Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Check hostname setting. Cannot install cell

Error: while installing cell on vm demo 

# rpm -ivh cell-11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109-1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
Pre Installation steps in progress ...
ping: unknown host exadata_lab_1
Check hostname setting. Cannot install cell

error: %pre(cell-11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 5
error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping cell-11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109-1

Diag:
[root@exadata_lab_1 Desktop]# cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost

# hostname
exadata_lab_1


solution:

 
++ Update the host file and restart the installation.
++ Enter Host entry /etc/hosts
192.168.10.30 exadata_lab_1



++ rpm -ivh cell-11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109-1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
Pre Installation steps in progress ...
   1:cell                   ########################################### [100%]
Post Installation steps in progress ...
Set cellusers group for /opt/oracle/cell11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109/cellsrv/deploy/log directory
Set 775 permissions for /opt/oracle/cell11.2.3.2.1_LINUX.X64_130109/cellsrv/deploy/log directory
/
/
Installation SUCCESSFUL.
Starting RS and MS... as user celladmin
Done. Please Login as user celladmin and create cell to startup CELLSRV to complete cell configuration.
WARNING: Using the current shell as root to restart cell services.
Restart the cell services using a new shell.
 






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