What is the oraInventory?

The oraInventory is the location for the OUI (Oracle Universal Installer)'s
bookkeeping. The inventory stores information about:

* All Oracle software products installed in all ORACLE_HOMES on a machine
* Other non-Oracle products, such as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

In a 11i Application system the RDBMS and iAS ORACLE_HOMEs are registered in
the oraInventory. The 806 ORACLE_HOME, which is not managed through OUI, is not.

On Unix/Linux, the location of the oraInventory is defined by the content of
oraInst.loc, at:

- /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc on Solaris, HP-UX and Tru64
- /etc/oraInst.loc on Linux and AIX
On Windows, the location of the oraInventory is defined by the value of the
registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|Software\Oracle\INST_LOC or if this value
is not defined, at C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory


With Courtesy by ML