Several logs are created during installation:
Each time Oracle Universal Installer is invoked on a machine, whether from a CD or from the hard drive, it will place important troubleshooting information in the following files:
oraInstall<time_stamp>.erroraInstall<time_stamp>.out
The <time_stamp> uses the following date and time format:
yyyy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss[AM|PM]
The first time you install a product with Universal Installer, the files will be placed in the following directory:
On Windows computers: c:\temp\oraInstall\
On UNIX computers: /temp/oraInstall
For subsequent invocations of the Oracle Universal Installer on the same machine, these files will be placed in the following directory:
<inventory_location>/logs
During the install, the Oracle Universal Installer writes a text file that contains information on:
Variable settings
Action calls
Queries
Exception information
The installation log file is located in the logs directory inside the Inventory directory:
<oraInventory>/logs/InstallActions.log
It is backed up using the following filename:
installActions<time_stamp>.log
The <time_stamp> uses the following date and time format:
yyyy-mm-dd_hh-mm-ss[AM|PM]
The Installation log file is used for debugging purposes only. All actions, queries, everything that happens during the install, and all modifications to the target machine are logged in the file.
The Deinstall Log is written to when the Oracle Universal Installer starts the installation process (indicated by a progress bar).
The Deinstall Log is an XML file, which contains a record of every action the Oracle Universal Installer performed during the installation. It is called installlog.xml.
Every Oracle Universal Installer action must have an Undo action defined. Therefore, when the installer records the action and the parameters for this action, it automatically knows how to undo that action. If you perform a de-installation of a component afterwards, the Oracle Universal Installer reads the log backwards and then runs all the Undo actions for that component.
To see a list of all components currently installed, go to the software Inventory directory and view the contents of the Components21 directory. Each of component you have installed will have a corresponding folder inside the Components21 directory. Inside each component folder, you will find an installlog.xml file, which contains the Oracle Universal Installer actions performed for that component.
The deinstall logs are saved in the following location:
<Inventory_Location>/Components21/<compname>/<version>/<runningcount>/
Note: Do not remove this log.
The relinking log is created only if any linking is performed. For example: Oracle8i linking writes to a single relinking log.
Note: Do not remove this log.
A configuration tool log file (configlog.xml) is created if the product you are installing uses a configuration tool. Configuration tools are usually run at the end of an installation and they prompt you to perform initial configuration changes to your application.
The configuration log files are saved in the following location:
<Inventory_Location>/Components21/<compname>/<version>/runningcount>/