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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080>Thanks Herald,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080>Yes, the disk is ODS-5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080> Volume Status: ODS-5, subject
to mount verification, protected subsystems<BR>
enabled, write-through caching enabled, hard links enabled, special
files<BR> enabled.<BR>The 'SET
PROCESS/PARSE=EXTENDED' is used when downloading and restoring the
files.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080>Alfred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=a.munksgard@verizon.net
href="mailto:a.munksgard@verizon.net">Alfred Munksgard</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 16, 2012 5:26
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Trouble installing Oracle
Client on OpenVMS</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>You are installing to an ODS-5
disk aren't you?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>do a show
device/full on dka1, you'll get a pagefull display, near the bottom will be a
"volume status" line,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>verify that the
actually is ODS-5 instead of the VMS default of ODS-2...</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=r_ansi size=2> Volume Status: ODS-5, subject to mount
verification, write-back caching</FONT> <BR><FONT face=r_ansi size=2>
enabled.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>you can do
a "set volume dka1 /structure=5" to upgrade to ODS-5, but I would run a tape
backup first</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>"just in case", wouldn't
hurt to run an "analyze/disk/repair/confirm dka1" first as well just in case
you</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>do have latent errors that "set
volume/structure=5" can't handle...</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>I also remember something about "set process/parse_stype=extended"
before starting the oracle</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>installation, (been a few years since I've run a oracle installation on
VMS, that step may not be required</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>any
more...</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>The ODS5 thing is a must,
oracle is using UNIX style names in it's VMS kit, and the depth of the
</FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>distribution kit directories is deeper
than the 7 or so levels that an ODS2 disk allows...</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Trouble installing Oracle Client
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face=Calibri color=#000080 size=3>Hello, I'm trying to install Oracle Client
10.2 on OpenVMS (Version V8.3-1H1). I'm only installing the Client since the
Oracle database resides on a different box. When I run the installer
(@runinstaller) it displays the following output:</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=3>Checking
OpenVMS quota settings...<BR>OpenVMS quota setting checked
successfully.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri
color=#000080 size=3>Please specify the location to be used for
ORACLE_HOME</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri
color=#000080 size=3>ORACLE_HOME location: dka1:[trs.oracle_client]</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080
size=3>Please specify the location for temporary files created during
installation.<BR>(this must be a directory on an ODS-5 formatted disk)</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080
size=3>Enter scratchPath: DKA1:[ORACLE]<BR>Copying runInstaller components to
temporary location... <BR>Starting Oracle Universal Installer...</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=3>No
pre-requisite checks found in oraparam.ini, no system pre-requisite checks
will be executed.<BR>Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from
/dka1/oracle/OraInstall2012-03-12_03-47-27PM. Please wait ... <BR>
Oracle Universal Installer, Version 10.2.0.2.0
<BR>Production<BR>Copyright (C) 1999, 2006, Oracle. All rights reserved.
</FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080
size=3>Unknown host: _WSA2<BR>X Toolkit Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-utopia-medium-r-normal--*-140-*-*-p<BR>-*-iso8859-1" to type
FontStruct<BR>X Toolkit Warning: Cannot convert string
"-*-Menu-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*<BR>-ISO8859-1" to type
FontStruct</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri
color=#000080 size=3>After about 15 minutes it brings up the Oracle Universal
Installer window in X Windows momentarily <BR>before giving this error:
</FONT><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080
size=3>DKA1:[ORACLE.OraInstall2012-03-12_03-47-27PM]oraInstall2012-03-12_03-47-27PM.out
(file currently locked by another user)</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=3>I've tried it twice with the same
error.<BR>There were no other users on the system.</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Calibri color=#000080 size=3>Any input is
appreciated.<BR>Thanks,<BR>Alfred</FONT><TT><FONT size=2>--<BR>= = = = = = = =
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