Monthly Archives: February 2013

Patches IZ41855, IZ51456, and IZ52319 missing

Problem:
When running OUI, it states that patches IZ41855, IZ51456, and IZ52319 are missing.

# instfix -i -k IZ41855
 There was no data for IZ41855 in the fix database.
 # instfix -i -k IZ51456
 There was no data for IZ51456 in the fix database.
 # instfix -i -k IZ52319
 There was no data for IZ52319 in the fix database.
 # oslevel -s
 6100-08-01-1245
 #

Solution:

These patches can be ignored because AIX 6.1 is patched to the latest level.

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Insufficient total swap space installing Oracle Database 11gR2 on AIX

Problem:
While installing Oracle Database 11gR2 on AIX 6.1, OUI reports that not enough swap space is available. Oracle Installer reports that the swap size is 4GB. It should be about 7.5GB.

Solution:
Increase swap space by using the ‘extendlv’ command.

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