Issues Affecting HP-UX Itanium for Oracle Database 18c

6 Issues Affecting HP-UX Itanium for Oracle Database 18c

These topics contain last-minute features and changes for HP-UX Itanium for Oracle Database 18c.

Unsupported Products for HP-UX Itanium
In addition to the list of unavailable products or features in this release of Oracle Database 18c, the following products and features are not supported:
Product Support
There are no supported products or features for Oracle Database 18c on HP-UX Itanium at this time.
Linking Applications with Oracle Client Libraries for HP-UX Itanium
You must use the dynamic Oracle client libraries to link the client code on HP-UX Itanium.
Preinstallation Requirements for HP-UX Itanium
Refer to the installation guides for the preinstallation requirements for Oracle Database 18c.
Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Issues for HP-UX Itanium
This topic describes information about issues that affect Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade.

6.1 Unsupported Products for HP-UX Itanium

In addition to the list of unavailable products or features in this release of Oracle Database 18c, the following products and features are not supported:

Database Smart Flash Cache Support
Oracle ASM Filter Driver Support

Refer to the list of unavailable products or features for all platforms in Oracle Database 18c.

6.2 Product Support

There are no supported products or features for Oracle Database 18c on HP-UX Itanium at this time.

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6.3 Linking Applications with Oracle Client Libraries for HP-UX Itanium

You must use the dynamic Oracle client libraries to link the client code on HP-UX Itanium.

Do not link the static Oracle client libraries.

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6.4 Preinstallation Requirements for HP-UX Itanium

Refer to the installation guides for the preinstallation requirements for Oracle Database 18c.

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6.5 Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Issues for HP-UX Itanium

This topic describes information about issues that affect Oracle Database installation, configuration, and upgrade.

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6.5.1 Bug 27367949

In some Oracle Database installation scenarios, Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) reports a prerequirement checks failure, and returns the following error:

Oracle OLAP API UPGRADED 18.1.0.0.0 00:00:18
Upgrade Datapatch Error: prereq checks failed! 
Upgrade Datapatch 00:00:37

Further catupgrd_datapatch_normal.log returns the following error:

Connecting to database...OK
Gathering database info...done 
Bootstrapping registry and package to current versions...done
Error: prereq checks failed!
verify_queryable_inventory returned ORA-20001: Latest xml inventory is not loaded into table
Prereq check failed, exiting without installing any patches.

Workaround:

Start DBUA as a user with the same group ID as that of the Oracle user that owns the Oracle Database 18c Oracle home.

For example, if the user asmadmin is the group owner of the Oracle home on your system, change the user primary group to the asmadmin group using newgrp:

bash-4.3$ ls -l $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle
-rwsr-s--x 1 oracle asmadmin 1133380232 Feb 14 00:36 bin/oracle
bash-4.3$ newgrp asmadmin
bash-4.3$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbua

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6.5.2 Bug 28340043

In some Oracle Database installation scenarios, creating database using Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) results in INVALID JAVAVM component or database upgrade using Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) reports a prerequirement checks failure and returns the following error:

Oracle OLAP API UPGRADED 18.1.0.0.0 00:00:18
Upgrade Datapatch Error: prereq checks failed! 
Upgrade Datapatch 00:00:37

Further catupgrd_datapatch_normal.log returns the following error:

Connecting to database...OK
Gathering database info...done 
Bootstrapping registry and package to current versions...done
Error: prereq checks failed!
verify_queryable_inventory returned ORA-20001: Latest xml inventory is not loaded into table
Prereq check failed, exiting without installing any patches.

Workaround:

Start DBCA or DBUA as a user with the same group ID as that of the Oracle user that owns the Oracle Database 18c Oracle home.

For example, if the user asmadmin is the group owner of the Oracle home on your system, change the user primary group to the asmadmin group using newgrp:

bash-4.3$ ls -l $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle
-rwsr-s--x 1 oracle asmadmin 1133380232 Feb 14 00:36 bin/oracle
bash-4.3$ newgrp asmadmin
bash-4.3$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbua

Parent topic: Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade Issues for HP-UX Itanium