RAC installation error on VMWARE

Question

Hi all,
I am trying to install Oracle clustreware 10.2.0 with 2 nodes on windows 2003 server in vmware environment. The installation got stucked in the middle and shows a message - Abnormal program termination. An internal error has occured. Please provide the following files to Oracle Support :
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs\installActions2009-05-31_06-12-24PM.log"
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs\oraInstall2009-05-31_06-12-24PM.err"
"C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs\oraInstall2009-05-31_06-12-24PM.out"
The contents of the oraInstall2009-05-31_06-12-24PM.err is: -
Exception java.lang.NullPointerException occurred..
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLReader.pushXMLReader(XMLReader.java:206)
     at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:205)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicConfigInitializeWCCE.addStepsForPostInstallClassTool(OiicConfigInitializeWCCE.java:1470)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicConfigInitializeWCCE.doOperation(OiicConfigInitializeWCCE.java:521)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.OiifbCondIterator.iterate(OiifbCondIterator.java:171)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifw.OiifwActionsPhaseWCDE.doOperation(OiifwActionsPhaseWCDE.java:607)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.OiifbLinearIterator.iterate(OiifbLinearIterator.java:147)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstallSession$OiicSelCompsInstall.doOperation(OiicInstallSession.java:3863)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiif.oiifb.OiifbCondIterator.iterate(OiifbCondIterator.java:171)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicPullSession.doOperation(OiicPullSession.java:1278)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicSessionWrapper.doOperation(OiicSessionWrapper.java:289)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller.run(OiicInstaller.java:572)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller.runInstaller(OiicInstaller.java:962)
     at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstaller.main(OiicInstaller.java:899)
The raw disk configuration is : -
Disk Partition Sharing Nodes (2 in count)
\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 rac2 rac1
Disk Partition Sharing Nodes (2 in count)
\Device\Harddisk2\Partition1 rac2 rac1
Disk Partition Sharing Nodes (2 in count)
\Device\Harddisk3\Partition1 rac2 rac1
Disk Partition Sharing Nodes (2 in count)
\Device\Harddisk4\Partition1 rac2 rac1
Disk Partition Sharing Nodes (2 in count)
\Device\Harddisk5\Partition1 rac2 rac1
Interface information for node "rac2"
Interface Name IP Address Subnet
Public 192.168.2.102 192.168.2.0
Private 192.168.0.102 192.168.0.0
Interface information for node "rac1"
Interface Name IP Address Subnet
Public 192.168.2.101 192.168.2.0
Private 192.168.0.101 192.168.0.0
Check: Node connectivity of subnet "192.168.2.0"
Source Destination Connected?
rac2:Public rac1:Public yes
Result: Node connectivity check passed for subnet "192.168.2.0" with node(s) rac
2,rac1.
Check: Node connectivity of subnet "192.168.0.0"
Source Destination Connected?
rac2:Private rac1:Private yes
Result: Node connectivity check passed for subnet "192.168.0.0" with node(s) rac
2,rac1.
Suitable interfaces for the private interconnect on subnet "192.168.2.0":
rac2 Public:192.168.2.102
rac1 Public:192.168.2.101
Suitable interfaces for the private interconnect on subnet "192.168.0.0":
rac2 Private:192.168.0.102
rac1 Private:192.168.0.101
Please help me to resolve this problem.

Answer 1

The message says "contact Oracle support." Why didn't you?
Because, I presume, you know that you are trying to create a totally unsupported environment.
Throw away the VMWare, go to Oracle VM on Oracle Enterprise Linux and you will find a much happier experience.
Happier too because RAC on Windows is not a pretty sight when it comes to transparent failover.
But please help me out with some of what you posted
1. Did you run the cluster verify tool? Post the full results
2. Did you create VIPs?
3. Can you ssh unchallenged between the two machines?