11GXE beta: Failed Installation on Windows XP SP3 with No errors

Question

After struggling to understand why my database can't be started it appears that there was a series of errors during installation that left behind a 'crippled' instance with nor control or data files. NONE of this was reported by the Installation wizard. Only after digging into log files I'm able to see the extend of this failure.
I'm tracing this from the C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\scripts\XE.bat file that is used to configure the server
So looking at sequential log.
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\log\XE.bat.log
Instance created.then three scripts are executed
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\scripts\CloneRmanRestore.sql
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\scripts\cloneDBCreation.sql
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\scripts\postScripts.sql
The first one appears to fail and then of course the rest follow:
Here is the created log
SQL> startup nomount pfile="C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\scripts\init.ora";
ORA-28056: Writing audit records to Windows Event Log failed
SQL> @C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\scripts\rmanRestoreDatafiles.sql;
SQL> set echo off;
SP2-0640: Not connected
SP2-0640: Not connected
SP2-0640: Not connected
ERROR:
ORA-28056: Writing audit records to Windows Event Log failed
ORA-01075: you are currently logged on
SQL> spool C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\log\cloneDBCreation.log
Many of the other logs contain mostly the echoed SQL staements and SP2-0640: Not connected
I'm thinking re-executing the XE.bat to recover. Any feedback?

Answer 1

I'm not sure that executing restore script will help.
imouts wrote:
SQL> startup nomount pfile="C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\config\scripts\init.ora";
ORA-28056: Writing audit records to Windows Event Log failedOn your place I would try to repeat clean installation, but before that increase the log size -> clear the event logs.
Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Event Viewer --> Clear All Events
Hope this helps.