Running root.sh during clusterware install fails

Question

Attempting to set up Clusterware/RAC for the first time. Running into a problem running root.sh after the clusterware installation.
I get the following output.
sh root.sh
WARNING: directory '/u01/app/oracle/product' is not owned by root
WARNING: directory '/u01/app/oracle' is not owned by root
WARNING: directory '/u01/app' is not owned by root
Checking to see if Oracle CRS stack is already configured
Setting the permissions on OCR backup directory
Setting up NS directories
Failed to upgrade Oracle Cluster Registry configuration
Looking at the log for root.sh, I see the following.
Oracle Database 10g CRS Release 10.2.0.1.0 Production Copyright 1996, 2005 Oracle. All rights reserved.
2008-05-27 13:35:22.424: [ OCRCONF][2538024640]ocrconfig starts...
2008-05-27 13:35:22.424: [ OCRCONF][2538024640]Upgrading OCR data
2008-05-27 13:35:22.426: [ OCRCONF][2538024640]OCR already in current version.
2008-05-27 13:35:22.429: [ OCRCONF][2538024640]Failed to call clsssinit (21)
2008-05-27 13:35:22.429: [ OCRCONF][2538024640]Failed to make a backup copy of OCR
2008-05-27 13:35:22.429: [ OCRCONF][2538024640]Exiting [status=failed]...
Any ideas on how to fix this?

Answer 1

Here is the output from running runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -n linuxdb1,linuxdb2 -verbove
I X'd out some ipaddresses. I have ran this previously before attempting to install the clusterware software, and all checks say 'passed', but at the bottom, it says it was unsuccessfull. I have been unable to determine was wrong from looking at this output.
Performing pre-checks for cluster services setup
Checking node reachability...
Check: Node reachability from node "linuxdb1"
Destination Node Reachable?
linuxdb2 yes
linuxdb1 yes
Result: Node reachability check passed from node "linuxdb1".
Checking user equivalence...
Check: User equivalence for user "oracle"
Node Name Comment
linuxdb1 passed
linuxdb2 passed
Result: User equivalence check passed for user "oracle".
Checking administrative privileges...
Check: Existence of user "oracle"
Node Name User Exists Comment
linuxdb1 yes passed
linuxdb2 yes passed
Result: User existence check passed for "oracle".
Check: Existence of group "oinstall"
Node Name Status Group ID
linuxdb1 exists 505
linuxdb2 exists 505
Result: Group existence check passed for "oinstall".
Check: Membership of user "oracle" in group "oinstall" [as Primary]
Node Name User Exists Group Exists User in Group Primary Comment
linuxdb1 yes yes yes yes passed
linuxdb2 yes yes yes yes passed
Result: Membership check for user "oracle" in group "oinstall" [as Primary] passed.
Administrative privileges check passed.
Checking node connectivity...
Interface information for node "linuxdb1"
Interface Name IP Address Subnet
eth0 XXX.XXX.X.XX XXX.XXX.X.XX
eth1 192.168.3.49 192.168.3.0
Interface information for node "linuxdb2"
Interface Name IP Address Subnet
eth0 XXX.XXX.X.XX XXX.XXX.X.XX
eth1 192.168.3.81 192.168.3.0
Check: Node connectivity of subnet "XXX.XXX.X.XX"
Source Destination Connected?
linuxdb1:eth0 linuxdb2:eth0 yes
Result: Node connectivity check passed for subnet "XXX.XXX.X.XXX" with node(s) linuxdb1,linuxdb2.
Check: Node connectivity of subnet "192.168.3.0"
Source Destination Connected?
linuxdb1:eth1 linuxdb2:eth1 yes
Result: Node connectivity check passed for subnet "192.168.3.0" with node(s) linuxdb1,linuxdb2.
Suitable interfaces for VIP on subnet "XXX.XXX.X.XX":
linuxdb1 eth0:XXX.XXX.X.XX
linuxdb2 eth0:XXX.XXX.X.XX
Suitable interfaces for the private interconnect on subnet "192.168.3.0":
linuxdb1 eth1:192.168.3.49
linuxdb2 eth1:192.168.3.81
Result: Node connectivity check passed.
Checking system requirements for 'crs'...
No checks registered for this product.
Pre-check for cluster services setup was unsuccessful on all the nodes.