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Grid Infrastructure Installation Fails With "OUI-10198:Unable to create a new Oracle Home with name tempGIName. An Oracle Home with this name already exists" Error (Doc ID 2900631.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.3.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure software fails with the below error

INFO: Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 20134 MB    Passed
The inventory pointer is located at /etc/oraInst.loc
You can find the log of this install session at:
/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/AttachHome2022-10-02_10-30-29AM.log
OUI-10198:Unable to create a new Oracle Home with name tempGIName. An Oracle Home with this name already exists. Please select another name.              <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
'AttachHome' failed.

 

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