Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation may fail with internal driver error

Last published : Sep 18, 2026
The Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation may fail with the following error:
[INS-20702] Unexpected Internal driver error
Workaround :
Export the OUI_ARGS environment variable, before you run the SF Oracle RAC installation program:
export OUI_ARGS=-ignoreInternalDriverError
For more information, see the Oracle Metalink document: 970166.1
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