Installation Manual

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Install the database for the management server on a computer that does not already have Oracle
installed. In later steps, you will install the management server on the same machine that you
installed Oracle.
Before Installing the Oracle Database
Keep in mind the following:
• Refer to the support matrix for your edition for system requirements.
• Once you start the installation, do not exit. The Oracle installer creates the orauser file within
the first few minutes of the installation. This file remains on the system if the installation is
stopped before completion. Future installations of the management server database look for the
orauser file to verify that the database is installed. If you exit the Oracle installation before the
installation is finished, the management server will not run correctly.
• Install the database on the computer on which you plan to install the management server.
• Before you install Oracle, ensure the Linux server has the packages installed that are required
by Oracle.
• For both Linux SUSE and RHEL, Oracle 10.2.0.1.0 (32 bit) Standard Edition software is used.
• For the management server Build 6.0 software, the Oracle install runs in silent mode.
(Oracle installs silently showing progress indication in the console through text messages.)
This process does not require X-server and DISPLAY settings.
• When you install the database on Linux, files with group-writeable permissions are installed in
the ORA_HOME directory.
Prerequisites
Before you install the database on a Linux server, do the following:
• Verify that the server is running sh, ksh or bash shell.
• Verify the following directories have write permissions:
/
/tmp
Parent directory of ORA_HOME
• If you are running Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, delete the
existing Oracle user if present, before proceeding with the installation. The installation will fail if
there is an existing Oracle user.
• On SUSE Linux systems, on installing the ‘orarun’ rpm, the Oracle user account gets created
automatically. However the oracle user account needs to be enabled by changing the shell
entry from ‘/bin/false’ to ‘/bin/bash’ for oracle user in the /etc/passwd file.
• Setting of the kernel parameters for Oracle on both Red Hat and SUSE systems is handled by
the Oracle installer script and the user need not set the kernel parameters.
• At least 400 MB of free space is required in the /tmp directory.
• ORA_HOME should have a minimum of 50 GB of free space.