ORA-20001: Latest xml inventory is not loaded into table

12.2数据库启动报ORA-20001错

2018-01-22T04:51:19.574350-05:00
Unable to obtain current patch information due to error: 20001, 
  ORA-20001: Latest xml inventory is not loaded into table
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_QOPATCH", line 777
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_QOPATCH", line 864
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_QOPATCH", line 2222
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_QOPATCH", line 740
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_QOPATCH", line 2247

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Dumping current patch information
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Unable to obtain current patch information due to error: 20001
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patch日志

KUP-05007:   Warning: Intra source concurrency disabled because the preprocessor option is being used.

Field Definitions for table OPATCH_XML_INV
  Record format DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
  Data in file has same endianness as the platform
  Reject rows with all null fields

  Fields in Data Source:

    XML_INVENTORY                   CHAR (100000000)
      Terminated by "UIJSVTBOEIZBEFFQBL"
      Trim whitespace same as SQL Loader

DBMS_QOPATCH包是提供PLSQL/SQL接口方式访问数据库补丁安装情况，oracle在启动的时候会去调用这个包查询patch情况，由于ORA-20001 Latest XML inventory is not loaded into table.导致失败，从而出现上述启动错误。
主要相关的sql

CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY "OPATCH_LOG_DIR" AS '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/QOpatch';
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY "OPATCH_SCRIPT_DIR" AS '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/QOpatch';

CREATE TABLE "SYS"."OPATCH_XML_INV"
   (    "XML_INVENTORY" CLOB
   )
   ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
    ( TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
      DEFAULT DIRECTORY "OPATCH_SCRIPT_DIR"
      ACCESS PARAMETERS
      ( RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE CHARACTERSET UTF8
      DISABLE_DIRECTORY_LINK_CHECK
      READSIZE 8388608
      preprocessor opatch_script_dir:'qopiprep.bat'
      BADFILE opatch_script_dir:'qopatch_bad.bad'
      LOGFILE opatch_log_dir:'qopatch_log.log'
      FIELDS TERMINATED BY 'UIJSVTBOEIZBEFFQBL'
      MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
      REJECT ROWS WITH ALL NULL FIELDS
      (
        xml_inventory    CHAR(100000000)
      )
        )
      LOCATION
       ( "OPATCH_SCRIPT_DIR":'qopiprep.bat'
       )
    )
   REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;

解决方案

---方案1
SQL> alter system set "_disable_directory_link_check"=true scope=spfile;

System altered.

SQL> shutdown immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 2432696320 bytes
Fixed Size                  8795664 bytes
Variable Size             654313968 bytes
Database Buffers         1761607680 bytes
Redo Buffers                7979008 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> SELECT a.ksppinm "Parameter",
  2  b.ksppstvl "Session Value",
  3  c.ksppstvl "Instance Value"
  4  FROM x$ksppi a,
  5  x$ksppcv b,
  6  x$ksppsv c
  7  WHERE a.indx = b.indx
  8  AND a.indx = c.indx
  9  AND a.ksppinm LIKE '/_disable_direc%' escape '/' ;

Parameter
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Session Value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Instance Value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_disable_directory_link_check
TRUE
TRUE


SQL> exit

$ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch/datapatch

---方案2
SQL> create or replace directory OPATCH_LOG_DIR as '<complete path to QOpatch>';
Directory created.

SQL> create or replace directory OPATCH_SCRIPT_DIR as '<complete path to QOpatch>';
Directory created.

---方案3
cd $ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch

./datapatch -verbose

---方案4
chmod 775 -r $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/log
 

$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch/datapatch -prereq 

参考MOS
Queryable Patch Inventory – Issues/Solutions for ORA-20001: Latest xml inventory is not loaded into table (Doc ID 1602089.1)
12.2:DB Alert.log shows ORA-20001: Latest xml inventory,ORA-06512: at “SYS.DBMS_QOPATCH”,”KUP-04004: error while reading file” (Doc ID 2323937.1)