Silent Install of Oracle 11.2.0

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SilentInstallofOracle11.2.0.3onSolaris11x86

PostedonMay6,2013byoraclejediPostedinASM,Oracle,Solaris,VMwareTaggedoracle11gr2onSolaris11,oracleinstallonsolarisx86,silentinstallonsolaris1CommentInthisblogpost,wearegoingtoinstallOracle11.2.0.364bitonSolaris11x86usingVMWareWorkstation9.

SolarisrepresentsapopularalternativetoLinuxformanyOracleshops,especiallysinceitofferssomefamiliarityforSystemAdminsandDBAswhowerepreviouslyrunningOracleonSPARC.

TimeRequired:120minutes

ClassMaterials:

Anx8664bitcomputerwith4GBRAMand10GBofharddiskspace.Aminimumofa1024768displaywith256colors.VMWareWorkstation9orbetter.WhateverOSVMWareWorkstationneedstorunon.InmycaseIrunitonWindows7Professional.OracleSolaris1111/11LiveinstalldiscOracleGridandDatabasesoftwareversion11.2.0.3.



NotethatforOracle,weneedthe11.2.0.3versionofthesoftware,notthe11.2.0.1thatisavailablefromdownload.oracle.com.

Oracle11.2.0.1isnotsupportedonSolaris11.AsfarasIknowyouwillneedtogetthisfromMyOracleSupport,andyouarelookingforpatchnumber10404530whichwillgiveyouaccesstosixzipfiles.Youonlyneedthefirstthreezipfiles.

PartICreatetheSolarisVM.

TimeRequired:10mins.

FirstweneedtocreateaSolaris11VM.IcreatedanewVMusingtheVMWareWorkstationwizard.

VMWareWorkstation9doesnotrecognizetheSolaris11installISOimageasSolaris64bitsotheEasyInstalleroptiondoesnotwork.Insteadyouwillhavetostepthroughtheinstallprocessmanually:

IcreatedmyVMwithasingleCPU,4GBRAMandasingle40GBSCSIdisks.

UsingFile>NewVirtualMachinelaunchtheprocesstocreateanewVM:



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CreateacustomWorkstation9VM:

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Selecttheinstallmedia.InthisexampleIamusingtheSolaris11Liveinstalldisc,whichIhaveasanISO.

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Asstated,Workstation9doesnotrecognizetheSolaris11LiveCDmedia,sosetitmanuallytoSolaris11.




Atthenextpage,chooseanameforyourVM.IhavechosentocallmineSolaris1164bitwithOracle11gR2andASM.


Atthenextpage,settheprocessorcountto1.




Atthenextpage,setthememory.Irecommendatleast4GB.Ihavenottriedless.




Atthenextpage,setthenetworktypetobridged.ThiswillallowthefirstNICtoaquireanaddressfromthesamenetworkasthehostmachine.


Atthenextpage,setthediskcontrollertoLSILogic(Recommended).




Atthenextpage,selectCreateanewvirtualdisk.




Atthenextpage,selectSCSI(Recommended).


Setthediskto40GBandallowittobesplitinmultiplevirtualfiles.Itdoesnothavetobefullyprovisioned.

Atthelastpage,reviewyoursettings.Ifalllookswell,pressFinishtocreatetheVM.




WhentheVMstarts,theSolarisX86OSwillstarttobootup.SelectthefirstoptionSolaris1111/11tostarttheinstall.

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Thenextscreenwillaskforthekeyboard,thedefaultis47forUSEnglish.




Thedefaultlangaugeis3forEnglish.


TheSolaris11x86LiveinstalldiscnowbootsintoaGnomeenvironment.Thisiscontainedentirelyinmemory,andgivestheusertheopportunitytoexplorealittlebeforedecidingtoinstallthefullOS.

Ifyouarereadytoproceed,doubleclicktheInstallOracleSolarisiconinthetopleftofthescreen.



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Theinstallergivesustheopportunitytoreviewinstallnotes.Whenyouareready,clickNext.


AttheDiskscreen,selectalldefaultsandclickNext.




AttheTimeZonescreen,selectthelocationclosesttoyou.ForsomeoddreasonitdefaultstoGMT,butthenadjuststheclockwhenyouchooseyourlocation,requiringyoutosetitbacktotheactualtime.Odd.


