Applying latest Oracle Patch 22502456 Database Patch Set Update : 11.2.0.4.160419 for Oracle Run Time Client errors out

When trying to apply patch 22502456 to Oracle Runtime client using latest OPatch version 11.2.0.3.12
it fails with the following error. This patch is also included in combo patch : 22738777 - COMBO OF OJVM COMPONENT 11.2.0.4.160419 DB PSU + DB PSU 11.2.0.4.1604 (APR2016)


Verifying environment and performing prerequisite checks...
Skip patch 20760982 from list of patches to apply: This patch is not needed.
UtilSession failed: null
Log file location:
OPatch failed with error code 73
Log file error shows this.
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     OUI-67073:UtilSession failed: null
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     Finishing UtilSession at Mon May 09 15:46:33 EDT 2016
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     Log file location: /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0.4/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2016-05-09_15-46-25PM_1.log
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     Stack Description: java.lang.NullPointerException
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     StackTrace: java.lang.StringBuffer.<init>(StringBuffer.java:104)
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     StackTrace: oracle.opatch.UtilSession.process(UtilSession.java:337)
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     StackTrace: oracle.opatch.OPatchSession.main(OPatchSession.java:2580)
[May 9, 2016 3:46:33 PM]     StackTrace: oracle.opatch.OPatch.main(OPatch.java:634)


Oracle support is able to reproduce this issue however currently no workaround is provided.
They have internally 2 bugs opened to address this issue.


Bug 22932939 -- OPATCH FAILS TO PATCH RUNTIME CLIENT ENVIRONMENTS
Bug 22740194 - INSTALLATION OF 11.2.0.4.7 AND LATER PSU FAILS IN RUNTIME CLIENT ENVIRONMENT

Portal Home Page Displays Error : Error getting content for remote pagelet.

When you are logging on to a Portal Home Page which displays Remote pagelets, You get this error randomly.

Error Message: Error getting content

When you click on "Detailed Error Description", You will get this

Unable to get document

Error occurred while accessing target page.

To see the further details, Please log in to your webserver and open the following log files. If you have more than 1 web server you may have to go to each web server to see the content.


Log File Location : $PS_CFG_HOME/webserv/peoplesoft/servers/PIA/logs (This is for PeopleTools 8.53 and higher).
Log File Names are below
PIA_servlets0.log.0
PIA_servlets1.log.0
PIA_servlets2.log.0


If you open any one of these log file, You will see the following


2000-01-07T11:47:21.185         9259 163517125      unknown SEVERE psft.pt8.psp logError Error for User: abc Error Message: Unable to get document:  Requested URL: https://abc.com Target URL:  Error reading from server


Resolution:
If you do not have security issue or single signon issue, Please check the default HTTP Header size allowed by your Load balancer that you use for multiple webservers.  In Case of Cisco ACE Loadbalancer default is : 4096 bytes. Increasing it to 32768 helps in resolving this issue.


For Cisco Ace this parameter is :

set header-maxparse-length 32768

If you use a different Load balancer for e.g. F5 LTM then I believe the default is already 32768.  You can contact your Load balancer vendor to determine the default HTTP Header size.

Upload image to Image Catalog

In PeopleTools 8.53 PeopleSoft has provided an online PIA page to upload the images or modify an existing images without using App designer. This is really helpful if you want to change an image, but do not want to migrate application project just for updating the image.
Page name : Layout Image Upload

Navigation : Main Menu>PeopleTools>Mobile Application Platform>MAP Utilities>Layout Image Upload

For some reason, Mobile Application Platform is hidden in Portal structure and contents, but you can still access the Layout Image Upload page by searching.