Remotely Installing

Hi.
What is the best tool to install Oracle databases on Linux from a remote Windows machine?
On a Mac, I can do it using a terminal compatible with X Server, but what is the Windows version, since PuTTY does not allow me to do so?
Thanks in advance.

You could use VNC emulating a gnome or kde session, or any other, commercial or free XServer. You can use cygwin, but personally speaking, It sometimes mess the screen and shrinks the text fields, so it may become a bit uncomfortable experience.
~ Madrid

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Remote Install Failure on AIA3.0

Hi,
Remote Install Failure on AIA 3.0:
AIA 3.0 installations on Windows XP-Pro is failing in Step 4 of 11 with the Error
"Node manager is down or the username and password entered is incorrect"
Details on the installation are as follows:
1) Installation is done on a Windows-XP 32 bit SP2, RAM - 4 GB.
2) SOA Suite 11gR1 PS1 and Weblogic 10.3.2 successfully installed.
3) SOA managed server, Admin server and node manager are running successfully on remote server.
4) The status of Node manager is reachable and has been confirmed through the admin console.
5) When installing AIA 3.0 use Remote Install option, the 4th step is failing after providing the node manager credentials of remote server.
Error message is "Node manager is down or the username and password entered is incorrect".
6) We given remote server configuration on 4th step (Host Name, Admin Port, Domain name, user/pass).
7) The Remote WLS Server is reachable.
8) Installer is always looking local node manager is not looking for Remote node manager which one is running on remote machine.
Error Log
Adding C:\WINNT\TEMP\OraInstall2010-04-29_04-25-49PM for deletion.
Adding to classpath:file:/C:/WINNT/TEMP/OraInstall2010-04-29_04-25-49PM/ext/jlib/soawl.jar
Adding to classpath:file:/C:/WINNT/TEMP/OraInstall2010-04-29_04-25-49PM/ext/jlib/template.jar
null
configFileName:C:\WINNT\TEMP\OraInstall2010-04-29_04-25-49PM\ext\jlib\footprint.xml
osName:Windows XP
Inside startPreReqOperation...prereq
osName:Windows XP
diskSpaceRequirements from engine:Home id =SoftwareOnlyOraclehome name=Oracle home variable=%AIA_HOME_PATH% fixedSpace=2048 unit=MB condition=null totalSpaceRequired=0 isConditionSatisfiedfalse
entryPoint: entryPoint = oracle.installType.all condition = null className = null
contextFile:C:\WINNT\TEMP\OraInstall2010-04-29_04-25-49PM\prereq\oui\agent_prereq_context.xml
The entry point is: oracle.installType.all
Check Name:CertifiedVersions
Check Description:This is a prerequisite condition to test whether the Oracle software is certified on the current O/S or not.
Expected result: One of 5.1,5.2,6.0,6.1
Actual Result: 5.1
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed
Check Name:ServicePackChecks
Check Description:This is a prerequisite condition to test whether the Service Pack level recommended for installing the product is available on the system.
Expected result: 2
Actual Result: 2
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed
Check Name:TotalMemory
Check Description:This is a prerequisite condition to test whether the system has sufficient physical memory.
Expected result: 1024MB
Actual Result: 3191MB
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed
Property File location: D:\AIA3.1\New Folder\cd\Disk1\install\win32\aiaoneclick.properties
Item State: javax.swing.JComboBox[,170,52,262x18,invalid,layout=com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticComboBoxUI$PlasticComboBoxLayoutManager,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=,flags=4194632,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=,isEditable=true,lightWeightPopupEnabled=true,maximumRowCount=8,selectedItemReminder=AIA3]
Path: D:\Oracle11GPS\Oracle\Middleware_new\AIA3
Item State: javax.swing.JComboBox[,170,81,262x18,invalid,layout=com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticComboBoxUI$PlasticComboBoxLayoutManager,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0.0,border=,flags=4194632,maximumSize=,minimumSize=,preferredSize=,isEditable=true,lightWeightPopupEnabled=true,maximumRowCount=8,selectedItemReminder=D:\Oracle11GPS\Oracle\Middleware_new\AIA3]
Home: AIA3
In processFieldStringAIA Home
In processFieldStringJAVA HOME
In processFieldStringAIA Home Path
In processFieldStringAIA Instance Name Contains invalid characters
getting root directory
D:\oracle11GPS\Middleware\user_projects\domains\dev_domain
truevalue for type of install
D:\Oracle11GPS\Oracle\Middleware_new\jdeveloper
D:\Oracle11GPS\Oracle\Middleware_new
*****Web Logic Home: D:\Oracle11GPS\Oracle\Middleware_new\wlserver_10.3
CLASSPATH: 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localhost
LocalMachine
Connecting to Node Manager ...
<Apr 29, 2010 4:31:11 PM IST> <Notice> <Security> <BEA-090898> <Ignoring the trusted CA certificate "CN=T-TeleSec GlobalRoot Class 3,OU=T-Systems Trust Center,O=T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH,C=DE". The loading of the trusted certificate list raised a certificate parsing exception PKIX: Unsupported OID in the AlgorithmIdentifier object: 1.2.840.113549.1.1.11.>
Either the password and username entered are incorrect or the node manager is down
Traceback (innermost last):
File "<string>", line 1, in ?
File "<iostream>", line 123, in nmConnect
File "<iostream>", line 618, in raiseWLSTException
WLSTException: Error occured while performing nmConnect : Cannot connect to Node Manager. : I/O error while reading domain directory
Use dumpStack() to view the full stacktrace
Anyone knows how to install AIA Remote Install on the remote SOA server?

