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OpenVMS: INSTALLING CRS ON OPENVMS FAILS WITH: FILE CURRENTLY LOCKED BY ANOTHER USER (Doc ID 782672.1)

Last updated on APRIL 16, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud 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
HP OpenVMS Alpha
HP OpenVMS Itanium

Symptoms

 


After a few minutes of having started the OUI installer (runinstaller.com), an error similar to the following is
reported:

/disk$te-apps/cluster_temp/OraInstall2009-02-03_08-46-59AM/oraInstall2009-02-03_08-46-59AM.out
(file currently locked by another user)

Cause

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