Deinstall Oracle Homes On Exadata Database Machine

Overview

After Oracle Platinum upgrades Oracle software for example from 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4, the OLD Oracle Homes are not removed immediately. There are 2 different types of Oracle Home, Grid Infrastructure (ASM + Clusterware) home and RDBMS (Database software) home.

In this article I will demonstrate how to De-install Oracle 11gR2 and 12cR1 Homes on Exadata database machine.

Why De-install Oracle Software?

One should consider de-installing Oracle software for the following reasons:

• To save disk space
• To ease management complexities
• To avoid accidentally using unused home

About De-install Utility

The de-install utility works different for Oracle Database 11g and 12c.

Starting with Oracle database 11.2.0.1, Oracle recommends to use de-install utility to de-install Oracle 11.2 software.

You can de-install Oracle database 11gR2 software in 2 ways:

• External De-install Utility – highly recommended method
• runInstaller

In Oracle Database 12c, deinstall utility is now integrated with the Database Installation Media. You can run the deinstall utility using the runInstaller command on Linux and UNIX. In 12c, the de-install external standalone utility is replaced with a deinstall option using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI). The standalone or external deinstall utility is no longer provided as a separate installation media.

You can de-install Oracle database 12cR1 software in 3 ways:

• From Installation Media using runInstaller (UNIX)
• After Installation from ORACLE_HOME/deinstall directory
• Using Parameter / Response file

De-install utility can be used to de-install

• Grid Infrastructure home (GRID_HOME)
• Oracle Real Application (RAC) Database Home
• Non-RAC Database Home (Single instance)
• Grid Infrastructure for standalone server Homes.

Procedure Download De-install utility for 11gR2

• De-install utility can be downloaded from:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html

• Accept license Agreement

• Select latest Oracle database version based on your Operating system. 

Here I am selecting Oracle Database 11.2.0.1 and Linux x86-64

• Click on the “See All” hyper link to see all the software underneath it.
• Accept License Agreement and look for the latest Oracle database version. For Example 11.2.0.4

Note: It is recommended to use the latest version of the 11.2 de-install utility. If you want to de-install 11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2 or 11.2.0.3 then you should use the latest version of the 11.2 de-install utility, which would be version 11.2.0.4.

• Click on the download link to download the De-install utility for 11.2.0.4
•  Enter the username and password, if prompted.
• Download box will appear on your screen click OK to save the file.

Copy De-install Utility to Exadata Compute

Once De-install utility is downloaded, copy the zip to Exadata Compute node 1 and unzip it into a staging area. You can use WinScp or similar tool to copy the de-install utility to Exadata Compute node.

Here I copied the file under “/u01/app/oracle/software” directory.

Unzip De-install utility

Use unzip OS command to unzip the de-install utility. This will create a sub-directory called “deinstall” which contains deinstall script.

De-install utility Options

The following are the options available with Oracle De-install utility.

De-install DATABASE and GRID Homes

Before running de-install:

•  Unzip de-install utility into a directory outside Oracle Home.
• No databases configured to use the Oracle home.

$ srvctl config database -d <db_name>

•  Home is not a configured Grid Home.

$ ps -ef|grep d.bin

• ASM is not detected in the Oracle Home.

$ env | grep HOME

Steps to De-install Oracle 11gR2 database software

• After the upgrade is complete and the database and application have been validated and in use for some time, the 11.2.0.2 or 11.2.0.3 database and grid homes can be removed using the deinstall tool. 
• Run deinstall commands on the first database server. 
• The deinstall tool will perform the deinstallation on all database servers. 

Deinstall Database Home

Here we are deinstalling Oracle Home:  /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/

Replace the location with Oracle Home location you are deinstalling.

