Issue with OraInventory location during RAC upgrade

Hi All,

I'm trying to upgrade my RAC database from 10.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.4 & am getting the following message after launching OUI

"Central Inventory ‘/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory’ is on a shared drive. Each node ‘lbdbora1, lbdbora2’ should have its own central Inventory. Central Inventory cannot be shared, this is not supported".
My central Inventory is definitely not on a shared drive. Each of the nodes has a separate central inventory located on the path shown above.

Can anyone tell me why i'm getting this error message & how it can be corrected?



Thanks,

divroro12

SQL> select * from v$version;

BANNER
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Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.3.0 - 64bi
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.3.0 Production
TNS for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Productio
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.3.0 - Production

Hi

have you looked at metalink note 604513.1

Yes i've looked at this Metalink note. It doesn't apply to me since my OraInventory location on both cluster nodes is not on a shared drive (i'm very certain of that).

Hi

Did you run OUI from cluterware home till teh page where it shows you the listing of Oracle inventory.This will tell you what oracle thinks where your oracle inventory is located .

No, i ran OUI from my software directory (i have all software downloaded on same directory /sw). However, the Oracle home i selected 1st for this upgrade was the clusterware home.

what does oraInst.loc file says?

Check under /var/opt/oracle or /etc depending on platform

Node1
------
(oracle@lbdbora1) /home/oracle > cat /etc/oraInst.loc
inventory_loc=/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
inst_group=dba

Node2:
-------
(oracle@lbdbora2) /sw/Oracle/AIX/oracle_10204/Disk1 > cat /etc/oraInst.loc
inventory_loc=/u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
inst_group=dba

Hi

Can you go to the CRS home and do

find . -name "oraInst*"
and cat the file and see what it says.

regards
Hrishy