Hi,
may be you enter the wrong username or password? Or there is a problem with certificate? The look file describe a wrong user name or password or nm is not reachable. Is it possible to start managed server via Admin Console? Please check nm log files.
Regards,
Marcel

Can 2 Macs connect with ethernet cable to share DVD for remote install?

Can I simply connect a Mac Mini Server and MacBook together with an ethernet cable?
I want to reinstall Mac OS X Server on the DVDless Mac Mini. There is no separate AirPort device.
So do I just connect the two machines with an ethernet cable, start the remote install program on the MacBook, then restart the Mac Mini with the Option key pressed?
Thanks.

According to page 57 of the Getting Started 10.6 server manual, you can use a Mac with a DVD drive operating in target disk mode for this. I see no mention of using Ethernet so I assume it is not supported. Even if it was, it would be extremely slow compared to using FireWire target disk mode.

2010 Mac mini server remote install OS X failure

I tested re-installing OS X remotely to my 2010 Mac mini server. It worked the first time. I got to the installation process, and abandoned it without actually doing anything.
But when I tried again, it failed, and I have not been able to get it to work ever since. I went to a local Apple shop and tested at its Genius bar. People there cannot figure out the problem. They exchanged my unit for a new one.
I took the new unit home, tried, and it failed again. Then I called Apple Care. They cannot pin-point the problem, but suspected that, since I failed with two units, the problem may be with the computer that has the DVD. I am not sure about his. Here I post my story for help. The details:
1. The OS X Server installation DVD (which came with the mini) was put in a 13" 2009 Macbook Pro. There I ran the Remote Install OS X application. Selected the Installation DVD.
2. Then I started the Mac mini server, holding the down Opt key. The Installation DVD appeared from my local network. However when I selected the DVD and clicked the arrow sign under it, things went wrong. A circle with a line segment appeared briefly (indicating a problem, I think). Then the mini simply went to boot from its own hard drive where the original OS X was.
Help and suggestions are very much appreciated.
Additional information:
Remote Disc works fine. From my Mac mini, after booting into the original OS, I can see and open DVDs in the Macbook Pro.

Target disk mode method works fine. I can boot my mac mini from its installation DVD placed in my macbook pro, connected to the mini through firewire. So I don't think there is any hardware problem.
I played with a few other things. First I used another DVD, this time the one that came with my 2009 macbook pro, a non-server version OS X. When I tried to remote install it to my mini, the mini can still see the DVD but it hung after I chose to boot from it. It just showed a big circle with a line segment. It did not revert to boot the OS on its own hard drive.
Next I again ran remote install on macbook, but booted the mini to its own hard drive. From there
I changed its start up disk to Network Startup, and rebooted. The mini can find nothing on the local network.

Remote install OS X on Mac Mini (sans disk drive)

I wanted to sell my Mac Mini so I went through the process of deleting the harddrive using that command-r screen on load up. But I completely forgot about re-installing the operating system. So now I get the blinking folder icon when it boots.
How do I re-install OS X? Is there a way to remote install it? I can't seem to find any information online.
My Mac Mini is a 2.3GHz Intel Core i5, 2GB RAM, 500 GB HD. It lacks the DVD drive so that option is not available.
Thanks.