Atthenextscreenwecreateourdefaultuser.ThisisthefirstuserontheOSandwillhaverootroleprivileges.DoNOTcallthisdefault



Atthenextscreenwecreateourdefaultuser.ThisisthefirstuserontheOSandwillhaverootroleprivileges.DoNOTcallthisdefaultuseroracleorgrid.

Choosesomethingyouwillrememberanddonotforgetthepasswordyouselect.

Youcanalsonameyourcomputeratthispoint.


Thenextscreenallowsyoutoreviewyourchoicesbeforelaunchingtheinstall.Wheneverythinglooksright,clickNext.




Theinstallerprovidesaprogressbarasitinstalls.


Finallytheinstallationiscomplete.EjecttheinstallmediafromthevirtualdriveandrebootyourVM.




PartIIAddExtraHardware.


NowthatwehaveSolaris11installed,weneedtoaddsomenewhadrwaretoourVM.

RightclickonyourVMnameintheVMWareWortstationinterface,andselectSettings.NowclickAddontheHardwaretabtoaddsomenewhardwaretotheVM.

SincewearegoingtobeusingASM,weneedanotherdiskforASMtouse.

SelectHardDiskandclickNext.



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SelectCreateanewvirtualdiskandclickNext.




SelectSCSI(Recommended)andclickNext.


Atthenextscreen,specifythedisksizeat5GBandselectSplitvirtualdiskintomultiplefiles.ItisnotnecessarytoselectAllocatealldiskspacenow.




Atthenextscreen,chooseanametocallthevirtualdiskfiles.ThiswillonlybevisiblefromtheguestOS.


NextIaddedasecondnetworkadapterconnectedtomyVMNet2virtualnetwork.ThefirstNICisabridgedadapterthatusesthesamenetworkasmyhostlaptop.AsImovefromsitetosite,thatIPaddresswillchange.

ThesecondNICistiedtomyvirtualVMNet2andallowsforstaticIPaddressingregardlessofphysicalnetworks.MyVMNet2isdefinedwithasubnetof10.10.1.x.




NextIaddaUSBcontrollertomyVM.IdothissinceIwillstagetheOracleinstallmediaonanexternalUSBdrivetosavediskspaceonthefinishedVM.IfyoudonotplantouseUSBdeviceswithyourVMyoumayskipthis.

FinallyIsetthedisplaytoafixed1024768resolution.IhavehadalotofproblemswiththeSolarisGnomedesktop,andthoseproblemsseemstobeexacerbatedbythescreenresolutionchanging.Settingafixedresolutionseemstohelpalittle.

Thefinalhadrwareconfigurationshouldlooksomethinglikethis:




PartIIIConfigureVMWareToolsandNetworking.


NowthatwehavecreatedourSolaris11VMandaddedextrahardwaretosupportOracle11.2.0.3,wecaninstalltheVMWaretools.

PoweruptheVMandloginasthedefaultuseryouspecifiedduringtheinstallprocess.NotethatwithSolaris11,therootuserisnolongeratrueuserbutarole.Youcansutorootfromauthorizedaccountsonly.

Althoughitispossibletosetrootbacktoarealuser,Iamtryingtosticktonewpreferredpractices,sowewillleaverootasarole.

Thefirsttimeyousutorootfromthedefaultuser,usethesamepasswordasyouspecifiedforthedefaultuser.Solariswilltheninformyouthattherootpasswordhasexpiredandneedstobereset:



gruffdba@solaris:~$suPassword:su:Passwordforuser'root'hasexpiredNewPassword:ReenternewPassword:su:passwordsuccessfullychangedforrootOracleCorporation SunOS5.11 11.0 November2011root@solaris:~#

NextIrecommendyouinstalltheVMwareToolspackageasthiswillgreatlyimprovetheusabilityofyourSolaris11VM.

UsetheVMWareWorkstationmenutoselect

VM>InstallVMWareTools

OncethevirtualDVDopensontheGnomedesktop,useaterminalwindowtogunziptheGZipdVMWaretoolsfile,thenuntaritandruntheperlinstaller.Acceptalldefaults.

NextweshouldnameourVM.TheinstallprocessallowedustoselectanameforourVM,butifweneedtochangeitforanyreasonwecandosonow.

InthisexampleIamnamingmyVMrodolfoafteroneoftheleadcharactersinLaBoheme.

MyvirtualnetworkdomainisagainhadesnetaftertheoriginalnetworkIcreatedforOrpheusandEurydiceforthe11gR2RAConVMWareWorkstationblogpostlastyear.



