Installing OEM agent 10.2.0.4 - pre-req fails: locale

Question

Friends,
We are attempting to install an OEM agent 10.2.0.4 on AIX 5.1.
Just when we get to about 90% complete, we get an error regarding 'locale'.
WHen I checked the log file for the InstallActions, I find hundreds of errors related to:
INFO: ld: 0711-251 SEVERE ERROR: Symbol table entry 17 in object /oracle/product/agent10g/lib/libpls10.a[ociextp.o]:
Field n_offset contains -1726349312. Valid values are between 4 and 381.
ld: 0711-251 SEVERE ERROR: Symbol table entry 17 in object /oracle/product/agent10g/lib/libpls10.a[ociextp.o]:
Field n_offset contains -1726349312. Valid values are between 4 and 381.
Then, at the end of the log, I see:
INFO: End output from spawned process.
INFO: ----------------------------------
INFO: Exception thrown from action: make
Exception Name: MakefileException
Exception String: Error in invoking target 'itnsping nnfgt.o mkldflags client_sharedlib' of makefile '/oracle/product/agent10g/
network/lib/ins_net_client.mk'. See '/home/oracle/oraInventory/logs/installActions2009-04-14_01-41-51PM.log' for details.
Exception Severity: 1
Any ideas where I should start looking?
Thanks...

Answer 1

Thanks Srini,
You found our problem.
I checked our AIX filesystem, and it seems someone had configured the /oracle mount point which contains the Oracle executable binaries and library files to use the 'cio' (concurrent i/o) option.
Thank you for pointing this out. I'm actually new to AIX, although many years on other operating systems.
I'm also new to this company and just getting my feet wet here with AIX and their existing configurations.
I'm going to write a memo advising our sys admins not to use cio mount option on any mount points except for those containing only the oracle data files.
Thanks again.
Ji Li