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INS-40980 Error During Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure (Doc ID 2397695.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Applies to:

Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Installation of Grid Infrastructure 12.2.0.1 failed with below error

INS-40980 error: Installer has detected that alias names is specified for the following nodes: [<remote hostname>]

gridSetupActions2018-05-10_01-18-57PM.log inside <Central Inventory location>/logs location:

1116 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:38 PM] All remote nodes are configured for passwordless SSH connectivity

1117 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:38 PM] Validating Alias Hostnames for nodes

1118 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] oracle.install.library.crs.CRSInfo.getActualHostname() returns host1

1119 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] oracle.install.library.crs.CRSInfo.getActualHostname() returns host1

1120 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] oracle.install.library.crs.CRSInfo.getActualHostname() returns host02

1121 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Removing host2 from the local copy of public short node names.

1122 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Removing host2 from the local copy of public fully qualified node names.

1123 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Removing host2 from the local copy of short VIP node names.

1124 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Removing host2 from the local copy of fully qualified VIP node names.

1125 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Verifying setup for installer validations

1126 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating Public nodes for user equivalence

1127 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating Public Hosts for User Equivalence

1128 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating for 9.2, 10gR1 or Local CSS

1129 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Gathering system details...

1130 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Gathering system details...

1131 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Gathering system details...

1132 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating node role on local node

1133 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating node roles

1134 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] oracle.install.library.crs.CRSInfo.getMaxTargetHubSize() returns the max hub size: 32

1135 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Setting public and VIP node info to the bean

1136 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating Public And Private Interfaces Across Cluster Nodes

1137 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating Node VIPs

1138 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] Validating Inventory Location Across Cluster Nodes

1139 INFO: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] The node list is null or there is only one node.

1140 WARNING: [May 10, 2018 1:40:39 PM] [WARNING] [INS-40980] Installer has detected that alias names is specified for the following nodes:

1141 [host2].

1142

1143 These nodes will be ignored and not participate in the configured Grid Infrastructure.

1144 CAUSE: Alias host names are specified.

 

Cause

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