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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documentation
Conventions
What's New in Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2)
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.4) New Features and Enhancements
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3) New Features and Enhancements
Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2.0.2) New Features
Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2.0.1) New Features
Deprecated in Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2)
Desupported in Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2)
1
Overview of Oracle Database Installation
1.1
New Oracle Products and Features Installed with This Release
1.2
Planning the Installation
1.3
Installation Considerations
1.3.1
Hardware and Software Certification
1.3.1.1
Third-Party Database Certification for Oracle SQL Developer
1.3.2
Multiple Oracle Homes Support
1.3.2.1
Installing Oracle Database on a System with an Existing Oracle Installation
1.3.3
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
1.3.4
Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services
1.3.5
Installing Oracle Database Vault in an Oracle Data Guard Environment
1.3.6
Oracle Database Vault Default Audit Policy and Initialization Parameters
1.4
Oracle Database Installation Methods
1.4.1
Interactive Installation Types
1.4.2
Automated Installation Methods Using Response Files
1.5
Software Updates Option
1.6
Oracle Database Editions
1.7
Database Configuration Options
1.7.1
Preconfigured Database Types
1.7.2
Installation Choices that Affect Database Creation
1.7.3
Creating a Database After Installation
1.8
Database Storage Options
1.8.1
File System
1.8.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management
1.9
Database Management Options
1.9.1
Management Options for Preconfigured Databases
1.9.2
Management Options for Custom Databases
1.9.3
Features Provided by Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
1.10
Database Backup and Recovery Options
1.10.1
Enabling Automated Backups
1.10.2
Backup Job Default Settings
1.11
E-mail Notification Options
1.12
Migration Consideration
1.13
Upgrade Considerations
1.13.1
Upgrading Your Operating System Before a Database Upgrade
1.13.1.1
Upgrading the Operating System
1.13.1.2
Migrating to a New Computer
1.13.2
Upgrading Oracle Automatic Storage Management
1.13.3
Daylight Saving Time Upgrade
1.13.4
Upgrading an Oracle Database in the Same Oracle Home
2
Oracle Database Preinstallation Tasks
2.1
About Installing the Linux Operating System
2.1.1
Completing a Minimal Linux Installation
2.1.2
Completing a Default Linux Installation
2.1.3
About Oracle Linux and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
2.1.4
About the Oracle Preinstallation RPMs and Oracle Validated RPMs
2.1.5
Installing the Oracle Preinstallation RPM or Oracle Validated RPM with ULN Support
2.1.6
Installing the Oracle Preinstallation RPM from DVD Disks or Images
2.1.7
Using Ksplice to Perform a Zero Downtime Update
2.2
Logging In to the System as root
2.3
Checking the Hardware Requirements
2.3.1
Memory Requirements
2.3.2
System Architecture
2.3.3
Disk Space Requirements
2.3.4
Display Requirements
2.4
Checking the Software Requirements
2.4.1
Operating System Requirements
2.4.2
Kernel Requirements
2.4.3
Package Requirements
2.4.4
Compiler Requirements
2.4.5
Additional Software Requirements
2.4.5.1
Oracle ODBC Drivers
2.4.5.2
Oracle JDBC/OCI Drivers
2.4.5.3
Linux-PAM Library
2.4.5.4
Oracle Messaging Gateway
2.4.5.5
Programming Languages
2.4.5.6
Browser Requirements
2.4.5.7
Oracle Database Vault Preinstallation Requirement
2.5
Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
2.6
Installation Fixup Scripts
2.7
Verifying UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters
2.8
Installing the cvuqdisk Package for Linux
2.9
Confirming Host Name Resolution
2.10
Disabling Transparent HugePages
2.11
Checking the Network Setup
2.11.1
Confirm Host Name Resolution
2.11.2
Installing on Multihomed Computers
2.11.3
Installing on Computers with Multiple Aliases
2.11.4
Installing on Non-Networked Computers
2.12
Creating Required Operating System Groups and Users
2.12.1
Creating Custom Configuration Groups and Users for Job Roles
2.12.1.1
Understanding Restrictions for Oracle Installations with Job Role Separation
2.12.1.2
Database Groups for Job Role Installations
2.12.1.3
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Groups for Job Role Installations
2.12.2
Creating Database Operating System Groups and Users with Job Role Separation
2.12.2.1
Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
2.12.2.2
Creating the OSDBA Group for Database Installations
2.12.2.3
Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installations
2.12.2.4
Creating the OSASM Group for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
2.12.2.5
Creating the OSDBA Group for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
2.12.2.6
Creating the OSOPER Group for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
2.12.2.7
Creating the Oracle Software Owner User
2.13
Checking Resource Limits for the Oracle Software Installation Users
