This wiki page is a step by step procedure for installing Oracle10g R2 on SLES 10 for i386. This procedure is to be intended to serve as a quick path to a SLES10 system with Oracle10g R2 installed. Since this is a step by step procedure, some of the higher level considerations will not be covered. This procedure assumes the following goals:
- ASM will not be used.
- RAC will not be used.
- The Oracle software will be installed to a local reiserFS filesystem.
- A default database will be created as part of the installation process.
- The database datafiles will be located on a local resierFS filesystem.
- The system has less than 4GB or physical memory
The last assumption is important because on i386 systems with large amounts of memory, installing a typical database during the installation process may fail if Oracle tries to allocate too much memory for its data structures. Adjust the procedure as needed for the actual environment.
Before beginning
Before beginning the installation it is important to verify that the system to be used has the following minimum requirements:
- At least 1 GB of memory
- Swap space equal to the amount of physical memory or 2GB (whichever is more)
- 400MB of space in the /tmp directory
- 3.5GB of space in the Oracle home directory (full install)
- 750MB of space for the database datafiles
In addition to the minimum hardware requirements, it is recommended that at least one network interface used to connect to the system have a static IP address.
OS Installation
The installation of SLES 10 can be done any number of ways so long as the following requirements are met:
- The partitioning scheme allows for 2GB of swap or swap equal to the amount of memory in the system.
- All of the required packages are installed (Please Refer Oracle Install Manual for complete list):
- binutils
- gcc
- gcc-c++
- glibc
- gnome-libs
- libstdc++
- libstdc++-devel
- libaio
- libaio-devel
- make
- pdksh
- sysstat
- openmotif
This procedure assumes that the orarun package is installed in addition to the packages listed above. This procedure assumes that installation will be done manually using the CD or DVD media.
Software Packages and Basic Installation Options
Basic Installation Options
Figure 2.1.1.1 - Select the language.
To begin the process boot the target machine with the first CD or DVD and select
Installation from the boot menu. After the installation program loads the
Select Language screen will appear. Choose the appropriate language and click
Next (this guide assumes English US).
Figure 2.1.1.2 - Accept the license agreement.
Select the
Yes, I Agree to the License Agreement radio button and then click
Next.
Figure 2.1.1.3 - Choose to perform a new installation.
The
Installation Mode screen will appear. Leave the default choice of
New Installation and click
Next.
Figure 2.1.1.4 - Set the clock and timezone as appropriate for your environment.
The
Clock and Timezone screen will appear. Select the appopriate timezone, adjust the date and time if necessary, and click
Next.
Figure 2.1.1.5 - Sample partitioning arrangement.
The
Installation Settings screen will appear. Verify that the partitioning will meet the requires listed above. If it does not select the
Partitioning hyperlink and adjust the partitioning scheme. This example systems has 1.5GB of physical memory so a swap partition of 2GB is allocated. The rest of the first disk is allocated for /. This simple partitioning scheme is sufficient for a demo installation of Oracle, but more complex scheme will be needed for production systems.
The default package selection for SLES10 is not sufficient for an Oracle installation so additional packages will need to be selected. Click on the Software hyperlink.
Choosing Required software Packages
Figure 2.1.2.1 - Select the C/C++ Compiler and Tools and Oracle Server Base patterns
The
Software Selection and System Tasks screen will appear. Select the
C/C++ Compiler and Tools and
Oracle Server Base patterns. Click on
Details.
Figure 2.1.2.2 - Select the sysstat package.
Select
Search from the
Filter drop down list.
Figure 2.1.2.3 - Select the sysstat package.
Type
sysstat in the
Search text field and click
Search. Select the sysstat package from the list on the right.
Figure 2.1.2.4 - Select the openmotif21-libs package.
Type
openmotif in the
Search text field and click
Search. Select the openmotif21-libs package from the list on the right. Click on
Accept.
Figure 2.1.2.5 - Accept the additional packages.
A
Changed Packages dialog will appear warning you that additional packages will be installed. Click
Continue.
Beginning the Installation
Figure 2.1.3.1 - Accept the installation paramemters.
The
Installation Settings screen will reappear. At this point the installation program is ready to being installing the system. Review the selections and then click
Accept.
Figure 2.1.3.2 - Verify that you want to install.
A
Confirm Dialog screen will appear warning that the system will now be installed. Click
Install.
