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OEM Grid Control 11gR1 Installation on Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit)

Grid Control (GC) is a tool for monitoring the whole of your infrastructure. In previous releases, all software necessary for the installation was packaged into a single installation. With 11g Grid Control this has now changed, so you must manually install the repository database and the middleware layer before installing the grid control software itself. This entire installation should be done on hardware dedicated to Grid Control. You should not use existing parts of your infrastructure as this would make GC dependent on targets it is trying to monitor. Once the GC installation is complete, you can then deploy agents on any server you wish GC to monitor.

In this article I'll describe the installation of Oracle 11g Release 1 Grid Control on Oracle Linux (OL 5.5 64-bit). The article is based on a server installation with a minimum of 6G RAM, 8G swap, firewall and secure Linux disabled.

Software

Downloads the following software:

It's over 10G of software including the operating system.

* Don't be tempted to use a newer version of WebLogic Server (like 10.3.3 or 10.3.4). The installation will fail, as described in MOS Note 1135493.1.

OS Installation

Install Oracle Linux (OL) 5.5 in the same way you would for a regular Oracle Database installation. You can see an example of this type of installation here.

During this installation I used a virtual machine with 6G RAM and 100G disk space. The swap size was set at 8G and the firewall and SELinux were disabled.

Java Installation

Install Java JDK 6u18 using the following commands as the "root" user. Later version of the JDK cause errors when patching WebLogic (unless you are using a proxy), so the version of the JDK is very important.

# chmod u+x jdk-6u18-linux-x64-rpm.bin
# ./jdk-6u18-linux-x64-rpm.bin

Database Installation

Unlike previous Grid Control installations, the database is no longer bundled, so we must install the database software separately. To accomplish this I followed the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 installation instructions here.

In addition to the packages listed in the DB installation, the following packages must be installed as the "root" user for WebLogic and the Grid Control to install correctly.

# From Enterprise Linux 5 DVD
cd /media/cdrom/Server
rpm -Uvh compat-db-4*
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-296*
rpm -Uvh rng-utils-2*
rpm -Uvh setarch-2*
cd /
eject

If you have performed a default installation you will need to deconfigure Enterprise Manager Database Control. Run the following command as the "oracle" user.

$ emca -deconfig dbcontrol db -repos drop -SYS_PWD <sys pasword> -SYSMAN_PWD <sysman password>

Make the following initialization parameter changes.

sqlplus / AS SYSDBA

ALTER SYSTEM SET log_buffer=10485760 SCOPE=SPFILE;
ALTER SYSTEM SET processes=500 SCOPE=SPFILE;
ALTER SYSTEM SET session_cached_cursors=200 SCOPE=SPFILE;

If you have done a default installation as described here, the UNDO tablespace will be autoextensible. If you have done a custom installation make sure the UNDO tablespace is at least 200M in size.

Next we must install the latest version of the "opatch" utility.

$ cd /host/software/oracle/GridControl/db_patches
$ unzip -d $ORACLE_HOME p6880880_112000_Linux-x86-64.zip

If you have used 11.2.0.2 for your database the following patches are unnecessary.

The documentation states that patches for database bugs 9002336 and 9067282 must be applied. Patch 9002336 has a prerequisite of patch 9352237 (a PSU), which includes patch 9067282, so I have only applied patches 9352237 and 9002336, which can be downloaded from My Oracle Support. The database patches include installation instructions, but to summarize, these commands should be run as the "oracle" user.

$ dbshut $ORACLE_HOME
$ export PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
$ cd /host/software/oracle/GridControl/db_patches

$ unzip p9352237_112010_Linux-x86-64.zip
$ cd 9352237
$ opatch apply
$ cd ..

$ unzip p9002336_112011_Linux-x86-64.zip
$ cd 9002336
$ opatch apply
$ cd ..

$ dbstart $ORACLE_HOME

The database installation is now complete.

Middleware Installation

Grid Control 11g Release 1 no longer bundles the middleware components, so we must install the WebLogic Server before we can proceed with the Grid Control installation. The installation is started with the following command, run as the "oracle" user.

$ cd /host/software/oracle/WebLogic
$ java -jar wls1032_generic.jar

Click the "Next" button on the welcome screen.

WLS Welcome

Enter "/u01/app/oracle/Middleware" as the "Middleware Home Directory" and click the "Next" button.

WLS Choose Middleware Home Directory

Enter your Oracle Support details, or uncheck the checkbox and click the "Next" button.

WLS Register For Security Updates

If a warning dialog appears, click the "Yes" button, followed by the "Next" button from the previous screen.

WLS Register For Security Updates Warning

Accept the "Typical" installation by clicking the "Next" button.

WLS Choose Install Type

Accept the default JDK by clicking the "Next" button.

WLS JDK Selection

Accept the default "Product Installation Directories" by clicking the "Next" button.

