6 Replies Latest reply on Dec 11, 2012 10:13 AM by KeenOnOracle

Problem with 10G R2 installation (OUI - 10133 Invalid Staging Area) on W2K3

460112 Oct 13, 2005 8:11 PM

I'm getting a strange error installing 10G R2 Database on a Windows 2003 server. I get "OUI - 10133 Invalid Staging Area. There are no top level components for Windows NT, Windows 2000 available for installation in this staging area." This happens when I choose an Advanced installation or when I choose a starter database.

The funny thing is that I've performed this installation with this exact installation disk on a virtual server on my laptop with Windows 2003.

Also, I ran a quick test with the 10G R1 installation files and I don't get the error. I want to run tests on case insensitivity with LIKE searches (a new feature enabled in 10G R2) so I can't use 10G R1.

1. Re: Problem with 10G R2 installation (OUI - 10133 Invalid Staging Area) on W2K3

oradba Oct 13, 2005 8:31 PM (in response to 460112)

Windows 2003 runs on different architectures (x86,Itanium,AMD64), at this time only 10gR2 for x86 is available. Do you have this architecture?
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2. Re: Problem with 10G R2 installation (OUI - 10133 Invalid Staging Area) on W2K3

460112 Oct 13, 2005 9:25 PM (in response to oradba)

I am running on an x86 architecture.
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3. Re: Problem with 10G R2 installation (OUI - 10133 Invalid Staging Area) on W2K3

514189 May 22, 2006 10:18 AM (in response to 460112)

Invalid Staging Area - generally denotes to Virtual Memory. However increasing the virtual memory to 3xRAM size I am getting same error. will it be resolved if I apply Service pack to windows 2003?
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510477 May 22, 2006 1:45 PM (in response to 460112)

I have seen that problem frequently and it is because for some reason the installer doesn't like burned CD's. Copy all the staging files over to disk. I usually download the zip files onto a staging drive on the server, unzip, install, then delete the install files when I'm done if I need the space.

This has two major benefits: I don't run into the "staging area" error and the install only takes about 30 minutes compared to about 3 hours when installing from CD.
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5. Re: Problem with 10G R2 installation (OUI - 10133 Invalid Staging Area) on

642664 Jun 2, 2008 7:16 PM (in response to 460112)

I had the same problem and i fixed it unzipping the flies in the same directory, because it doesn't work when you burn the unzipped folder, if you are gonna burn the files, burn the zip file and copy it to a new location where you are going to work and from there unzip it.

I hope you find this useful.

Gema Landaverde
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6. Re: Problem with 10G R2 installation (OUI - 10133 Invalid Staging Area) on

KeenOnOracle Dec 11, 2012 10:13 AM (in response to 642664)

This occurs because you download 03 files from OTN website.

They cant be placed each one on its own directory.

You have to unzip and mix them on the same and unique directory.

It worked or me
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