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2999186 - Oracle upgrade fails with ERROR OCINlsEnvironmentVariableGet

Symptom

Upgrading oracle to release 19c fails with ERROR OCINlsEnvironmentVariableGet

The catupgrd_datapatch_upgrade.log shows the following error:

SQL Patching tool version 19.3.0.0.0 Production on Mon Nov 30 15:46:41 2020
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Log file for this invocation: D:\oracle\QGB\cfgtoollogs\sqlpatch\sqlpatch_7256_2020_11_30_15_46_41\sqlpatch_invocation.log

Connecting to database...
Error: prereq checks failed!
Database connect failed with: ERROR OCINlsEnvironmentVariableGet(OCI_NLS_CHARSET_ID) Check NLS settings etc.

Please refer to MOS Note 1609718.1 and/or the invocation log
D:\oracle\QGB\cfgtoollogs\sqlpatch\sqlpatch_7256_2020_11_30_15_46_41\sqlpatch_invocation.log
for information on how to resolve the above errors.

SQL Patching tool complete on Mon Nov 30 15:46:41 2020


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Environment

oracle,  windows

Keywords

oci.dll upgrade DBUA windows oracle ERROR OCINlsEnvironmentVariableGet , KBA , BC-DB-ORA , Oracle , Problem

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