CreateOUIProcess(): 13 Permission denied

Error:

Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2013-03-19_06-52-06PM. Please wait ...Error in CreateOUIProcess(): 13
: Permission denied

When: While running ./runinstaller

Cause: oracle specific osuser unable to execute temp files from /tmp file system as execute permissions on /tmp was not allowed

$ ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt. 13 root root 4096 Mar 19 18:48 /tmp
 
Have look at the "." after drwxrwxrwt which means some restriction 

Oracle Silent Installation

In this Blog i will guide you to perform silent installation i.e. without using oracle installation GUI page.

Benefits:
Silent Installation is very much useful to avoid slowness caused by memory thirsty java GUI pages
Its is performed from command line & allows great control over installation steps
Less time consuming if re-start of the installation required
No hectic X-Window configuration

Background:
Silent installation method i have used for the first time while patching 10g (10.2.0.1) oracle home with 10.2.0.5 patch , it was very critical situation when i sat down for a production database 10205 upgrade & little bit over confident that GUI has to work while patching existing 10201 oracle home with 10205 as it worked in test environment .

Only different condition was that i was doing this activity from home via a VPN.

It was 5 Hrs of downtime , first 1 Hrs 30 min i struggle to open xclock itself which is basic GUI testing tool used before opening any GUI. Finally i gave up.I Called up my manager that i am unable to perform it , he suggested/reminded few steps to open GUI but that also failed , till then i had lost almost 2 Hrs of 5 Hrs downtime.

Oracle 10g Standard Edition Installation & Features

Introduction:

Document highlights oracle standard edition installation steps, database hardening as per SOX compliances and issues faced during a project setup along with best practices

Table of Content(TOC):

1.     Platform OS/DB Version  

2.     How to download oracle software

3.     Difference between Enterprise & Standard Edition

4.     Server Pre-requisites

5.     Software & database Installation

6.     Issues faced

7.     Practices