Local & Global Inventory FAQ's

Q1. What is Inventory?
A1. The inventory is a very important part of the Oracle Universal Installer. This is where OUI keeps all information regarding the products installed on a specific machine.

The inventory in the ORACLE_HOME (Local Inventory)
The central inventory directory outside the ORACLE_HOME (Global Inventory)

Q2. Location of the INVENTORY ?
A2.
Local Inventory located based upon OS platform
WIN: C:\->PROGRAM_FILES->ORACLE->INVENTORY
UNIT:<-ORACLE_BASE->\ORAINVENTORY

NOTE: If ORACLE_BASE is not defined then INVENTORY WILL CREATE THE ORACLE_HOME base directory
for eg: \data1\(ORACLE_BASE) so INVENTORY will create under (\data1\) directory.

Q3. How many inventory create for each ORACLE_HOME
A3. One local inventory for each ORACLE_HOME / and / ONE GLOBAL INVENTORY for EACH MACHINE