Linux silent install stops at Starting to execute configuration assistants

Question

I am using putty to perform silent install of oracle db 10g on my remote server (redhat) through the command line:
./runInstaller -silent -responseFile /tmp/enterprise.rsp
it works fine till reaching > starting to execute configuration assistants, where i receive no further response or even any errors, it just hangs up saying this, here is a summary :
Installation in progress (Wed Oct 29 18:06:32 CST 2008)
............................................................... 11% Done.
............................................................... 23% Done.
............................................................... 35% Done.
............................................................... 47% Done.
........................................... 55% Done.
Install successful
Linking in progress (Wed Oct 29 18:08:54 CST 2008)
. 55% Done.
Link successful
Setup in progress (Wed Oct 29 18:10:07 CST 2008)
.................... 100% Done.
Setup successful
End of install phases.(Wed Oct 29 18:10:13 CST 2008)
Starting to execute configuration assistants
What should I do to overcome this and complete the installation successfully?

Answer 1

Hub wrote:
Hi
you are welcome, unfortunately you didn't mark this thread as a question so no stars for me .
Nervermind, herewith the feedback on your questions :
<em>Should I make a dbca.rsp ? how would I pass it to my install command line?</em>
In silent mode, DBCA uses values that you specify in the response file or as command-line options to create a database. DBCA does not display any screens or information while it creates the database. It logs all messages (including information, errors, and warnings) in a log file.
From the command line, enter the following command to see all of the DBCA options that are available when you use the silent mode:
$ @ora_root:[bin]dbca.com -help
Read more in that document : http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/B13681_01/a_nonint.htm#CIHDHHBE
<em>I tried: ps -efd | grep -i run , alot of process appeared, how would I know if the installer is among them?</em>
try to grep with a much longer name i.e :
ps -efd | grep -i runinstaller
<em>What is fuser * in the log directory ? is this a file I should create or what?</em>
No fuser is a unix/linux command that enable you to identify processes using a file or file structure. The fuser utility displays the process IDs of the processes that are using the files specified as arguments.
So if the runinstaller still active you will see i.e.
fuser silentInstall2008-08-08_10-50-48AM.log
silentInstall2008-08-08_10-50-48AM.log: 14506o
14506 is your process ID
Hope this helps you!
Thanks Hub,
It seems the installation still stuck at >>> Starting to execute configuration assistants
Here is what I am getting using fuser * in the /log dir:
installActions2008-10-30_10-27-52AM.log: 32275
oraInstall2008-10-30_10-27-52AM.err: 32275
oraInstall2008-10-30_10-27-52AM.out: 32275
But when run : ps -efd | grep -i runinstaller - it just gives me something like repeating my command:
root 3035 31653 0 10:36 pts/2 00:00:00 grep -i runinstaller >> does this mean that runInstaller isn't there anymore, though the fuser * is showing that the log files are still being used?
I'm not using dbca.rsp since I didn't choose Advanced configuration of database in my enterprise.rsp, and it is saying that using dbca.rsp is only incase I choose advanced configuration which is number =2 .
So what parameters should I pass to the runInstaller, am i still missing something that is keeping the installation stuck without giving any responses or errors ?
Edited by: user9940821 on Oct 30, 2008 8:48 AM