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In this article I'll describe the installation of Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) on RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5). The article is based on a server installation similar to this, with aminimum of 2G swap, secure Linux disabled and the following package groups installed.

GNOME Desktop EnvironmentEditorsGraphical InternetText-based InternetDevelopment LibrariesDevelopment ToolsLegacy Software DevelopmentServer Configuration ToolsAdministration ToolsBaseLegacy Software SupportSystem ToolsX Window System

Alternative installations may require more packages to be loaded, in addition to the ones listed below.

Download SoftwareUnpack FilesHosts FileSet Kernel ParametersSetupInstallationPost Installation

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Download Software

Download the following software.

Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1) Software

Unpack Files

Unzip the files.

unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip

You should now have a single directory containing installation files. Depending on the age of the download this may either be named "db/Disk1" or"database".

Hosts File

The "/etc/hosts" file must contain a fully qualified name for the server.

<IP-address> <fully-qualified-machine-name> <machine-name>

For example.

127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain192.168.0.198 ol5-102.localdomain ol5-102

Set Kernel Parameters

Add the following lines to the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file.

#kernel.shmall = 2097152#kernel.shmmax = 2147483648kernel.shmmni = 4096# semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmnikernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128#fs.file-max = 65536net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000net.core.rmem_default=262144net.core.rmem_max=262144net.core.wmem_default=262144


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net.core.wmem_max=262144

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

Disable secure linux by editing the "/etc/selinux/config" file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows.

SELINUX=disabled

Alternatively, this alteration can be done using the GUI tool (System > Administration > Security Level and Firewall). Click on the SELinux tab and disablethe feature.

Setup

Install the following packages.

# From RedHat AS5 Disk 1cd /media/cdrom/Serverrpm -Uvh setarch-2*rpm -Uvh make-3*rpm -Uvh glibc-2*rpm -Uvh libaio-0*cd /eject

# From RedHat AS5 Disk 2cd /media/cdrom/Server


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rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3*rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-34-3*rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-34-c++-3*rpm -Uvh gcc-4*rpm -Uvh libXp-1*cd /eject

# From RedHat AS5 Disk 3cd /media/cdrom/Serverrpm -Uvh openmotif-2*rpm -Uvh compat-db-4*cd /eject

Create the new groups and users.

groupadd oinstallgroupadd dbagroupadd oper

useradd -g oinstall -G dba oraclepasswd oracle

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

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01

Login as root and issue the following command.

xhost +<machine-name>

Edit the "/etc/redhat-release" file replacing the current release information (Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)) with the following:

redhat-4

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

# Oracle Settings


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TMP=/tmp; export TMPTMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASEORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1; export ORACLE_HOMEORACLE_SID=TSH1; export ORACLE_SIDORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERMPATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATHPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATHCLASSPATH=$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 65536 else ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536 fifi

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 database directory.

./runInstaller

During the installation enter the appropriate ORACLE_HOME and name then continue installation. For a more detailed look at the installation process,click on the links below to see screen shots of each stage.

Select Installation Method1.Specify Inventory Directory and Credentials2.Select Installation Type3.Specify Home Details4.Product-Specific Prerequisite Checks5.Select Configuration Option6.Select Database Configuration7.


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Specify Database Configuration Options8.Select Database Management Option9.Specify Database Storage Option10.Specify Backup and Recovery Options11.Specify Database Schema Passwords12.Summary13.Install14.Configuration Assistants15.Database Configuration Assistant16.Database Configuration Assistant Password Management17.Execute Configuration Scripts18.End Of Installation19.

Post Installation

Edit the "/etc/redhat-release" file restoring the original release information.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)

Edit the "/etc/oratab" file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y'.

TSH1:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1:Y

For more information see:

Oracle Database Installation Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Linux x86Oracle Database Installation Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Linux x86-64Installing Oracle Database 10g Release 1 and 2...Automating Database Startup and Shutdown on Linux

Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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