#svccfgssvc:/system/identity:nodesetpropconfig/nodename="rodolfo.hadesnet"#svcadmrefreshsvc:/system/identity:node#svcadmrestartsvc:/system/identity:node

Nextweneedtoconfigureournetwork.Ifyouacceptedalldefaultsduringinstall,youwillhaveDHCPenabledonNIC1andnothingonNIC2.

Inthefollowingexample,wearegoingtoreconfigureSolaristouseDHCPonNIC1buthaveastaticIPonNIC2.

Firstletsenablemanualconfiguration:

root@rodolfo:~#netadmenablepncpdefaultfixedEnablingncp'DefaultFixed'

NextwearegoingtoconfigureNIC1,whichSolarisseesasnet0touseDHCP:

root@rodolfo:~#ipadmdeleteipnet0root@rodolfo:~#ipadmcreateipnet0root@rodolfo:~#ipadmcreateaddrTdhcpnet0/addr

Wewilladdthedefaultgatewayformyhomenetwork:



root@rodolfo:~#routepadddefault192.168.0.1addnetdefault:gateway192.168.0.1:entryexistsaddpersistentnetdefault:gateway192.168.0.1

NowIwilladdtheDNSserverbacktoNet0

root@rodolfo:~#svccfgsdns/clientsetpropconfig/nameserver=net_address:192.168.0.1

Okay,thatsthebridgedadapterdone,nowletsconfigurethestaticIPontheVMNet2NIC,whichSolarisseesasNet1.InthisexampleIamassigningastaticIPof10.10.1.200.

root@rodolfo:~#ipadmdeleteipnet1root@rodolfo:~#ipadmcreateipnet1root@rodolfo:~#ipadmcreateaddrTstaticalocal=10.10.1.200/24net1/addr

Wecanchecktoseehowournetworklooksasfollows:



root@rodolfo:~#ipadmshowaddrADDROBJTYPESTATEADDRlo0/v4staticok127.0.0.1/8net0/addrdhcpok192.168.0.39/24net1/addrstaticok10.10.1.200/24lo0/v6staticok::1/128

root@rodolfo:~$dladmshowphysmLINKSLOTADDRESSINUSECLIENTnet0primary0:c:29:65:57:1dyesnet0net1primary0:c:29:65:57:27yesnet1

Finallywemustaddournewhostnametothe/etc/hostsfile.Ifwefailtodothis,theOracledatabaseinstallerwillfailwithaspectacularlyunhelpfulerrormessage.

Modifyyour/etc/hostsfileasfollows:

root@rodolfo:~#cat/etc/hosts##Copyright2009SunMicrosystems,Inc.Allrightsreserved.#Useissubjecttolicenseterms.##Internethosttable#::1rodolfolocalhost127.0.0.1localhostloghost10.10.1.200rodolforodolfo.hadesnet



NowisagoodtimetorebootyourVMtomakesureallthechangeshavetakeneffectandarepermanent.

PartIVAdjustKernelSettingsandCreateOracleandGridUsers.


BeforewecaninstalltheOracleGridInfrastructureorDatabaseonourSolaris11system,weneedtomakesomeadjustmentstotheOSsettings.

EventhoughOracletoutsHardwareandSoftwareEngineeredtoWorkTogether,thereisstillalotofmanualtweakingthathastobedonetogettwopartsoftheirsolutiontoplaynicetogether.

First,OracleDatabase11.2.0.3requires4GBofswapspace.BydefaultSolaris11installswith1GB.Oraclecompletelychangedtheprocesstoadjustswapspacein11,sodonttrytheold10methodasitwontworkhere.

LogintotheVMasrootandusethefollowingtoincreasetheswapspace:

root@rodolfo:/#zfsgetvolsizerpool/swapNAMEPROPERTYVALUESOURCErpool/swapvolsize1Glocalroot@rodolfo:/#zfssetvolsize=4097mrpool/swaproot@rodolfo:/#zfsgetvolsizerpool/swapNAMEPROPERTYVALUESOURCErpool/swapvolsize4.00Glocal



Youmaywonderwhywesettheswapspaceto4097MBwhen4GBis4096MB.

Indeedwhynotsimplystate4GB?Forsomereasonbestknowntoothers,whereastheinstallerstatesitneedsswapat4GB,itinfactneedsabout317KBmorethan4GB,resultinginanannoyingbutignorablewarningduringinstall.

Theextra1MBherekeepstheinstallerquiet.

