Oracle Inventory
The inventory is a very important part of the Oracle Universal Installer. This is where OUI keeps all information regarding the products installed on a specific machine.
There are two inventories with the newer releases of OUI (2.x and higher):
-The inventory in the ORACLE_HOME (Local Inventory)
-The central inventory directory outside the ORACLE_HOME (Global Inventory)
At startup, the Oracle Universal Installer first looks for the key that specifies where the global inventory is located at (this key varies by platform).
/var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc (typical)
/etc/oraInst.loc (AIX and Linux)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Oracle -> INST_LOC (Windows platforms)
If this key is found, the directory within it will be used as the global inventory location.
If the key is not found, the inventory path will default created as follows:
UNIX : ORACLE_BASE\oraInventory
WINDOWS : c:\program files\oracle\Inventory
If the ORACLE_BASE environment variable is not defined, the inventory is created at the same level as the first Oracle home. For example, if your first Oracle home is at /private/ORACLEHome1, then, the inventory is at /private/oraInventory.
With Oracle Applications 11i the inventory contains information about both the iAS and RDBMS ORACLE_HOMEs
About the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
The Oracle Universal Installer inventory is the location for the Oracle Universal Installer's bookkeeping. The inventory stores information about:
All Oracle software products installed in all Oracle homes on a machine
Other non-ORACLE_HOME specific products, such as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
Starting with Oracle Universal Installer 2.1, the information in the Oracle Universal Installer inventory is stored in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. The XML format allows for easier diagnosis of problems and faster loading of data. Any secure information is not stored directly in the inventory. As a result, during deinstallation of some products, you may be prompted for required secure information, such as passwords.
By default, the Universal Installer inventory is located in a series of directories at /Program Files/Oracle/Inventory on Windows computers and in the <Oracle Home>/Inventory directory on UNIX computers.
-Local Inventory
There is one Local Inventory per ORACLE_HOME. It is physically located inside the ORACLE_HOME at $ORACLE_HOME/inventory and contains the detail of the patch level for that ORACLE_HOME.
The Local Inventory gets updated whenever a patch is applied to the ORACLE_HOME, using OUI.
If the Local Inventory becomes corrupt or is lost, this is very difficult to recover, and may result in having to reinstall the ORACLE_HOME and re-apply all patchsets and patches.
-Global Inventory
The Global Inventory is the part of the XML inventory that contains the high level list of all oracle products installed on a machine. There should therefore be only one per machine. Its location is defined by the content of oraInst.loc.
The Global Inventory records the physical location of Oracle products installed on the machine, such as ORACLE_HOMES (RDBMS and IAS) or JRE. It does not have any information about the detail of patches applied to each ORACLE_HOMEs.
The Global Inventory gets updated every time you install or de-install an ORACLE_HOME on the machine, be it through OUI Installer, Rapid Install, or Rapid Clone.
Note: If you need to delete an ORACLE_HOME, you should always do it through the OUI de-installer in order to keep the Global Inventory synchronized.
OUI 2.x (11.5.7 and later):
Global inventory becomes a list of pointers to each Local Inventory
Global and local inventories are in text based XML format
XML conversion is validated and performed if needed by Rapid Clone
Prior to OUI 2.x (11.5.5 and earlier):
Global inventory was in binary format
Global inventory contained all software install information
No local inventories in ORACLE_HOMEs
If the Global Inventory is lost or becomes corrupt, but the Local Inventory remains, it may be possible to recreate the Global Inventory by following Note: 295185.1
Reference metalink Doc ID 360079.1
The inventory is a very important part of the Oracle Universal Installer. This is where OUI keeps all information regarding the products installed on a specific machine.
There are two inventories with the newer releases of OUI (2.x and higher):
-The inventory in the ORACLE_HOME (Local Inventory)
-The central inventory directory outside the ORACLE_HOME (Global Inventory)
At startup, the Oracle Universal Installer first looks for the key that specifies where the global inventory is located at (this key varies by platform).
/var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc (typical)
/etc/oraInst.loc (AIX and Linux)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Oracle -> INST_LOC (Windows platforms)
If this key is found, the directory within it will be used as the global inventory location.
If the key is not found, the inventory path will default created as follows:
UNIX : ORACLE_BASE\oraInventory
WINDOWS : c:\program files\oracle\Inventory
If the ORACLE_BASE environment variable is not defined, the inventory is created at the same level as the first Oracle home. For example, if your first Oracle home is at /private/ORACLEHome1, then, the inventory is at /private/oraInventory.
With Oracle Applications 11i the inventory contains information about both the iAS and RDBMS ORACLE_HOMEs
About the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
The Oracle Universal Installer inventory is the location for the Oracle Universal Installer's bookkeeping. The inventory stores information about:
All Oracle software products installed in all Oracle homes on a machine
Other non-ORACLE_HOME specific products, such as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
Starting with Oracle Universal Installer 2.1, the information in the Oracle Universal Installer inventory is stored in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format. The XML format allows for easier diagnosis of problems and faster loading of data. Any secure information is not stored directly in the inventory. As a result, during deinstallation of some products, you may be prompted for required secure information, such as passwords.
By default, the Universal Installer inventory is located in a series of directories at /Program Files/Oracle/Inventory on Windows computers and in the <Oracle Home>/Inventory directory on UNIX computers.
-Local Inventory
There is one Local Inventory per ORACLE_HOME. It is physically located inside the ORACLE_HOME at $ORACLE_HOME/inventory and contains the detail of the patch level for that ORACLE_HOME.
The Local Inventory gets updated whenever a patch is applied to the ORACLE_HOME, using OUI.
If the Local Inventory becomes corrupt or is lost, this is very difficult to recover, and may result in having to reinstall the ORACLE_HOME and re-apply all patchsets and patches.
-Global Inventory
The Global Inventory is the part of the XML inventory that contains the high level list of all oracle products installed on a machine. There should therefore be only one per machine. Its location is defined by the content of oraInst.loc.
The Global Inventory records the physical location of Oracle products installed on the machine, such as ORACLE_HOMES (RDBMS and IAS) or JRE. It does not have any information about the detail of patches applied to each ORACLE_HOMEs.
The Global Inventory gets updated every time you install or de-install an ORACLE_HOME on the machine, be it through OUI Installer, Rapid Install, or Rapid Clone.
Note: If you need to delete an ORACLE_HOME, you should always do it through the OUI de-installer in order to keep the Global Inventory synchronized.
OUI 2.x (11.5.7 and later):
Global inventory becomes a list of pointers to each Local Inventory
Global and local inventories are in text based XML format
XML conversion is validated and performed if needed by Rapid Clone
Prior to OUI 2.x (11.5.5 and earlier):
Global inventory was in binary format
Global inventory contained all software install information
No local inventories in ORACLE_HOMEs
If the Global Inventory is lost or becomes corrupt, but the Local Inventory remains, it may be possible to recreate the Global Inventory by following Note: 295185.1
Reference metalink Doc ID 360079.1
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