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Installation of FlashCopy Manager for Oracle on AIX may fail with exit code 2

Troubleshooting


Problem

Installation of FlashCopy Manager for Oracle on AIX may fail with exit code 2 during InstallOracleInstance phase.

Symptom

On an AIX system when installing FlashCopy Manager for Oracle the following errors maybe returned at the end of the installation:


109 Successes
0 Warnings
1 NonFatalErrors
0 FatalErrors
[...]
InstallOracleInstance (internal message):
setup_ora.sh - install called

InstallOracleInstance (internal message):
Status: ERROR

InstallOracleInstance (internal message):
Exit code: 2

Cause

One of the possible causes for this issue could be identified in the wrong version of tar in use on the AIX system.

Environment

All AIX systems

Diagnosing The Problem

Check the version of tar utility on the system issuing:

tar --version

This here should be returned:


# tar --version
tar: Not a recognized flag: -
Usage: tar -{c|r|t|u|x} [ -BdDEFhilmopRUsvwZ ] [ -Number ] [ -f TarFil e
]
[ -b Blocks ] [ -S [ Feet ] | [ Feet@Density ] | [ Blocksb ]
]
[ -L InputList ] [-X ExcludeFile] [ -N Blocks ] [ -C
Directory ] File ...
Usage: tar {c|r|t|u|x} [ bBdDEfFhilLXmNopRsSUvwZ[0-9] ] ]
[ Blocks ] [ TarFile ] [ InputList ] [ ExcludeFile ]
[ [ Feet ] | [ Feet@Density ] | [ Blocksb ] ] [-C Directory ]
File ...

This is for example the output for an unsupported version of tar tool:
# tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.14
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

Resolving The Problem

Fix the AIX system in order that the correct (default) version of tar is used then retry the installation.

[{"Product":{"code":"SS36V9","label":"Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"FlashCopy Manager for Oracle","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"}],"Version":"4.1.1","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB26","label":"Storage"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21699390