OS Check Error At Oracle Software Installation Time On Solaris 10 - Prerequisite Check (Doc ID 1643889.1)

Last updated on MARCH 05, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

The Installation Wizard Prerequisite hardware checks is failing:

Setting JVM_OPTIONS to 
Adding /tmp/OraInstall2014-02-28_03-37-03PM for deletion.
Adding to classpath:file:/tmp/OraInstall2014-02-28_03-37-03PM/ext/jlib/ecm2.jar
Adding to classpath:file:/tmp/OraInstall2014-02-28_03-37-03PM/ext/jlib/template.jar
CUSTOM_COPY_RIGHT@oracle.as.install.ecm.resources.WelcomePage.ScreenRes
configFileName:/tmp/OraInstall2014-02-28_03-37-03PM/ext/jlib/footprint.xml
Setting current page standalone validations to true
Setting current page standalone validations to true
Inside startPreReqOperation...prereq
contextFile:/tmp/OraInstall2014-02-28_03-37-03PM/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.
/etc/inittab does not seem to contain default runlevel information.
oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcr.OipcrExecuteRuleException: Unable to execute rule 'CertifiedVersions' from ruleset 'OSChecks'. The underlying test 'oracle.s
ysman.oip.oipc.oipcz.OipczOSChecks.checkCertifiedOSVersions' has thrown an unhandled exception [null]. If the exception results in a failure of the test 
and the exception needs to be propagated, then encapsulate the exception in the result object and return the result.
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcr.OipcrRulesEngine.executeRule(OipcrRulesEngine.java:375)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcp.OipcpPrereqChecker.executeCheck(OipcpPrereqChecker.java:581)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcp.OipcpPrereqChecker.runChecks(OipcpPrereqChecker.java:536)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcp.OipcpPrereqChecker.executePrereqs(OipcpPrereqChecker.java:437)
       at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.prereq.action.PrereqLauncher.executePrereqs(PrereqLauncher.java:246)
       at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.prereq.PreRequisiteModule.startPreReqs(PreRequisiteModule.java:764)
       at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.prereq.PreRequisiteModule.run(PreRequisiteModule.java:225)
       at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
       at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
       at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcr.OipcrRulesEngine.executeRule(OipcrRulesEngine.java:325)
       ... 7 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipch.OipchSolarisKernelReader.readSysdefKernelInfo(OipchSolarisKernelReader.java:374)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipch.OipchSolarisOSCreator.updateKernelInfo4(OipchSolarisOSCreator.java:345)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipch.OipchSolarisOSCreator.createOS(OipchSolarisOSCreator.java:151)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipch.OipchOSCreator.getOS(OipchOSCreator.java:114)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipch.OipchHostCreator.getOS(OipchHostCreator.java:84)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipch.OipchHostCreator.build(OipchHostCreator.java:57)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipck.OipckKnowledgeSourceFactory.getKnowledgeSourceImpl(OipckKnowledgeSourceFactory.java:239)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipck.OipckKnowledgeSourceFactory.getKnowledgeSource(OipckKnowledgeSourceFactory.java:60)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipck.OipckKnowledgeSourceLibrary.loadKnowledgeSource(OipckKnowledgeSourceLibrary.java:160)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipck.OipckKnowledgeSourceLibrary.getKnowledgeSource(OipckKnowledgeSourceLibrary.java:79)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcr.OipcrRulesEngine.getKnowledgeSource(OipcrRulesEngine.java:611)
       at oracle.sysman.oip.oipc.oipcz.OipczOSChecks.checkCertifiedOSVersions(OipczOSChecks.java:74)
       ... 12 mor

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