Tuesday, May 6, 2014

OUI-67074:OPatch failed during prerequisite checks: java.lang.NullPointerException

You may get an error while applying a certain OIM/SOA patch - 

OUI-67074:OPatch failed during prerequisite checks: java.lang.NullPointerException.

There won’t be much details in the logs to let you analyze, and you will be left with no clue. The cause and solution of the error is there in the readme of the patch.

NOTE: On WINDOWS, the prefrred location is the drive root directory. For example, "C:\PATCH_TOP" and avoid choosing locations like,"C:\Documents and Settings\username\PATCH_TOP". This is necessary due to the 256 characters limitation on windows platform” 

So, please try to keep the path to PATCH_TOP shortest.

-gaurav