Re: Agent 10.2.0.2 patchset install on AIX

"EdStevens" <quetico_man_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1167159858.851921.279530_at_n51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
> DA Morgan wrote:
>> EdStevens wrote:
>> > Platform: AIX Version 5.3 patch/maintenance level 05
>> >
>> > Installed Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 -
>> > 64bit. Runing fine.
>> >
>> > Installed agent in it's own oracle home:
>> > Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 10.2.0.1.0.
>> > Copyright (c) 1996, 2005 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Agent Version : 10.2.0.1.0
>> > OMS Version : 10.2.0.2.0
>> > Protocol Version : 10.2.0.0.0
>> >
>> >
>> > Trying to apply patchset 3731593 to bring agent up to 10.2.0.2.0.
>> > Logon as 'oracle', set ORACLE_HOME to the agent's home, manually
>> > stopped the agent, navigated to <patchset>/Disk1 and fired up
>> > runInstaller. OUI came up, ran some checks and asked some questions,
>> > all as expected, confirmed the components to install, but then
>> > reported:
>> >
>> > Error writing to file
>> > '/db01/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so'
>> > [/db01/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so
>> > (Cannot open or remove a file containing a running program.)]
>> >
>> > Ideas?
>>
>> What did you do that you think stopped the agent?
>>
>> My guess is you stopped some other agent in some other directory based
>> on your path.
>>
>> cd $OMA_HOME/bin -- go to the home directory
>> pwd -- verify you are really there
>> ./emctl stop agent
>> ./emctl status agent
>>
>> On my list of egregious Oracle design errors has been that they put
>> emctl into every home directory they could spell. ;-)
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>> (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
>> www.psoug.org
>
> Good point about the 'extra' emctl files laying around. But even when
> insureing against that problem as you detailed, the results were the
> same.
>

After you stop all Oracle-related processes, try to remove any AIX kernel modules that are still in use with the command :

/usr/sbin/slibclean

HTH
Matthias Received on Tue Dec 26 2006 - 13:09:29 CST