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13.5: Running EMPREREQ_KIT in Silent Mode Throws Error: Unable to copy the logs to the permanent location: The permanent log directory is unknown (null).. (Doc ID 2790714.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 18, 2022

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager Base Platform - Version 13.5.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Prior to Installing/Upgrading EM 13.5, running EMPREREQ_KIT to validate the repository DB throws an error:

$ ./em13500_linux64.bin EMPREREQ_KIT=true -silent -responseFile <STAGE_LOC>/install.rsp
Launcher log file is /tmp/OraInstall2021-07-06_06-13-03PM/launcher2021-07-06_06-13-03PM.log.
Extracting the installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
Checking swap space: must be greater than 512 MB. Actual 16383 MB Passed
Checking if this platform requires a 64-bit JVM. Actual 64 Passed (64-bit not required)
Preparing to launch the Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2021-07-06_06-13-03PM
Running EMPREREQ_KIT.
ScratchPathValue :/tmp/OraInstall2021-07-06_06-13-03PM
Unable to copy the logs to the permanent location: The permanent log directory is unknown (null)..
The log(s) can be found here: /tmp/OraInstall2021-07-06_06-13-03PM.

 

Cause

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