Step by Step Guide in Installing Linux and Oracle Server

Prepared By: AJD Luistro (GES DEPT) Page 1

STEP BY STEP GUIDE IN INSTALLING LINUX AND ORACLE SERVER

Versions

Oracle Enterprise Linux : 5.5

Oracle Database : 11g

Contents

Part 1: Installing Oracle Enterprise Linux 02

Part 2: Staging Oracle 11g Database 21

Part 3: Installing and Configuring Oracle 11g System 30

Part 4: Configuring Oracle 11g Listener File 36

Part 5: Installing and Configuring Oracle 11g Database Instance 41

Part 6: Running the Enterprise Management Website 52

Part 7: Preparing the PL/SQL Server for Classroom Environment 55

Part 8: Configuring Client Access for PL/SQL Server 59

Part 9: Shutting Down Database Services 67

Part 10: Starting-Up Database Services 68


PART 1: INSTALLING ORACLE ENTERPRISE LINUX

1. Be sure to make your DVD-ROM the first boot followed by your local hard drive.

2. On the initial screen, Press Enter.

3. On the CD Found dialog box, select Skip and press Enter.

4. Press Next on the Welcome Screen.


5. Be sure that English (English) is selected as a default language and press Next.

6. On the Keyboard Selection, make sure that U.S. English is selected and press Next.


7. On the Warning dialog box, press YES.


8. Choose Custom Layout on the drop down menu and press Next.

9. Click the Free Partition and click New button to create a Boot Partition.

Note:

1. This installation guide assumes that you don’t have a Windows operating system installed. If

you plan to do dual booting of both OS (Windows and Linux), Install first the Windows OS.

2. If the hard disk has a Data or partitioned with any file system. It should be deleted either by

Windows Disk management or Linux Installer.


3. If deleting thru the Linux Installer use the Delete button to free the partition.

10. On the Add Partition dialog Box, choose /Boot on the Mount Point drop down menu. Type 2000

on the Size (MB) text box. All other settings should remain unchange. Click OK. Below is the

settings after configuration:

11. Click the Free partition and click New button again. Choose Swap on the File System Type drop

down menu. Type 3500 on the Size (MB) text box. All other settings should remain unchange.

Click OK. Below is the settings after configuration:

Note: This installation guide assumes that your installed physical memory is 2GB or more.


12. Click the Free partition and click New button again. Choose / on the Mount Point drop down

menu. Click Fill to maximum allowable size radio button. All other settings should remain

unchange. Click OK. Below is the settings after configuration:

Note: The final structure of your hard drive should be somewhat the same on the figure below:

13. Click Next.

14. It is a good practice to provide password for boot loader. Click Use Boot Loader Password and

type oracle on the first text box and re-type oracle on the second text box and press OK. Click

Next.


Note:

1. If you have a Windows OS installed, it will appear over the Enterprise Linux OS. You may

choose to make any OS the first boot once you power-on your PC.

2. Check which OS you want to load by Default.

15. Click Edit on Network Devices. On the Edit Interface dialog box, Click Manual Configuration and

provide necessary IP and corresponding Subnet Mask. Unclick Enable IPV6 Support. All other

settings should remain unchange. Click OK. Below is the settings after configuration:

16. Under Hostname, provide meaningful name like Server1.Oracle.com, Ora01.Oracle.com or

DBAdmin1.Oracle.com. Provide appropriate Gateway and DNS Settings on the text boxes


provided under Miscellaneous Settings. Then click Next. Below is the settings after

configuration:

Note:

1. IP settings may change depending on your network configurations.

2. There should be different Hostname per PC. This is to assure that no two PC or Server has

the same name.

3. Lastly, provide the domain name oracle.com. This will be used in the advance configuration

of databases.

17. On Regional Settings, choose Asia/Manila on the drop down menu or just click Manila on the

Map. Uncheck System Clock uses UTC. Then click Next.


18. Provide root password on the text boxes provided. You may opt to have a different password

instead of the oracle password. Then click Next.

Note: Do not forget the root password.

