FAQs on Central Inventory and Oracle Home Inventory (Local Inventory) in Oracle RDBMS
(Doc ID 564192.1)
Last updated on MAY 26, 2023
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 and laterOracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
This note explains about the frequently asked questions related to Central/OraInventory and Local Inventory in Oracle RDBMS.
Questions and Answers
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In this Document
| Purpose |
| Questions and Answers |
| CENTRAL INVENTORY |
| What is the Central Inventory? (oraInventory) |
What is the Central Inventory Pointer File |
| Can you keep different Central Inventory for each Oracle software installation? |
| Advantages and disadvantages of keeping a Central Inventory for each Oracle Home and shared Central Inventory: |
| How to start the OUI/Opatch if the oraInst.loc file is not in the default location? ( Unix) |
| Can you remove or manually edit the inventory.xml file? |
| You have lost/corrupted the Central Inventory but have a valid Oracle Home(s). What do you do? |
| How can you remove the Central Inventory after all the Oracle Homes on a host are removed? |
| Can you use the jar command to backup inventory/Oracle Home? |
| How can you attach and detach Oracle Homes from the Central Inventory ? |
| Does the database work without a Central/Local Inventory? |
| What are the permissions/ownership required for a Central Inventory? |
Can you move the Central Inventory (oraInventory) to another location? |
| Does Oracle Support Manually Changing "inst_loc" In The Windows Registry? |
| LOCAL INVENTORY |
| What is the Local Inventory ? |
| What are the Contents of the Local Inventory ? |
You have lost the Oracle Home (local) Inventory. What can you do? |
| What are the permissions/ownership required for a Local Inventory? |
| How to check if the inventory.xml/comps.xml or any Oracle XML file is correct using Opatch? |
| How can you Clean the inventory after deleting the Oracle Home manually? |
| References |