DBMS table not found (-37) when setup sde

[zhangyx]

setup sde error
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Upgrading geodatabase schema:
Error: DBMS table not found (-37).
       Error upgrading GDB schema.
Geodatabase schema object install not completed.
-sh-3.2$

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my environment is:
CentOS Linux 5.4 + Oracle 11.1.0.6.0 + SDE for oracle11g

[VinceAngelo]

What version of ArcSDE exists in the database? 

What version of ArcSDE are you trying to install?

Are there tables which have been registered with either ArcSDE or the geodatabase,
but then deleted by a means which would not delete orphaned metadata records?

- V