DBC:Errors/DBC-E017

[DBC-E017] inventory.xml not found or readable

DBCollect failed to find or read inventory.xml. This file is required to get a list of ORACLE_HOME directories.

Solution:

The file /etc/oraInst.loc points to the location of the Oracle Inventory. In the inventory there should be a file named inventory.xml.

Example:

# cat /etc/oraInst.loc 
inventory_loc=/u01/app/oraInventory
inst_group=oinstall

# ls -al /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml 
-rw-rw---- 1 grid oinstall 550 Dec 18 18:02 /u01/app/oraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml

If this information is not there, dbcollect cannot detect ORACLE_HOME directories.