Not just a DBA !!!: Install Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0(32-bit)

Documentation for Oracle Database 11gR2: http://www.oracle.com/pls/db112/homepage

Database Quick Installation Guide for Linux x86

Database Installation Guide for Linux

We will directly jump to creating OS groups and user for Database software installation.

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e24321/pre_install.htm#BABHHEJD

1. OCM1 VM was configured to use DHCP for IP and hostname. It was showing localhost.localdomain as hostname.

2. I changed hostname using system-config-network and updated hostname to ocm1.example.com

3. I left DHCP for IP address assignment.

4. Create below groups for database. I am not going to create ASM related groups yet.

/usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall

/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 502 dba

/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 503 oper

5. Create software owner i.e. oracle user:

/usr/sbin/useradd -u 501 -g oinstall -G dba oracle

passwd oracle

6. Create Oracle Base Directory

as root:

# mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle

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

# chmod -R 775 /u01/app/oracle

**added below lines because of INS-32031 and INS-32033… See details http://vishalorcl.blogspot.com/2013/09/ins-32031-ins-32033-while-installing.html

# mkdir –p /u01/app/oraInventory

# chown –R oracle:oinstall /u01/app/oraInventory

# chmod –R 775 /u01/app/oraInventory

7. Create software staging directory

as root:

# mkdir -p /sw

# chown -R oracle:oinstall /sw

# chmod -R 775 /sw

8. Login as oracle user and download “Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 (32-bit)”

11/10/11: Patch Set 11.2.0.3 for Linux, Solaris, Windows, AIX and HP-UX Itanium is now available on support.oracle.com. Note: it is a full installation (you do not need to download 11.2.0.1 first).

Download patchset 10404530

(****OLD*** I realize the initial disk allocation of 12GB would not be enough as 11.2.0.3 software itself is 6GB. I currently have 4.5 GB free, so I would have to increase the hard disk size to 30GB so that I dont have to increase it so often as I will have to create a database later. Follow Increase VirtualBox Hard Disk (VDI) size )

9. unzip all the files in the same folder

10. It will generate: client, database, deinstall, examples, gateways, grid

11. Go to database and start OUI using:

./runInstaller

Screenshots:

==> Fixed this (http://vishalorcl.blogspot.com/2013/09/ins-32031-ins-32033-while-installing.html )