Figure 2.1.3.3 - Installation in progress.
The installation will now occur. Reboot the system and switch the CDs as necessary.
System configuration
Hostname and Root Password
Figure 2.2.1.1 - Set a fully qualified hostname.
After the packages have finished installing, the
Hostname and Domain Name screen will appear. It is recommended to give the system a fully qualified hostname and not allow DHCP to set the hostname of the system. Once the hostname and domain name have been entered click
Next.
Figure 2.2.1.2 - Set the root password.
Enter the root users password and click
Next.
Network Configuration
Figure 2.2.2.1 - Disable the firewall and edit the network interface configuration.
The
Network Configuration screen, click the
enabled hyperlink to disable the firewall and then click on the
Network Interfaces hyperlink.
Figure 2.2.2.2 - Select a network interface to edit.
The
Network Card Configuration Overview screen will appear. Select a network card from the list (the demo system only has only) and then click on the edit button.
Figure 2.2.2.3 - Assign a static address to the choosen interface.
The
Network Interface Setup screen will appear. Select the
Static Address Setup radio button and enter an
IP Address and
Subnet Mask as appropriate for the networking environment.
Figure 2.2.2.4 - Review the network card settings.
The
Network Card Configuration Overview screen will re-appear. Review the network settings and if necessary edit more interfaces. Then click
Next.
Figure 2.2.2.5 - Review the network settings.
The
Network Configuration screen will re-appear. Review the settings, changing any as necessary. Then click
Next.
Figure 2.2.2.6 - Test the internet connection and register with the Customer Center or skip the test.
The
Test Internet Connection screen will appear. If desiredl, click
Next to test the systems internet connection. After testing the internet connection, the
Novell Customer Center Configuration will appear and allow the system to be registered with Novell. Following the instructions as desired, this guide will not cover the
Nover Customer Center Configuration.
If the system is not connected to the internet or the Novell Customer Center Configuration should be skipped, select the No, Skip this Test radio button and click Next.
User Configuration
Figure 2.2.3.1 - Accept the default settings for OpenLDAP and CA management.
After the
Novell Customer Center Configuration is complete or the internet test is skipped, the
Installation Settings screen will appear. Accept the defaults and click
Next.
Figure 2.2.3.2 - Accept the default authentication method.
The
User Authentication Method screen will appear. Accept the default setting of
Local (/etc/passwd) and click
Next.
Figure 2.2.3.3 - Select the User Management button.
The
New Local User screen will appear. If desired, add a local user by filling in all of the required fields. Click on
User Management.
Figure 2.2.3.4 - Select the system users filter.
The
User and Group Administration screen will appear. Click the
Set Filter drop down box and select
System Users from the list.
Figure 2.2.3.5 - Select the oracle user.
Select the
oracle user from the list of system users and click
Edit.
Figure 2.2.3.6 - Enter a password, enable login, and select the details tab.
The
Existing System User screen will appear. Enter a password for the oracle user in the
Password and
Confirm password fields then click on the
Details tab.
Figure 2.2.3.7 - Choose the shell for the oracle user.
On the
Details tab, select the
Login Shell drop down box and choose the desired shell for the Oracle user. The recommended choice is the
/bin/bash shell. Then click
Accept. The
User and Group Administration screen will reappear. Click on
Next.
Completing Installation
Figure 2.2.4.1 - SuSeconfig will run to write configuration to disk.
The
Writing the system configuration screen will appear and the system configuration will be written to disk.
Figure 2.2.4.2 - Review the SLES10 release notes.
The
Release Notes screen will appear. Read the release notes as desired, and then click on
Next.
Figure 2.2.4.2 - Review the hardware configuration.
The
Hardware Configuration screen will appear. Review the hardware configuration, making changes as needed, and then click on
Next.
Figure 2.2.4.3 - Clone the system if desired and complete the installation.
The
Installation Complete screen will appear. If you wish to clone the system configuration for future deployments leave the
Clone This System for Autoyast check box checked, otherwise uncheck it. Click on
Finish.
At this point the OS installation is complete.
Pre-Oracle configuration steps
Note: Modifying /etc/SuSE-release is not recommended by Novell/SUSE. Please see Section #5 of http://ftp.novell.com/partners/oracle/docs/10gR2_sles10_install.pdf for better options.
