Prerequisites
The prerequisites and requirements for installing and running Snow Inventory Oracle Scanner are described below.
System requirements
Snow Inventory Oracle Scanner is started from a Snow Inventory Agent for Windows, Linux, or Unix. It requires to be executed in a Java Runtime Environment. For information on required versions, see System Requirements.
Permissions and environment variables
If the operating system user running the Snow Inventory Agent is root, all users who run database instances must be members of the operating system DBA group. This is required to get folder permissions for the temp folder.
If the operating system user running the Snow Inventory Agent is not root, the user:
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must be a member of the operating system DBA group or use a dedicated database user described in Oracle inventory with specific user authentication, simplified config.
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must have read and execute permissions for the SQLPLUS file and folder. It is recommended that the user executing the scan is part of the oinstall group.
For Linux and Unix environments, the operating system user running Snow Inventory Oracle Scanner must have write permissions on the following directories:
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on Linux: /var/run/SnowSoftware/Inventory/Agent/script-output
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on Unix: /var/tmp/SnowSoftware/Inventory/Agent/script-output