Help with NetCA response file (silent install)

Hi All
I'm creating a script which prompts the user for a few variables and then goes off and sets up the listener via the netca silent option.
The variables are listener name, port etc.
When I run the script, the variables a set and then the netca script is called:
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/netca /silent /responsefile=$CENTRAL_LOCATION/netca.rspUnfortunately, I get the following error message:
Parsing command line arguments:
    Parameter "silent" = true
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 2
        at oracle.net.ca.CmdlineArgs.parseArgs(Unknown Source)
        at oracle.net.ca.InitialSetup.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at oracle.net.ca.NetCA.main(Unknown Source)
Oracle Net Services configuration failed. The exit code is -1Are the variables defined in my script actually being parsed to the netca script?

Ok, I've resolved it. The oracle documentation for the silent NetCa config shows:
/responsefile=/local_dir/netca.rspHowever, the equals (=) isn't required and this is what was throwign the error.
/responsefile /local_dir/netca.rsp

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Ps2: sorry for my bad english. it is not my real lenguage
Reason of edit: added the swap partition. I forgot it
Last edited by Thalskarth (2008-12-21 20:11:00)

thanks everybody for the help,
kaola_linux wrote:@Thalskarth - it's better to have /var especially if you're using ext3 or other filesystems which was designed for larger files as your partition for /home and /. Having a seperate partition for /var would be nice (backup purposes and reinstalling without downloading the entire package whole over again). 5gb would be sufficient for your /var, anyway you can always resize it to your needs.
so, a 5gb partition in reiserfs would be OK for a /var
Inxsible wrote:
Lot of people also use XFS which is known to have better performance with huge files. I think EXT3 offers a good balance...because I am never sure whether my home partition will have all huge files or not..same with my external drive...so i just use EXT3
If you have a specific partition for movies or some video/audio editing that you do..you may wanna consider XFS too. I don't do all that...so I have never used XFS. I wouldn't know the exact performance difference between ext3 and XFS.
Yes, in many places i red that XFS is better for big files. But i couldn't fine wich is the meaning of "big file". Does it mean a 200 mg file? or a 4.4gb one??
the same applies to reiserFs, what is a small file? a 1mg one or a 4kb one?
I have alwayes used ext3, i thinked in XFS and JFS just to give them a try.
amranu wrote:I have no idea about better filesystems, all my partitions are ext3 (soon to be ext4)
Inxsible wrote:One thing that makes me wanna keep EXT3 is that EXT4 is coming out (soon?) and you can upgrade from 3 to 4 without having to reformat and having to make backups of your current data.
really is cominf soon? i didn't think in ext4 beacuse many places said that was in development for many years... meybe they were a bit out-of-date
Edit: i search in the wiki and it says that since 11 october 2008, ext4 is "stable" and is been included since kernel 2.6.28 as stable realase, is to early to prove it? or it better to wait a while??
thanks.
and, does anyone try the JFS one?
Last edited by Thalskarth (2008-12-03 00:14:56)

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