Error: “INS-35950] Installer has detected an invalid entry in the central inventory corresponding to Oracle home (o:\oracle\product\19.3.0.0\db_1)
We are installing Oracle 19c on server 2016 standard with 32Gb ram and 4tb disk space on o-disk drive.
we get the above error when running the command as "admin" in command prompt: "
"C:\oracle\product\19.3.0.0\db_1\setup.exe -noconfig -responseFile C:\temp\Oracle\tools\responsefiles\singleinstance\Oracle_19.3.0.0_Enterprise_Edition_Installation_WIN.rsp""
Release : 15.8
INS-35950 error you were experiencing was due to a likely corrupted xml file located at C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\ContentsXML
Follow the below steps and validate the behavior -
Step1 : Delete the entire Oracle directory and then the Inventory location as well.
Step 2: Unzip the Oracle and re-run the setup again
Result: Oracle installation should be completed.
Note: INS-35950 error experiencing was due to a likely corrupted xml file located at C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\ContentsXML
External link:
https://www.oracleride.com/ins-35950-installer-has-detected-an-invalid-entry-in-the-central-inventory/