Navigate to deinstall directory and perform a deinstall check only. The –checkonly option we will only perform a check without deinstalling the software.

oracle@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software:$ cd /u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall

oracle@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall:$ ./deinstall -checkonly -home /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/

Location of logs /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/

############ ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL START ############

######################### CHECK OPERATION START #########################

## [START] Install check configuration ##

Checking for existence of the Oracle home location /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1

Oracle Home type selected for deinstall is: Oracle Real Application Cluster Database

Oracle Base selected for deinstall is: /u01/app/oracle

Checking for existence of central inventory location /u01/app/oraInventory

Checking for existence of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The following nodes are part of this cluster: dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Checking for sufficient temp space availability on node(s) : 'dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'

## [END] Install check configuration ##

Network Configuration check config START

Network de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/netdc_check2015-08-13_03-33-18-AM.log

Network Configuration check config END

Database Check Configuration START

Database de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/databasedc_check2015-08-13_03-33-23-AM.log

Use comma as separator when specifying list of values as input

Specify the list of database names that are configured in this Oracle home []:

Database Check Configuration END

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant START

EMCA de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/emcadc_check2015-08-13_03-33-30-AM.log

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant END

Oracle Configuration Manager check START

OCM check log file location : /u01/app/oraInventory/logs//ocm_check_2015-08-13_03-33-30-AM.log

Oracle Configuration Manager check END

######################### CHECK OPERATION END #########################

####################### CHECK OPERATION SUMMARY #######################

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home is: /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The cluster node(s) on which the Oracle home deinstallation will be performed are:dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Oracle Home selected for deinstall is: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1

Inventory Location where the Oracle home registered is: /u01/app/oraInventory

No Enterprise Manager configuration to be updated for any database(s)

No Enterprise Manager ASM targets to update

No Enterprise Manager listener targets to migrate

Checking the config status for CCR

dm01db01 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db02 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db03 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db04 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db05 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db06 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db07 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db08 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

CCR check is finished

A log of this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-33-08-AM.out'

Any error messages from this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-33-08-AM.err'

############# ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL END #############

Now perform the deinstall using the following command.

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall: ./deinstall -home /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/

Location of logs /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/

############ ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL START ############

######################### CHECK OPERATION START #########################

## [START] Install check configuration ##

Checking for existence of the Oracle home location /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1

Oracle Home type selected for deinstall is: Oracle Real Application Cluster Database

Oracle Base selected for deinstall is: /u01/app/oracle

Checking for existence of central inventory location /u01/app/oraInventory

Checking for existence of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The following nodes are part of this cluster: dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Checking for sufficient temp space availability on node(s) : 'dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'

## [END] Install check configuration ##

Network Configuration check config START

Network de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/netdc_check2015-08-13_03-34-50-AM.log

Network Configuration check config END

Database Check Configuration START

Database de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/databasedc_check2015-08-13_03-34-56-AM.log

Use comma as separator when specifying list of values as input

Specify the list of database names that are configured in this Oracle home []:

Database Check Configuration END

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant START

EMCA de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/emcadc_check2015-08-13_03-35-05-AM.log

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant END

Oracle Configuration Manager check START

OCM check log file location : /u01/app/oraInventory/logs//ocm_check_2015-08-13_03-35-06-AM.log

Oracle Configuration Manager check END

######################### CHECK OPERATION END #########################

####################### CHECK OPERATION SUMMARY #######################

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home is: /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The cluster node(s) on which the Oracle home deinstallation will be performed are:dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Oracle Home selected for deinstall is: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1

Inventory Location where the Oracle home registered is: /u01/app/oraInventory

No Enterprise Manager configuration to be updated for any database(s)

No Enterprise Manager ASM targets to update

No Enterprise Manager listener targets to migrate

Checking the config status for CCR

dm01db01 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db02 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db03 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db04 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db05 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db06 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db07 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

dm01db08 : Oracle Home exists and CCR is configured

CCR check is finished

Do you want to continue (y - yes, n - no)? [n]: y

A log of this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-34-40-AM.out'

Any error messages from this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-34-40-AM.err'

######################## CLEAN OPERATION START ########################

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant START

EMCA de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/emcadc_clean2015-08-13_03-35-05-AM.log

Updating Enterprise Manager ASM targets (if any)

Updating Enterprise Manager listener targets (if any)

Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant END

Database de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/databasedc_clean2015-08-13_03-35-33-AM.log

Network Configuration clean config START

Network de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/netdc_clean2015-08-13_03-35-33-AM.log

De-configuring Listener configuration file on all nodes...

