Oracle HTTP Server Install Fails During EPM 11.1.2 install

Oracle HTTP Server Install Fails During EPM 11.1.2 install [ID 1302850.1]
Modified 14-MAR-2011 Type PROBLEM Status REVIEWED
In this Document
Symptoms
Cause
Solution

Applies to:

Hyperion BI+ - Version: 11.1.2.0.00 and later [Release: 11.1 and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms

In the installation GUI, the install of Oracle HTTP server is failing. All the other products get installed properly with the status of "completed".

The following error is seen in the install log file -
[2011-03-09T09:53:01.142-05:00] [EPMINS] [ERROR] [EPMINS-00583] [oracle.EPMINS] [tid: 13] [SRC_CLASS: com.hyperion.install.util.OracleUtil] Thread has been interrupted: [[
oracle.sysman.oii.oiii.OiiiInstallInventoryReadException: OUI-10039:Unable to read install inventory /app/oraInventory on this system. Please check if you have the proper permissions to read/write to the inventory.
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiii.OiiiInstallAreaControl.initAreaControl(OiiiInstallAreaControl.java:1816)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicStandardInventorySession.initSession(OiicStandardInventorySession.java:292)
at oracle.sysman.oii.oiic.OiicStandardInventorySession.initSession(OiicStandardInventorySession.java:231)
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Cause

When EPM is being installed as a user who does not have access to the central inventory (oraInventory), the Oracle HTTP server install fails.

It is documented in the epm_install.pdf that on UNIX machines, for all Oracle products, the user that will be installing must be part of the same group; the group must have write permission to the central inventory (oraInventory).


Solution

Make sure that the user (or the group that user is in) installing EPM 11.1.2 has write permissions to the central inventory (oraInventory).
OR
Make sure that the /var/opt/oracle directory has the right permissions. Then create another oraInst.loc(located in the /var/opt/oracle directory) file and point this to a new location for the oraInventory location for the EPM 11.1.2 software.