Oracle WebCenter Portal 11.1.1.8 Spaces Admin Page (Portal Builder) throws "Page Not Found" error on browser post patching.

Oracle WebCenter Portal 11.1.1.8 Spaces Admin Page (Portal Builder) throws "Page Not Found" error on browser post patching.

Oracle WebCenter Portal 11.1.1.8 Spaces Admin page throws "Page Not Found" error after patching

Have you patched your Oracle WebCenter Portal instance from 11.1.1.7 to 11.1.1.8 & ended up getting error mesage as above in the browser on accessing WebCenter Portal Spaces Admin page ( Portal Builder)?

If you are patching from 11.1.1.7 to 11.1.1.8, you will normally run into this issue if one of the mandatory steps as below is missed during patching.

- After applying 11.1.1.8.0 patch on WebCenter Portal instance, start Admin & Managed Server.

- Run the upgradeWebCenterPermissions() command as below:

cd <WC_ORACLE_HOME>/common/bin
./wlst.sh

connect()
Enter Admin username:
Enter Admin password:
Enter connecting url: t3://<Admin_host>:<Admin_Port


- Once connected, run below in WLST

upgradeWebCenterPermissions()


- Verify if you get message that the command completed successfully.

- Restart the WebCenter managed servers.


- Test if you can now access the Spaces Admin page: http://<Admin_host>:<WC_Spaces_Port>/webcenter/spaces/admin