Patch Planner to check and request conflict patches

Problem:

Recently, I was applying p29963428_194000ACFSRU_Linux-x86-64.zip on top of 19.4 GI home and got the following error:

==Following patches FAILED in analysis for apply:
 Patch: /u01/swtmp/29963428/29963428
 Log: /u01/app/19.3.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatchauto/core/opatch/opatch2019-08-07_10-07-56AM_1.log
 Reason: Failed during Analysis: CheckConflictAgainstOracleHome Failed, [ Prerequisite Status: FAILED, Prerequisite output: 
 Summary of Conflict Analysis:
 There are no patches that can be applied now.
 Following patches have conflicts. Please contact Oracle Support and get the merged patch of the patches : 
 29851014, 29963428
 Conflicts/Supersets for each patch are:
 Patch : 29963428
 Bug Conflict with 29851014 Conflicting bugs are: 29039918, 27494830, 29338628, 29031452, 29264772, 29760083, 28855761 ... 
 After fixing the cause of failure Run opatchauto resume

Solution:

Oracle MOS note ID 1317012.1 describes steps how to check such conflicts and request conflict/merged patches in previous:

1. Run lsinventory from the target home:

[grid@rac1 ~]$ /u01/app/19.3.0/grid/OPatch/opatch lsinventory > GI_lsinventory.txt

2. Logon to support.oracle.com -> Click the “Patch and Updates” tab -> Enter the patch number you want to apply:

2. Click Analyze with OPatch…

3. Attach GI_lsinventory.txt file created in the first step and click “Analyze for Conflict”:

4. Wait for a while and you will see the result. According to it, patch 29963428 conflicts with my current patches:

From the same screen I can “Request Patch”.

5. After clicking “Request Patch” button I got the following error:

Click “See Details”:

The message actually means that fix for the same bug is already included in currently installed 19.4.0.0.190716ACFSRU.

So I don’t have to apply 29963428 patch. I wanted to share the steps with you , because the mentioned tool is really useful.