Listener configuration file de-configured successfully.

De-configuring Naming Methods configuration file on all nodes...

Naming Methods configuration file de-configured successfully.

De-configuring Local Net Service Names configuration file on all nodes...

Local Net Service Names configuration file de-configured successfully.

De-configuring Directory Usage configuration file on all nodes...

Directory Usage configuration file de-configured successfully.

De-configuring backup files on all nodes...

Backup files de-configured successfully.

The network configuration has been cleaned up successfully.

Network Configuration clean config END

Oracle Configuration Manager clean START

OCM clean log file location : /u01/app/oraInventory/logs//ocm_clean_2015-08-13_03-35-06-AM.log

Oracle Configuration Manager clean END

Setting the force flag to false

Setting the force flag to cleanup the Oracle Base

Oracle Universal Installer clean START

Detach Oracle home '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' from the central inventory on the local node : Done

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/machine-readable/automations/bp8-auto-inplace-rolling-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/machine-readable/automations/bp8-inplace-rolling-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/machine-readable/automations/bp8-out-of-place-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/machine-readable/automations/bp8-out-of-place-switchback.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/machine-readable/automations'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/machine-readable'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/.tmp'. The directory is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19/log.txt'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-46-19'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/machine-readable/automations/bp8-auto-inplace-rolling-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/machine-readable/automations/bp8-inplace-rolling-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/machine-readable/automations/bp8-out-of-place-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/machine-readable/automations/bp8-out-of-place-switchback.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/machine-readable/automations'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/machine-readable'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/.tmp'. The directory is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50/log.txt'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-12-14-56-50'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/machine-readable/automations/bp8-auto-inplace-rolling-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/machine-readable/automations/bp8-inplace-rolling-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/machine-readable/automations/bp8-out-of-place-automation.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/machine-readable/automations/bp8-out-of-place-switchback.xml'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/machine-readable/automations'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/machine-readable'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/.tmp'. The directory is in use.

Failed to delete the file '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29/log.txt'. The file is in use.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan/2011-08-15-07-46-29'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs/oplan'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1/cfgtoollogs'. The directory is not empty.

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1'. The directory is not empty.

Delete directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' on the local node : Failed <<<<

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on local node. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

Detach Oracle home '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' from the central inventory on the remote nodes 'dm01db04,dm01db07,dm01db02,dm01db06,dm01db03,dm01db08,dm01db05' : Done

Delete directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08' : Done

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on node 'dm01db04'. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on node 'dm01db07'. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on node 'dm01db02'. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on node 'dm01db06'. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on node 'dm01db03'. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on node 'dm01db08'. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

The Oracle Base directory '/u01/app/oracle' will not be removed on node 'dm01db05'. The directory is in use by Oracle Home '/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/agent10g'.

Oracle Universal Installer cleanup was successful.

Oracle Universal Installer clean END

## [START] Oracle install clean ##

Clean install operation removing temporary directory '/tmp/deinstall2015-08-13_03-34-40AM' on node 'dm01db01'

Clean install operation removing temporary directory '/tmp/deinstall2015-08-13_03-34-40AM' on node 'dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'

## [END] Oracle install clean ##

######################### CLEAN OPERATION END #########################

####################### CLEAN OPERATION SUMMARY #######################

Cleaning the config for CCR

Cleaning the CCR configuration by executing its binaries

CCR clean is finished

Successfully detached Oracle home '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' from the central inventory on the local node.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' on the local node.

Successfully detached Oracle home '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' from the central inventory on the remote nodes 'dm01db04,dm01db07,dm01db02,dm01db06,dm01db03,dm01db08,dm01db05'.

Successfully deleted directory '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'.

Oracle Universal Installer cleanup was successful.

Oracle deinstall tool successfully cleaned up temporary directories.

#######################################################################

############# ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL END #############

Remove the directories if not removed by the deinstall utility

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall:

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2: su - root

Password:

[root@dm01db01 ~]# cd /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2

[root@dm01db01 11.2.0.2]# ls -ltr

total 4

drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:36 dbhome_1

[root@dm01db01 11.2.0.2]# du -sh dbhome_1/

276K    dbhome_1/

[root@dm01db01 11.2.0.2]# rm -rf dbhome_1/

[root@dm01db01 11.2.0.2]# cd ..

