If there are other products installed through the OUI, create a copy of the oraInst.loc file (depending on the UNIX system, possibly in /etc or /var/opt/oracle). Modify the inventory_loc parameter to point to a different location for the OUI to create the oraInventory directory. Run the installer using the -invPtrLoc parameter (eg: runInstaller -invPtrLoc /PATH/oraInst.loc). This will retain the existing oraInventory directory and create a new one for use by the new product. ==================================== HTHU Ankur Shah Oracle DBA DHR-GA Quoting Ana Choto <achoto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > The way I have installed Oracle software, owned by, say oracle, oracle1, > oracleg, and to fool the installer into thinking that there is no Oracle > software installed is by renaming the /var/opt/oratab to something like > oratab_<instance>. After the installation I add all the databases to the > new oratab file. The problem I ran into is that Oracle keeps on trying to > use port 1521 by default. I have to edit the listener.ora, tnsnames.ora, > Rename the listener. Maybe someone out there can offer better ways to deal > with this issue. > > I had the same problem with dbsnmp. For the newest intelligent agent to > discover your other services I had stop dbsnmp, unset the TNS_ADMIN > variable and start dbsnmp. > > I hope this helps. > > Thanks > > Ana E. Choto > American University > e-Operations - Information Technology > Phone (202) 885-2275 > Fax (202) 885-2224 > > > > "Prem Khanna J" > <premj@rediffmail > .com> To > Sent by: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > oracle-l-bounce@f cc > reelists.org > Subject > dbsnmp and oraInventory - Advice ! > 09/30/2004 04:24 > AM > > > Please respond to > premj@rediffmail. > com > > > > > > > Hi all, > > The ENV is oracle 9.2.0.4 / Aix5.2L. > > we would like to have different oracle inventory > (in /etc) for different oracle homes.The reason for > doing this is : one instance is not affected by > another instance , if there happens to a problem > with the inventory. Other than maintaining multiple > inventory , is there a better solution for this ? > (In my case, the number of inventory will not be more than 2) > > But, we want to use DBSNMP also. This by default reads > /etc/oratab to get the list of oracle homes . How do make it > read my oratab (say /etc/new/oratab) also ? > > All i want is : dbsnmp should discover all my instances ! > This is where i'm stuck . > > Can someone guide me ? Any suggestions please ?! > > Regards, > Prem. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l