19. Click Customize Now and click Next.


20. Follow the table below on what packages to completely install on your system and click Next if

all required packages has been checked:

Parent Folder Sub Folder Task

Desktop Environments GNOME Desktop Environment Complete Install

KDE (K Desktop Environment) Default

Applications Authoring and Publishing Default

Editors Complete Install

Engineering and Scientific Default

Games and Entertaining Do not Install

Graphical Internet Default

Graphics Default

Office Productivity Default

Sound and Video Default

Text Based Internet Default

Development Development Libraries Complete Install

Development Tools Complete Install

GNOME Software Development Complete Install

Java Development Complete Install

KDE Software Development Default

Legacy Software Development Complete Install

Ruby Default

X Software Development Default

Servers DNS Name Server Default

FTP Server Default

Legacy Network Server Complete Install

Mail Server Default


MySQL Database Default

Network Servers Complete Install

News Server Default

PostgreSQL database Default

Printing Support Default

Server Configuration Tools Complete Install

Web Server Complete Install

Windows File Server Complete Install

Base System Administration Tool Complete Install

Base Complete Install

Dialup Networking Support Default

Java Complete Install

Legacy Software Support Complete Install

OpenFabrics Enterprise Dist. Default

System Tools Complete Install

X Window Default

Cluster Storage Default

Clustering Default

Virtualization Default

21. Click Next to Install the Oracle Enterprise Linux:



22. After all packages has been installed. Click Reboot.

Wait for the system to restart.

23. On the Welcome Screen. Click Forward.

24. On the License Agreement Window, ensure Yes is selected and click Forward.


25. On THE Firewall Window, choose Disabled on the drop down menu and click Forward. Click Yes

to confirm the warning.


26. Choose Disable on the SELinux Window and click Forward. Press Yes to confirm the settings.

27. Ensure KDump is not selected and press Forward.


28. Adjust Date and Time according to your locality.

29. Click Forward on the Create User Window. Don’t create a user at this time. Click Continue on

the dialog box that will appear.



30. Click Forward on the Sound Card window.

31. Click Finish on the Additional CDs Window.

Note: Linux will restart once you press finish.


32. After the restart, you should see a similar GUI Linux.

33. Finish.


PART 2: STAGING ORACLE 11g DATABASE

1. Login as root with a password of oracle or any password you provide during setup.

2. Launch the Terminal Window by right-clicking the Desktop and choosing Open Terminal on the

context menu.

3. Test if we successfully install all necessary packages needed by Oracle 11g Database by running

the following command:

4. Results should be like the figure below:

COPY and PASTE

rpm -q compat-libstdc++-33 elfutils-libelf-devel glibc-

devel-2.5 gcc gcc-c++ libaio-devel libstdc++-devel

unixODBC unixODBC-devel sysstat binutils elfutils-libelf

glibc glibc-common libaio libgcc libstdc++ make


Note:

1. There should be no package that is not installed on the report.

2. If the package is not installed, follow the steps below:

a. Mount the OEL Installer

b. Launch the Terminal Window and go to the following directory by typing:

># cd \media\<name of dvd-rom>\Server

># rpm -ivh <name of package not installed>

c. Wait for the package to be installed.

5. Run the following command to create a group for oracle user:

6. Run the following command to join oracle user on the group created above:

COPY and PASTE

># /usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall

># /usr/sbin/groupadd dba

># /usr/sbin/groupadd oper

COPY and PASTE

># system-config-users


7. Double-click oracle user, on the User Properties dialog box, click the Groups tab, and make sure

that oracle is a member of the following group:

oinstall

dba

oper

Click Ok and close the User Manager window.

8. Go back to the Terminal Windows and issue the following command to change oracle password:

9. Type oracle as an initial password and press Enter. Re-type oracle to confirm the password.

COPY and PASTE

># passwd oracle


10. Edit oracle user profile by typing the following command:

11. Edit the profile by deleting all texts under # User specific environment and startup programs:

COPY and PASTE

># vim /home/oracle/.bash_profile


12. Copy the following text under # User specific environment and startup programs.

13. Make sure that you save the settings by issuing the following command on the console:

a. Press ESC

b. Type : (colon)

c. Type wq and press Enter.

COPY and PASTE

umask 022

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle

ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.1.0/db_1

ORACLE_SID=orcl

$ORACLE_HOME/jdk/jre/lib/i386/server:

$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

export PATH

export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH

export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID


14. On the Terminal Window, type the following one a time:

15. Edit the Kernel Configuration file by editing the sysctl.conf. Type the following command:

16. Edit the following kernel parameter:

net.core.rmem_default = 4194304

net.core.rmem_max = 4194304

net.core.wmem_default = 1048576

net.core.wmem_max = 1048576

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65500

You parameter configuration should like the figure below:

COPY and PASTE

># mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle

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

># chmod -R 775 /u01/app

COPY and PASTE

># vim /etc/sysctl.conf


Note: Follow the steps in number 13 to save the configuration file.

17. Make the kernel configuration permanent by issuing the following command on the Terminal

Window:

Your Kernel parameter settings should like the figure below:

COPY and PASTE

># vim /etc/sysctl.conf


18. Make the Oracle 11g Database installer path by issuing the following command:

Note: It is very important that we set this Directory since this is where the database installer

files will be copied or staged.

