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Oracle9i (9.2.0.4.0) Installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.1 (RHEL4) And Centos 4.1

This article is intended as a brief guide to installing Oracle9i (9.2.0.4.0) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.1 (RHEL4) And Centos 4.1. The article is based on a server installation with a minimum of 2G swap, secure Linux disabled and the following package groups installed.

Alternative base installations may require additional packages to be loaded.

Download Software

Download the Oracle installation files from Oracle Technology Network.

Download two additional packages from Oracle Support (Patch 4198954).

Unpack Files

First unzip the files.

gunzip ship_9204_linux_disk1.cpio.gz
gunzip ship_9204_linux_disk2.cpio.gz
gunzip ship_9204_linux_disk3.cpio.gz

Next unpack the contents of the files.

cpio -idmv < ship_9204_linux_disk1.cpio
cpio -idmv < ship_9204_linux_disk2.cpio
cpio -idmv < ship_9204_linux_disk3.cpio
unzip p4198954_21_LINUX.zip

You should now have three directories (Disk1, Disk2 and Disk3) containing installation files and a patch directory (4198954).

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.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 100
kernel.shmall = 2097152
# semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
kernel.sem = 100 256 100 100
fs.file-max = 327679
kernel.hostname   = Centos42.localdomain  #<--- full qualified hostname !!
kernel.domainname = localdomain           #<--- correct domain name !!

Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters:

/sbin/sysctl -p

Add the following lines to the "/etc/security/limits.conf" file.

oracle soft nofile 65536
oracle hard nofile 65536
oracle soft nproc 16384
oracle hard nproc 16384

Setup

Oracle Support Note: 303859.1 states that the following packages are required by Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.1.

compat-db-4.1.25-9
compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.3
compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.3
compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-3
compat-libcwait-2.0-1
compat-libgcc-296-2.96-132.7.2
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3
gcc-3.4.3-9.EL4
gcc-c++-3.4.3-9.EL4
gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44
gnome-libs-devel-1.4.1.2.90-44
libaio-devel-0.3.102-1
libaio-0.3.102-1
make-3.80-5
openmotif21-2.1.30-11
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.1-23.EL
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.1-23.EL

Depending on the update/respin version of Red Hat or CentOS, the exact package versions and locations may vary. The installation of the required packages is shown below, with the locations relevant for CentOS 4.1.

# Centos 4.1 Disk 1
cd /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3*
rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6*
rpm -Uvh make-3*

# Centos 4.1 Disk 2
cd /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS
rpm -Uvh compat-db*
rpm -Uvh gcc-3*
rpm -Uvh gcc-c++-3*
rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-1*
rpm -Uvh freetype-devel*
rpm -Uvh fontconfig-devel*
rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-devel*
rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6*

# Centos 4.1 Disk 3
cd /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS
rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-32-3*
rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-32-c++-3*
rpm -Uvh compat-libgcc-296-2*
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-296-2*
rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-devel-1*
rpm -Uvh libaio-0*
rpm -Uvh libaio-devel-0*
rpm -Uvh openmotif21-2*

Install the packages associated with Patch 4198954.

cd 4198954
rpm -Uvh compat-oracle-rhel4-1*
rpm -Uvh compat-libcwait-2*

Create the new groups and users.

groupadd oinstall
groupadd dba
groupadd oper
groupadd apache

useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
passwd oracle

useradd -g oinstall -G apache apache
passwd apache

Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed.

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0
chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01

Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the .bash_profile file.

# Oracle 9i
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/9.2.0; export ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM
PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH
ORACLE_OWNER=oracle; export ORACLE_OWNER
ORACLE_SID=TSH1; export ORACLE_SID

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

LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19; export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
TMP=/tmp; export TMP
TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR

Save the ".bash_profile" file and re-login as the oracle user. Make sure the ".bash_profile" ran correctly by issuing the following command.

set | more

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 as normal. For a more detailed look at the installation process, click on the links below to see screen shots of each stage.

  1. Welcome
  2. Inventory Location
  3. UNIX Group Name
  4. UNIX Group Name Privileges Dialog
  5. File Locations
  6. Available Products
  7. Installation Types
  8. Database Configuration
  9. Database Identification
  10. Database File Location
  11. Database Character Set
  12. Summary
  13. Install
  14. Setup Privileges
  15. Configuration Tools
  16. Database Configuration Assistant
  17. Database Configuration Assistant Passwords
  18. End Of Installation

Post Installation

Once the instance is created edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'.

TSH1:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0:Y

For more information see:

Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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