Oracle 11g R2 Install and Getting-Started on RHEL 6 Linux

This is an Easy and Step-by-Step Guide to Install the Oracle 11g R2 Database on RHEL 6 Relax and Take the Time to Reading, Understanding and Executing Carefully the Instructions Contained here.

1. Download the Database Release Oracle 11g R2 2. Open a Terminal Window 3. Login as SuperUser:
su

4. Make Network Configuration Check you hostname and IP is on /etc/hosts Get your hostname:
hostname

Get your IP:

/sbin/ifconfig

You will Find your Ip under the Output "lo" Section. Check if Hostname and IP are already inserted into the Enabled Hosts File.
cat /etc/hosts

If It's Not Present then Insert it!

nano /etc/hosts

Insert: <IP HOSTNAME.DOMAINNAME HOSTNAME> Example: '127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost' Add you Host IP to the List of Hosts Granted of Connection with the X Server
xhost +<yourIP>

Example: #xhost +127.0.0.1

5. Link to Setup YUM for Oracle 11g on RHEL: YUM 6. Install dependencies
7. yum install binutils glibc compat-libstdc++-33 glibc-common \ 8. glibc-devel glibc-headers elfutils-libelf elfutils-libelf-devel \ 9. elfutils gcc gcc-c++ ksh libaio libaio-devel libgcc libstdc++-devel \ make numactl-devel sysstat mksh

10. Add Groups and User

groupadd groupadd groupadd groupadd -g -g -g -g 502 503 504 505 oinstall dba oper asmadmin

useradd -u 502 -g oinstall -G dba,asmadmin,oper oracle passwd oracle

11. Create the directories where Oracle will be installed and give right ownership and permission
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01 chmod -R 775 /u01

12. Set Kernel's Parameters

nano /etc/sysctl.conf

Add or amend the following lines in the /etc/sysctl.conf file.

#### Oracle 11g Kernel Parameters #### fs.suid_dumpable = 1 fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576 fs.file-max = 6815744 kernel.shmall = 2097152 kernel.shmmax = 536870912 kernel.shmmni = 4096 # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500 net.core.rmem_default=4194304 net.core.rmem_max=4194304 net.core.wmem_default=262144 net.core.wmem_max=1048586

Comment out these lines below than give an error

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

nano /etc/security/limits.conf

Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file.

#### oracle User Settings 4 Oracle 11g #### oracle soft nproc 2047 oracle hard nproc 16384 oracle soft nofile 1024 oracle hard nofile 65536 oracle soft stack 10240

nano /etc/selinux/config

Disable Secure Linux by editing the /etc/selinux/config file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows.
SELINUX=disabled

Run the following command to Load the New Kernel Parameters.

/sbin/sysctl -p

13. Unzip the Oracle 11g Database, Set oracle as Owner and Move it into the oracle's Home
cd </path/To/linux_11gR2*.zip> unzip linux_11gR2_database_1of2.zip unzip linux_11gR2_database_2of2.zip chown -R oracle:oinstall database mv database /home/oracle

14. Add Paths to Oracle's .bash_profile Login as Oracle

su oracle

Edit .bashrc file

nano /home/oracle/.bash_profile

Insert:

# Oracle Settings TMP=/tmp; export TMP TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR ORACLE_HOSTNAME=<HOSTNAME>; export ORACLE_HOSTNAME ORACLE_UNQNAME=DB11G; export ORACLE_UNQNAME ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1; export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID=<DBSID>; export ORACLE_SID PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH; export PATH PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH

Substitute HOSTNAME and DBSID with the Values you Will Use During Software Installation In this Example Respectively: HOSTNAME = 127.0.0.1 DBSID = SID 15. Install the Oracle 11g Software
cd /home/oracle/database ./runInstaller o o

If you Get: "Check if the DISPLAY variable is set. Failed". Look Link Below. Link2+ Oracle 11g Database Troubleshooting

On the first screen Just Insert your email and Click on Next

On "Select Installation Option" Select "Install database software only" and Click on Next

On Step 3 Leave Default "Single instance database installation" and Click on Next

On Step 4 Select your Language and Click on Next

On Step 5 Leave Default Enterprise Edition and Click on Next

On "Installation Location" Set All As Here Below and Click on Next

o o

Oracle Base: /u01/app/oracle Software Location: /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1

These are the Same Settings Inserted into the .bash_profile File...

On "Create Inventory" if you Setup the Path on .bash_profile Like Here Leave Default and Click on Next

On "Operating System Groups" if you Setup the Path on .bash_profile Like Here Leave Default and Click on Next

On "Prerequisite Checks" you will Get Easily a "Warning Message" about some Missing Requirements

On the "Summary" Click on "Save Response File" to Take Note of Settings and then Click on Finish

The Installation Product Procedure should Start... Wait Until Successful Achievement. Right Before the End of Process a Pop-Up Window will Show the Path to Two Configuration Scripts you Need to Execute on Terminal!

Last Oracle Should Confirm you of a Successful Installation End.)