19. Copy the content inside the Database folder (from OAI Tools DVD) and copy it to

/stage/db11g/db/Disk1.

Note: Don’t copy the Database folder itself but the contents only.

20. Once the copying is finished, issue the following command so that oracle user will have the right

to launch an executable file over Oracle Universal Installer:

COPY and PASTE

># mkdir -p /stage/db11g/db/Disk1

COPY and PASTE

># chown -R oracle /stage

># chmod -R 777 /stage


21. To test if the staging is set correctly, Log-off as root user and log-in as oracle user with a

password of oracle.

22. Open a Terminal Window.

23. Test the installation of Oracle 11g system by launching the following command as oracle user.

24. If the following window appears, then you successfully stage the installation of Oracle 11g

Database system.

25. Click Cancel since we are only testing if the Oracle Universal Installer will work.

Note: If you are installing for Admin1 subject, this is the part that you will leave the staging

because students will install the Oracle System themselves.

COPY and PASTE

>$ cd /stage/db11g/db/Disk1

>$ ./runInstaller


PART 3: INSTALLING and CONFIGURING ORACLE 11G SYSTEM

1. Log-in as oracle with the password of oracle.

2. Open a Terminal Window.

3. Launch the Oracle Universal Installer by typing the following command:

4. On the Select Installation Method, uncheck Create Starter Database and click Next.

Note: We need to uncheck the Creation of Starter Database to make the configuration more

seamless. Else, we will have problem launching the database application.

5. Click Next on the Specify Inventory Directory and Credentials window

COPY and PASTE

>$ cd /stage/db11g/db/Disk1

>$ ./runInstaller


6. On the Product-Specific Prerequisite Checks, select the Not Executed and click Next.


Note: if there are too many not executed statement. Try to troubleshoot what is lacking on your

configuration.

7. On the Summary Page, click Install.


8. Before the installation finishes, an Execute Configuration Script dialog appears that will let you

run two important scripts.

9. Before running the script, you must launch a new Terminal Window and logon as root. Issue the

following command:

Note: Remember that you must be a root user to run the scripts above.

COPY and PASTE

>$ su -


10. Type the following on the terminal window or you can copy number 1 script on the window and

press Enter:

See the results below:

11. Run the second script by typing the script number 2 or by copying it and press Enter:

See results below:

COPY and PASTE

># /u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh

COPY and PASTE

># /u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/root.sh


12. Type exit on Terminal Window and close it.

13. Click OK on the Execute Configuration Script window.

14. On the End of Installation window, press Exit.

15. Press Yes on a dialog window that appears

16. Don’t Log Off as oracle user at this time.


PART 4: CONFIGURING ORACLE 11G LISTENER FILE

1. Close all Terminal Window and Re-open a new Terminal Window.

2. Type netca and press Enter.

3. A new welcome screen for Oracle Net Configuration Assistant will appear. Ensure Listener

Configuration is selected and click Next.

4. On Oracle Net Configuration Assistant: Listener Configuration, Listener screen click Next.

Note: Since this is our first Listener file. The only option is Add.


5. On Oracle Net Configuration Assistant: Listener Configuration, Listener Name screen, accept the

default Listener name and click Next:

Note: Notice that the listener file is in all capital letter. Best Practice is not to edit the listener file

to other name or font size.

6. Ensure that TCP is the Selected Protocol on the Oracle Net Configuration Assistant: Listener

Configuration, Select Protocol screen and click Next.


7. Ensure that Use the standard port number of 1521 is selected on the Oracle Net Configuration

Assistant: Listener Configuration, TCP/IP Protocol and click NEXT.

8. On the Oracle Net Configuration Assistant: Listener Configuration, More Listener screen, ensure

that No is selected and click Next.


9. On the Oracle Net Configuration Assistant: Listener Configuration Done screen, click Next.

10. Click Finish on the Oracle Net Configuration Assistant: Welcome screen:

11. Go back to the Terminal Window where you launch the netca command. You must have a

similar output as one on the figure below:


Note:

1. You should receive a message that states

a. Listener Control complete

b. Listener started successfully

c. Oracle Net Services Configuration successful.

2. If either of the messages fails, check the following:

a. LAN Card settings (IP Address or TCP Configuration)

b. LAN Card should be detected on installation of OS.

c. Hostname configurations

d. Or edit LISTENER file by launching netca again.

