Re: Agent 10.2.0.2 patchset install on AIX

From: EdStevens <quetico_man_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 27 Dec 2006 05:55:06 -0800
Message-ID: <1167227706.439929.14110@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com>

DA Morgan wrote:
> 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?

1. Just set ORACLE_HOME and issue 'emctl stop agent' results in "Error writing to file '/db01/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so ..."
2. set home, cd to home, issue "./emctl stop agent" results in "Error writing to file '/db01/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so ..."

>

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

>

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

>

"ps -ef | grep libora" returns nothing but the grep process itself. Tried this both before firing up runInstaller and in a separate session while the OUI was waiting on me to respond to the error message.

While driving to the office this morning I had a "DOH!" moment when I realized that I could very well have been picking up a previously installed version. So after setting ORACLE_HOME appropriately and navigating to the Disk1 directory of the patchset, I issued 'which runInstaller'. It reported the one in the current directory. Just for grins, I tried specifying it explicitly anyway, with '$> ./runInstaller'. Same result as all previous efforts.

I'll try to get the SA to issue an 'slibclean'. Also, will add 'set -x' to the runInstaller script and examine exactly what's getting set in the environment and what decisions are being made.

> 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 Wed Dec 27 2006 - 07:55:06 CST