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The following documents are a step by step guide to install Oracle Real Application Clusters
12c on Oracle Linux 6 using VirtualBox. The installation sequence below will get your 2
Node RAC running on your Laptop in a day or two.
1) Install Oracle RAC 12c R1 on Linux 6.4 using VirtualBox 4.2.16 checklist
2) Install VirtualBox 4.2.16 on Windows 7 64bit
3) Install Dual DHCP/DNS Server 7.10 on Windows 7
4) VirtualBox 4.2.16 setup and Linux 6.4 Installation for Oracle RAC 12c R1
5) Install Grid Infrastructure 12c R1 on Oracle Linux 6.4
6) Install Oracle RAC Database 12c R1 on Oracle Linux 6.4
7) Create Oracle RAC Database 12c R1 on Oracle Linux 6.4
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Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0) Media Pack v2 for Linux x86-64
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drwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 0 Jul 21 00:07 response
drwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 0 Jul 21 00:07 sshsetup
drwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 0 Jul 21 00:07 rpm
drwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 0 Jul 21 00:12 stage
drwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 0 Jul 21 00:13 install
[oracle@ol6-121-rac1 database]$ ./runInstaller
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking Temp space: must be greater than 500 MB. Actual 31925 MB
Passed
Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB. Actual 3967 MB
Passed
Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors.
Actual 16777216 Passed
Preparing to launch Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2013-
07-24_04-29-25PM. Please wait ...
Click Next
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Choose “Skip software updates” and click Next
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Choose “Install database software only”
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Select both Nodes and click Next
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Select English. Click Next
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Enter the oracle base and software location as below
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Save Response file
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Click Install
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Run the root.sh scripts as “root” user on both nodes.
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[root@ol6-121-rac1 db_1]# pwd
/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.1/db_1
[root@ol6-121-rac1 db_1]# ./root.sh
Performing root user operation for Oracle 12c
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The contents of "oraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
The contents of "coraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
Click Close
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[oracle@ol6-121-rac1 database]$ You can find the log of this install
session at:
/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/installActions2013-07-24_04-29-25PM.log
Shutdown both VMs and take the post-db snapshots if you needed to rollback to this point later.
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