2.14
Configuring Kernel Parameters for Linux
2.14.1
Displaying and Changing Kernel Parameter Values
2.15
Identifying Required Software Directories
2.15.1
Oracle Base Directory
2.15.2
Oracle Inventory Directory
2.15.3
Oracle Home Directory
2.16
Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory
2.16.1
Identifying an Existing Oracle Base Directory
2.16.2
Creating an Oracle Base Directory
2.17
Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Database and Recovery Files
2.18
Creating Directories for Oracle Database or Recovery Files
2.18.1
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Database Files on a File System
2.18.2
Creating Required Directories
2.19
Configuring Storage for Oracle Database Files Using Block Devices
2.20
Configuring Disk Devices for Oracle Database
2.20.1
Example of Creating a Udev Permissions File for Oracle Database
2.20.2
Example of Configuring Block Device Storage for Oracle Database
2.21
Stopping Existing Oracle Processes
2.22
Configuring Oracle Software Owner Environment
3
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
3.1
Requirements for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
3.1.1
Memory Requirements
3.1.2
Disk Space Requirements
3.1.3
Configuring the User's Environment
3.2
Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM Support
3.3
Managing Disk Groups for Older Database Versions
3.4
Upgrading Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instances
3.5
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation Considerations
3.6
Preparing Disks for an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation
3.6.1
General Steps for Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.6.2
Step 1: Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.6.3
Step 2: Creating DAS or SAN Disk Partitions for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.6.4
Step 3: Configuring Disks for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.6.4.1
Configuring Disks for Oracle Automatic Storage Management Using the Automatic Storage Management Library Driver (ASMLIB)
3.6.4.2
Configuring Disk Devices Manually for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.7
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation
3.7.1
Installing the Software Binaries
3.7.2
Configuring the Software Binaries
3.8
Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
3.8.1
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure with a New Database Installation
3.8.2
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for an Existing Database
3.9
Modifying Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server Binaries
3.10
Manually Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Groups
3.11
Testing the Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation
4
Installing Oracle Database
4.1
Preinstallation Considerations
4.1.1
Performing Multiple Oracle Database Installations in Response File or Silent Mode
4.2
Reviewing Component-Specific Installation Guidelines
4.2.1
Selecting the Database Character Set
4.2.2
Using an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Group
4.3
Accessing the Installation Software
4.3.1
Downloading Oracle Software
4.3.1.1
Downloading the Installation Archive Files from OTN
4.3.1.2
Downloading the Software from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud
4.3.1.3
Extracting the Installation Files
4.3.2
Copying the Software to the Hard Disk
4.3.2.1
Mounting Disks
4.3.2.2
Copying the Oracle Database Software to a Hard Disk
4.4
Database Security Options
4.5
Installing the Oracle Database Software
4.5.1
Running Oracle Universal Installer
4.6
Installing Oracle Database Examples
5
Oracle Database Postinstallation Tasks
5.1
Required Postinstallation Tasks
5.1.1
Downloading and Installing Patches
5.2
Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
5.2.1
Creating a Backup of the root.sh Script
5.2.2
Configuring New or Upgraded Databases
5.2.3
Creating and Configuring Additional Operating System Accounts
5.2.3.1
Configuring the Accounts of Oracle Users
5.2.4
Setting the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
5.2.5
Generating the Client Static Library
5.2.6
Guidelines for Setting Semaphore Parameters
5.2.7
Creating a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
5.2.7.1
About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
5.2.7.2
Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
5.2.8
Enabling and Disabling Database Options
5.2.9
Running RACcheck Configuration Audit Tool
5.3
Required Product-Specific Postinstallation Tasks
5.3.1
Configuring Oracle Net Services
5.3.2
Configuring Oracle Label Security
5.3.3
Configuring Oracle Database Vault
5.3.4
Configuring Oracle Messaging Gateway
5.3.5
Configuring Oracle Precompilers
5.3.5.1
Configuring Pro*C/C++
5.3.5.2
Configuring Pro*FORTRAN
5.3.6
Configuring Secure Sockets Layer
5.3.7
Installing Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Bases
5.3.8
Configuring or Reinstalling Oracle XML DB
5.3.9
Configuring and Using Direct NFS Client
5.3.9.1
Direct NFS Client
5.4
Postinstallation Tasks for SQL Developer
5.4.1
Migrating User Settings from Release 1.0
5.4.2
Migrating Information from Previous Releases
5.4.3