[root@dm01db01 product]# rmdir 11.2.0.2/

Deinstall Grid Home

Here we deinstalling GRID Home:  /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/

Replace the location with GRID Home location you are deinstalling.

[root@dm01db01 ~]# cd /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

[root@dm01db01 grid_1]# dcli -l root -g ~/dbs_group chmod -R 755 /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

[root@dm01db01 grid_1]# dcli -l root -g ~/dbs_group chown -R oracle /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

[root@dm01db01 grid_1]# cd ..

[root@dm01db01 11.2.0.2]# ls -l

total 4763768

drwxr-xr-x 72 oracle oinstall       4096 Aug 22  2012 grid_1

[root@dm01db01 11.2.0.2]# dcli -l root -g ~/dbs_group chown oracle /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

[root@dm01db01 11.2.0.2]# ls -l

total 4763768

drwxr-xr-x 72 oracle oinstall       4096 Aug 22  2012 grid_1

Navigate to deinstall directory and perform a deinstall check only. The –checkonly option we will only perform a check without deinstalling the software.

oracle@dm01db01-/home/oracle:$  cd /u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall

oracle@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall:$  ./deinstall -checkonly -home /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/

Location of logs /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/

############ ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL START ############

######################### CHECK OPERATION START #########################

## [START] Install check configuration ##

The deinstall tool cannot determine the home type needed to deconfigure the selected home.  Please select the type of Oracle home you are trying to deinstall.

Single Instance database - Enter 1

Real Application Cluster database - Enter 2

Grid Infrastructure for a cluster - Enter 3

Grid Infrastructure for a stand-alone server - Enter 4

Client Oracle Home - Enter 5

Transparent Gateways Oracle Home - Enter 6

3

The product version number of the specified home cannot be determined. Is the product version at least 11.2.0.1.0 (y - yes, n - no)? [n]

y

Specify a comma-separated list of nodes on which to perform the deinstallation task:dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Checking for existence of the Oracle home location /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

Oracle Home type selected for deinstall is: Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster

Oracle Base selected for deinstall is:

Checking for existence of central inventory location /u01/app/oraInventory

Checking for existence of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The following nodes are part of this cluster: dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Checking for sufficient temp space availability on node(s) : 'dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'

## [END] Install check configuration ##

Traces log file: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs//crsdc.log

Network Configuration check config START

Network de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/netdc_check2015-08-13_03-54-29-AM.log

Network Configuration check config END

Asm Check Configuration START

ASM de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/asmcadc_check2015-08-13_03-54-30-AM.log

ASM was not detected in the Oracle Home

######################### CHECK OPERATION END #########################

####################### CHECK OPERATION SUMMARY #######################

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home is: /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The cluster node(s) on which the Oracle home deinstallation will be performed are:dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Oracle Home selected for deinstall is: /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

Inventory Location where the Oracle home registered is: /u01/app/oraInventory

The home being deconfigured is NOT a configured Grid Infrastructure home (/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid)

ASM was not detected in the Oracle Home

A log of this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-52-24-AM.out'

Any error messages from this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-52-24-AM.err'

############# ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL END #############

Now perform the deinstall using the following command.

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall: ./deinstall -home /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/

Location of logs /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/

############ ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL START ############

######################### CHECK OPERATION START #########################

## [START] Install check configuration ##

The deinstall tool cannot determine the home type needed to deconfigure the selected home.  Please select the type of Oracle home you are trying to deinstall.