Editing the /etc/SuSE-release file
Once the installation has complete, log into an X windows session as root. Open a terminal and using the preferred text editor edit the /etc/SuSE-release file. For example, using vi:
# vi /etc/SuSE-release
The original contents of the file should be:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586)
VERSION = 10
Replace the 10s with 9. The edited content should be:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (i586)
VERSION = 9
Save the file.
'Bold text'Note: This is only a temporary change, and may prevent certain YaST tools from operating properly. After the Oracle installation is complete this file should be reverted to it's original state.
Editing the /etc/host's file
Now edit the /etc/hosts file. Comment out or remove the line that maps the IP address 127.0.0.2 to the systems fully qualified hostname. On the example system:
ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
127.0.0.2 demo.novell.com demo
192.168.1.5 demo.novell.com demo
Should become:
ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts
# 127.0.0.2 demo.novell.com demo
192.168.1.5 demo.novell.com demo
Save the file.
Set the right kernel parameters
Run '/etc/init.d/oracle start' or 'rcoracle start'.
This does not do anything else upon you edit /etc/sysconfig/oracle. Please have a look at the orarun readme (/usr/share/doc/packages/orarun).
Log out of the root session.
Oracle installation
Download and extract the Oracle software
Log into a X windows session as the oracle user.
Download the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.1.0) Enterprise/Standard Edition for Linux x86 zip file (you will need to agree to the license agreement and have a valid OTN logon) and move it to the system if necessary. Create a directory to stage the Oracle software.
> mkdir -p /opt/oracle/stage
Copy the zip file to the staging directory.
> mv 10201_database_linux32.zip /opt/oracle/stage
Change to the stageing directory and unzip the file.
> cd /opt/oracle/stage
> unzip 10201_database_linux32.zip
Install Oracle
Change to the database directory under the directory where you extracted the Oracle software.
> cd database
Invoke the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).
> ./runInstaller
Figure 4.2.1 - Enter database password.
The
Select Installation Type screen will appear. Enter a password for the database users into the
Database Password field and confirm the password in the
Confirm Password field. Then click on the
Next button.
Figure 4.2.2 - Select location of Oracle inventory.
At the
Specify Inventory Directory and Credentials screen accept the defaults of
/opt/oracle/oraInventory and
oinstall and click
Next.
Figure 4.2.3 - Pre-requisite checks.
Next the OUI will perform some checks on the environment and display the results to the
Product-Specific Prerequisite Checkes screen. Verify and retry any failures before proceding. Once all the checks pass, click
Next.
Figure 4.2.4 - Installation summary.
The
Summary screen will appear. Click the
Install button to begin the installation.
Figure 4.2.5 - Install in progress.
The Oracle software will now be installed.
Figure 4.2.6 - Configuration assistants.
After the installation has compelted, the OUI will run some configuration assistants.
Figure 4.2.7 - Database creation in progress.
The DataBase Creation Assistant DBCA will run last, and create a sample database.
Figure 4.2.8 - Database creation complete dialog.
After the DBCA has finished creating the database a dialog will appear with information about the created database. Click
OK.
Figure 4.2.9 - Dialog prompting for scripts to be run.
After iSQL*Plus configuration assistant has run a dialog will appear asking you to run two scripts as the root user.
Open a separate console and switch to the root user
> su -
Run the /opt/oracle/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh script.
# /opt/oracle/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
Changing permissions of /opt/oracle/oraInventory to 770.
Changing groupname of /opt/oracle/oraInventory to oinstall.
The execution of the script is complete
Run the /opt/oracle/10gr2/root.sh script. When prompted accept the default location for the local bin directory.
# /opt/oracle/10gr2/root.sh
Running Oracle10 root.sh script...
The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
ORACLE_HOME= /opt/oracle/10gr2
Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
Copying dbhome to /usr/local/bin ...
Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ...
Creating /etc/oratab file...
Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root.sh script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.
Figure 4.2.10 - Dialog prompting for scripts to be run.
After both scripts have been run successfully return to the OUI and click the
OK button.
Figure 4.2.11 - Exit the OUI.
The
End of Installation Screen will appear. Click the
Exit button and then confirm that you really want to exit.
At this point the installation is complete.
Post installation cleanup
After the installation is complete, the changes made to the /etc/SuSE-release file should be undone. The altered file:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (i586)
VERSION = 9
Should be reverted to:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586)
VERSION = 10
