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Oracle DB Pre-Requests and Installation Steps On RHEL5

This document outlines the pre-requirements and steps necessary to install Oracle Database 11gR2 on RHEL5, including system configuration, network setup, and necessary package installations. It details tasks such as checking RAM, setting kernel limits, configuring security limits, and creating user accounts and directories. The document concludes with instructions for running the Oracle Universal Installer after completing the setup tasks.

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Oracle DB Pre-Requests and Installation Steps On RHEL5

This document outlines the pre-requirements and steps necessary to install Oracle Database 11gR2 on RHEL5, including system configuration, network setup, and necessary package installations. It details tasks such as checking RAM, setting kernel limits, configuring security limits, and creating user accounts and directories. The document concludes with instructions for running the Oracle Universal Installer after completing the setup tasks.

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Pre-Requirements for

Install Oracle Database


Software 11gR2 on RHEL5

 This Document describes the tasks that you must complete before you start

Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).

 This guide contains information required to install Oracle Database 11g

Release 2 (11.2) on RHEL5 – for training purpose.

 Ensure the compatibility between Oracle Database Software version and

release with OS version, release, and CPU architecture.

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<-- Run all below steps by root account with password root123 -->

Network Setup:
--------------
Configure Hostname and IP Address for the machine:

echo "192.168.0.1 oradb-server" >> /etc/hosts


cat /etc/hosts

Check RAM & SWAP:


----------------
Minimum: At least 1.0GB of RAM for install Oracle Database as Standalone
Server.
Recommended: 2 GB of RAM or more if you plan to install Oracle Database as
Standalone Server.

free -m
grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo

Check TEMP:
-----------
Ensure that you have at least 1GB of space in /tmp.

df -h /tmp

Check Kernel installed:


-----------------------
To determine whether the required kernel is installed, enter the following
command:

uname -rm

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Kernel Limits /etc/sysctl.conf:
-------------------------------
cp /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.conf.bk

cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf << EOF


# Configuring oracle user’s environment start here #
kernel.shmmax = 836870912
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 1048576
fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
fs.file-max = 6815744
EOF

cat /etc/sysctl.conf

Security limits:
----------------

cp /etc/security/limits.conf /etc/security/limits.conf.bk

cat >> /etc/security/limits.conf << EOF


oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536
oracle soft stack 10240
oracle hard stack 32768
EOF

cat /etc/security/limits.conf

cp /etc/pam.d/login /etc/pam.d/login.bk

cat >> /etc/pam.d/login <<EOF


session required pam_limits.so
EOF

cat /etc/pam.d/login

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As the root account, create a shell script labeled oracle.sh within
/etc/profile.d/ to create the appropriate ulimits for the oracle user.

cd /etc/profile.d

cat >> oracle.sh <<EOF


#Setting the appropriate ulimits for oracle user
if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then
umask 022
if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
ulimit -u 16384
ulimit -n 65536
else
ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
fi
fi
EOF

cat oracle.sh

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Disabled SELinux "Security Enhancement" and Firewall:
-----------------------------------------------------

cp /etc/selinux/config /etc/selinux/config.bk

cat >> /etc/selinux/config << EOF


SELINUX=disabled
EOF

cat /etc/selinux/config

chkconfig iptables off

Check the following Packages installed:


---------------------------------------
 binutils-2.17.50.0.6
 compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3
 elfutils-libelf-0.125
 elfutils-libelf-devel-0.125
 elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.125
 gcc-4.1.2
 gcc-c++-4.1.2
 glibc-2.5-24
 glibc-common-2.5
 glibc-devel-2.5
 glibc-headers-2.5
 kernel-headers-2.6.18
 ksh-20060214
 libaio-0.3.106
 libaio-devel-0.3.106
 libgcc-4.1.2
 libgomp-4.1.2
 libstdc++-4.1.2
 libstdc++-devel-4.1.2
 make-3.81
 sysstat-7.0.2
 unixODBC-2.2.11
 unixODBC-devel-2.2.11

rpm -q --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n" binutils compat-libstdc++-33


elfutils-libelf elfutils-libelf-devel elfutils-libelf-devel-static gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common glibc-devel-2.5 glibc-
headers kernel-headers ksh libaio libaio-devel libgomp libgcc libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make sysstat unixODBC

