Re: Oracle installer not showing any products

From: Ban Spam <ban-spam_at_operamail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 01:24:24 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns9126BB3E1D2D4SunnySD@24.0.3.73>

"Daniel A. Morgan" <Daniel.Morgan_at_attws.com> wrote in news:3BAFA7A4.D414EFA3_at_attws.com:

>> When I fire up the Oracle Installer, it doesn't show any products
>> installed, even though there is a database installed which has been up
>> and running (I am trying to install a patch).
>>
>> I have a unix.rgs file in $ORACLE_HOME/install which contains:
>> sqlplus 8.1.6
>> Java 8.1.6
>> rdbms 8.1.6
>> svrmgr 8.1.6
>>
>> Why isn't the installer finding this?
>>
>> Solaris 2.6
>> Oracle V8.1.6
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andy

This is a classic symptom of what happens when an Oracle directory tree is cloned from one system to another. Oracle runs fat, dumb & happy, but since the "inventory" directory was not copied to the target system. OUI does not think any Oracle products exist on the destination system.

HTH & YMMV, HAND! Received on Mon Sep 24 2001 - 20:24:24 CDT