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Oracle Database 10g (10.1.0.2) Installation On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (RHEL3)
In this article I'll describe the installation of Oracle Database 10g (10.1.0.2) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (RHEL3). The article is based on a server installation with a minimum of 2G swap, secure Linux disabled and the following package groups installed.
- X Window System
- GNOME Desktop Environment
- Editors
- Graphical Internet
- Text-based Internet
- Server Configuration Tools
- Development Tools
- Administration Tools
- System Tools
Alternative installations may require more packages to be loaded, in addition to the ones listed below.
- Download Software
- Unpack Files
- Hosts File
- Set Kernel Parameters
- Setup
- Installation
- Post Installation
Download Software
Download the following software.
Unpack Files
First unzip the files.
gunzip ship.db.cpio.gz
Next unpack the contents of the files.
cpio -idmv < ship.db.cpio
You should now have a single directory (Disk1) 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 = 4096 # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 fs.file-max = 65536 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
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 2047 * hard nproc 16384 * soft nofile 1024 * 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
Note by Kent Anderson: In the event that pam_limits.so cannot set privilidged limit settings see Bug 115442.
Setup
Install the following packages.
# From RedHat AS3 Disk 2 cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS rpm -Uvh setarch-1* rpm -Uvh openmotif-2* # From RedHat AS3 Disk 3 cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-7.* rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-devel-7.* rpm -Uvh compat-db-4* rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-7.* rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-c++-7.*
Create the new groups and users.
groupadd oinstall groupadd dba groupadd oper useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle passwd oracle
Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed.
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1 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 ".bash_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/10.1.0/db_1; export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID=TSH1; export ORACLE_SID ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATH PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH #LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1; export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then ulimit -p 16384 ulimit -n 65536 else ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536 fi fi
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
Finally edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'.
TSH1:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1:Y
For more information see:
- Oracle Database Installation Guide 10g Release 1 (10.1) for UNIX Systems
- Automating Database Startup and Shutdown on Linux
Hope this helps. Regards Tim...