OPatch failed with error code 73.

Error code 73

Following executables are active :
/home/oracle/product/11.2.0/lib/libclntsh.so.11.1
UtilSession failed: Prerequisite check “CheckActiveFilesAndExecutables” failed.
Log file location: /home/oracle/product/11.2.0/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2018-05-05_20-09-26PM_1.log

OPatch failed with error code 73

Reason:

$ fuser /home/oracle/product/11.2.0/lib/libclntsh.so.11.1
/home/oracle/product/11.2.0/lib/libclntsh.so.11.1: 15082m 18626m 18628m 18629m

$ ps -ef|grep 15082
oracle   10282 19402  0 20:12 pts/2    00:00:00 grep 15082
oracle   15082     1  0 May03 ?        00:06:25 ./server -w 300 -p 8000-8200 -m 7809 -k -l /home/oracle/product/12.1.0/gg_11/ggserr.log
$ ps -ef|grep mgr
root        38     2  0  2017 ?        00:00:00 [async/mgr]
oracle   10309 19402  0 20:12 pts/2    00:00:00 grep mgr
$ ps -ef|grep 18626
oracle   10311 19402  0 20:13 pts/2    00:00:00 grep 18626
oracle   18626     1  0 Apr30 ?        00:14:02 ./server -w 300 -p 8000-8200 -m 7809 -k -l /home/oracle/product/12.1.0/gg_11/ggserr.log
$ ps -ef|grep 18628
oracle   10323 19402  0 20:13 pts/2    00:00:00 grep 18628
oracle   18628     1  0 Apr30 ?        00:13:48 ./server -w 300 -p 8000-8200 -m 7809 -k -l /home/oracle/product/12.1.0/gg_11/ggserr.log
$ ps -ef|grep 18629
oracle   10330 19402  0 20:13 pts/2    00:00:00 grep 18629
oracle   18629     1  0 Apr30 ?        00:14:39 ./server -w 300 -p 8000-8200 -m 7809 -k -l /home/oracle/product/12.1.0/gg_11/ggserr.log
$

Action Taken:

$ kill -9 15082
$ kill -9 18626 18628 18629

Restarted the opatch apply command.

See also:

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