Thursday, February 26, 2009

Oracle 11.1.0.7 install on OEL5.3

After installing OEL5.3, time to install Oracle. Peoplesoft 8.48 and 8.49 are fully supported on the last version, 11.1.0.7.

So, let's go.


Firstly, be sure you have all the required packages installed :
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-9.el5.i386
compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4.i386
compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4.i386
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26.i386
compat-libgcc-296-2.96-138.i386
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138.i386
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386
cpp-4.1.2-44.el5.i386
elfutils-libelf-0.137-3.el5.i386
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137-3.el5.i386
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.137-3.el5.i386
gcc-4.1.2-44.el5.i386
gcc-c++-4.1.2-44.el5.i386
glibc-2.5-34.i686
glibc-common-2.5-34.i386
glibc-devel-2.5-34.i386
glibc-headers-2.5-34.i386
java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp.115.i386
ksh-20080202-2.el5.i386
libaio-0.3.106-3.2.i386
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i386
libgcc-4.1.2-44.el5.i386
libstdc++-4.1.2-44.el5.i386
libstdc++43-devel-4.3.2-7.el5.i386
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-44.el5.i386
make-3.81-3.el5.i386
sysstat-7.0.2-3.el5.i386
unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.i386
unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.i386

If some are missing, add it, and no more the question on which cd is it, OEL5.3 is delidered as a DVD right now.

And also the kernel settings :
1. /etc/sysctl.conf
Change the line
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
by
net.core.rmem_default = 4194304
After modification, run "sysctl -p" to take the changes in account without reboot the server.

2. /etc/pam.d/login
Add the line :
session required pam_limits.so


Then in a XWindows client, run the following command as oracle user and everything should be fine.
./runInstaller :






Finally, the patchset 1:




Enjoy,

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