Install Oracle 10g R2 in OEL/Hedhat/CentOS 6.

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Configuring Linux for the Installation of Oracle Database 10g R2. This module describes how to configure Linux and prepare for the installation of Oracle Database 10g.

1. Hosts File The /etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name for the server: # vi /etc/hosts <IP-address> <fully-qualified-machine-name> <machine-name> 127.0.0.1 ukhore.uzzal.com ukhore

2. Set Kernel Parameters Open the /etc/sysctl.conf file in any text editor and add lines similar to the following: # vi /etc/sysctl.conf #kernel.shmall = 2097152 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 net.core.rmem_default=262144 net.core.rmem_max=262144 net.core.wmem_default=262144 net.core.wmem_max=262144 kernel.shmmax = 838860800

By specifying values for these parameters in the /etc/sysctl.conf file, these values persist when you reboot the system. Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters: #/sbin/sysctl -p

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3. Security # vi /etc/security/limits.conf * * * * soft hard soft hard nproc 2047 nproc 16384 nofile 1024 nofile 65536

4. Session # vi /etc/pam.d/login session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so

5. SELinux # vi /etc/selinux/config SELINUX=disabled

6. Create the new groups and user Create the groups oinstall, dba, oper, asmdba. # /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 5001 oinstall # /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 5002 dba # /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 5003 oper # /usr/sbin/groupadd -g 5004 asmdba Create the operating system user oracle # /usr/sbin/useradd -u 5000 -g oinstall -G dba,oper oracle # /usr/bin/passwd oracle

7. Create the directory for the software installation and assign ownership to oracle # mkdir -p /u01/oracle/product/10.2.0/db

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# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01 # chmod -R 775 /u01/oracle

8. Edit the redhat-release file Copy the content and save it in a text file and replace the content with redhat-4 [CentOS release 6.2 (Final)] # vi /etc/redhat-release redhat-4

9. Modify bash_profile With an editor of your choosing open /home/oracle/.bash_profile file. Add the following lines at the end of the .bash_profile file # Oracle Settings TMP=/tmp; export TMP TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR ORACLE_BASE=/u01/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db; export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID=orcl; 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 if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then ulimit -p 16384 ulimit -n 65536 else ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536 fi fi # End Oracle Setting

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10. Setup required packages: Install the following packages

rpm -Uvh setarch-2* rpm -Uvh make-3* rpm -Uvh glibc-2* rpm -Uvh libaio-0* 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* rpm -Uvh openmotif-2* rpm -Uvh compat-db-4*

11. Oracle 10g Database Installation Login as 'oracle' user Open terminal and enter in your oracle installation CD/DVD directory $ cd /u01/software/database $ ./runInstaller During the installation enter the appropriate ORACLE_HOME and name then continue installation.

12. Post Installation --Execute two scripts as root --Edit the /etc/redhat-release file restoring the original release information: # vi /etc/redhat-release --Edit the /etc/oratab file setting the restart flag for each instance to 'Y': # vi /etc/oratab TSH1:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db:Y

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