Re: Agent 10.2.0.2 patchset install on AIX

From: hpuxrac <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: 26 Dec 2006 12:06:37 -0800
Message-ID: <1167163596.956358.191340@h40g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

EdStevens wrote:
> hpuxrac 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?
> >
> > A permissions problem perhaps?
> >
> > Do you have any other running oracle processes that might have this
> > library allocated?
> >
> > On hpux you use the fuser command to see what other processes have a
> > file allocated/open.
> >
> > What's the equivalent to do on aix? There's got to be a way to
> > identify what processes are using the file

>

> While I had not heard of it before, this is a fuser command on this AIX
> system. Results are:

>

> $> fuser -V /db00/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraIn>
> /db00/app/oracle/product/agent10g/oui/lib/aix/liboraInstaller.so:

>

> $>

>

> This result was the same before actually starting runInstaller, and
> again when it was paused to report the problem. The 'verbose' (-V)
> ouput (as opposed to th default 'non-verbose') was that extra line feed.

Okay so you are responsible for oracle on aix and were not aware of the fuser command? Ouch.

I would go back to the patchset installation instructions and make sure that you have followed them for your brand of unix. ( Someone suggested libclean ? or something like that which may be required for aix ? ). Check with a knowledgeable aix system administrator for your environment.

Then there's always the open the service request with oracle method. Received on Tue Dec 26 2006 - 14:06:37 CST