11g Clusterware installation VIPCA Exception error on linux

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to build a 11g RAC on OEL5.1 with vmware for education purposes.
Software used:
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1
- 11g clusterware for linux
- 11g Enterprise Edition database software for linux
- VMware 1.0.8 for linux
Hardware:
- Intel 2.3GHz quadcore with 4GB RAM and 250GB harddisk
I have successfully setup:
- host machine using OEL5.1 and installed VMware 1.0.8
- 2 nodes with guest OS using OEL5.1
When installing 11g clusterware, at the last part when we need to run orainst.sh and root.sh as root user on both nodes, I am able to run orainst.sh successfully on both nodes.
However, root.sh is only able to run successfully on node 1 but had VIPCA error on node 2.
Excerpt of the root.sh error message on node 2:
NO KEYS WERE WRITTEN. Supply -force parameter to override.
-force is destructive and will destroy any previous cluster
configuration.
Oracle Cluster Registry for cluster has already been initialized
Startup will be queued to init within 30 seconds.
Adding daemons to inittab
Expecting the CRS daemons to be up within 600 seconds.
Cluster Synchronization Services is active on these nodes.
rac1
rac2
Cluster Synchronization Services is active on all the nodes.
Waiting for the Oracle CRSD and EVMD to start
Oracle CRS stack installed and running under init(1M)
Running vipca(silent) for configuring nodeapps+
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/ewt/wizard/WizardFrame+
Executing crs_stat -t as root user on both nodes only show 2 crs processes (CRSD and EVMD).
I did try invoking vipca manually as root user, but keep getting the same Exception error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/ewt/wizard/WizardFrame+
I have tried installing clusterware more than 3 times and keep getting the same errors.
Has anyone experienced this vipca error before?
Regards
Jim
Edited by: user6442011 on Jul 7, 2009 11:39 PM

Answer 1

Check vipca.jar file at $ORA_CRS_HOME/srvm/jlib/vipca.jar
$ORA_CRS_HOME/jdk/bin/jar -tvf $ORA_CRS_HOME/srvm/jlib/vipca.jar
Or
find $ORA_CRS_HOME -name vipca.jar -type f
Example: test...
# mv $ORA_CRS_HOME/srvm/jlib/vipca.jar $ORA_CRS_HOME/srvm/jlib/vipca.jar-bak
# $ORA_CRS_HOME/bin/vipca
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/ops/vipca/VipCAStep:
- find vipca.jar
# find $ORA_CRS_HOME -name vipca.jar -type f
it should be at $ORA_CRS_HOME/srvm/jlib PATH
if not find... you can copy from other patch or ... (Or check why don'tfind ... it can happen if we patch, so find from old version )
If find ..
Check
$ORA_CRS_HOME/jdk/bin/jar -tvf $ORA_CRS_HOME/srvm/jlib/vipca.jar | grep Wizard
;) check you can read it (vipca.jar)
Or ... Example
# type vipca
/u01/oracle/crs/bin/vipca
# ls /u01/oracle/crs/srvm/jlib/vipca.jar
# /u01/oracle/crs/jdk/bin/jar -tvf /u01/oracle/crs/srvm/jlib/vipca.jarEdited by: Surachart Opun (HunterX) on Jul 8, 2009 5:22 PM
Edited by: Surachart Opun (HunterX) on Jul 8, 2009 5:36 PM