NextwearegoingtomakesomeadjustmentstothenetworkingforOracle.

Createafileinthe/etc/rc3.ddirectoryasfollows:

root@rodolfo:/export#vi/etc/rc3.d/S01oranetwork#!/bin/sh#addedforOracle11gR2/usr/sbin/nddset/dev/tcptcp_smallest_anon_port9000/usr/sbin/nddset/dev/tcptcp_largest_anon_port65500/usr/sbin/nddset/dev/tcpudp_smallest_anon_port9000/usr/sbin/nddset/dev/tcpudp_largest_anon_port65500

Nowsetthepermissionsonthefilesoitisexecutedduringstartup:

root@rodolfo:~#chmod744/etc/rc3.d/S01oranetwork

Adjustfiledescriptorlimitssystemwidebyeditingthe/etc/systemfile:



root@rodolfo:~#vi/etc/system

#addedforOracle11gR2setrlim_fd_max=65536setrlim_fd_cur=65536

NextwearegoingtocreategroupsforourOracleinstall:

groupaddg1000oinstallgroupaddg1001asmadmingroupaddg1002asmdbagroupaddg1003asmopergroupaddg1004dbagroupaddg1005oper

Nowwecancreatetwousers;gridandoracle.OracleisnowadvocatingseparatingtheGridInfrastructureownerfromtheOracledatabaseowner.

useraddu500goinstallGasmoper,asmadmin,asmdba,dbad/export/home/gridmgrid

useraddu501goinstallGoper,dba,asmdbad/export/home/oraclemoracle



Setpasswordsforthegridandoracleuserswiththepasswdcommand.RememberSolaris11demandsthatpasswordshaveatleastonenumeric:

root@rodolfo:~#passwdgridNewPassword:ReenternewPassword:passwd:passwordsuccessfullychangedforgrid

root@rodolfo:~#passwdoracleNewPassword:ReenternewPassword:passwd:passwordsuccessfullychangedfororacle

NextwewillcreatethedirectorieswherewewillinstalltheGridInfrastructureandOracledatabase.Sincewenowhavetwousersforthesepurposes,theywillnolongershareacommonOracleBaseaswithinstallationsonLinuxorearlierversionsofthedatabase.

mkdirp/u01/app/gridmkdirp/u01/app/grid/11gR2mkdirp/u01/app/oraclemkdirp/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/db_1

chmodR775/u01chownRgrid:oinstall/u01chownRoracle:oinstall/u01/app/oracle



WitholderreleasesofSolaris,kernelsettingswouldbeaddedtothe/etc/systemandwouldbehostwide.WithSolaris10and11,wenowuseprojectstosetkernelparametersforindividualusersorevenprocesses.

Inthefollowingexample,wesetthekernelparametersforournewgridandoracleusers.Asrootexecutethefollowing:

projaddUgridK"project.maxshmmemory=(priv,6g,deny)"user.gridprojmodsK"project.maxsemnsems=(priv,512,deny)"user.gridprojmodsK"project.maxsemids=(priv,128,deny)"user.gridprojmodsK"project.maxshmids=(priv,128,deny)"user.gridprojmodsK"process.maxfiledescriptor=(priv,65536,deny)"user.grid

projaddUoracleK"project.maxshmmemory=(priv,6g,deny)"user.oracleprojmodsK"project.maxsemnsems=(priv,512,deny)"user.oracleprojmodsK"project.maxsemids=(priv,128,deny)"user.oracleprojmodsK"project.maxshmids=(priv,128,deny)"user.oracleprojmodsK"process.maxfiledescriptor=(priv,65536,deny)"user.oracle

Nowweneedtoaddsomeadditionalentriestotheprofilescriptsofournewusers.

Editthefile/export/home/grid/.profileandaddthefollowing:



umask022

exportORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/gridexportORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/grid/11gR2exportORACLE_SID=+ASM

exportPATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/sfw/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:.

exportLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/usr/dt/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/oracm/libexportCLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/network/jlib

exportTEMP=/tmpexportTMPDIR=/tmp

ulimitn65536ulimittunlimitedulimitfunlimitedulimitdunlimitedulimitsunlimitedulimitvunlimited

Next,editthefile/export/home/oracle/.profileandaddthefollowing:



umask022

exportORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracleexportORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/db_1exportORACLE_SID=gctdevexportPATH=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/home/oracle:.exportLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/oracm/libexportCLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jdbc:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib$ORACLE_HOME/network/jlibexportTEMP=/tmpexportTMPDIR=/tmp

ulimitn65536ulimittunlimitedulimitfunlimitedulimitdunlimitedulimitsunlimitedulimitvunlimited

NowlogintoeachaccountgridandoraclefromtheSolarisdesktop.Ineachcaseyouwillbepromptedtoselectthedesktopenvironment.SelectGnomeforbothusers.

