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Deployment Guide 29
Virtual Private IP Configuration Assistant Fails
If the Virtual Private IP Configuration Assistant (VIPCA) fails during the installation of Oracle
Clusterware, the following message may display:
Virtual Private IP Configuration Assistant failed
If this error occurs, use the following steps to work around the error. These steps are detailed in Metalink
Note ID 338924.1. This generally occurs if the Public interface is configured with an IP address in the
networks 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/16 or 192.168.1.0/24.
1 Click Start and select Run .
2 In the Run field, type the following and then click OK :
%SystemDrive%\Oracle\product\10.2.0\crs\bin\vipca
3
Follow the steps in VIPCA by selecting the interface appropriate for the public interface,
and specifying the correct VIP address to be used.
4 When done, click Finish .
Uninstalling Oracle Clusterware
You may be required to uninstall Oracle Clusterware to troubleshoot the following issues:
• The Oracle Clusterware installation procedure failed.
• The Configuration Assistant failed to install successfully.
To uninstall Oracle Clusterware, run OUI on the cluster node, delete any remaining Oracle services,
and clean the storage devices.
Running OUI
1 On node 1, open an Explorer window and navigate to the following directory:
%SystemDrive%\oracle\product\10.2.0\crs\oui\bin
2
Double-click setup.exe to launch the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).
3 In the Welcome window, click Deinstall Products .
4 In the Inventory window, select OraCr10g_home and then click Remove .
5 In the Confirmation window, click Yes .
If an error message appears, click
Cancel .
6 In the Welcome window, click Cancel .
7 When prompted, click Cancel , and then click Yes .