Re: patchset installation

From: Gus Spier <gus.spier_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 15:07:41 -0400
Message-ID: <6d3967610806061207l486d3d06v27cf65f136aa2826@mail.gmail.com>


The important thing is to make sure that your oracle user/oinsstall group have read, write and execute permissions on the $inventory_loc directory.

r,

Gus

On 6/6/08, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner_at_nyct.com> wrote:
>
> inventory_loc=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/oraInventory
>
> inst_group=oinstall
>
>
>
> on rhel I am running 10.2.0.1 and want to apply patchset 10.2.0.2
> Here is what I am running into when I run the Oracle Installer:
>
> 1. clicking on installed products or Deinstall Products tells me there are
> no installed products
> 2. clicking on the next button tells me "Unable to create a new central
> inventory at location....."
> 3. If I point the inventory to a new location, the drop down button for
> Name and Path is greyed out, telling me that the installer does not see the
> current crs and db installation.
>
> I have set my environmental variables and check that I am logged in as
> Oracle.
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* sol beach [mailto:sol.beach_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 7:25 PM
> *To:* Steiner, Randy
> *Subject:* Re: patchset installation
>
>
>
> what is displayed by
>
> cat /etc/oraInst.loc
>
> find / -name oraInventory -ls
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner_at_nyct.com>
> wrote:
>
> rhel 3 update 4.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sol beach [mailto:sol.beach_at_gmail.com <sol.beach_at_gmail.com>]
> Sent: Thu 6/5/2008 4:51 PM
> To: Steiner, Randy
> Subject: Re: patchset installation
>
> Why does OUI not find the inventory tree?
>
> What OS name & version?
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner_at_nyct.com>
> wrote:
>
> > on rhel I am running 10.2.0.1 and want to apply patchset 10.2.0.2
> > Here is what I am running into when I run the Oracle Installer:
> >
> > 1. clicking on installed products or Deinstall Products tells me there
> are
> > no installed products
> > 2. clicking on the next button tells me "Unable to create a new central
> > inventory at location....."
> > 3. If I point the inventory to a new location, the drop down button for
> > Name and Path is greyed out, telling me that the installer does not see
> the
> > current crs and db installation.
> >
> > I have set my environmental variables and check that I am logged in as
> > Oracle.
> >
> > Also, since crs and db are bundled together in the patchset, how do I
> > upgraded the crs first?
> >
> > thanks
> > Randy
> >
>
>
>

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