oracle applications on redhat Linux

[Hatem]

Hi
whats the prerequisits to install 115102 on linux 3As?

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Hatem

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[Rizwan.Cheema]

Hi
1. <b>Installation of 11.5.10 on RedHat Linux 3</b>
1.1. Pre Installation Steps
1.1.1. Disk Space Requirements
Rapid Install installs the file system and database files for all products regardless of their licensed status. The approximate file sizes in a single-node installation are:
#9632; Application tier file system ? 26 GB (includes iAS/8.0.6 ORACLE_HOME, COMMON_TOP, and APPL_TOP)
#9632; Database tier file system (fresh install with a production database) ? 31 GB
#9632; Total space for a single node system, not including stage area, is 57 GB for a fresh install with a production database, and 91 GB for a fresh install with a Vision Demo Database.
#9632; Stage area required other 30 GB

1.1.2. Partitioning
These are the least required.
/boot 256MB
/swap 8GB (double of RAM)
/ Rest

1.1.3. Required Components
Metalink Notes (287453.1, 263715.1, and 252217.1) can also help you to get that nformation.
There are 2 ways for this.

1. If you have enough space then, select all components at the time of installation. It?ll take 3-4 GB extra space. In this case you only need to check the version of each of the components listed below by following command.
# rpm ?qa <COMPONENT_NAME>

2. If you don?t want to install all components then follow it:
At the time of installation
Select at least the following package sets:
? X Window System
? Gnome Desktop Environment
? Graphical Internet
? Server Configuration Tools
? Development Tools
? Legacy Software Development
? Administrative Tools
By selecting Legacy Software Development. The following components will be installed automatically:
? compat-db-4.0.14-5.1
? compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.128
? compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128
? compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128
? compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128
? setarch-1.3-1
? pdksh-5.2.14-21 (Discoverer)
After Installation
Following components must be installed manually after installation.
? openmotif21-2.1.30-8 Available on Disk 3.
After system bootup, login as root and insert the Disk2:
mount /mnt/cdrom
? rpm -iv /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/sysstat-4.*.rpm
insert Disk3 mount /mnt/cdrom
? rpm -iv /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/compat-db-4.*.rpm
? rpm -iv /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/ORBit-0.*.rpm
? rpm -iv /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/libpng10-1.*.rpm
? rpm -iv /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/gnome-libs-1.*.rpm

1.1.4. Kernel Requirements
Kernel Version : 2.4.21-9.EL (required) 2.4.21-20.EL (recommended)
To determine distribution and version, type: $ uname ?r

1.1.5. Glibc Requirements
Glibc Version: 2.3.2-95.3
To determine installation status, type: $ rpm -q glibc

1.1.6. Host Names
? Verify that the /etc/hosts file is formatted as follows:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
<ip_address> <node_name>.<domain_name> <node_name>

? Verify that the /etc/sysconfig/network file is formatted as follows: hostname=<node_name>.<domain_name>

? If the /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network file exists, remove it.

? If you changed any files in the previous steps, reboot the system.
The ?hostname? command should return a fully qualified host name. For example: <host_name>.<domain_name>.

1.1.7. Set the Environment
? Rename the /usr/bin/gcc and /usr/bin/g++ files by following command.
# mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc323
# mv /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++323

? Create symbolic links by following command.
# ln -s /usr/bin/gcc296 /usr/bin/gcc
# ln -s /usr/bin/g++296 /usr/bin/g++

? The value for the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL environment variable must be set correctly so that Java will work. you must make the setting permanent by entering it in the system's global shell initialization file. Create following entry in file : /etc/profile
? export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19

1.1.8. Patching the OS for oracle related issues
Apply Patch 3006854,INSTALLER INTEROPERABILITY PATCH FOR RHEL3.0 to resolve libcwait symbol issue before invoking Oracle installer.
? download from metalink patch 3006854 or download from updates.oracle.com ftp://metalink_user:password@updates.or ... _LINUX.zip
? unzip p3006854_9204_LINUX.zip
? cd 3006854
? sh rhel3_pre_install.sh

1.1.9. Configure the kernel parameters
1. Create or update following entries in /etc/sysctl.conf file.
kernel.hostname = =<node_name>.<domain_name>
kernel.sem = 256 32000 100 142
kernel.shmmax = 4294967295
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.shmall = 3279547
fs.file-max = 327679
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernel.msgmni = 2878
kernel.msgmnb = 65535

2. Create or update following entries in /etc/security/limits.conf file.
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536
oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384

After reboot, verify all kernel parameters have been set correct,
by issuing
sysctl ?a
This because the "kernel.shmmax = 4294967296" is not always accepted on 4GB and then ignored (set to 0) which will cause the installation to fail. In case this happens on kernel.shmmax, try to decrease the value.

1.1.10. Creating the user oracle
1. create the group oinstall and dba
groupadd -g 500 oinstall
groupadd -g 501 dba
2. create the user oracle
useradd -u 502 -g oinstall -G dba -d /home/oracle oracle -s /bin/bash
3. Specify a password for user oracle
passwd oracle
4. Make oracle the owner of the oracle install directory
chown oracle:oinstall /oracle

1.1.11. Remove references to java
If you install RedHat Enterprise Server 3.0 update 3 and higher, a java
wrapper has been put into the path (See Note 286099.1)
# which java
/usr/bin/java
1. Remove the reference to java
# mv /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/java.org
2. Verify there is no reference to java in the path
# which java
/usr/bin/which: no java in (...path...)

1.1.12. Verify the daily cron job tmpwatch
Verify that the Oracle software is not writing lockfiles into the /tmp directory. If it is, you will have to modify the cron job which is removing old files from /tmp (see Note 252217.1).
? Comment out the first line of file /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
#/usr/sbin/tmpwatch 240 /tmp

1.1.13. Domain Name System (DNS) Resolver Parameters
Two Domain Name System (DNS) resolver parameters (timeout and attempts) are set by default to low values when the operating system is installed. These low values may cause attempted network connections to an Oracle database to fail. If this happens, add or update the following entries to these minimum settings in the /etc/resolv.conf file on each server node:
options attempts:5
options timeout:15

1.1.14. Reboot the system
To active all changes, reboot the system
# reboot

[Rajashekar]

hi all

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And what would be the Linux requirements for 11.5.12? Can I install v12 on a Linux box set up for 11.5.10?