It is called "Internet Recovery", this might be of some help.

I have an old powerPC G4. dual 867 512 MB. my optical drive is having trouble reading my leopard installer. I was going to try to use remote install but i don't have a network where I can connect both the mac and the windows laptop. any suggestions?

I'm just trying to revive my old PowerPC G4/ dual 867MHz 512MB. Unfortunately I am unable to install from disc since my optical drive, although still working, is somehow not able to read the leopard installer. I wanted to try the remote install option but have limited resources and don't have a network where I can have both the Mac desktop and windows laptop communicate. I read somewhere that I can use a crossover cable to connect the two directly. I'm still trying to see if I can get an external DVD-ROM as another option. Any suggestions?

Your Mac doesn't need a crossover cable, it auto-switches...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2274
But I have no idea how that will help you install from a Windows computer.
If you get an external DVD drive it needs to be Firewire & Mac bootable.
Other solution...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2274

Remote Install Snow leopard to macbook pro from windows xp using airport??

I have a problem... I finally bought my snow leopard, but I can not install it because my cd drive broke. so... I have a PC with XP on it, so I am trying to remote install it... I rebooted my mac and held the "Option" key and a list of one disk "Machintosh HD" came up. I noticed that the airport selection thing wasn't there... I don't know what's wrong with it. Do I need to setup a computer-to-computer network to do that or can I use my internet Wi-Fi.

You think that be booting the MBP holding the option key you will have the PC optical drive as a bootable option come up? Won't happen, won't work.

MacBook Air won't install via DVD or Remote Install?

Gang,
I have a 2.13/128 SSD MMA with Bootcamp installed (30G partition vista).
I got my SL yesterday and loaded it on my new Pro 13 no problem. I went to install it on the air and the same thing seems to happen.
I use a off the shelf DVD drive self powered USB and can boot off the distribution disks as well as the Bootcamp vista.
So I put in the SL DVD and hit install it ran some stuff then rebooted and after about 5 minutes of white screen it booted back into 10.5.8. So then I tried booting off the SL DVD and the same thing happened. I then tried remote install using both Ethernet and Airport and the same thing happens.
White screen for about 5 minutes then it boots up normally into 10.5.8.
Any ideas? Is it the Bootcamp partition?
Thanks
Gordon

Gang,
I used WinClone to clone my Vista partition and then deleted it with Bookcamp and it still did not install.
So I set the Air for Ethernet (USB) and my mini for Ethernet and then Snow loaded just fine.
So it was probably not the Vista partition which I now have to figure out how to reinstall.
Thanks
Gordon

I have a MacBook Pro with no DVD drive (Remote Install-ish issue)

1 MacBook Pro sans DVD, blank HD.
1 MacBook Pro with DVD, under Lion.
1 Firewire cable.
1 Leopard / Snow Leopard install DVD.
Can I install SL on my old MBP using the DVD on my new MBP via FW ?

My apologies for writing gibberish.
I thought this was a more common issue, as I have read a lot about DVD drive sharing and Remote Install but I am not able to find a straight answer to my very simple situation.
I have one old MacBook Pro that I bought the year 2006. It's the one sporting the Silver keyboard. The DVD drive is Broken (yes, there's a third option smarty pants. ). The Hard Drive in here is Erased.
I have a new (not retina drive not yet) 2011 MacBook Pro with the Black Keyboard. It came with Snow Leopard preinstalled. Afterwards I installed Lion from the app store, and much afterwards I fabricated a Bootable-Lion-Installer-USB thingy and installed it again.
Remote Install is Gone on Lion. They say the only option was firewire so I go and buy the firewire and it's still not straightforward. They say just click on the installer and choose the firewire Hard Drive (MacBook Pro) as destination. If I click on the installer it just tells me Leopard cannot overwrite Lion, which I already know.
So my original question was, trying (and failing miserably) to avoid all danger: If it is possible to install Leopard (The OS that comes in the black and purple hollographic box with a big X) using the Install DVD inserted into the DVD drive of my new 2011 Black keyboard MacBook Pro with a Bootable-USB installed Lion OS connected with a 6 pin to 9 pin FireWire cable to an old MacBook Pro bought the year 2006 with a Silver keyboard and a broken DVD drive and which by the way has the hard drive already erased.
And if it is, How can it be achieved.

