unable to create a new central inventory at location /oracle/oraInventory

[Former Member]

Hi

I am upgrading oracle from 10.2.0.2 to 11.2.0.2 on owr PRODUCTION System (this is a cluster).

I'm then trying to install patch 10.2.0.4 for Oracle Database 10g before upgrade to 11g.

By running the script runInstaller (./runInstaller), I get the error :

unable to create a new central inventory at location /oracle/oraInventory

I first created these files before starting the runInstaller:

/etc/ora with the content SID:/oracle/SID/102_64:N

and

vi etc/oraInventory with the content :

oraInst.loc : inventory_loc=/oracle/oraInventory

Inst_group=dba

the permission of oraInst.loc is :

-rwxrwxr-x 1 orasid dba 50 Nov 03 2007 oraInst.loc

This is a production system, I shall be grateful for any quick help.

Many Thanks

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi Stefan,

I first gave 777 permission on /oracle/orainventory, but it didn't work.

Now I created the /etc/oratab and gave the oracle_home in it and the install goes.

Many thanks for your reply

Have a nice w-e

[stefan_koehler]

Hi Abdellatif,

as the error says you are not able to write (create) the central inventory itself under /oracle/.

So please check the permissions of the folder "/oracle" - the user ora<SID> itself or the group dba must be allowed to write into it (-rwxrwxr-x).

Regards

Stefan