PartVAddDiskforASM.




DuringourVMcreationweaddedasecondSCSIdisksizedat5GBthatwewillusetosupportASM.

BeforeASMcanuseithowever,wemustpartitionit.TodothisweusetheSolaris11formatcommand.LogintoyourVMasthedefaultuserandthensutoroot:

root@rodolfo:~#formatSearchingfordisks...done

AVAILABLEDISKSELECTIONS:0.c4t0d0/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@0,01.c4t1d0/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@1,0Specifydisk(enteritsnumber):

Intheaboveexamplewecanseetwodisksnumbered0and1.

Disk0isthe40GBSCSIdiskwhereweinstalledSolaris.Disk1istheseconddiskweaddedforASM.Wecanenter1toselectthediskforpartitioning.



Specifydisk(enteritsnumber):1selectingc4t1d0[diskformatted]NoSolarisfdiskpartitionfound.

FORMATMENU:diskselectadisktypeselect(define)adisktypepartitionselect(define)apartitiontablecurrentdescribethecurrentdiskformatformatandanalyzethediskfdiskrunthefdiskprogramrepairrepairadefectivesectorlabelwritelabeltothediskanalyzesurfaceanalysisdefectdefectlistmanagementbackupsearchforbackuplabelsverifyreadanddisplaylabelssavesavenewdisk/partitiondefinitionsinquiryshowdiskIDvolnameset8charactervolumename!execute,thenreturnquitformat>

TheformatutilityreportsthatNoSolarisfdiskpartitionfoundsothisdiskhasnotbeenpreparedforusebySolaris.

Tocreateapartitiontableonit,weusethefdiskoption:



format>fdiskNofdisktableexists.Thedefaultpartitionforthediskis:

a100%"SOLARISSystem"partition

Type"y"toacceptthedefaultpartition,otherwisetype"n"toeditthepartitiontable.

AcceptthedefaultbytypingY.Wecannowreviewthedefaultpartitionsbyenteringpartition.



format>partition

PARTITIONMENU:0change`0'partition1change`1'partition2change`2'partition3change`3'partition4change`4'partition5change`5'partition6change`6'partition7change`7'partitionselectselectapredefinedtablemodifymodifyapredefinedpartitiontablenamenamethecurrenttableprintdisplaythecurrenttablelabelwritepartitionmapandlabeltothedisk!execute,thenreturnquitpartition>

Wearegoingtochangepartitionzero,soenter0.

partition>0PartTagFlagCylindersSizeBlocks0unassignedwm00(0/0/0)0



Enterdefaultsforthepartitionidtagandpermissionflags:

Enterpartitionidtag[unassigned]:Enterpartitionpermissionflags[wm]:

OnX86Solarissystems,thestartingcylinderforapartitoncannotbe0,becauseadditionalbootinformation,includingthemasterbootrecord,iswritteninsector0[OracleSolarisAdministration:DevicesandFileSystemsChapter13]

Thereforethepartitonwillstartatcylinder1,andwesizeat4.95GB.

Enternewstartingcyl[0]:1Enterpartitionsize[0b,0c,1e,0.00mb,0.00gb]:4.95g

Wecannowreviewthepartitionwearecreating:



partition>printCurrentpartitiontable(unnamed):Totaldiskcylindersavailable:2557+2(reservedcylinders)

PartTagFlagCylindersSizeBlocks0unassignedwm125354.95GB(2535/0/0)103833601unassignedwm00(0/0/0)02backupwu025564.99GB(2557/0/0)104734723unassignedwm00(0/0/0)04unassignedwm00(0/0/0)05unassignedwm00(0/0/0)06unassignedwm00(0/0/0)07unassignedwm00(0/0/0)08bootwu002.00MB(1/0/0)40969unassignedwm00(0/0/0)0

