OOP GI upgrade errors 18.1 to 18.5 upgrade

Error 1
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Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2019-05-09_02-39-48PM. Please wait ...[FATAL] [INS-32012] Unable to create directory: /u01/app/18.5.0.1/grid, on this server.
   CAUSE: Either proper permissions were not granted to create the directory or there was no space left in the volume.
   ACTION: Check your permission on the selected directory or choose another directory.
[WARNING] [INS-32029] The Installer has detected that the Oracle Base location is not empty.
   ACTION: Oracle recommends that the Oracle Base location is empty.

Solution

chown  grid: /u01/app/18.5.0.1/grid

/u01/app/18.1.0.0/grid/OPatch/opatchauto resume

Error 2

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..........[FATAL] Failed to restore the saved templates to the Oracle home being cloned. Aborting the clone operation.

After fixing the cause of failure Run opatchauto resume

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OPATCHAUTO-68061: The orchestration engine failed.

OPATCHAUTO-68061: The orchestration engine failed with return code 1

OPATCHAUTO-68061: Check the log for more details.

OPatchAuto failed.

OPatchauto session completed at Thu May  9 14:49:28 2019

Time taken to complete the session 0 minute, 16 seconds

 opatchauto failed with error code 42

Solution

- check OPatch version, in most cases updating opatch to latest release on all nodes helps