PRVF:002 Could Not Retrieve Local Node Name During Oracle Database 12c Install
Simple troubleshooting note during Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.0 installation on Oracle Linux 6.6 If you get the message above after running OUI (runInstaller) the message simply indicates that OUI is unable to retrieve the name of the local node. To determine why this happens you can validate using hostname command. For example: [oracle@matthew database]$ hostname --long hostname: Unknown host To get additional information use the --verbose flag. [oracle@matthew database]$ hostname --long --verbose gethostname()=`matthew' Resolving `matthew' ... hostname: Unknown host It now becomes obvious that the resolution using gethostname() is failing. Hostnames in Linux can be resolved using the /etc/hosts or a name server .e.g DNS. If a name server is not in use a quick check of /etc/hosts will reveal that an entry for the hostname (matthew) is not present. [oracle@matthew database]$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost ::1 loca...