11.2.0.4 DB Upgrade: upgrade post tool reports "OPTION OFF.

Hi all

I'm upgrading ebs DB to 11.2.0.4 of 11.2.0.3. Post upgrade tool reports "OPTION OFF" for some components. "My first research lead me to the Doc ID ' components OLAP with"NO SCRIPT"or"OPTION OFF"status after Upgrade (Doc ID 602824.1). It is said... If, at the time when the software has been installed and OLAP has been deselected then this (NO SCRIPT) would be a normal state resulting.

Analytic workspace OLAP OPTION OFF 11.2.0.3.0 00:00:00

Catalogue OLAP OPTION OFF 11.2.0.3.0 00:00:00

API Oracle OLAP OPTION OFF 11.2.0.3.0 00:00:00

I don't know how it happened, as the 11.2.0.4, s/w installation was performed in silent mode with the help of a response file and I specified the optional components during installation.

The contents of the answer file:

oracle.install.db.InstallEdition = EE

oracle.install.db.EEOptionsSelection = true

oracle.install.db.optionalComponents=oracle.rdbms.partitioning:11.2.0.4.0,oracle.oraolap:11.2.0.4.0,oracle.rdbms.dm:11.2.0.4.0,oracle.rdbms.dv:11.2.0.4.0,oracle.rdbms.lbac:11.2.0.4.0,oracle.rdbms.rat:11.2.0.4.0

Thank you

Thank you very much, Hussein, thank you for your help!

The problem is resolved. I followed this rather "how to manually install Oracle OLAP in 9i, 10g or 11g database after the DB was created (Doc ID 296187.1)"

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