Single Instance database - Enter 1

Real Application Cluster database - Enter 2

Grid Infrastructure for a cluster - Enter 3

Grid Infrastructure for a stand-alone server - Enter 4

Client Oracle Home - Enter 5

Transparent Gateways Oracle Home - Enter 6

3

The product version number of the specified home cannot be determined. Is the product version at least 11.2.0.1.0 (y - yes, n - no)? [n]

y

Specify a comma-separated list of nodes on which to perform the deinstallation task:dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Checking for existence of the Oracle home location /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

Oracle Home type selected for deinstall is: Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster

Oracle Base selected for deinstall is:

Checking for existence of central inventory location /u01/app/oraInventory

Checking for existence of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure home /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The following nodes are part of this cluster: dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Checking for sufficient temp space availability on node(s) : 'dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'

## [END] Install check configuration ##

Traces log file: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs//crsdc.log

Network Configuration check config START

Network de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/netdc_check2015-08-13_03-56-28-AM.log

Network Configuration check config END

Asm Check Configuration START

ASM de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/asmcadc_check2015-08-13_03-56-29-AM.log

ASM was not detected in the Oracle Home

######################### CHECK OPERATION END #########################

####################### CHECK OPERATION SUMMARY #######################

Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home is: /u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid

The cluster node(s) on which the Oracle home deinstallation will be performed are:dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Oracle Home selected for deinstall is: /u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1

Inventory Location where the Oracle home registered is: /u01/app/oraInventory

The home being deconfigured is NOT a configured Grid Infrastructure home (/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid)

ASM was not detected in the Oracle Home

Do you want to continue (y - yes, n - no)? [n]: y

A log of this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-56-01-AM.out'

Any error messages from this session will be written to: '/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/deinstall_deconfig2015-08-13_03-56-01-AM.err'

######################## CLEAN OPERATION START ########################

ASM de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/asmcadc_clean2015-08-13_03-56-47-AM.log

ASM Clean Configuration END

Network Configuration clean config START

Network de-configuration trace file location: /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/netdc_clean2015-08-13_03-56-47-AM.log

De-configuring Naming Methods configuration file on all nodes...

Naming Methods configuration file de-configured successfully.

De-configuring Local Net Service Names configuration file on all nodes...

Local Net Service Names configuration file de-configured successfully.

De-configuring Directory Usage configuration file on all nodes...

Directory Usage configuration file de-configured successfully.

De-configuring backup files on all nodes...

Backup files de-configured successfully.

The network configuration has been cleaned up successfully.

Network Configuration clean config END

Setting the force flag to false

Setting the force flag to cleanup the Oracle Base

Oracle Universal Installer clean START

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1'. The directory is in use.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the local node : Failed <<<<

Failed to delete the directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1'. The directory is in use.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the local node : Failed <<<<

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08' : Failed <<<<

Could not remove listed directories based on '/tmp/OraInstall2015-08-13_03-56-54-AM/installRemoveDirFile.lst' from nodes 'dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'. [/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1/': Permission denied]

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db02' : Failed <<<<

The directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' could not be deleted on the nodes 'dm01db02'.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db03' : Failed <<<<

The directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' could not be deleted on the nodes 'dm01db03'.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db04' : Failed <<<<

The directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' could not be deleted on the nodes 'dm01db04'.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db05' : Failed <<<<

The directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' could not be deleted on the nodes 'dm01db05'.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db06' : Failed <<<<

The directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' could not be deleted on the nodes 'dm01db06'.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db07' : Failed <<<<

The directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' could not be deleted on the nodes 'dm01db07'.

Delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db08' : Failed <<<<

The directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' could not be deleted on the nodes 'dm01db08'.

Oracle Universal Installer cleanup completed with errors.

Oracle Universal Installer clean END

## [START] Oracle install clean ##

Clean install operation removing temporary directory '/tmp/deinstall2015-08-13_03-56-01AM' on node 'dm01db01'

Clean install operation removing temporary directory '/tmp/deinstall2015-08-13_03-56-01AM' on node 'dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'

## [END] Oracle install clean ##

######################### CLEAN OPERATION END #########################

####################### CLEAN OPERATION SUMMARY #######################

The home being deconfigured is NOT a configured Grid Infrastructure home (/u01/app/11.2.0.4/grid)

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the local node.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the local node.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08'.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db02'.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db03'.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db04'.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db05'.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db06'.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db07'.

Failed to delete directory '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' on the remote nodes 'dm01db08'.

Oracle Universal Installer cleanup completed with errors.

