root.sh fails during execution for an Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11.2 installation with the following message:
[root@hostname ~]# /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/root.sh
Performing root user operation for Oracle 11g
The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
ORACLE_HOME= /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid
Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
The contents of "dbhome" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
The contents of "oraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
The contents of "coraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
Using configuration parameter file: /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params
/opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl query crs activeversion ... failed rc=127 with message:
/opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libcap.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Improper Oracle Grid Infrastructure configuration found on this host
Deconfigure the existing cluster configuration before starting
to configure a new Grid Infrastructure
run '/opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/roothas.pl -deconfig'
to configure existing failed configuration and then rerun root.sh
/opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/perl/bin/perl -I/opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/perl/lib -I/opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/roothas.pl execution failed
“Oracle Restart stack is not active” error is raised when executing roothas.pl as mentioned by root.sh. Output messages will ask you to restart the SIHA stack (even though you might not have any Oracle Clusterware stack configured)
[root@hostname ~]# /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/roothas.pl -deconfig
Using configuration parameter file: /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params
Oracle Restart stack is not active on this node
Restart the SIHA stack (use /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/bin/crsctl start has) and retry
Failed to write the checkpoint:'' with status:FAIL.Error code is 256
Failed to verify HA resources
Cause:
These messages can have various causes. In my cases the cause was previous failed Grid infrastructure installation.
Solution:
Forcefully cleanup old configuration information and rerun root.sh.
[root@hostname ~]# /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/roothas.pl -deconfig -force -verbose
Using configuration parameter file: /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params
CRS-4639: Could not contact Oracle High Availability Services
CRS-4000: Command Stop failed, or completed with errors.
CRS-4639: Could not contact Oracle High Availability Services
CRS-4000: Command Delete failed, or completed with errors.
CRS-4544: Unable to connect to OHAS
CRS-4000: Command Stop failed, or completed with errors.
Failure in execution (rc=-1, 0, No such file or directory) for command /etc/init.d/ohasd deinstall
Successfully deconfigured Oracle Restart stack
[root@hostname ~]# /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/root.sh
Performing root user operation for Oracle 11g
The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
ORACLE_HOME= /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid
Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
The contents of "dbhome" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
The contents of "oraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
The contents of "coraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
Using configuration parameter file: /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/crsconfig_params
LOCAL ADD MODE
Creating OCR keys for user 'oracle', privgrp 'oinstall'..
Operation successful.
LOCAL ONLY MODE
Successfully accumulated necessary OCR keys.
Creating OCR keys for user 'root', privgrp 'root'..
Operation successful.
CRS-4664: Node hostname successfully pinned.
Adding Clusterware entries to upstart
hostname 2015/06/12 11:03:38 /opt/oraInventory/product/11.2.0/grid/cdata/hostname/backup_20150612_110338.olr
Successfully configured Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server