upgrade from ZLM 7 IR1 to ZLM 7.2 with an Oracle database fails

Upgrading from ZLM 7 IR1 to ZLM 7.2 with an Oracle database fails. The logfile zlmupgrade.txt shows the following error message:

Running upgrade scripts
Upgrading the database schema...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/mnt/data/zlmupgrade.py", line 401, in ?
main()
File "/mnt/data/zlmupgrade.py", line 269, in main
upgradeScript.upgrade(log)
File "/mnt/data/configureScripts/datamodel.py", line 243, in upgrade
dbhost = m.group('dbhost')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group

To obtain access to a hot patch with the fix for this problem, follow the instructions in KB 3469853 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support