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EM 13c: Agent Installation Fails with: Inventory Location: /xxxx/xxxx/oraInventory pointed by inventory pointer location: /etc/oraInst.loc is not writable. (Doc ID 3009748.1)

Last updated on APRIL 08, 2024

Applies to:

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

Symptoms

While installing the Agent it fails with the below error:

Further, when checking below log on the failed Agent host:

<AGENT_BASE>/agent_13.5.0.0.0/cfgtoollogs/agentDeploy/agentDeploy_2024-03-09_19-56-31-PM.log

INFO: RESPONSE_FILE=<AGENT_BASE>/emagent.rsp
INFO: EMCTLCFG_MODE=NONE
INFO: RESPONSE_FILE=./agent.rsp
INFO: Setting the system property ORACLE_HOSTNAME to:<AGENT_HOST_NAME>
INFO: Setting the system property oracle.installer.oui_loc to:<AGENT_BASE>/agent_13.5.0.0.0/oui
SEVERE: ERROR: Inventory Location: /XXXX/XXXX/oraInventory pointed by inventory pointer location: /etc/oraInst.loc is not writable.
SEVERE:
ERROR: Agent Deployment Failed

 

Cause

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