Oracle RAC 11.2.0.3 -- [INS-35423] The installer has detected that Oracle Clusterware is not running on local node

Problem

Oracle RAC 11.2.0.3 installation fails with error:

  

[INS-35423] The installer has detected that Oracle Clusterware is not running on local node.

But the check if Oracle Clusterware is running on local node succeeds.

C:\>crsctl check crs
CRS-4638: Oracle High Availability Services is online
CRS-4537: Cluster Ready Services is online
CRS-4529: Cluster Synchronization Services is online
CRS-4533: Event Manager is online

Solution

Make sure that local hosts file has an entry for public IP address and public hostname

192.168.56.123   rac-n1     #newly added

192.168.56.23    rac-n1-vip
192.168.56.24    rac-n2-vip
192.168.56.25    rac-n3-vip 

 Restart the installer.