Oracle Universal Inventory is more than just the Oracle Installer. It allows you to more efficiently perform the installation tasks in an environment where batch installs are a very frequent requirement.

Creating a silent install allows you to create a character mode installer that requires no graphical interface. You can link several OUI sessions in batch mode and you can use the silent mode of other tools such as DBCA and NETCA to perform a full setup including the database and other configuration assistants.

It allows you to perform software deployments using a centralized Oracle software depot where you can install from anywhere in your intranet or even more by combining automatized batch scripts. You can have users with basic technical skills perform the tasks in batch mode from anywhere in your intranet.

There are post installation tasks that are to be performed such as configuring enterprise manager, this can be done in batch mode too, and it can be fully customized, this will...