Ifthisalllookscorrect,typelabeltocompletetheprocess.Thenenterquit:



partition>labelReadytolabeldisk,continue?y

partition>quit

FORMATMENU:diskselectadisktypeselect(define)adisktypepartitionselect(define)apartitiontablecurrentdescribethecurrentdiskformatformatandanalyzethediskfdiskrunthefdiskprogramrepairrepairadefectivesectorlabelwritelabeltothediskanalyzesurfaceanalysisdefectdefectlistmanagementbackupsearchforbackuplabelsverifyreadanddisplaylabelssavesavenewdisk/partitiondefinitionsinquiryshowdiskIDvolnameset8charactervolumename!execute,thenreturnquitformat>

IrecommendyoulabelthediskyoujustcreatedsothatyouwillrememberthatishasbeenpreparedforusewithASM.Usethevolnamecommandtonamethedisk:



format>volnameasmdisk1Enter8charactervolumename(rememberquotes)[""]:Readytolabeldisk,continue?y

Wecannowverifyourworkwiththeverifycommand:



format>verify

Primarylabelcontents:

Volumename=asciiname=pcyl=2559ncyl=2557acyl=2bcyl=0nhead=128nsect=32PartTagFlagCylindersSizeBlocks0unassignedwm125354.95GB(2535/0/0)103833601unassignedwm00(0/0/0)02backupwu025564.99GB(2557/0/0)104734723unassignedwm00(0/0/0)04unassignedwm00(0/0/0)05unassignedwm00(0/0/0)06unassignedwm00(0/0/0)07unassignedwm00(0/0/0)08bootwu002.00MB(1/0/0)40969unassignedwm00(0/0/0)0

Thisalllooksgood,soletsquitbacktotheOS:

format>quit



Finallyweneedtochangetheownershipofthenewlypartitioneddisk:

chowngrid:asmadmin/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s0chmod660/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s0

PartVIInstallGridInfrastructure.


InthenextstepwearegoingtoinstalltheGridInfrastructure.Rememberwearegoingtodothisunderthegriduser,nottheoracleuser.

LogintoyourSolarisVMasgrid.

InthisexampleIamgoingtousethesilentinstallfeatureofOracletocompletetheinstall.AndIamgoingtodosousingaterminalemulator.

AsIexplainedearlier,IhavehadendlesstroublewiththeGnomedesktopofSolaris,whichseemstosporadicallyjustlockup,causingtheentireVMtostopcompletely.

AtsomepointIwillenablecoredumpsandtalktomybuddiesoveratVMWareaboutthis,butfornowIwanttolearnmoreaboutOracleandASMonSolaris,nothowtobecomeaSolarisAdminoraSolarisonVMmaster.

TheinterestedDBAshouldexaminethegridresponsefileindetailbeforeselectingthismethodofinstall,andbecomfortablewithallthe



TheinterestedDBAshouldexaminethegridresponsefileindetailbeforeselectingthismethodofinstall,andbecomfortablewithallthedirectivesbeingused.

Mycompletegrid.rspfilecanbefoundhere:grid.rsp(https://gruffdba.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/grid_solx8611_11_2_0_3.doc).

Note:WordPressdoesnotallowstraighttextfilestobeuploaded,sotheextensionisDOC,althoughitisarawASCIItextfile.

Loginasthegriduserandnavigatetothedirectorywherethegridinstallsoftwareisheld,andlaunchtheinstallasfollows:



rid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$./runInstallersilentforceresponseFile$HOME/grid.rspStartingOracleUniversalInstaller...

CheckingTempspace:mustbegreaterthan180MB.Actual6056MBPassedCheckingswapspace:mustbegreaterthan150MB.Actual6606MBPassedPreparingtolaunchOracleUniversalInstallerfrom/tmp/OraInstall20130324_105042PM.Pleasewait...grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$Youcanfindthelogofthisinstallsessionat:/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/installActions20130324_105042PM.logTheinstallationofOracleGridInfrastructurewassuccessful.Pleasecheck'/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/silentInstall20130324_105042PM.log'formoredetails.

Asarootuser,executethefollowingscript(s):1./u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh2./u01/app/grid/11gR2/root.sh

Asinstalluser,executethefollowingscripttocompletetheconfiguration.1./u01/app/grid/11gR2/cfgtoollogs/configToolAllCommands

Note:1.Thisscriptmustberunonthesamesystemfromwhereinstallerwasrun.2.Thisscriptneedsasmallpasswordpropertiesfileforconfigurationassistantsthatrequirepasswords(refertoinstallguidedocumentation).

SuccessfullySetupSoftware.

