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Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Installation On RedHat Advanced Server 2.1

In this article I'll describe the installation of Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4), Oracle's J2EE Application Server, on RedHat Advanced Server 2.1. The article assumes you've performed the standard advanced server installation including the development tools. The base release of the kernel does not support Oracle AS 10g so you must run up2date before proceeding.

Download Software

Download the following software:

Unpack Files

First unzip the files:
gunzip ias904_linux_disk1.cpio.gz
gunzip ias904_linux_disk2.cpio.gz
gunzip ias904_linux_disk3.cpio.gz
gunzip ias904_linux_disk4.cpio.gz
Next unpack the contents of the files:
cpio -idmv < ias904_linux_disk1.cpio
cpio -idmv < ias904_linux_disk2.cpio
cpio -idmv < ias904_linux_disk3.cpio
cpio -idmv < ias904_linux_disk4.cpio
You should now have four directories (Disk1, Disk2, Disk3 & Disk4) containing installation files.

Hosts File

The /etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name for the server:
<IP-address>  <fully-qualified-machine-name>  <machine-name>

Set Kernel Parameters

Add the following lines to the /etc/sysctl.conf file:
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 142
# semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
kernel.sem = 256 32000 100 142
fs.file-max = 131072
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 20000 65000
kernel.msgmni = 2878 
kernel.msgmax = 8192 
kernel.msgmnb = 65535
Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters:
/sbin/sysctl -p
Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file:
*               soft    nproc   16384
*               hard    nproc   16384
*               soft    nofile  65536
*               hard    nofile  65536
Add the following line to the /etc/pam.d/login file, if it does not already exist:
session    required     pam_limits.so

Setup

Install the following packages:
# From RedHat AS2.1 Disk 1
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -Uvh openmotif-2.1.30-11.i386.rpm

# From RedHat AS2.1 Disk 2
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -Uvh pdksh-5.2.14-13.i386.rpm
rpm -Uhh compat-glibc-6.2-2.1.3.2.i386.rpm
Create the new groups and users:
groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
groupadd oper

useradd -g oinstall -G dba -s /bin/ksh oracle
passwd oracle
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed:
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/904_j2ee
chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01
Login as root and issue the following command:
xhost +<machine-name>
Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the .profile file:
# Oracle Settings
TMP=/tmp; export TMP
TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/904_j2ee; export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM
PATH=/usr/sbin:/opt/IBMJava2-131/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin; export PATH
PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/bin; export PATH

#LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
#CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH

if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then
  if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
    ulimit -p 16384
    ulimit -n 16384
  else
    ulimit -u 16384 -n 16384
  fi
fi

PS1="`hostname`> "
set -o emacs
set filec

Installation

Log into the oracle user. If you are using X emulation then set the DISPLAY environmental variable:
DISPLAY=<machine-name>:0.0; export DISPLAY
Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command in the Disk1 directory:
./runInstaller
During the installation enter the appropriate ORACLE_HOME and name then continue with the installation.

Post Installation

With the installation complete you can perform any administration tasks using Enterprise Manager:
For more information see:
Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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