KentW Limited

This is a sub-post to Installing Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2.

These are instructions for non-DBA’s. I’m sure that there are smarter ways of doing this, but at least this is fairly simple and it works…

Installing OEL 6.4

Name	Part Number	Size
Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 for x86_64 (64 Bit)	V37084-01	3.5G

Burn a DVD and boot from this.

Installing on an empty HDD…

Click: Skip

Click: Next

Select: English

Click: Next

Select: United Kingdom

Click: Next

Select: Basic Storage Devices

Click: Next

This screen occurs when you have a new hard disk formatted as FAT or NTFS.

Uncheck: "Apply my choice to all…"

Click: Yes, discard my data

Select: Fresh Installation

Also if you upgrade from an older 32bit OEL you need to select this option

Click: Next

Enter: hpserver or localhost if you want to be able to move the installation around

Click: Next

Select: Europe/London

Click: Next

For a demo system enter a simple password like: oracle

Click:Next

Click: Use Anyway

Select: Create Custom Layout

Click: Next

I will partition the sdd harddisk.

If you have a 2Tb HDD:

Swap 50Gb for virtual memory (minimum 16Gb)

/ Remaining Gb for root for OEL, oracle and utilities

Select: sdd

Click: Create

Click: Create

File System Type: swap

Size: 50000Mb

Due to multiple drives I unchecked sdb and sdc.

Click: OK

Click: Create

Mount Point: /

Size: remaining

Click: OK

Click: Next

Click: Format

The sdd was pre-formatted with FAT to erase.

Click: Write changes to disk

Click: Change device

Click: OK

Ensure to pick correct hard disk if you have multiple.

Click: Next

Select: Basic Server

Select: Customize Now

Click:Next

For convenience later on add/check for {left pane:right pane: optional packages}:

• Base System: Legacy UNIX compatibility: ksh
• Servers: FTP Server
• Desktops: Fonts
• Desktops: Graphical Administration Tools
• Desktops: KDE Desktop
• Desktops: X Windows System
• Applications: Internet Browser
• Development: Additional Development
• Development: Development Tools: gcc-objc++

Click: Next

If you picked correctly above you should have 1210 packages to install.

If not you may have missing one but this can be installed later.

Click: Reboot

Be sure to disable or eject CD/DVD.

Click: Forward

Click: Forward.

Click: Forward

Add the Oracle user as we need this to install R12.2:

Username: oracle

Full Name: oracle

Password: oracle

Yes, just keep it simple.

Click: Forward

Click: Yes

Select: Synchronize data and time over the network

Click: Forward

Uncheck: Enable kdump

Click: Finish

Click: Yes

Click: OK

Configuring OEL 6.4

In order to run E-Business Suite R12.2 we need to do a few more things.

Login as: root

Konsole

Open a terminal using   and System:

Right click to add to Desktop:

Click Icon on desktop:

SELinux

Disable SELinux to avoid various problems:

# setenforce 0

# vi /etc/selinux/config

SELINUX=disabled

In vi you can use the following commands (some commands start with a ":"):

• :wq = Save and quit
• :q! = Quit without saving
• cw = Change word (end with ESC)
• o = New line and enter (end with ESC)
• dd = Delete current line

Networking

Enable the network (if not already connected):

Right Click and:

Click: Edit Connections

Click: Edit

Select: Connect automatically

Click tab: IPv4 Settings

For ease of connection use fixed ip and dns:

Click: Apply

Click: Close

Connected…

In case ip address is not correct; disconnect and reconnect:

Firewall

Disable firewall to avoid problems using:

# service iptables save

# service iptables stop

# chkconfig iptables off

FTP

Enable vsftp server

Click: Administration

Click: Service Management:

Select: vsftpd

Click: Enable

Click: Start

Enable root to use ftp by removing root user from these files:

# vi /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers

# vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list

Using vi commands "dd" to delete line with root and save using ":wq".

Required EBS Tools

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The following maintenance tools must be installed on all machines:

• ar: preinstalled from OEL install above
• gcc: preinstalled from OEL install above
• g++: preinstalled from OEL install above
• ksh: preinstalled from OEL install above
• ld: preinstalled from OEL install above
• linux32: preinstalled from OEL install above
• make: preinstalled from OEL install above
• X Display Server: preinstalled from OEL install above

You can check if the tool is installed by entering the command with –help like:

# g++ –help

If X Display Server is missing you will not have a desktop…

If any tools are missing use this:

# yum -y install ksh*

Using Web Browser access http://oss.oracle.com/projects/compat-oracle/files/Enterprise_Linux/:

Download:

• openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686
• openmotif21-debuginfo-2.1.30-11.EL6.i686.rpm
• xorg-x11-libs-compat-6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1.i386

Right Click link:

