With the release of the January patches, Oracle released version 12.2.0.1.19 of OPatch. In this specific release, the execution of opatch util cleanup deletes OS files outside the Oracle home directory structure. Thanks to my colleague Miguel for pointing this out.
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Performance improvements with OPatch 12.2.0.1.12
In the last few months I was struggeling with performance issues during the installation of different Database Proactive Bundle Patches on Solaris SPARC. On the server, the OPatch version 12.2.0.1.11 (October 2017) was installed. Now with the release of OPatch 12.2.0.1.12 (January 2018) the installation time decreases from 3,5 to 0,5 hours.
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