RECREATE CENTRAL INVENTORY HOME ORACLE

ISSUE:
Central inventory home might be missing when oracle software was cloned to new server.

CAUSE:
Default central inventory home location is not included in oracle software home.

SOLUTION:
recreate central inventory
for Linux platform:

As root

echo “inventory_loc=/etc/oraInventory” >> /etc/oraInst.loc

echo “inst_grp=dba” >> /etc/oraInst.loc

mkdir /etc/oraInventory

chown grid:dba /etc/oraInventory

chmod 770 /etc/oraInventory
As all other oracle software owners

cd $ORACLE_HOME/oui

echo “inventory_loc=/etc/oraInventory” >> oraInst.loc

echo “inst_grp=dba” >> oraInst.loc

$ORACLE_HOME/oui/runInstaller -silent  -attachHome –invPtrLoc ./oraInst.loc ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME

reference:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/em.112/e12255/oui2_manage_oracle_homes.htm