Oracle Oracle Client
Here's a classic case of a vendor taking something which works and breaking it.The installer for Oracle Client 12c cannot be executed on a machine with "unknown" characters in its name. You kno… Read More
A simple script for deploy with SCCM 2007: ________________________________________________________________ Dim oShell, sFolder, sCmd, iReturnSet oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell"… Read More
@Nate630: Thanks for the script, it helped me a lot! Nearing the end of the installation though, there are 2 pop-ups with the MSIexec help screen. I've looked through the script and the instal… Read More
I install to C:\oracle or C:\oracle64 pending the client bitness. In Windows 7, remember to choose the correct ODBC control panel. There is a different ODBC panel for 32-bit hidden in syswo… Read More
REM Create the install directory mkdir C:\oracle64 REM Copy the response file copy /Y client.rsp C:\oracle64\client.rsp REM Call the response file start /wait setup.exe -silent -nocons… Read More
I install to C:\oracle or C:\oracle64 pending the client bitness. In Windows 7, remember to choose the correct ODBC control panel. There is a different ODBC panel for 32-bit hidden in syswo… Read More
I had to use a vbs script to get this to install using SCCM 2007. It also comes in handy (with little modification) when using .iss files for silent deployment because you don't have to copy th… Read More
Installation Command Line: --------------------------- OUI.exe -NOWAIT -NOCONFIG -NOCONSOLE -FORCE -WAITFORCOMPLETION -SILENT -RESPONSEFILE "C:\Source\Response\clientadmin.rsp" OR Setup.exe … Read More
Oracle 11g R1 is not supported with Windows 7, R2 supports it. R1 will still install by hand on Windows 7 after failed prerequisites and checking the corresponding check box. If you try to au… Read More
The install does not allow relative paths for response file. So giving %~dp0 in the command file would not install the application. Its better to copy the .rsp file locally and run from there. Read More
This commandline worked for an uninstall: setup.exe -deinstall -silent -noconsole -force -removeallfiles ORACLE_HOME="PathToHome" REMOVE_HOMES={"PathToHome"} Note: You have to make the script… Read More
I managed to uninstall the Oracle client using the following: C:\>cd \app\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\deinstall C:\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\deinstall\> deinstall.bat -silent Read More
I just like to add: Contrary to what most people seem to say, I found repacking a lot better than using it's own unattended setup. It's fairly easy to repackage Oracle into a MSI and afterwards… Read More
To create the response file for Oracle Client 11.2g I had to call Setup.exe without any command line parameters. On the 6th dialog window there was a button to save the response file. The silen… Read More
Installing 11g Patchset 1 resulted in a "failed to execute preCopy script" error in the Install Actions log. Got around this by adding -suppressPreCopyScript to the command line when installing… Read More
I attempted to create a response file from the command line and had no luck. Setup.exe -record -responseFile c:\client.rsp I ran the setup.exe and right before installing, there is an option … Read More
This is what my final solution ended up looking like for a completely silent install using the custom response file: setup.exe -NOWAIT -NOCONSOLE -FORCE -WAITFORCOMPLETION -SILENT -RESPONSEFI… Read More
In developing a fully silent install for Oracle 10 I ended up using the vendor provided clientcustom.rsp file. In my testing I found that this response file did not install the ODBC portion of… Read More
Voor windows 7 unattended install Toevoegen van versie 6.1 in de files stage\prereq\client_prereqs\client\refhost.xml stage\prereq\client\refhost.xml <!--Microsoft Windows 7--> … Read More
The section of the OUI where it runs the 'Configuration Assistants' would hang indefinitely. I worked out that this was due to some Java foul-up or other. I tried so many flavours of JREs as pr… Read More
