Installation steps on RHEL 5 of Oracle 10g

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>

Set Kernel Parameters

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

#kernel.shmall = 2097152

#kernel.shmmax = 2147483648

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

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 disable the feature.

Setup

Install the following packages:

# From RedHat AS5 Disk 1

cd /media/cdrom/Server

rpm -Uvh setarch-2*

rpm -Uvh make-3*

rpm -Uvh glibc-2*

rpm -Uvh libaio-0*

cd /

eject

# From RedHat AS5 Disk 2

cd /media/cdrom/Server

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 3

cd /media/cdrom/Server

rpm -Uvh openmotif-2*

rpm -Uvh compat-db-4*

cd /

eject

Create the new groups and users:

groupadd oinstall

groupadd dba

groupadd oper

useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle

passwd oracle

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

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1

chown -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

TMP=/tmp; export TMP

TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE

ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1; export ORACLE_HOME

ORACLE_SID=TSH1; 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

Installation

Log into the oracle user

Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command in the database directory:

./runInstaller