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Check Disk free:
----------------
- Space requirement for Oracle 11g Release 2 Software:
Enterprise Edition 3.95G - 4.5GB
Standard Edition 3.88G - 4.3GB
- Space requirement for Oracle Database Files: 1.7GB – 2.0GB -- > Creating a
database is always optional with oracle installation. Can be done later.

df –h
df -h /u01

Create OS Account and Groups:


-----------------------------
The Oracle Database software owner is the user 'ORACLE'.

groupadd -g 501 dba

cat /etc/group | grep dba

useradd -u 601 -g dba -G dba -d /home/oracle -s /bin/bash -c "Oracle RDBMS Software Owner" oracle

passwd oracle
oracle123

id oracle

cat /etc/passwd | grep oracle

Create Directories:
-------------------

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle
ls -l /u01
ls -l /u01/app

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
ls -l /u01/app/oracle
ls -l /u01/app/oracle/product
ls -l /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0

chown -R oracle:dba /u01/app/oracle

chmod -R 777 /u01

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Make sure the Oracle Database 11g (database software are staged in the
following directories):
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

cd /stage/11.2.0/
ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1285396902 Jan 27 2014 linux_11gR2_database_1of2.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 995359177 Jan 27 2014 linux_11gR2_database_2of2.zip

unzip -o linux_11gR2_database_1of2.zip
unzip -o linux_11gR2_database_2of2.zip

ls -l

Output:
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Aug 18 2009 database
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1285396902 Jan 27 2014 linux_11gR2_database_1of2.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 995359177 Jan 27 2014 linux_11gR2_database_2of2.zip

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Switch to oracle OS user's, setup & set the environment variables in the
initialization file (for this example we are using bash shell
(.bash_profile)):

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

su - oracle
id

cat >> .bash_profile <<EOF


# Configuring oracle user’s environment start here #
umask 022
TMP=/tmp; export TMP
TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR
export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle # Oracle Oracle Base
export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 # Oracle Oracle Home
export ORACLE_SID=orcl
PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:home/oracle/bin:.
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/jdk/jre/lib/i386/server:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:usr/sbin:/root/bin:$PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/lib32:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib
EOF

cat .bash_profile

# Configuring oracle user’s environment end here #


env | grep ORA
env | grep PATH

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Reboot the machine:
-------------------

exit
reboot

Adjust Network Setting:


-----------------------

From System menu --> Administration --> Network


Select record with Nickname ="eth0.bak"
Click Delete Button, then click Yes.

Select record with Nickname ="eth0"


Click Edit, Select Statically IP Address, in Address Text Box = 192.168.0.1
Click Activate Button, then click Yes.

Close the window.

Reboot the machine:


-------------------

reboot

Ensure Machine Hostname and Network Setting is Working Fine:


------------------------------------------------------------

<-- Login by oracle account with password oracle123 -->

[oracle@oradb-server ~]#ping 192.168.0.1

PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.


64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.015 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.071 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.143 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.017 ms

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---


7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 6002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.015/0.052/0.143/0.041 ms

[oracle@oradb-server ~]#hostname
oradb-server

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Oracle Database Software
11gR2 Installation Steps
on RHEL5

<-- Run all below steps by oracle account -->

[oracle@oradb-server ~]$ cd /stage/11.2.0/database/

[oracle@oradb-server database]$ ls -l
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 4096 Aug 17 2009 doc
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 14 2009 install
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 14 2009 response
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 14 2009 rpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4352 Aug 14 2009 runInstaller
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 14 2009 sshsetup
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Aug 14 2009 stage
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5400 Aug 17 2009 welcome.html

[oracle@oradb-server database]$ ./runInstaller

Follow Less02_Installation.pdf

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