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Unable to rollback a patch

Troubleshooting


Problem

When rolling back a patch, we received the following error: Receive the following error: "EPatcgInstaller92228: Patch Rollback_patchname does not permit rollback because it has changes that cannot be reversed"

Symptom

InstallUpdate -rollback <patch name> -force

Receive the following error:
"EPatcgInstaller92228: Patch Rollback_patchname does not permit rollback because it has changes that cannot be reversed"

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 April 2025

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