OraInventory

RECREATINGORAINVENTORY

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PLATFORM
VERSION
DATE

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SURESH.V
ORACLE ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.x 64bit
11.1.0.6.0
13.07.2010

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Table of Contents
1. Recreating OraInventory........................................................................................................................3
1.1 Verifying current OraInventory Location........................................................................................3
1.2 Locating oraInventory file...............................................................................................................3
1.3 Creating New Directory..................................................................................................................3
1.4 Modifying Location.........................................................................................................................3
1.5 Changing Permission.......................................................................................................................4
1.6 Recreation OraInventory Location..................................................................................................4
1.7 Verifying New OraInventory Location............................................................................................4

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1. Recreating OraInventory
1.1 Verifying current OraInventory Location
[suresh@of80 ]$cd $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
[suresh@of80 OPatch]$ ../opatch lsinventory -detail
IInvoking OPatch 11.1.0.6.0
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.1.0.6.0
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
C
Oracle Home
: /d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1
Central Inventory
: /d01/oracle/oraInventory
/
from
: /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version
: 11.1.0.6.0
OUI version
: 11.1.0.6.0
OUI location
: /d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/oui
Log file location
:
/
/d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2010-07-13_16-55-05PM.log
Lsinventory Output file location :
/d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2010-07-13_16-55-05PM.txt
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OPatch succeeded.

1.2 Locating oraInventory file

[root@of80 ~]# cd /etc/
[root@of80 etc]# ls ora*
oraInst.loc oratab
[root@of80 etc]# cp oraInst.loc oraInst.loc.bak

1.3 Creating New Directory

[suresh@of80 ]$
[suresh@of80 orainv]$ mkdir oraInventory
[suresh@of80 orainv]$ cd oraInventory/
[suresh@of80 oraInventory]$ pwd
/d01/oracle/orainv/oraInventory

1.4 Modifying Location

[root@of80 ]vi /etc/oraInst.loc
inventory_loc=/d01/oracle/orainv/oraInventory
/
inst_group=dba
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1.5 Changing Permission

[root@of80 etc]# chmod 644 oraInst.loc
For consistency, copy the file to Oracle home directory
[suresh@of80 ~]$ cd $ORACLE_HOME
[suresh@of80 db_1]$ cp oraInst.loc oraInst.loc.bak

1.6 Recreation OraInventory Location

[suresh@of80 ]$cd $ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin
[suresh@of80 bin]$ ./runInstaller -silent -attachHome ORACLE_HOME="/d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/
db_1" ORACLE_HOME_NAME="Ora11gHome"
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
S
Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 9852 MB Passed
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2010-07-13_05-09-20PM. Please
wait ...[suresh@of80 bin]$ The inventory pointer is located at /etc/oraInst.loc
The inventory is located at /d01/oracle/orainv/oraInventory
'AttachHome' was successful.

1.7 Verifying New OraInventory Location

[suresh@of80 ]$cd $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
[suresh@of80 OPatch]$ ./opatch lsinventory -detail
IInvoking OPatch 11.1.0.6.0
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 11.1.0.6.0
Copyright (c) 2007, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
C
Oracle Home
: /d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1
Central Inventory
: /d01/oracle/orainv/oraInventory
from
: /etc/oraInst.loc
OPatch version
: 11.1.0.6.0
OUI version
: 11.1.0.6.0
OUI location
: /d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/oui
Log file location
:
/
/d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2010-07-13_17-10-33PM.log
Lsinventory Output file location :
/d01/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/cfgtoollogs/opatch/lsinv/lsinventory2010-07-13_17-10-33PM.txt
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OPatch succeeded.
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