Debuggers: Oracle Application Release 12 Single Node Installation

Disk space requirements:

Application node (Fresh & Vision database) - 28 GB

Database node for Fresh database - 45GB

Database node for Vision demo database - 133GB

Stage area size - 33GB

Total Space for fresh Install - 73GB

Total Space for Vision - 161GB

Operating System Name	Supported Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	4.0 - Update 4 or higher (32-bit)

Kernel Requirements:

The following table lists the required minimum kernel versions.

Operating System	Kernel	Instructions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0	2.6.9-42.EL	To determine version, $ uname - r

Required Packages:

Check required rpms installed or not (Eg : rpm –q glibc-2.3.4-2.25 )

glibc-2.3.4-2.25

glibc-common-2.3.4-2.25

binutils-2.15.92.0.2-21

compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2

gcc-3.4.6-3

gcc-c++-3.4.6-3

libgcc-3.4.6-3

libstdc++-3.4.6-3

libstdc++-devel-3.4.6-3

openmotif21-2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6

pdksh-5.2.14-30.3

setarch-1.6-1

make-3.80-6.EL4

gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1

sysstat-5.0.5-11.rhel4

compat-db-4.1.25-9

control-center-2.8.0-12.rhel4.5

xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.11

libaio-0.3.105-2

libaio-devel-0.3.105-2

After installing these patches, run ldconfig -v. The openmotif package version numbering must be 2.1.30. For example, openmotif-2.2.3-10.RHEL4.5 is not supported.

Java version Requirements

$java –version

Java version should be minimum 1.4.2.

Sites to Download Rpms:

http://rpm.pbone.net/

http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/

Software Requirements:

Check this Softwares installed. ( Eg : which ar )

Ar, gcc , g++ , ld , ksh, make, Xdisplay

Kernel Settings:

Set following kernel parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf

set kernel.semmsl=256

set kernel.semmns=32000

set kernel.semopm=100

set kernel.semmni=142

set kernel.shmall=2097152

set kernel.shmmax=2147483648 (half of memory)

set kernel.shmmni=4096

set kernel.msgmax=8192

set kernel.msgmnb=65535

set kernel.msgmni=2878

set fs.file-max=65536

set net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range=1024 65000

set net.core.rmem_default=262144

set net.core.rmem_max=262144

set net.core.wmem_default=262144

set net.core.wmem_max=262144

After editing the file, use the "sysctl -p" command or restart the system to invoke the new

settings.

Domain Name System (DNS) Resolver Parameters:

Following entries to these minimum settings in the /etc/resolv.conf file on each server node:

options attempts:5

options timeout:15

Verifying Host Names:

Verify that the /etc/hosts file is formatted as follows:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

Verify that the /etc/sysconfig/network file is formatted as follows:

HOSTNAME=.

If the /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/network file exists, remove it.

If you changed any files in the previous steps, restart the system.

Modifying the Number of Open File Descriptors:

Open the /etc/security/limits.conf file and change the existing values for "hard" and "soft" parameters as follows. Restart the system after making changes.

  * hard nofile 65535

  * soft nofile 4096

  * hard nproc 16384

  * soft nproc 2047

Net Service Listeners in Multi-user Installations:

$ chmod 777 /var/tmp/.oracle

Creating the Stage Area Directory:

Create directory for staging

$cd /

$mkdir stage

Verify software version (perl).

You must have perl 5.0053 or higher installed, and it must be in your PATH. Use

the following commands to identify the perl version and its location. The command

is the same for both UNIX and Windows platforms:

$perl -v

Mount the DVD

Run the adautostg.pl script.

$ perl /mnt/cdrom/Disk1/rapidwiz/adautostg.pl

Before starting installation check rapidwiz version:

Current Version of Rapid Install

The most current version of the Rapid Install wizard is 12.0.0.22. You can obtain this version by applying patch 5885627, available at OracleMetaLink. To verify your current version, use the RapidWizVersion executable, located in the rapidwiz directory on the Start Here DVD. For example:

UNIX:

$ cd /Stage12/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz

$ ./RapidWizVersion

To update the Start Here DVD, uncompress the patch in the main staging area to overwrite the startCD directory. For example:

UNIX:

$ cd /Stage12

$ unzip -o p5885627_R12_GENERIC.zip

OS user account settings:

Create group for user

$groupadd dba

$useradd –g dba oracle

$useradd –g applmgr

Change read write execute permission and ownership to directories where going to install application and database

$chmod 777 /u01

$chmod 777 /u02

Start installation

$ /stage/Stage12i/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/rapidwiz

Sample screen shots of Oracle Applications Release 12 Rapid Install Wizard

Application Home Page:

http://hostname.domainname:8000

Make profile entry for Users

For Database tier User ( .bash_profile )

. /u01/oracle/PROD/db/tech_st/10.2.0/PROD_r12.env

For Application tier User ( .bash_profile )

. /u02/oracle/PROD/apps/apps_st/appl/APPSPROD_r12.env

References:

Metalink Note: 402310.1

Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 for Linux (32-bit)

Metalink Note: 405565.1

Oracle Applications Release 12 Installation Guidelines

Metalink Note: 405293.1

Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12

B31295-04

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B40089_05/current/acrobat/120oaig.pdf