Attheendoftheinstallprocess,theinstallerpromptsustoexexutetwoscriptsastherootuser.

Startanewterminalsessionandloginasroot,thenexecutethetwoscriptsshownabove:



root@rodolfo:~#/u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.shChangingpermissionsof/u01/app/oraInventory.Addingread,writepermissionsforgroup.Removingread,write,executepermissionsforworld.

Changinggroupnameof/u01/app/oraInventorytooinstall.Theexecutionofthescriptiscomplete.

root@rodolfo:~#/u01/app/grid/11gR2/root.shCheck/u01/app/grid/11gR2/install/root_rodolfo.hadesnet_20130324_232406.logfortheoutputofrootscript

Oncethescriptscomplete,executethethirdscriptasthegriduser:

grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$/u01/app/grid/11gR2/cfgtoollogs/configToolAllCommandsSettingtheinvPtrLocto/u01/app/grid/11gR2/oraInst.loc

performmodeisstartingforaction:configure

performmodefinishedforaction:configure

Youcanseethelogfile:/u01/app/grid/11gR2/cfgtoollogs/oui/configActions20130325_024155PM.log

NowweneedtocreatetheASMinstance.TodothisIfinditbeneficaltoaddadummyentryintotheoratabfile,toallowmetosourcethe



NowweneedtocreatetheASMinstance.TodothisIfinditbeneficaltoaddadummyentryintotheoratabfile,toallowmetosourcetheOracleenvironment.

Editthefile/var/opt/oracle/oratabandaddthefollowing:

DUMMY:/u01/app/grid/11gR2:N

Nowwecansetupourenvironmentusingtheoraenvfile:

grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$.oraenvORACLE_SID=[+ASM]?DUMMYTheOraclebasehasbeensetto/u01/app/grid

NowletscheckthatthediskweaddedearlierisreadytobecomepartofourASMdiskgroup.Usethekfodtooltocheckforallavailabledisks:

grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$kfoddisks=allop=disksDiskSizePathUserGroup================================================================================1:5070Mb/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s0gridasmadmin



Iftheabovecommanddoesnotfindanydisks,checkPartIVagainandensurethatthepermissionsonthediskaresetcorrectly.

WecancreateourASMinstanceandDATAdiskgroupwiththeasmcacommand:

asmcasilentconfigureASM\sysAsmPasswordorasolX86\asmsnmpPasswordorasolX86\diskGroupNameDATA\diskList'/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s0'\redundancyEXTERNAL\au_size1\compatible.asm'11.2.0.0.0'\compatible.rdbms'11.2.0.0.0'\diskString'/dev/rdsk/*'

The11.2.0.3softwaredemandsthattheASMandSNMPpasswordsareatleasteightcharacterslong,haveatleastoneuppercase,onelowercaseandonenumeric.Failuretomeetthesestandardswillresultinwarnings.

WehavespecifiedthatwearegoingtocreateaDATAdiskgroupwithexternalredundancy,anallocationunitsizeof1MBandthediskgroupwillbebuiltonthedisk/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s0.

Thefollowingshowsthecommandbeingexecuted:



grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$asmcasilentconfigureASM\>sysAsmPasswordorasolX86\>asmsnmpPasswordorasolX86\>diskGroupNameDATA\>diskList'/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s0'\>redundancyEXTERNAL\>au_size1\>compatible.asm'11.2.0.0.0'\>compatible.rdbms'11.2.0.0.0'\>diskString'/dev/rdsk/*'

ASMcreatedandstartedsuccessfully.

DiskGroupDATAcreatedsuccessfully.

NextweneedtocreatealistenerintheGridhometosupportourdatabases.SincewearetryingtoavoidtheGnomedeskotphere,Iamagaingoingtousethesilentoption.

Howeverthenetcatoolrequiresafunctionaldisplay,evenwhenrunninginsilentmode.Moreover,itneedstheAWT_TOOLKITvariabletosettoXToolkittooperate.

Why?Whoknows.AllIknowisthisisHardwareandSoftwareEngineeredtoWorkTogethersometimes.

