Skipping the Oracle Configuration Manager prompts in OPatch

One of the more interesting things Oracle has done in recent years is the introduction of Oracle Configuration Manager. Oracle Configuration Manager is a support tool that provides a way to bundle information about your environment in order to help resolve SRs.

However, many customers are concerned with the information that this tool might reveal, so they tend to avoid providing the contact information that OCM requires. As a result, when you run OPatch, you're constantly bugged for that information. Here's how you can get around that:

Generate a response file (either provide the information, or leave things blank):

${ORACLE_HOME}/OPatch/ocm/bin/emocmrsp -output ${HOME}/ocm.rsp

OCM Installation Response Generator 10.3.1.2.0 - Production

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Provide your email address to be informed of security issues, install and

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Oracle Support Email address/User Name.

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Email address/User Name:

You have not provided an email address for notification of security issues.

Do you wish to remain uninformed of security issues ([Y]es, [N]o) [N]: Y

The OCM configuration response file (/home/oracle/ocm.rsp) was successfully created.

Now, when you apply the patch, point opatch to that OCM response file:

opatch -ocmrf ${HOME}/ocm.rsp

– James