Oracle 11g on Oracle Linux 8

User_U2AHC

Trying to install Oracle 11g on Oracle Linux 8 vm on the Oracle Cloud. Downloaded zip files for 11.2.0.1 for Linux x86_64, because that is all I could find on the download site for Linux x86_64. Unzipped them and did the preinstall stuff. Created a response file for a silent install. But, I get an error:

[INS-07009] Unable to load bean store

  CAUSE: Unexpected error while loading the bean store.

  ACTION: Refers logs or contact Oracle Support Services

  SUMMARY:

    - invalid character % in name

I have tried changing the PS1 env var. No luck. And tried everything else I could Google. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[[email protected] database]$ more /etc/os-release

NAME="Oracle Linux Server"

VERSION="8.6"

.....

[[email protected] database]$ lscpu

Architecture:    x86_64

.....

[[email protected] database]$ ./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs -ignorePrereq -waitforcompletion -logLevel trace -silent -responseFile /u01/db_install.rsp

Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 120 MB.  Actual 24223 MB  Passed

Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB.  Actual 4083 MB  Passed

Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2022-10-25_12-05-05AM. Please wait ...[WARNING] [INS-07009] Unable to load bean store

  CAUSE: Unexpected error while loading the bean store.

  ACTION: Refers logs or contact Oracle Support Services

  SUMMARY:

    - invalid character % in name

[SEVERE] - Email Address Not Specified

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values from response file:

oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY

ORACLE_HOSTNAME=vm-oracle-11.subnet.vcn.oraclevcn.com

UNIX_GROUP_NAME=oinstall

SELECTED_LANGUAGES=en

ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.1/db_1

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle

oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=SE

oracle.install.db.isCustomInstall=false

oracle.install.db.DBA_GROUP=dba

DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true

..........

[[email protected] logs]$ more oraInstall2022-10-25_12-05-05AM.err

---# Begin Stacktrace #---------------------------

ID: oracle.install.commons.util.exception.DefaultErrorAdvisor:93

oracle.install.commons.bean.BeanStoreException: [INS-07009] Unable to load bean store

    at oracle.install.commons.bean.xml.XmlBeanStore.load(XmlBeanStore.java:109)

    at oracle.install.commons.bean.xml.XmlBeanStoreFactory.newBeanStore(XmlBeanStoreFactory.java:38)

    at oracle.install.commons.bean.xml.XmlBeanStoreFactory.newBeanStore(XmlBeanStoreFactory.java:31)

    at oracle.install.commons.flow.FlowBuilder.openBeanStores(FlowBuilder.java:456)

    at oracle.install.commons.flow.FlowBuilder.buildFlow(FlowBuilder.java:216)

    at oracle.install.commons.flow.FlowApplication.loadFlow(FlowApplication.java:136)

    at oracle.install.commons.base.driver.common.Installer.loadFlow(Installer.java:194)

    at oracle.install.commons.flow.FlowApplication.run(FlowApplication.java:149)

    at oracle.install.commons.base.driver.common.Installer.run(Installer.java:260)

    at oracle.install.ivw.db.driver.DBInstaller.run(DBInstaller.java:126)

    at oracle.install.commons.util.Application.startup(Application.java:869)

    at oracle.install.commons.flow.FlowApplication.startup(FlowApplication.java:164)

    at oracle.install.commons.flow.FlowApplication.startup(FlowApplication.java:181)

    at oracle.install.commons.base.driver.common.Installer.startup(Installer.java:265)

    at oracle.install.ivw.db.driver.DBInstaller.startup(DBInstaller.java:114)

    at oracle.install.ivw.db.driver.DBInstaller.main(DBInstaller.java:132)

Caused by: oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLDOMException: invalid character % in name

    at oracle.xml.util.XMLUtil.validateName(XMLUtil.java:381)

    at oracle.xml.parser.v2.XMLDocument.createElement(XMLDocument.java:702)

    at oracle.install.commons.util.XmlTag.createXmlTag(XmlTag.java:244)

    at oracle.install.commons.util.XmlTag.getXmlTag(XmlTag.java:268)

    at oracle.install.commons.util.XmlTag.setText(XmlTag.java:139)

    at oracle.install.commons.bean.xml.PropertyFileFormat.toDocument(PropertyFileFormat.java:104)

    at oracle.install.commons.bean.xml.PropertyFileFormat.ext2raw(PropertyFileFormat.java:85)

    at oracle.install.commons.bean.xml.XmlBeanStore.load(XmlBeanStore.java:105)

    ... 15 more

---# End Stacktrace #-----------------------------

asahide

Hi,

Oracle 11g is not supported / certified on Linux 8.

11g is supported on Oracle Linux / Red Hat Linux versions 4, 5 and 6.

You can verify that on the certification page on Oracle support site:

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/CertifyHome

User_U2AHC

Looks like I need to find a downloadable 11.2.0.4 instead of 11.2.0.1

2.1 Supported Oracle Linux 8 Distributions for x86-64 for Oracle Database

Use the following information to check supported Oracle Linux 8 distributions on Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.4)

Table 1 x86-64 Oracle Linux 8 Minimum Operating System Requirements

ItemRequirementsSSH Requirement

Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on your servers. OpenSSH is the required SSH software.

Oracle Linux 8

Minimum supported distributions:

• Oracle Linux 8.2 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 6: 5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.1.el8_5.x86_64 or later
• Oracle Linux 8.2 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel: 4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5.x86_64 or later

asahide

Hi,

https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/oracle-database-software-downloads.html

Oracle Database 10.2, 11.x, 12.x, and 18c are available as a media or FTP request for those customers
who own a valid Oracle Database product license for any edition. To request access to these releases,
follow the instructions in Oracle Support Document 1071023.1 
(Requesting Physical Shipment or Download URL for Software Media) from My Oracle Support.