A Frequently Asked Questions

This appendix answers the frequently asked questions for Oracle Universal Installer.

On Windows, when I run Oracle Universal Installer setup.exe, it is not invoked.

This may be due to some system resources being held by some services. If we stop these services, then Oracle Universal Installer would be invoked.

To run Oracle Universal Installer again, execute the following:

setup -J-Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true -Dsun.awt.nopixfmt=true

When I start Oracle Universal Installer from any location, after setting the PATH environment variable, I get an error that reads "Could not read any NLS message catalog!". What do I do?

Oracle Universal Installer needs some files in the directory where the runInstaller (UNIX) or setup.exe (Windows) is running. So, when you invoke runInstaller (UNIX) or setup.exe (Windows), you should invoke it from the directory where this command is present, or you must specify the complete path.

I have lost my Central Inventory but have a valid Oracle home(s). What do I do?

Oracle Universal Installer allows you to set up the Central Inventory or register an existing ORACLE_HOME with the Central Inventory in case of inventory corruption or loss. You need to execute the command with the -attachHome flag. For more information refer to the section "Creating the Central Inventory".

I want to deploy multiple Oracle home(s) from an existing Oracle home. How do I do this?

Oracle Universal Installer creates Oracle homes during Oracle software installation. To deploy multiple Oracle homes using an existing one, you need to clone the Oracle home. For more information on cloning and mass deployment, refer to Chapter 6, "Oracle Software Cloning Using Oracle Universal Installer".

I have lost my Oracle home inventory (comps.xml). What can I do?

Oracle recommends backing up the inventory when an Oracle home is installed or removed. Ensure that you back up the comps.xml having the latest timestamp. For more information on backing up the inventory, refer to section "Backing up the Inventory".

When your Oracle home inventory is corrupted or lost, you can restore from the backup or you can install the Oracle home from an identical installation.

When I run the configuration assistants, they fail. What do I do?

To recover from this problem, rename the configToolAllCommands and configToolFailedCommands files as follows:

In UNIX, rename the configToolAllCommands and configToolFailedCommands files located in the OracleHome/cfgtoollogs/ directory to configToolAllCommands.sh and configToolFailedCommands.sh respectively and execute them.

In Windows, rename the configToolAllCommands and configToolFailedCommands files located in the OracleHome/cfgtoollogs/ directory to configToolAllCommands.bat and configToolFailedCommands.bat respectively and execute them.

ConfigToolAllCommands(.sh/.bat) will be used when the install was done with a -noConfig option and you want to run all the configuration assistants in standalone mode, outside the OUI context.

ConfigToolFailedCommands(.sh/.bat) will be used when the install was done with failed configuration assistants and you want to run only the failed configuration assistants later in standalone mode, outside the OUI context.

When I apply a patchset or an interim patch, the installer tries to propagate to a node that I disconnected long back. What do I do?

This may be due to the presence of the Oracle home in the Central Inventory.

Oracle Universal Installer allows you to remove the Oracle home from the Central Inventory in cases where the Oracle home is uninstalled. To remove the Oracle home, you need to execute runInstaller with the -detachHome flag. You can also completely remove the Central Inventory to remove traces of log files. For more information refer to the section "Detaching Oracle Homes from the Central Inventory".

When I apply a patchset or an interim patch, the patch is not propagated to some of my Real Application Clusters nodes. What do I do?

In a Real Application Clusters environment, the inventory contains a list of nodes associated with an Oracle home. It is important that during the application of a patchset or an interim patch, the inventory is correctly populated with the list of nodes. If the inventory is not correctly populated with values, the patch is propagated only to some of the nodes in the cluster.

Oracle Universal Installer allows you to update the inventory.xml with the nodes available in the cluster using the -updateNodeList flag in Oracle Universal Installer. For more information refer to the section "Updating the Nodes of a Cluster".