Oracle 10g Rel 2 on SLES 10.0 - Hardware and Software Check

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You must be connected with Your Linux Box as root. I tested this installation on my SLES 10.0 Box "vl094".

NOTE:

• In file /etc/hosts please delete or comment out the line "127.0.0.2 vl094.fla.net vl094".
• Check that the NIC configured is with "Static Address Setup".
• Edit the file /etc/SuSE-release. Change the Version 10 to 9. After Oracle Software Installation change this values to 10 again.
• On my SLES Box I missed 2 Packages: "pdksh" and "gnome-libs". Please download and Install all missing RPM Packages from http://rpm.pbone.net/.
• I disabled the Firewall to.
  

Checking the hardware requirements.
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## At least 1024 MB of physical RAM.
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vl094:~ # grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 1036588 kB
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## Size of swap space 1,5 physical RAM
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vl094:~ # grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo
SwapTotal: 2104472 kB
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## 400 MB of disk space in the /tmp directory
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vl094:~ # df -k /tmp
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 39831932 2477536 37354396 7% /
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## Between 1.5 GB and 3.5 GB of disk space for the Oracle software, depending on
the installation type
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vl094:~ # df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 39831932 2477536 37354396 7% /
udev 518292 124 518168 1% /dev
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## Check Your processor model
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vl094:~ # grep "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz
vl094:~ #

Checking the Software requirements.
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## Verify the Linux distribution
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vl094:~ # cat /etc/issue
Welcome to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) - Kernel \r (\l).
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## Check the installed kernel
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vl094:~ # uname -r
2.6.16.21-0.8-default
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## Check if required packages are installed
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+ rpm -q binutils
binutils-2.16.91.0.5-23.4
+ rpm -q gcc
gcc-4.1.0-28.4
+ rpm -q gcc-c++
gcc-c++-4.1.0-28.4
+ rpm -q glibc
glibc-2.4-31.2
+ rpm -q gnome-libs
gnome-libs-1.4.1.7-733
+ rpm -q libstdc++
libstdc++-4.1.0-28.4
+ rpm -q libstdc++-devel
libstdc++-devel-4.1.0-28.4
+ rpm -q make
make-3.80-202.2
+ rpm -q pdksh
pdksh-5.2.14-822
+ rpm -q sysstat
sysstat-6.0.2-16.4
+ rpm -q xscreensaver
xscreensaver-4.23-20.2

Checking the Network setup
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## Verify that the /etc/hosts file is used for name resolution
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vl094:~ # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf | grep hosts
hosts: files dns
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## Verify that the host name has been set
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vl094:~ # hostname
vl094
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## Verify that the domain name has not been set dynamically
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vl094:~ # domainname

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## Verify that the hosts file contains the fully qualified host name
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vl094:~ # cat /etc/hosts | grep `eval hostname`
192.168.0.94 vl094.fla.net vl094

Creating required operating system groups and users
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## Create Oracle inventory Group
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vl094:~ # groupadd -g 5001 oinstall
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## create Oracle OSDBA group
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vl094:~ # groupadd -g 5002 dba
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## Create "linux-home" directory for Oracle software owner
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mkdir -p /appl/home/oracle
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## Create Oracle software owner user: "oracle"
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vl094:~ # useradd -u 5001 -g oinstall -G dba -d /appl/home/oracle -s /bin/bash oracle
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## Change owner and permissions for "oracle" home directory
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vl094:~ # chown -R oracle:oinstall /appl/home/oracle
vl094:~ # chmod 775 /appl/home/oracle
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## Change password for oracle (all passwords are set to: qwertz)
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vl094:~ # passwd oracle
Changing password for oracle.
New Password:
Bad password: too simple
Reenter New Password:
Password changed.
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## Create "base" directory where the Oracle software will be installed
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vl094:~ # mkdir /appl/oracle
vl094:~ # chown -R oracle:oinstall /appl/oracle
vl094:~ # chmod 775 /appl/oracle

Verifying that the User nobody Exists
vl094:~ # mkdir /appl/oracle
vl094:~ # chown -R oracle:oinstall /appl/oracle
vl094:~ # chmod 775 /appl/oracle

Configuring Kernel Parameters
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## Enter following vaues in/etc/sysctl.conf file
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kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
fs.file-max = 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default = 1048576
net.core.rmem_max = 1048576
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144
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## enter the following command to ensure that the system reads the /etc/sysctl.conf file when it restarts
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vl094:~ # /sbin/chkconfig boot.sysctl on

Setting Shell Limits for the oracle User
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## Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file
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oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536
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## Add the following lines in the /etc/pam.d/login file
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session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
session required pam_limits.so
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## For the Bourne, Bash, or Korn shell, create file /etc/profile.d/oracle.sh with the following content
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if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then
if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
ulimit -p 16384
ulimit -n 65536
else
ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536
fi
fi

Identifying Required Software Directories
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## Create "base" directory where the Oracle software will be installed
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vl094:~ # mkdir /appl/oracle
vl094:~ # chown -R oracle:oinstall /appl/oracle
vl094:~ # chmod 775 /appl/oracle
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## The "ORACLE_HOME" directory will be: $ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1
## The Oracle "profile" file will be located in "/appl/home/oracle".
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You are ready now to begin the Oracle software installation.

Regards,
Flavio