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Error installing WebCenter Portal: Prepare Session failed / oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstallAPIException (Doc ID 1261644.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 01, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Portal - Version 11.1.1.2.0 to 11.1.1.9.0 [Release 11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms


When attempting to install WebCenter Portal (previously called WebCenter Spaces), the following error occurs.

Installation Failed.
Prepare Session failed


The install Log shows the following error:

oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstallAPIException:
    at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicInstallAPISession.prepareForInstallOperations(OiicInstallAPISession.java:292)
    at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicAPIInstaller.prepareForInstallOperations(OiicAPIInstaller.java:822)
    at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.install.action.OUIInstaller.start(OUIInstaller.java:248)
    at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.install.action.InstallManager.launchOUI(InstallManager.java:200)
    at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.install.InstallModule.launchOUI(InstallModule.java:156)
    at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.install.InstallModule$1.run(InstallModule.java:247)



STEPS

1. Install WebCenter Portal and provide all the requested information for the install.
2. In the "Installation Progress" window it stops with the error.

Changes

 

Cause

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