Cannot do a SL Server 10.6 remote install

Hi!
I'm a newbe to the server environment and came to a halt emediately in trying to learn. I follow the Mac OSX Server Essentials 10.6 book and the first step is to do a remote install from another computer to the server, in my case a Mac Mini.
I can initate the installation process, e g the Mini and my MBP is connected and I can use Remote Install to let the Super Drive in the MBP deliver data to the Minin Server via my Network Switch.
When that process is ready, the Mini server is supposed to show up in the Server Admin window on my MBP to let me coninue the remote install. But it will not show up in the Server Admin window.
I checked that the Mini is "visible" in the network and it is, I used Network Utillity to check.
I done it from scratch several times but the Mini server will not show up in Server Admin on my MBP.
What am I doing wrong?
Smigge

Mac OS X Server requires a static IP address, and functional DNS. Full stop.
Unless you have sufficient public static IP addresses for your network (or if you're fully running IPv6), you'll be using private IP addresses and private DNS services.
You'll likely want to set up in a subnet in 10.0.0.0/8 or 172.16.0.0/12, and out of 192.168.0.0/16, as you'll eventually want VPNs, and VPNs depend on IP routing, and coffee shops and home networks tend to be in a few subnets in 192.168.0.0/16, and having the same subnet on both ends of the VPN makes for routing problems. Best not to start out with a subnet that can cause issues later.
Unless you're running public IP, you'll want to [set up your own DNS services|http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1436].
SRV records are generally unnecessary.
I'm here presuming you're not doing public-facing mail; that adds some complexities here.

Help!! Reinstalling OS X 10.5 on MacBook Air - (Remote Install)

I've been trying for days to remote install OS X 10.5 to my MacBook Air and I keep getting "Install Failed - Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer - The Installer could not validate the contents of the 'BaseSystem' package".
Why? Im using a MacBook PRO as the DVD/CD Host. Time Capsule Wi-Fi set to WPA (no WEP). And using install disks sent with my MacBook Air.
All 3 devices are within 3 feet from each other. Disk Utilities say the disk is good. Partition Map sequence is GUID Partition Table.
Im faithfully following the steps in "Reinstalling software using Remote Install Mac OS X - HT2129".
What am I not doing?

Thanks for the tips.... right.
At least someone could have said.... "even if the disks are taken out for the first time from the plastic pockets, clean them, and that should hopefully fix your problem."
That did it, and of course Apple article: HT2956

How to deploy remote install on Mozilla Firefox v 11?

I have to upgrade/install Mozilla Firefox v 11 in 20 computers, How can I deploy remote install? Let's say that at logon time, the computer run a script to automatic install Firefox v11. I have Win 7 pro and Win XP pro computers.
Any suggestion or comment?
Regards.
Jos.

Take a look at http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/ and post to the EWG mailing list if that doesn't get you what you want.

Remote install OSX fails on MacBook Air (late 2008)

I'm trying to reinstall OSX on my old MacBook Air so I can sell it and upgrade to the new one. I have done this procedure before, but now it doesn't complete. When I reboot the Air holding down the option key, it reboots and gives me a choice of using the internal disk or the remote disk, and I choose the remote. It does not give me any further options (like the optional installs, disk utility, etc) and appears to run, but it winds up just rebooting as my old user as if I were just rebooting the machine instead of doing a reinstall.
I've done it several times (like 20!!) trying slightly different things each time. The only difference is that sometimes it doesn't recognize the remote disk and I have to start again. I've also tried partitioning the Air hard drive, but it won't partition, and I've tried making a disc image of the OSX CD on an external drive and booting from there, but it is not recognized as a viable startup disc (the DMG is fine tho).
I've also tried resetting factory settings cmdoption+shiftpower, and resetting the PRAM, cmdoption+PR. That didn't help either.
I spoke to an Apple rep on the phone who didn't know what else to do, but suggested that there may be something to do with the fact that the Air is running Snow Leopard (which I don't have the discs for right now) and the original bootup discs are OS 10.5 (Leopard).
Anyone have any suggestions? I really don't want to sell the thing unless I have erased all my old user info--this should be pretty simple and straightforward, taking less than an hour to complete, but so far I have spent over 12 hrs on it!

