Re: Agent 10.2.0.2 patchset install on AIX

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 14:05:23 -0800
Message-ID: <1167170717.378733@bubbleator.drizzle.com>

EdStevens wrote:

> DA Morgan wrote:
>> EdStevens wrote:

>>> Platform: AIX Version 5.3 patch/maintenance level 05
>>>
>>> Installed Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 -
>>> 64bit. Runing fine.
>>>
>>> Installed agent in it's own oracle home:
>>> Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 10.2.0.1.0.
>>> Copyright (c) 1996, 2005 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Agent Version : 10.2.0.1.0
>>> OMS Version : 10.2.0.2.0
>>> Protocol Version : 10.2.0.0.0
>>>
>>>
>>> Trying to apply patchset 3731593 to bring agent up to 10.2.0.2.0.
>>> Logon as 'oracle', set ORACLE_HOME to the agent's home, manually
>>> stopped the agent, navigated to <patchset>/Disk1 and fired up
>>> runInstaller. OUI came up, ran some checks and asked some questions,
>>> all as expected, confirmed the components to install, but then
>>> reported:
>>>
>>> Error writing to file
>>> '/db01/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so'
>>> [/db01/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so
>>> (Cannot open or remove a file containing a running program.)]
>>>
>>> Ideas?

>> What did you do that you think stopped the agent?
>>
>> My guess is you stopped some other agent in some other directory based
>> on your path.
>>
>> cd $OMA_HOME/bin       -- go to the home directory
>> pwd                    -- verify you are really there
>> ./emctl stop agent
>> ./emctl status agent
>>
>> On my list of egregious Oracle design errors has been that they put
>> emctl into every home directory they could spell. ;-)
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>> (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
>> www.psoug.org
> 
> Good point about the 'extra' emctl files laying around.  But even when
> insureing against that problem as you detailed, the results were the
> same.

What's the same?

Two other suggestions if what has been recommended, so far, doesn't work.

1a. ps -ef | grep libora
1b. kill -9

2. reboot

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org

Received on Tue Dec 26 2006 - 16:05:23 CST