Re: Specify inventory pointer location
From: zigzagdna <zigzagdna_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:49:14 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <94ed5be5-55e0-41fd-84d4-5118d4926c92_at_e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 13, 5:22 pm, Sybrand Bakker <sybra..._at_hccnet.nl> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:37:35 -0800 (PST), zigzagdna
>
> <zigzag..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I am Oracle 11g 11.1 on HP UNIX 11i. I see Oracle provides invPtrLoc
> >in some command such as runIntaller and Opatch.
> >-invPtrLoc $ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory/oraInst.loc
>
> >However when I go to run emca to configure db control it does not
> >recognize this parameter. I know using symbolic links one can get
> >around it, but symbolic link requires Sys Admin help. Is there any
> >other work around for it. I was looking for a UNIX environment
> >variable, could not find one.
>
> Is there any reason you multipost this on both forums.oracle.com and
> this newsgroup?
> Wouldn't it be quicker to read documentation and/or the emca cript and
> toirecognize emca doesn't use the inventory at all?
> Or do you really like to earn as much as possible by doing as little
> as possible?
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:49:14 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <94ed5be5-55e0-41fd-84d4-5118d4926c92_at_e37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
On Jan 13, 5:22 pm, Sybrand Bakker <sybra..._at_hccnet.nl> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:37:35 -0800 (PST), zigzagdna
>
> <zigzag..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I am Oracle 11g 11.1 on HP UNIX 11i. I see Oracle provides invPtrLoc
> >in some command such as runIntaller and Opatch.
> >-invPtrLoc $ORACLE_BASE/oraInventory/oraInst.loc
>
> >However when I go to run emca to configure db control it does not
> >recognize this parameter. I know using symbolic links one can get
> >around it, but symbolic link requires Sys Admin help. Is there any
> >other work around for it. I was looking for a UNIX environment
> >variable, could not find one.
>
> Is there any reason you multipost this on both forums.oracle.com and
> this newsgroup?
> Wouldn't it be quicker to read documentation and/or the emca cript and
> toirecognize emca doesn't use the inventory at all?
> Or do you really like to earn as much as possible by doing as little
> as possible?
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
emca logs shows eoor that inventory cannot/etc/orainSt.log or so be found, so not sure whether it uses it or not. Received on Wed Jan 13 2010 - 16:49:14 CST