Steps To Configure Linux For Oracle 9i Installation
1. Change Kernel Parameters:
This can be done by the following command
# vi /etc/sysctl.conf
Now when the file opens, insert into the file the following lines,
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 262144
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144
and save and quit by :wq
Now, we run the file to check for errors..
# sysctl –p
If it runs successfully then there are no errors in the file.
2. Set file and process limits :
This is done by editing the file ‘limts.conf’ which is present in the memory,
hence need not be checked for errors in editing.
The command used is
# vi /etc/security/limits.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the file:
oracle soft nofile 65536
oracle hard nofile 65536
oracle soft nproc 16384
oracle hard nproc 16384
3. Create Group and User for Oracle Installation:
With this step, we create a group and user to install oracle software with
sufficient privileges.
# groupadd oinstall
#groupadd dba
#groupadd oper
#useradd oracle –g oinstall –G dba,oper –password oracle
4. Create Directory Structure for Oracle Installation :
In this step, we create the required directory structure for Oracle installation
following the OFA standard. Here, we also assign the ownerships and rights to
‘Oracle’ user.
# mkdir –p /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0/db1
# chown –R oracle.oinstall /u01
#chmod –R 755 /u01
5. Installation of required packages to resolve dependencies :
This step guides us through installation of various redhat packages to resolve
dependencies. To install these packages, mount the Redhat Disc to CD/DVD
Drive and follow the steps given below:
# cd /media/RHEL_5\ i386\ DVD/Server/
# rpm -ivh compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.rpm
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4.i386.rpm
compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4.i386.rpm
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138.i386.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386.rpm
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26.i386.rpm
openmotif22-2.2.3-18.i386.rpm
openmotif-2.3.0-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
openmotif-devel-2.3.0-0.3.el5.i386.rpm
libXp-1.0.0-8.i386.rpm
libXp-devel-1.0.0-8.i386.rpm
libaio-0.3.106-3.2.i386.rpm
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i386.rpm
Additional steps for RHEL_5
Mount the ISO image containing
j2re-1_3_1_19-linux-i586.bin
compat-libcwait-2.1-1.i386.rpm
compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm
profile.txt
to the CD/DVD Drive
Now copy the file ‘j2re-1_3_1_19-linux-i586.bin’ to the folder ‘/usr/local’ using
#cp /media/NAME OF IMAGE FILE/ j2re-1_3_1_19-linux-i586.bin /usr/local
#cd /usr/local
#chmod +x j2re-1_3_1_19-linux-i586.bin
# ./ j2re-1_3_1_19-linux-i586.bin
#cd
#cd /media/NAME OF IMAGE FILE
#rpm –uvh compat-libcwait-2.1-1.i386.rpm –nodeps
#rpm –uvh compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm –nodeps
#cd
#cd /usr/lib
# ln –s libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
# ln –s libgdbm.so.2.0.0 libdb.so.2
#cd /usr/bin
# ln –s gcc34 gcc32
6. Creating Login Profile for Oracle User :
Copy the file ‘profile.txt’ which has changes to be made to the file
‘.bash_profile’, to the folder ‘/home/oracle’.
Now perform the following operations
#cd /home/oracle
# chown root .bash_profile
#cat profile.txt >> .bash_profile
# dos2unix .bash_profile
#chown oracle .bash_profile
7. Resolving Java compatibility Issues
Follow the following steps to resolve java compatibility issues
#cd $ORACLE_HOME
#rm JRE
# ln -s /U01/app/oracle/jre/1.3.1 JRE
#cd JRE/
#cd bin/
#ln –s java jre
#cd i386/
#cd native_threads/
#ln –s java jre
8. Copying Oracle setup and starting the installer.
Now, mount the image of Oracle9i on the CD/DVD Drive. Make a folder as
‘/data’ and copy the files from Oracle9i disc in that folder.
#mkdir /data
# cp /media/20090202_1505/ship_9204_linux_disk1.cpio.gz /data
# cp /media/20090202_1505/ship_9204_linux_disk2.cpio.gz /data
# cp /media/20090202_1505/ship_9204_linux_disk3.cpio.gz /data
#cd /data
#gunzip ship_9204_linux_disk1.cpio.gz
#gunzip ship_9204_linux_disk2.cpio.gz
#gunzip ship_9204_linux_disk3.cpio.gz
#cpio –idmv ship_9204_linux_disk1.cpio
#cpio –idmv ship_9204_linux_disk2.cpio
#cpio –idmv ship_9204_linux_disk3.cpio
#cd Disk1/install/linux/
Here, we edit the location of Java package in the file ‘oraparam.ini’ as
‘JRE_LOCATION=/usr/local/jre1.3.1_19’ using the ‘vi’ command.
# vi oraparam.ini
Now we are ready to install Oracle9i on RHEL_5
#cd /data/Disk1
#./runInstaller
