Configuration of 11g Portal Fails With INST-07285 Error During 10g-11g Upgrade

(Doc ID 876470.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 08, 2016

Applies to:

Portal - Version 11.1.1.1.0 to 11.1.1.3.0 [Release FMW11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Checked for relevance on 11-JUN-2014

Symptoms

During the set up of the 11g Portal instance as part of the 10g-11g upgrade process, the following error is seen at the point of installing the portal, forms and reports service into the 11g home :

INST-07285: Error in validating Database details. Invalid Schema

The details of the error are:

INST-07285: Error in validating Database details. Invalid Schema
Cause: The schema name {0} and schema type {1} do not match
Action: Provide a valid schema name for {1}
Level: 1



Steps To Reproduce:-
10g ORACLE_HOME 1 - Oracle Infrastructure installation (10.1.2.3)
10g ORACLE_HOME 2 - Oracle Middleware 10g (AS 10.1.2.3 and portal 10.1.4.2)

  1. Install Oracle Weblogic Server.
  2. Install and configure Oracle Internet Directory Services 11g.
  3. Upgrade 10g Home 1 Oracle Internet Directory 10g->11g by running Upgrade Assistant (UA)
  4. Install Portal,Forms,Reports services 11g (11.1.1.1.0 middleware home).
    This is where the error is seen.

Changes

The 10g environment was created by cloning an existing Portal using the following documentation :-

Oracle Application Server Administrator's Guide 10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
11 Staging a Test Environment from a Production Environment


Cause

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