Location of User-Related Information
6
Getting Started with Oracle Database
6.1
Checking the Installed Oracle Database Contents and Directory Location
6.2
Logging In to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
6.3
Managing Oracle Automatic Storage Management
6.3.1
Starting and Stopping Oracle Automatic Storage Management
6.3.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Utilities
6.4
Accessing Oracle Database with SQL*Plus
6.5
Accessing Oracle Database with SQL Developer
6.6
Reviewing Accounts and Passwords
6.7
Unlocking and Resetting User Passwords
6.7.1
Using Database Control to Unlock Accounts and Reset Passwords
6.7.2
Using SQL*Plus to Unlock Accounts and Reset Passwords
6.8
Identifying Databases
6.9
Locating the Server Parameter File
6.10
Reviewing Tablespaces and Data Files, Redo Log Files, and Control Files
6.10.1
Identifying Tablespaces and Data Files
6.10.2
Locating Redo Log Files
6.10.3
Locating Control Files
7
Removing Oracle Database Software
7.1
About the Deinstallation Tool
7.2
Downloading the Deinstallation Tool for Use with Failed Installations
7.3
Example of Running the Deinstall Command
7.4
Deinstallation Parameter File Example for Oracle Database
7.5
Deinstallation Parameter File Example for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
A
Installing and Configuring Oracle Database Using Response Files
A.1
How Response Files Work
A.1.1
Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
A.1.2
Creating a Database Using Oracle Automatic Storage Management as the Storage Option for Database Files
A.1.3
General Procedure for Using Response Files
A.2
Preparing a Response File
A.2.1
Editing a Response File Template
A.2.2
Saving a Response File
A.3
Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
A.4
Running Net Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
A.5
Running Database Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
A.5.1
Using Database Configuration Assistant in Silent Mode
A.5.2
Using Database Configuration Assistant in Progress Only Mode
A.5.3
Running Database Configuration Assistant in Response File Mode
A.6
Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
A.6.1
About the Postinstallation Configuration File
A.6.2
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
B
Cloning an Oracle Home
B.1
Cloning an Oracle Home
B.2
Configuring Oracle Configuration Manager in a Cloned Oracle Home
C
Using NAS Devices
C.1
General Configuration Guidelines for NAS Devices
C.2
NFS Feature Description
C.3
Choosing Mount Points
C.3.1
Choosing Mount Points for Oracle Software Files
C.3.2
Choosing Mount Points for Oracle Database and Recovery Files
C.4
Creating Files on a NAS Device for Use with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
C.5
NFS Mount Options
D
Optimal Flexible Architecture
D.1
Overview of the Optimal Flexible Architecture Standard
D.1.1
Advantages of Multiple Oracle Homes and OFA
D.2
Implementing Optimal Flexible Architecture
D.2.1
File Systems
D.2.1.1
Number of File Systems
D.2.1.2
Naming Conventions
D.2.2
Naming Directories
D.2.2.1
Oracle Base Directory Naming Convention
D.2.2.2
Naming Mount Points for Very Large Databases (VLDBs)
D.2.2.3
Referring to Path Names
D.2.2.4
Oracle Home Directory Naming Convention
D.2.2.5
Naming Subdirectories
D.2.3
Naming Database Files
D.2.4
Separating Segments with Different Requirements
D.2.5
Exploiting the Optimal Flexible Architecture Structure for Oracle Files
D.2.6
Optimal Flexible Architecture File Mapping
E
Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
E.1
About Managing Ports
E.2
Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLs
E.3
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
E.4
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Management Agent Port
E.5
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control Ports
F
Configuring Oracle Database Globalization Support
F.1
Installing and Using Oracle Components in Different Languages
F.1.1
Configuring Oracle Components to Run in Different Languages
F.1.1.1
Determining the Operating System Locale by Using the LANG Environment Variable
F.1.1.2
Configuring Locale and Character Sets Using NLS_LANG
F.1.2
Installing Translation Resources
F.2
Running Oracle Universal Installer in Different Languages
G
Troubleshooting
G.1
Verify Requirements
G.2
X Window Display Errors
G.3
Remote Terminal Installation Error
G.4
What to Do If an Installation Error Occurs?
G.5
Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session
G.6
Troubleshooting and Deconfiguring Oracle Restart
G.7
Troubleshooting Host Name Changes and CSS
G.8
Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants
G.8.1
Configuration Assistant Failure
G.8.2
Irrecoverable Errors
G.9
Troubleshooting Inventory Issues
G.10
Troubleshooting Screen Display Issues
G.11
Silent-Mode Response File Error Handling
G.12
Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation
H
Frequently Asked Questions About Installation
H.1
Installing Oracle Database
H.2
Installing Oracle Database Tools
H.3
Installing Oracle Database with Oracle Applications
H.4
Installing Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Tools (Gateways)
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