Re: Problems with OUI......anyone ever see this?

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 19:17:04 +0200
Message-ID: <1evo729isbsk4hler938d21qkfv0rskihs@4ax.com>

On 30 May 2006 08:31:55 -0700, "amerar_at_iwc.net" <amerar_at_iwc.net> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>We are trying to upgrade our 9.2.0.5 on AIX 5L to 9.2.0.7. We want to
>run the installer in non-interactive mode. We receive this error
>message:
>
>Error:*** Alert: Invalid staging area. There are no top level
>components for IBM SP AIX available for installation in this staging
>area. ***
>
>Anyone ever see that? One thing that stands out is that about 4 months
>ago we did a 10g trial install, then removed it. Could something be
>left over that is causing this??
>
>Thanks in advance.

No
Sure it could, as Oracle 10g comes with an XML installer, NOT a Java installer.
IIRC also to upgrade to 9.2.0.6 you need to install the 10g installer in the 9i home. This is documented in the release notes, the 10g installer comes with the patch.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Tue May 30 2006 - 12:17:04 CDT