Error “platform=${platform/\)/%29}: bad substitution” when installing an Enterprise Manager Agent with AgentPull method on AIX

Today, I have been asked to deploy several Oracle Enterprise Manager agents on AIX 7.1 servers.
For this type of request, I have a preference for the “AgentPull” method when I don’t have a suitable Gold Image available.
Unfortunately, it seems that the “AgentPull” script does not work properly on AIX machines because when executing it, I got the following error: “platform=${platform/)/%29}: bad substitution“.

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Extract the list of all databases with server and OS version of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control repository

Today, I’m going to share with you a simple SQL query that will allow you to quickly extract useful information from your OEM repository about your databases:

  • Database name
  • Database version
  • Server name
  • Server OS
  • OS version

The query can be very useful if you need to fill in a new CMDB for example.

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