How to Deinstall Old Clusterware Home Once Upgrade to Newer Version is Complete

How to Deinstall Old Clusterware Home Once Upgrade to Newer Version is Complete (Doc ID 1346305.1)


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[grid@oragrid ContentsXML]$ pwd
/u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML
[grid@oragrid ContentsXML]$ cat inventory.xml





   12.2.0.9.0
   2.1.0.6.0








[grid@oragrid ContentsXML]$


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export OLD_HOME=/u01/app/19.2.0/grid
export ORACLE_HOME=$OLD_HOME

[grid@oragrid ~]$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
/u01/app/19.2.0/grid

[grid@oragrid ~]$ $OLD_HOME/oui/bin/runInstaller -detachHome -silent ORACLE_HOME=$OLD_HOME
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking swap space: must be greater than 500 MB.   Actual 6759 MB    Passed
The inventory pointer is located at /etc/oraInst.loc
You can find the log of this install session at:
 /u01/app/oraInventory/logs/DetachHome2024-12-13_12-30-06PM.log
'DetachHome' was successful.



[grid@oragrid ContentsXML]$ cat /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml





   12.2.0.7.0
   2.1.0.6.0



      <<<< now we are good 







[grid@oragrid ContentsXML]$


$NEW_HOME/OPatch/opatch lsinventory -all  


/u01/app/21.3.0/grid/OPatch/opatch lsinventory -all


/u01/app/21.3.0/grid/OPatch/opatch lsinventory -all
Oracle Interim Patch Installer version 12.2.0.1.26
Copyright (c) 2024, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.


Oracle Home       : /u01/app/19.2.0/grid
Central Inventory : /u01/app/oraInventory
   from           : /u01/app/19.2.0/grid/oraInst.loc
OPatch version    : 12.2.0.1.26
OUI version       : 12.2.0.7.0
Log file location : /u01/app/19.2.0/grid/cfgtoollogs/opatch/opatch2024-12-13_12-34-42PM_1.log

List of Homes on this system:

  Home name= OraGI21Home1, Location= "/u01/app/21.3.0/grid"
LsInventorySession failed: RawInventory gets null OracleHomeInfo

OPatch failed with error code 73
[grid@oragrid ContentsXML]$



[root@oragrid ~]# export OLD_HOME=/u01/app/19.2.0/grid
[root@oragrid ~]# rm -rf $OLD_HOME
[root@oragrid ~]# ls -ltr /u01/app/19.2.0/grid