Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.6 Now Available

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.6 is now available.

Instructions for downloading and applying this latest release update pack (RUP) for the EBS 12.2 codeline can be found here:


Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.6 Readme (Doc ID 2114016.1)

What Does Release 12.2.6 Include?

• Official release announcement
• EBS 12.2.6 highlights video with Cliff Godwin, Senior Vice President of Application Development 

As a consolidated suite-wide patchset, this RUP includes new features, statutory and regulatory updates, and enhancements for stability, performance, and security.

Release 12.2.6 is cumulative. That means that as well as providing new updates for this release, it also includes updates that were originally made available as one-off patches for earlier 12.2 releases.

For a complete list of new features, refer to:
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Documents (Doc ID 1302189.1)

RCU/jdk/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so: libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I got this error while installing RCU on OEL6.

$ ./rcu
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
/Installation/rcu/rcuHome/jdk/jre/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so:
libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
        at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1778)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1674)
        at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:770)
        at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1003)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1778)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1695)
        at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:823)
        at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1028)

Cause: 
libXtst rpm for 32 bit is missing.

Fix:
Please check that the libXtst-xx.el6.i686.rpm (32 bit) installed.
rpm -qa |grep libXtst
If it is not installed the need to install:
rpm -ivh libXtst-xx.el6.i686.rpm

ORA-01654: unable to extend index APPLSYS.AD_PATCH_COMMON_ACTIONS_U2 by 16 in tablespace APPS_TS_TX_IDX

While applying an NLS Patch getting ORA-1654 errors occurred due to space issues.

Error:

ORA-01654: unable to extend index APPLSYS.AD_PATCH_COMMON_ACTIONS_U2 by 16 in tablespace APPS_TS_TX_IDX

ORA-01654: unable to extend index APPLSYS.AD_PROGRAM_RUN_TASK_JOBS_N1 by 16 in tablespace APPS_TS_TX_IDX

After fixing the ORA-1654 errors by setting the APPS_TS_TX_IDX datafile to autoextend, reapplying the same NLS patch gives the following warning message and the patch is skipped:

Fix:

1. Resolve the ORA-1654 error per any of the available methods.

2. Test reapplying the patch using following option:

adop phase=apply apply_mode=downtime patches=19676458 options=forceapply restart=no abandon=yes

3. Confirm the patch applied successfully using the above command.