[oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ dbca -silent -createDatabase -characterSet AL32UTF8 \ > -createAsContainerDatabase true \ > -templateName General_Purpose.dbc \ > -gdbname hawkcdb -sid hawkcdb -responseFile NO_VALUE \ > -sysPassword Oracle_4U! -systemPassword Oracle_4U! \ > -numberOfPDBs 1 -pdbName pdb01 -pdbAdminPassword Oracle_4U! \ > -databaseType MULTIPURPOSE \ > -automaticMemoryManagement false -totalMemory 3072 \ > -storageType ASM -diskGroupName DATA -recoveryGroupName FRA \ > -redoLogFileSize 100 \ > -emConfiguration NONE \ > -nodeinfo racnode-dc2-1,racnode-dc2-2 \ > -listeners LISTENER \ > -ignorePreReqs Copying database files 21% complete Creating and starting Oracle instance 35% complete Creating cluster database views 50% complete Completing Database Creation 57% complete Creating Pluggable Databases 78% complete Executing Post Configuration Actions 100% complete Look at the log file "/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/hawkcdb/hawkcdb.log" for further details. [oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$
Run datapatch -prereq for 12.2
[oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/datapatch -prereq
SQL Patching tool version 12.2.0.1.0 Production on Thu Aug 1 17:45:13 2019
Copyright (c) 2012, 2019, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to database...OK
Note: Datapatch will only apply or rollback SQL fixes for PDBs
that are in an open state, no patches will be applied to closed PDBs.
Please refer to Note: Datapatch: Database 12c Post Patch SQL Automation
(Doc ID 1585822.1)
Determining current state...done
Adding patches to installation queue and performing prereq checks...done
**********************************************************************
Installation queue:
For the following PDBs: CDB$ROOT PDB$SEED PDB01
Nothing to roll back
Nothing to apply
**********************************************************************
SQL Patching tool complete on Thu Aug 1 17:46:39 2019
[oracle@racnode-dc2-1 ~]$
Test case for 12.1.
Database July 2019 Bundle Patch 12.1 applied:
[oracle@racnode-dc1-1 ~]$ /media/patch/lspatches.sh + . /media/patch/gi.env ++ set +x The Oracle base has been set to /u01/app/oracle ORACLE_SID=+ASM1 ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle GRID_HOME=/u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid Oracle Instance alive for sid "+ASM1" + /u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid/OPatch/opatch version OPatch Version: 12.2.0.1.17 OPatch succeeded. + /u01/app/12.1.0.2/grid/OPatch/opatch lspatches 29509318;OCW PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.0.2.190716 (29509318) 29496791;Database Bundle Patch : 12.1.0.2.190716 (29496791) 29423125;ACFS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.0.2.190716 (29423125) 26983807;WLM Patch Set Update: 12.1.0.2.180116 (26983807) OPatch succeeded. + exit [oracle@racnode-dc1-1 ~]$
Create 12.1 RAC database:
[oracle@racnode-dc1-1 ~]$ dbca -silent -createDatabase -characterSet AL32UTF8 \ > -createAsContainerDatabase true \ > -templateName General_Purpose.dbc \ > -gdbname cdbhawk -sid cdbhawk -responseFile NO_VALUE \ > -sysPassword Oracle_4U! -systemPassword Oracle_4U! \ > -numberOfPDBs 1 -pdbName pdb01 -pdbAdminPassword Oracle_4U! \ > -databaseType MULTIPURPOSE \ > -automaticMemoryManagement false -totalMemory 3072 \ > -storageType ASM -diskGroupName DATA -recoveryGroupName FRA \ > -redoLogFileSize 100 \ > -emConfiguration NONE \ > -nodeinfo racnode-dc1-1,racnode-dc1-2 \ > -listeners LISTENER \ > -ignorePreReqs Copying database files 23% complete Creating and starting Oracle instance 38% complete Creating cluster database views 54% complete Completing Database Creation 77% complete Creating Pluggable Databases 81% complete 100% complete Look at the log file "/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/cdbhawk/cdbhawk.log" for further details. [oracle@racnode-dc1-1 ~]$
Run datapatch -prereq for 12.2
[oracle@racnode-dc1-1 ~]$ $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/datapatch -prereq
SQL Patching tool version 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Thu Aug 1 18:24:53 2019
Copyright (c) 2012, 2017, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to database...OK
Note: Datapatch will only apply or rollback SQL fixes for PDBs
that are in an open state, no patches will be applied to closed PDBs.
Please refer to Note: Datapatch: Database 12c Post Patch SQL Automation
(Doc ID 1585822.1)
Bootstrapping registry and package to current versions...done
Determining current state...done
Adding patches to installation queue and performing prereq checks...done
**********************************************************************
Installation queue:
For the following PDBs: CDB$ROOT PDB$SEED PDB01
Nothing to roll back
The following patches will be applied:
29496791 (DATABASE BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.190716)
**********************************************************************
SQL Patching tool complete on Thu Aug 1 18:26:26 2019
[oracle@racnode-dc1-1 ~]$
For 12.1, datapatch is required and not for 12.2.