12. Don’t logoff as an oracle user yet.


PART 5: INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING ORACLE 11G DATABASE INSTANCE

1. Type dbca on your Terminal Window and press Enter.

2. On the Database Configuration Assistant: Welcome screen, click Next.

3. Ensure Create a Database is selected on the Database Configuration Assistant, Step 1 of 15:

Operations screen and Click Next.


4. Ensure that General Purpose or Transaction Processing is selected on Database Configuration

Assistant, Step 2 of 15: Database Templates screen and Click Next

5. Type orcl.oracle.com on Global Database Name textbox and ensure orcl is automatically type on

SID text box under Step 3 of 15: Database Identification window and then click Next.


6. On Step 4 of 15: Management Options, ensure Configure Enterprise Manager is selected and

click Next.

7. In Step 5 of 15: Database Credentials, select Use the Same Administrative Password for All

Accounts and type for both text boxes oracle as password. Click Next.


8. In Step 6 of 15: Storage Options, ensure that File System is selected and click Next.

9. In Step 7 of 15: Database File Locations screen, ensure that Use Database File Locations from

Template is selected and click Next.


10. In Step 8 of 15: Recovery Configuration window, confirm that Specify Flash recovery Area is

selected and click Next.

11. In Step 9 of 15: Database Content window, select Sample Schemas and click Next.


12. In Step 10 of 14: Initialization Parameters window, click Character Sets tab, and select Use

Unicode (AL32UTF8) and click Next.

13. In Step 11 of 14: Security Settings window, confirm that Keep the enhanced 11g default security

settings (recommended) is selected and click Next.


14. In Step 12 of 14: Automatic Maintenance Task window, confirm that Enable Automatic

Maintenance Task is selected and click Next.

15. In Step 13 of 14: Database Storage window, click Next.

Note: You may want to check Database file locations by clicking File Location Variables.


16. In Step 14 of 14: Creation Operations window, ensure that Create Database is selected, select

Save as Database Template and Select Generate Database Creation Scripts and click Finish.

17. On the Confirmation window, review what services or package that will be installed and click

OK.


18. Click OK on the dialog box.

19. Click OK again to confirm the creation of scripts.


20. Wait for the Creation of Database to finish.

21. Before the Creation of Database finishes, another window will appear. Write down the URL for

the Enterprise Manager website.


22. Click Password Management button.

23. On the Password Management window, Find HR username. Uncheck its lock account and

provide hr on the new password field and hr on the confirm password field. Click OK.

24. Click EXIT to close Database Configuration Assistant window.

25. Don’t Logoff yet.


PART 6: RUNNING THE ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT WEBSITE

1. Click the Web Browser Icon on top of your Taskbar.

2. Type the URL generated on step 21 of Part 5 in the address box.

3. You will received the following warning message:

4. Click or you can add an exception hyperlink

5. Click Add Exception button.

6. Click Get Certificate.

SAMPLE

https://server1.oracle.com:1158/em


7. Ensure that Permanently store this exception is selected and click Confirm Security Exception

Button.


8. The Enterprise Manager website should display similar on the figure below:

9. Login as sys with a password of oracle and connect as SYSDBA. You should see now the content

of the Enterprise Manager just like the figure below:

10. Don’t logoff yet.


PART 7: PREPARING THE PL/SQL SERVER FOR CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

1. In preparation for this task, all scripts should be ready and mounted on your USB Drive

2. Go to the Scripts Folder by typing:

3. Login in sqlplus terminal as SYSDBA by typing:

4. Run the Script for creating users ora1 to ora40:

Note: Confirm that you are connected to a Database and not with an Idle Instance.

5. Verify in the Enterprise Manager if ora1 to ora80 has been created.

6. Type EXIT on SQLplus terminal

7. Type cd .. on the Terminal Window to go back to Scripts folder.

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ cd /media/DISK1/Scripts/Setup1/

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SAMPLE

SQL> @setup1.sql

SAMPLE

SQL> Exit

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 Setup1]$ cd ..



9. Repeat steps 6 to 7

10. Type cd setup3 on the Terminal Window:

11. Login to SQLPlus Terminal by typing:

12. Run setup2 script to create users ora81 to ora120.


14. Type EXIT in the SQLPlus Terminal

15. Re-login as sysdba in SQLPlus by typing:

16. Backup the Server Parameter File by typing the following sql commands:

17. Exit in the SQLPlus Terminal Window.

18. Create an EMP_DIR folder in /home/oracle directory by typing:

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 Scripts]$ cd setup3

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 setup3]$ sqlplus / as sysdba

SAMPLE

SQL> @setup2.sql

SAMPLE

SQL> create pfile from spfile;

SAMPLE


SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 setup3]$ mkdir -p /home/oracle/EMP_DIR


