On Oct 6, 8:00 pm, "Bob Jones" <em..._at_me.not> wrote:
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> > am doing Oracle 9.2 and 10.2 installations on HP UNIX server 11i.
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> > I know it is possible to have multiple oraInevntories on same
> > UNIX server, I know some people have one OraInventory for each
> > ORACLE_HOME.
> > OraInst.loc file specifis where oraInventory is; however, how does
> > one maintain multiple oraInst.loc file, e.g., oraInst.loc.home1,
> > oraInst.loc.home2
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> > Is there an env variable which can point to oraInst.loc file.home1, or
> > is there a way in OUI to specify it. I am unable to find one after
> > searching metalnk and google. I know people rename (or create symbolic
> > link) oraInst.loc.home1 to oraInst.loc before home1 Installation and
> > rename it back. Is this hack only way to accomplish multiple
> > oraInst.loc files.
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> > Thanks.
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> Dear Zigzagdna,
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> You can pass the inventory pointer to runInstaller as a parameter, although
> I do not see your reason for creating 2 inventories.
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I think -invptr option in runInstaller was added only in 10g. Reason
people have many OraInventories is because they do not want to affect
all Oracle installation by corruption in one OraInventory file. On
shared UNIX servers in corporations, especially in development
enevironments, there may be 10-50 Oracle installations on a server
and Oracle Inventory provides less risk and more flexibility. That is
reason Oracle has added
-invptr option to runInstaller.
Received on Sat Oct 06 2007 - 23:15:55 CDT