Click: Save Link As…

Click: Save

In Konsole run:

# cd Documents

# yum -y install libX11.so.6

# yum -y install libXext.so.6

# rpm -i xorg*.rpm

# rpm -i openmotif21-debug*.rpm

# yum -y install libICE.so.6

# yum -y install libSM.so.6

# yum -y install libXp.so.6

# yum -y install libXt.so.6

# rpm -i openmotif21-2.1.30*.rpm

Required EBS Packages

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The following OEL 6.4 packages are required (actual versions may vary but this is the minimum):

binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.20.el6.x86_64

compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-144.el6.i686

compat-libstdc++33-3.2.3-69.el6.i686

gcc-4.4.5-6.el6.x86_64

gcc-c++-4.4.5-6.el16.x86_64

glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 (32-bit)

glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.x86_64

glibc-common-2.12-1.7.el6.x86_64

glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.i686 (32-bit)

glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6.x86_64

libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6.i686

libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6.x86_64

libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6.i686

libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6.x86_64

libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.i686

libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6.x86_64

libXi-1.3-3.el6.i686

libXp-1.0.0-15.1.el6.i686

libXp-1.0.0-15.1.el6.x86_64

libaio-0.3.107-10.el6.i686

libaio-0.3.107-10.el6.x86_64

libgomp-4.4.4-13.el6.x86_64

make-3.81-19.el6.x86_64

gdbm-1.8.0-36.el6.i686

gdbm-1.8.0-36.el6.x86_64

sysstat-9.0.4-11.el6.x86_64

util-linux-ng-2.17.2-6.el6.x86_64

compat-libcap1-1.10-1.x86_64

compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6.x86_64

elfutils-libelf-devel-0.148.1-el6.x86_64

libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6.i686

libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6.x86_64

unixODBC-2.2.14-11.el6.i686

unixODBC-devel-2.2.14-11.el6.i686

xorg-x11-utils-7.4-8

If you are not sure if a package is installed you can use:

# rpm -q {package}

Using command (yum is to avoid dependency errors):

# yum -y install {package}

For example:

# rpm -q glibc-common

Returns:

glibc-common-2.12-1.107.el6_4.4.x86_64

If you put the above list of packages in a txt file you can use these commands:

# cat packages.txt | xargs rpm -q

Best is this:

# cat packages.txt | xargs yum -y install

Re-run the above statement until you get:

Nothing to do

Kernel Setup

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Edit /etc/sysctl.conf using vi and add:

# added by KentW

kernel.sem = 256 32000 100 142

kernel.shmall = 2097152

kernel.shmmax = 4294967295

kernel.shmmni = 4096

kernel.msgmax = 8192

kernel.msgmnb = 65535

kernel.msgmni = 2878

fs.file-max = 6815744

fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500

net.core.rmem_default = 262144

net.core.rmem_max = 4194304

net.core.wmem_default = 262144

net.core.wmem_max = 1048576

Put comment (#) in front of old duplicate entries, which should be:

#kernel.msgmnb = 65536

#kernel.msgmax = 65536

#kernel.shmmax = 68719476736

#kernel.shmall = 4294967296

Also put comment (#) in front of entries failing:

#net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0

#net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0

#net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0

If you save above list of required entries as a file you can use vi command for importing the file:

• :r {filename} = Imports an external file
• :wq = Save and exit
• i = Insert (end with ESC)
• i#ESC = Insert # and end

To make permanent either reboot or run:

# sysctl -p

Other fixes

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DNS

Edit /etc/resolv.conf and add the lines below:

options attempts:5

options timeout:15

Host Names

Edit /etc/hosts and add:

192.168.1.8 hpserver.kentw hpserver

Or for a moveable setup:

192.168.1.8 localhost.localdomain localhost

To verify try:

# ping hpserver

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network and add:

NETWORKING=yes

HOSTNAME=hpserver

NISDOMAIN=kentw

Or for a moveable setup:

NETWORKING=yes

HOSTNAME=localhost

NISDOMAIN=localdomain

Open File Descriptors

Edit /etc/security/limits.conf and add:

* hard nofile 65536

* soft nofile 4096

* hard nproc 16384

* soft nproc 2047

* hard stack 16384

* soft stack 10240

Motif Link

# unlink /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6
# ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libXtst.so.6.1 /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6

Oracle Directories

# mkdir /oracle

# chown oracle /oracle

# chgrp oracle /oracle

oraInst.loc

This file must be created manually:

# vi /etc/oraInst.loc

inventory_loc=/oracle/VIS/oraInventory

It is best to put this in VIS so in case of a re-install this directory is wiped as well during "rm -rf /oracle/VIS".

Ldconfig

To update libraries:

# ldconfig -v

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