install ORACLE on SOLARIS

ORACLE 11g R2 Solaris x86_64 Installation Guide on Solaris 10 u9 x86_64

1. Prerequisite Installation

a.       RAM min 4G

HDD min 3.73 for Software and 1.48 for Data Files (Standard edition)
b.      JRE or JDK file version 1.5 or above.

By default, Solaris 10 u9 has installed java on the system.

For example, the following is the java version on 192.168.1.51

# java -version

java version "1.6.0_21"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode)

c.  Package Requirement files

Install package files as follow with the command :

       #pkgadd –d . package_directory_name

The followings are the Package files to be needed by Oracle 11g R2 installation.

SUNWarc                    ready installed

SUNWbtool                  ready installed

SUNWhea                    ready installed

SUNWlibC                   ready installed

SUNWlibm                   ready installed

SUNWlibms                  ready installed

SUNWsprot                  ready installed

SUNWtoo                    ready installed

SUNWi1of                   ready installed

SUNWi1cs (ISO8859-1)       need to be installed from DVD OS Source folder “Products”

SUNWi15cs (ISO8859-15)     need to be installed from DVD OS Source folder “Products”

SUNWxwfnt                  ready installed

SUNWcsl                    ready installed

The Package files can be found in folder “product” of  DVD Solaris 10 u9.

To determine the package is installed on the system, use the following command

#pkginfo –i SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibC SUNWlibms SUNWsprot

#pkginfo -i SUNWtoo SUNWi1of SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs SUNWxwfnt

d.      Patches Requirement files

Install patches files as follow with the command :

       #patchadd –M patch_id

The followings are the Patchesfiles to be needed by Oracle 11g R2 installation.

120754-06: SunOS 5.10_x86 libmtsk

119961-05: SunOS 5.10_x86: Assembler

119964-14: SunOS 5.10_x86 Shared library patch for C++_x86

137104-02

139575-03

139556-08

141445-09 (11.2.0.2)

141415-04

The patches usually is ready installed on Solaris 10 u9, but if not installed, you should have from Oracle – Solaris support.

To determine the package is installed on the system, use the following command

# /usr/sbin/patchadd -p | grep patch_number(without version number)

# /usr/sbin/patchadd -p | grep 120754

 

I.                   2. Oracle 11gR2 Installation

Login as root into Solaris 10 u9.

Add group installation and dba

# /usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall

# /usr/sbin/groupadd dba

Add user oracle

If user oracle exist please check by command:

# /usr/sbin/usermod -g oinstall -G dba oracle

If user oracle doesn’t exist please type the following command:

# useradd -g oinstall -G dba -d /export/home/oracle -s /usr/bin/bash oracle

# mkdir /export/home/oracle

# chown oracle:oinstall /export/home/oracle

# passwd -r files oracle

Login as “oracle” user into Solaris 10 u9.

# su - oracle

Copy the zip installation file  :

“solaris.x64_11gR2_database_1of2.zip & solaris.x64_11gR2_database_2of2.zip” into oracle home directory:  export /home/oracle

Use WinSCP to copy zip file from your windows xp into oracle home directory

Unzip the zip installation file :

$ unzip solaris.x64_11gR2_database_1of2.zip

$ unzip solaris.x64_11gR2_database_2of2.zip

You will have “database” folder containing the installation oracle files.

Login as root into Solaris 10 u9.

Edit and Setup Kernel Parameter, bu use the project to configure kernel parameter, it will impact to /etc/system file

#projadd -U oracle -K "project.max-shm-memory=(priv,4g,deny)" oracle

#projmod -sK "project.max-sem-nsems=(priv,256,deny)" oracle

#projmod -sK "project.max-sem-ids=(priv,100,deny)" oracle

#projmod -sK "project.max-shm-ids=(priv,100,deny)" oracle

# cat /etc/project

Verify resource control is actived

# su - oracle

$ id -p

uid=100(oracle) gid=100(dba) projid=100(group.dba)

$ prctl -n project.max-shm-memory -i process $$

$ exit

Make Folder installation and change the directory the permission to “oracle” user software

# mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle

# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/app/oracle

# chmod -R 775 /u01/app/oracle

# mkdir -p /u02/oradata

# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u02/oradata

# chmod -R 775 /u02/oradata

Login as “oracle”user by type :

# su - oracle

Edit and setup your profile (bash profile)

$ vi .bash_profile

Add the following line into .bash_profile file

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then

        . ~/.bashrc

fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

TMP=/tmp; export TMP

TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE

ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.2.0/db_home; export ORACLE_HOME

ORACLE_SID=sales; export ORACLE_SID

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/export/home/oracle/database:$ORACLE_HOME/bin

Relogin as “oracle” user to get an effect from .bash_profile.

$ exit

# su - oracle

Set DISPLAY variable on the local or remote machine

$ export DISPLAY=local_host:0.0

$ export  192.168.1.57:0.0       

  à if installed through server/local machine

$ export  192.168.1.222:0.0

  à if installed through remote (using xManager remote desktop)

Now to enable X applications, run the following commands on the other terminal winndows of the local computer:

# login: root

# xhost +

Install the Oracle Database by type the following command:

$cd database

$pwd

/home/oracle/database

$./runInstaller