{"id":1382,"date":"2009-10-08T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/08\/orainventory-location-orainstloc-on-windows-linux-unix\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T09:50:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:50:12","slug":"orainventory-location-orainstloc-on-windows-linux-unix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/08\/orainventory-location-orainstloc-on-windows-linux-unix\/","title":{"rendered":"oraInventory Location &#038; oraInst.loc on Windows , Linux , Unix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle Software (Database, OID, HTTP Server, Forms &amp; Report, Discoverer &#8230;) installation issues are\u00a0logged under <strong>oraInventory\/logs\/[filename].log<\/strong>\u00a0(for more on <strong>oraInventory<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/14\/orainventory-in-oracle\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here\u00a0<\/a>)\u00a0but <strong>how to identify oraInventory location<\/strong> <strong>on system<\/strong> <strong>? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oracle Inventory Pointer <strong>oraInst.loc <\/strong>(registry variable <strong>inst_loc<\/strong> for windows)\u00a0 determines\u00a0<strong>oraInventory<\/strong> location<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>oraInventory location in windows<\/u> : <strong>INST_LOC<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;<strong>c:\\program files\\Oracle\\Inventory<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><u>oraInventory default location in\u00a0Linux, AIX<\/u>\u00a0: Directory mentioned in\u00a0<strong>\/etc\/oraInst.loc<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><u>oraInventory default location in\u00a0Solaris<\/u>: Directory mentioned in <strong>\/var\/opt\/oracle \/ oraInst.loc<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><u>oraInventory default location in\u00a0HP OpenVMS<\/u>: Directory\u00a0under <strong>sys$login<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>To find <strong>INST_LOC<\/strong> registry variable in windows : <strong>Start<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Run<\/strong> &gt; <strong>regedit &gt; HKLM &gt; Software &gt; Oracle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/orainventory_1.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/orainventory_1.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/orainventory_2.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/orainventory_2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/orainventory_3.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/orainventory_3.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Did you get a chance to download <a href=\"http:\/\/k21academy.com\/oracle-apps-dba-free-guide\"><strong>6 Docs Every Apps DBA Must Read for EBS R12.2<\/strong><\/a> ? 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