I finally got this to work, so I thought I'd share the specifics for posterity... the fix was dependent on one or both of the following two steps:
1. Grasping at straws, I switched from the 10.6 install disc back to the 10.5 "MacBook Air" install disc, but obtained exactly the same result as previously.
2. Finally, I reset the PRAM / NVRAM by turning the machine off and booting with the command-option-p-r keys held down.
As soon as the MBA began the reboot cycle that follows the PRAM reset, I held down the option key again, to take another stab at the Remote Install process that failed so many times before. Only this time it worked. I'm not sure if it was step #2 only, or #1 and #2 in conjunction that did it, but I'm not going to sink another several hours into the experimental determination.
Just to be clear about what was happening before the fix: Like Passion.LY, I would boot the MBA while holding the option key (and with the Remote Install app running on the other machine, DVD sharing enabled, etc.), and that would at least get me to the network selection screen. After successfully joining the network, the remote install disc would appear, and I would select it. Some very tentative "seek" noises would be emitted from the optical drive across the room, while the MBA displayed the Apple logo screen for about a minute (with a spinning globe icon instead of the usual twirl icon). Then, very quickly and almost imperceptibly, a large "slashed circle" symbol (of the sort that would indicate "no" or "prohibited" on signage) would flash on the screen, followed by the standard Apple logo / twirl icon -- as the system proceeded to boot from the hard drive as though nothing else had been done.
Success was obvious when instead of the the "no" symbol I was treated to a much louder sequence of optical drive access sounds, for the duration of a rather lengthy boot process.
All this for a few minutes in disk utility... Apple should really consider making a small recovery partition part of the standard OS install -- or at least put one in for MBA users -- whose shared optical drives that feel especially "remote" (and ephemeral) at times like this, and who can no longer fall back on Firewire target disk mode... Nostalgic stuff, that.

Os x remote install freezes on Macbook Air (June 2009); now what?

I'm trying to remote install and erase my disk so that I can get this Macbook Air restored to factory settings, but it's stalled and frozen 1/4 of the way with the rainbow wheel running on the Macbook Air to be restored. I don't want to quit and ruin the machine, what do I do?

Found a good guide for your requirement.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/9136/macbook-air-install-windows-7-with-boot-camp -without-an-external-dvd-drive/
Hope it helps.

Help.. With Remote Install Mac OS X ?

Hey guys... Im trying to install Mac OS X using Remote Install Mac OS X...
When i Press "OPTION" Nothing Shows up..... Just shows a purple background with 2 buttons " REFRESH" & "ARROW"
So My Question is........... Is there a way to use OPEN FRIMWARE to Install Mac osx using an ethernet cable
(I thing i have changed the 1st boot device to usb)
or is there commands for open firm ware which install mac osx using ethernet cable//
HELP ME PLEASE

Hi, is it running on the other Mac?
See if these help...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2129
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/21219.html
Oh wait, is this an eMac? What version OS X are you trying to install?

Kernel panic during remote install

i have a mac book air 13 inch from 2008 that upon start up shows kernel panic. i tried everything to get it to run again but to no avail. i decided to reinstall snow leopard, but i lost the usb drive that has it. Using a snowleopard disk from my imac, i tried remote installing over my wireless network. after booting the macbook using the option key and clicking on the snow leopard install disk, it starts to install, but right after showing the spinning globe and the apple symbol the macbook air kernel panics again and tells me to restart the computer. other than bringing the air into the apple store for repair, what else can i do?

These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
If you don't see any reports listed, but you know there was a panic, you may have chosen Diagnostic and Usage Messages from the log list. Choose DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION instead.
In the Console window, select
DIAGNOSTIC AND USAGE INFORMATION ▹ System Diagnostic Reports
(not Diagnostic and Usage Messages) from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
There is a disclosure triangle to the left of the list item. If the triangle is pointing to the right, click it so that it points down. You'll see a list of reports. A panic report has a name that begins with "Kernel" and ends in ".panic". Select the most recent one. The contents of the report will appear on the right. Use copy and paste to post the entire contents—the text, not a screenshot.
In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.)
Please don’t post other kinds of diagnostic report.
I know the report is long, maybe several hundred lines. Please post all of it anyway.

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