19. Still inside the Script/Setup3 Directory. Copy the emp.dat file to /home/oracle/EMP_DIR

20. Login again in SQLPlus Terminal Window as SYSDBA:

21. Run the SQL script cre_dir.sql inside the SQLplus Terminal

22. Repeat the script so that there will be no error.

23. Exit in the SQLPlus Terminal Window by typing Exit.

24. Copy UTL_FILE folder under Scripts/Setup3/PLSQL_PU_UTIL_FILE_DIR.zip_FILES folder to

/home/oracle

25. Still in setup3 directory, go to PLSQL_PU_UTIL_FILE_DIR.zip_FILES directory by

typing:

26. Login in the SQLPlus Terminal Window

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 setup3]$cp emp.dat /home/oracle/EMP_DIR

SAMPLE


SAMPLE

SQL> @cre_dir.sql

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 setup3]$ cp -R

PLSQL_PU_UTIL_FILE_DIR.zip_FILES/UTL_FILE /home/oracle

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 setup3]$ cd PLSQL_PU_UTIL_FILE_DIR.zip_FILES

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 PLSQL_PU_UTIL_FILE_DIR.zip_FILES]$ sqlplus / as sysdba


27. Run the cre_plpu_dir.sql script

28. Provide the path for oracle home:

NOTE: $ORACLE_HOME should be type in capital letters.

29. Exit the SQLPlus Terminal Window

30. Go to the following directory to edit oracle initialization file called initorcl.ora located in

/u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/dbs folder.

31. Edit the initialization parameter file thru vim:

32. Go to the bottom of the page. Press I to edit the file. Just below

*.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1', insert the following:

33. Press ESC and Type : (colon). Then Type wq to save the changes and press Enter to exit.

SAMPLE

SQL> @cre_plpu_dir.sql

SAMPLE

Enter value for oracle_home: $ORACLE_HOME

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product/11.1.0/db_1/dbs

SAMPLE

[oracle@Server1 dbs]$ vim initorcl.ora

SAMPLE

*.undo_tablespace='UNDOTBS1'

UTL_FILE_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME/UTL_FILE


PART 8: CONFIGURING CLIENT ACCESS FOR PL/SQL SERVER

1. Install Oracle Client 11g on a computer that will participate in PL/SQL server access.

2. Launch the Oracle Client 11g Setup. Wait for the Terminal Window to finish configuring

itself.

3. On the Welcome screen, click Next.

4. On the Select Installation Type window, select Administrator (679MB) and click Next.


5. Accept all the default settings on the Install Location window and click Next.

6. On the Product-Specific Requisites Check window, click Next.


7. On the Summary page, click Install.

8. Wait for the installation to finish.


9. Click Next, on the Oracle Net Configuration Assistant.

10. Click Finish.


11. Click Exit to end the Installation.

12. Click Yes to confirm.


13. Launch the SQL Developer Application by going to : Start Menu > All Programs > Oracle

– oraClient11g_home1 > Application Development.

14. Under Connections tab, click the New Connections button ( )


15. On the New / Select Database window, provide the following details:

Fields Settings Remarks

Connection Name SQLDev01 or any related name

Username ora1 or any users created from the script

Password ora1 same with username

Role default

Connection Type Basic

Hostname 192.168.1.10 Server’s IP Address

Port 1521 Default Oracle’s Port

SID orcl Instance Name

Click Test.

16. Ensure that the Status is Successful and click Connect


17. Once connected, run different select statements to test if the server responds.


PART 9: SHUTTING DOWN DATABASE SERVICES

1. You must be logged as oracle user in order to perform Database Shutdown.

2. Open a terminal window and stop Enterprise Manager’s services.

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ emctl stop dbconsole

Note: If command is successful, by this time you cannot use the Oracle Website to administer

the database.

3. Logon to SQLPlus by typing:


4. Stop the database instance:

SQL> shutdown immediate

5. Exit the SQLPlus environment

6. On the Terminal window, issue the following command to stop the Listener file.

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ lsnrctl stop LISTENER

7. Shutdown the machine.


PART 10: STARTING-UP DATABASE SERVICES

1. Start the Machine and logon as oracle user.

2. Open a Terminal window and issue the following command:

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ oracle start

3. Start the Listener file by typing the command:

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ lsnrctl start LISTENER

4. Open the SQLPlus Terminal window by typing:


5. Start the database by typing:

SQL> startup

6. Exit the SQLPlus environment.

7. To enable your Enterprise Manager (EM), type:

[oracle@Server1 ~]$ emctl start dbconsole

8. Run your brower and test if you can successfully login EM.

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