The important thing is to make sure that your oracle user/oinsstall group have read, write and execute permissions on the $inventory_loc directory. r, Gus On 6/6/08, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > inventory_loc=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/oraInventory > > inst_group=oinstall > > > > on rhel I am running 10.2.0.1 and want to apply patchset 10.2.0.2 > Here is what I am running into when I run the Oracle Installer: > > 1. clicking on installed products or Deinstall Products tells me there are > no installed products > 2. clicking on the next button tells me "Unable to create a new central > inventory at location....." > 3. If I point the inventory to a new location, the drop down button for > Name and Path is greyed out, telling me that the installer does not see the > current crs and db installation. > > I have set my environmental variables and check that I am logged in as > Oracle. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* sol beach [mailto:sol.beach@xxxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2008 7:25 PM > *To:* Steiner, Randy > *Subject:* Re: patchset installation > > > > what is displayed by > > cat /etc/oraInst.loc > > find / -name oraInventory -ls > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > rhel 3 update 4. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sol beach [mailto:sol.beach@xxxxxxxxx <sol.beach@xxxxxxxxx>] > Sent: Thu 6/5/2008 4:51 PM > To: Steiner, Randy > Subject: Re: patchset installation > > Why does OUI not find the inventory tree? > > What OS name & version? > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Steiner, Randy <Randy.Steiner@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > on rhel I am running 10.2.0.1 and want to apply patchset 10.2.0.2 > > Here is what I am running into when I run the Oracle Installer: > > > > 1. clicking on installed products or Deinstall Products tells me there > are > > no installed products > > 2. clicking on the next button tells me "Unable to create a new central > > inventory at location....." > > 3. If I point the inventory to a new location, the drop down button for > > Name and Path is greyed out, telling me that the installer does not see > the > > current crs and db installation. > > > > I have set my environmental variables and check that I am logged in as > > Oracle. > > > > Also, since crs and db are bundled together in the patchset, how do I > > upgraded the crs first? > > > > thanks > > Randy > > > > >