Okay,hereishowtosetupthelistener:



grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$exportDISPLAY=localhost:0grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$exportAWT_TOOLKIT=XToolkitgrid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$netcasilentresponsefile$ORACLE_HOME/network/install/netca_typ.rsp

Parsingcommandlinearguments:Parameter"silent"=trueParameter"responsefile"=/u01/app/grid/11gR2/network/install/netca_typ.rspDoneparsingcommandlinearguments.OracleNetServicesConfiguration:Profileconfigurationcomplete.OracleNetListenerStartup:Listenerstartedsuccessfully.Listenerconfigurationcomplete.OracleNetServicesconfigurationsuccessful.Theexitcodeis0

WecannowcheckthestateofourGridinstallwiththecrs_statcommand:

grid@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/grid$crs_stattNameTypeTargetStateHostora.DATA.dgora....up.typeONLINEONLINErodolfoora....ER.lsnrora....er.typeONLINEONLINErodolfoora.asmora.asm.typeONLINEONLINErodolfoora.cssdora.cssd.typeONLINEONLINErodolfoora.diskmonora....on.typeOFFLINEOFFLINEora.evmdora.evm.typeONLINEONLINErodolfo



PartVIIInstallDatabase.


Finallywearegoingtoinstallthedatabasesoftwareandcreateadatabase.

LogintotheSolarisVMastheoracleuserusingaterminalsession.AgainIamgoingtouseasilentinstallduetothestabilityproblemsoftheGnomedesktop.

TheinterestedDBAshouldexaminethedbresponsefileindetailbeforeselectingthismethodofinstall,andbecomfortablewithallthedirectivesbeingused.

Mycompletedb.rspfilecanbefoundhere:db.rsp(https://gruffdba.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/db_solx8611_11_2_0_3.doc).

Note:WordPressdoesnotallowstraighttextfilestobeuploaded,sotheextensionisDOC,althoughitisarawASCIItextfile.

IftheDISPLAYvariableissetwhenyouruntheinstallprocessinsilentmode,theinstallerwillcrash,sofirstwewillunsetthevariableandthenlaunchthetheinstaller.



oracle@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/database$unsetDISPLAY

oracle@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/database$./runInstallersilentforceresponseFile$HOME/db.rspStartingOracleUniversalInstaller...

CheckingTempspace:mustbegreaterthan180MB.Actual5415MBPassedCheckingswapspace:mustbegreaterthan150MB.Actual6200MBPassedPreparingtolaunchOracleUniversalInstallerfrom/tmp/OraInstall20130324_114527PM.Pleasewait...oracle@rodolfo:/media/ORASOL/database$Youcanfindthelogofthisinstallsessionat:/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/installActions20130324_114527PM.logTheinstallationofOracleDatabase11gwassuccessful.Pleasecheck'/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/silentInstall20130324_114527PM.log'formoredetails.

Asarootuser,executethefollowingscript(s):1./u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/db_1/root.sh

SuccessfullySetupSoftware.

Theinstallprocesspromptustorunonescriptastherootuser,sobeforewecompletetheprocess,connecttotheSolarisVMastherootuserandexecutethescript:

root@rodolfo:~#/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/db_1/root.shCheck/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0.3/db_1/install/root_rodolfo.hadesnet_20130325_002807.logfortheoutputofrootscript



Withtheoraclesoftwarenowinstalled,wecancreateourdatabase.NoteIamgoingtousethesameASMSNMPpasswordIspecifiedinmyasmcacommandearlier

oracle@rodolfo:~$dbcasilent\>createDatabase\>asmsnmpPasswordorasolX86\>characterSetWE8ISO8859P15\>continueOnNonFatalErrorsfalse\>disableSecurityConfigurationALL\>diskGroupNameDATA\>emConfigurationNONE\>gdbNamegctdev.local\>listenersLISTENER\>memoryPercentage40\>recoveryAreaDestinationDATA\>sidgctdev\>SysPasswordoracle\>SystemPasswordoracle\>storageTypeASM\>sampleSchematrue\>templateNameGeneral_Purpose.dbcsh:line1:showrev:notfoundsh:line1:/usr/sbin/patchadd:notfoundCopyingdatabasefiles1%complete3%complete10%complete17%complete24%complete31%complete35%complete



CreatingandstartingOracleinstance37%complete42%complete47%complete52%complete53%complete56%complete58%completeRegisteringdatabasewithOracleRestart64%completeCompletingDatabaseCreation68%complete71%complete75%complete85%complete96%complete100%completeLookatthelogfile"/u01/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/gctdev/gctdev.log"forfurtherdetails.

Andthatisit!

TestrebootingyourSolarisVMtoensureOracleRestartrestartsyourdatabase.

OnethoughtonSilentInstallofOracle11.2.0.3onSolaris11x86

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