3.7.0 HP StorageWorks MxDB-Oracle-HiAv installation and administration guide HP MxDB-Oracle-HiAv for Linux (AG513-96009, June 2009)

2. Install Oracle
Before performing an Oracle install, the DBA should note the following:
• For MxDB-Oracle-HiAv to function properly, Oracle Home must be installed into
a standard-mounted PSFS filesystem. This is a MxDB-Oracle-HiAv requirement.
• MxDB-Oracle-HiAv depends on the standard OFA layout of the Oracle software.
Databases created with the Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) will generally
possess the layout required for MxDB-Oracle-HiAv.
• You will need to create a new Oracle home directory on the standard mounted
filesystem under $ORACLE_BASE. Using the previous example:
cd /uo1/app/oracle
mkdir -p product/11.1.0/db-2
• Appropriate database configuration files (either an init.ora or a spfile.ora)
must exist in the $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory for any database managed by
MxDB-Oracle-HiAv. DBCA creates either an init${ORACLE_SID}.ora or
spfile${ORACLE_SID}.ora in $ORACLE_{HOME|BASE}/admin/DBNAME/
pfile and makes a symbolic link to $ORACLE_HOME/dbs. However, to put a
database created with means other than DBCA under MxDB-Oracle-HiAv control,
make a copy or symbolic link of the appropriate configuration file in the directory
$ORACLE_HOME/dbs. For example:
pwd
/uo1/app/oracle/admin/NFS02/pfile
ls *.ora
initNFS02.ora
cd /u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db-2/db8
ln –s /uo1/app/oracle/admin/NFS02/pfile/initNFS02.ora initNFS02.ora
• MxDB-Oracle-HiAv contains functionality to build and configure a demonstration
database for training and testing purposes. The database, called PILOT, adheres
to OFA methodology. MxDB-Oracle-HiAv creates this database through DBCA
without intervention from the operator. All PILOT database files are located in
$ORACLE_HOME/oradata.
• Since Oracle will be running on other nodes in the cluster, remember to replicate
all of the local files necessary to support Oracle and your databases to the other
nodes. Examples include installing additional software packages, prerequisite
tuning parameters, Oracle shell profiles, oraInventory files, and /etc/oratab
entries.
You are now ready to install Oracle into an oracle home directory. See your Oracle
Installation Guide for more information.
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