WLS Choose Product Installation Directories

Click the "Next" button on the summary "Installation Summary" screen.

WLS Installation Summary

Wait while the installation takes place.

WLS Installation

Uncheck the "Run Quickstart" checkbox and click the "Done" button.

WLS Installation Complete

Next we must apply the "WDJ7" patch to the installation by running the Smart Update utility.

Notes:

$ cd /u01/app/oracle/Middleware/utils/bsu
$ sh bsu.sh

Update the patch client by clicking the "OK" button on the message dialog.

BSU Update required

Enter your support credentials, then click the "Login" button.

BSU Support Credentials

If you have chosen not to be updated with security information you may have to cycle through the warning message several times, but it will eventually continue. On Smart Update screen, click the "Get Patches" tab, select the "WDJ7" patch and click the "Download Selected" button and the "OK" button on the subsequent dialog.

BSU Get Patches

Click on the "Manage Patches" tab and click on the "Apply" button next to the "WDJ7" patch. Click "OK" on the subsequent validation dialog.

BSU Manage Patches

The patches are now listed under the "Default" tab.

BSU Manage Patches

Exit the Smart Update dialog, and the subsequent available maintenance screen if it appears.

BSU Available Maintenance

Grid Control Installation

Unzip the Grid control software into an empty directory.

$ /host/software/oracle/GridControl/11.1.0.1.0
$ unzip GridControl_11.1.0.1.0_Linux_x86-64_1of3.zip
$ unzip GridControl_11.1.0.1.0_Linux_x86-64_2of3.zip
$ unzip GridControl_11.1.0.1.0_Linux_x86-64_3of3.zip

Start the installer as the "oracle" user.

$ ./runInstaller

Enter your support details, or uncheck the notification checkbox, then click the "Next" button. Click the "Yes" button on any subsequent warning dialogs.

GC My Oracle Support Details

Select the "Download and install updates from My Oracle Support" option and enter your support details, then click the "Next" button.

GC Check For Updates

Wait while the check is performed, then click the "Download Updates" button on the subsequent dialog and wait for the updates to be downloaded.

GC New Updates Found

Accept the default "Apply Software Updates" option by clicking the "Next" button.

GC Product Updates

Accept the default "Install a new Enterprise Manager system" option by clicking the "Next" button.

GC Select Installation Type

Wait while the prerequisite checks are performed. If any fail, correct them before proceeding by clicking the "Next" button.

GC Check Prerequisites

Enter "/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms11g" as the OMS instance base location, then click the "Next" button.

GC Specify Install Locations

Enter password for the WebLogic domain and node manager users, then click the "Next" button.

GC Create WebLogic Server Domain

Enter the database connection details and click the "Next" button.

GC Connect to Oracle Database

Enter password details for the "SYSMAN" database user and click the "Next" button.

GC Configure Oracle Management Repository

Enter the password for secure agent connections, then click the "Next" button.

GC Secure Oracle Management Service

Amend the ports as you see fit, then click the "Next" button.

GC Customize Ports

If you are happy with the information on the "Review" screen, click the "Next" button.

GC Review

Wait while the installation takes place.

GC Installation Progress Details

Run the specified script, then click the "OK" button.

GC Execute Configuration Scripts

Wait while the configuration steps take place.

GC Installation Progress Details

The "OMS Configuration" step may fail because another process is listening on its port (7401 by default), giving the following error in the log file.

SEVERE: Exception: java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind

If this happens, find the process listening on port and kill it, using the following commands.

# lsof -w -n -i tcp:7401
COMMAND  PID   USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
java    1023 oracle  433r  IPv4 187396       TCP 192.168.0.143:silhouette (LISTEN)
# kill 1023
#

Once this is done, press the "Retry" button on the installer screen the the configuration should proceed.

Make a note of the URLs on the "Finish" screen, then click the "Close" button.

GC Finish

Connect to the Grid Control console (https://grid11g.localdomain:7799/em) using the username (SYSMAN) and password defined during the installation, accept the license agreement and you are presented with the console.

GC Console

Startup/Shutdown

Use the following commands to turn on all components installed by this article.

#!/bin/bash
export OMS_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms11g
export AGENT_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/agent11g

# Start everything
dbstart $ORACLE_HOME

$OMS_HOME/bin/emctl start oms

$AGENT_HOME/bin/emctl start agent

Use the following commands to turn off all components installed by this article.

#!/bin/bash
export OMS_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms11g
export AGENT_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/agent11g

# Stop everything
$OMS_HOME/bin/emctl stop oms -all

$AGENT_HOME/bin/emctl stop agent

dbshut $ORACLE_HOME

Reset SYSMAN Password

If you need to reset the SYSMAN password, you must use the following steps.

$ cd $OMS_HOME/bin
$ ./emctl config oms -change_repos_pwd -change_in_db
$ ./emctl stop oms -all
$ ./emctl start oms

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Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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