For complete clean up of Oracle Clusterware software from the system, deinstall the following old clusterware home(s). Refer to Clusterware Install guide of respective old release for details.

    /u01/app/11.2.0.3/grid on nodes : dm01db01,dm01db02,dm01db03,dm01db04,dm01db05,dm01db06,dm01db07,dm01db08

Oracle deinstall tool successfully cleaned up temporary directories.

#######################################################################

############# ORACLE DEINSTALL & DECONFIG TOOL END #############

Post De-install Steps

• Verify the OraInventory is update and OLD Oracle Homes are removed.

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1: dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l oracle -s "-q" "grep '/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2/dbhome_1' /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml"

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1: dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l oracle -s "-q" "grep '/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1' /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml"

• Verify the directories are deleted; if not manually delete them carefully.

 orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall: dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l oracle -s "-q" 'ls -l /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2'

dm01db01: ls: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db02: total 0

dm01db03: total 0

dm01db04: total 0

dm01db05: total 0

dm01db06: total 0

dm01db07: total 0

dm01db08: total 0

  

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/oracle/software/deinstall: dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l oracle -s "-q" 'ls -l /u01/app/11.2.0.2'

dm01db01: total 4763768

dm01db01: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:57 grid_1

dm01db02: total 4

dm01db02: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:58 grid_1

dm01db03: total 4

dm01db03: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:58 grid_1

dm01db04: total 4

dm01db04: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:58 grid_1

dm01db05: total 4

dm01db05: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:58 grid_1

dm01db06: total 4

dm01db06: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:58 grid_1

dm01db07: total 4

dm01db07: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:58 grid_1

dm01db08: total 4

dm01db08: drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 13 03:58 grid_1

orcl1@dm01db01-/u01/app/11.2.0.2/grid_1: su - root

[root@dm01db01 ~]#  dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l root -s "-q" 'cd /u01/app/; rmdir 11.2.0.2'

[root@dm01db01 ~]# dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l root -s "-q" 'ls -l /u01/app/11.2.0.2'

dm01db01: total 4763764

dm01db02: total 0

dm01db03: total 0

dm01db04: total 0

dm01db05: total 0

dm01db06: total 0

dm01db07: total 0

dm01db08: total 0

[root@dm01db01 ~]# dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l root -s "-q" 'cd /u01/app/; rmdir 11.2.0.2'

[root@dm01db01 ~]# dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l root -s "-q" 'cd /u01/app/; ls -l 11.2.0.2'

dm01db01: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db02: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db03: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db04: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db05: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db06: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db07: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

dm01db08: ls: 11.2.0.2: No such file or directory

•  Verify the free space available after de-install completed.

[root@dm01db01 ~]# dcli -g ~/dbs_group -l root 'df -h /u01'

dm01db01: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db01: /dev/sda3             193G   81G  103G  45% /u01

dm01db02: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db02: /dev/sda3             193G   48G  136G  26% /u01

dm01db03: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db03: /dev/sda3             193G   48G  136G  27% /u01

dm01db04: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db04: /dev/sda3             193G   58G  126G  32% /u01

dm01db05: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db05: /dev/sda3             193G   47G  137G  26% /u01

dm01db06: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db06: /dev/sda3             193G   63G  121G  35% /u01

dm01db07: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db07: /dev/sda3             193G   42G  142G  23% /u01

dm01db08: Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

dm01db08: /dev/sda3             193G   54G  130G  30% /u01

IMPORTANT NOTES

• For 12.1.0.2.0, please be aware of the known issue with oraInst.loc discussed in "Deinstall Unable to Determine Product Version Number (Doc ID 1966643.1)"
• Oracle 12c Release 1 (12.1) deinstall tool from Installation Media should not be used to deinstall earlier releases of Oracle Home as it is not supported.
• The deinstall tool from Oracle Home should be used only if the Oracle Database 12.1 Software is being successfully Installed.
• For Incomplete or Failed Software Installation, you must only use the deinstall tool from Installation Media.

Conclusion

In this article we have seen how to de-install Oracle Grid and RDBMS software. The external deinstall utility for 11gR2 and built in De-install utility makes the process easier to remove the unused or old Oracle Homes.