Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide For Linux
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- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- What's New in Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Configuration?
- 1 Typical Installation for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
- 1.1 Typical and Advanced Installation
- 1.2 Preinstallation Steps Completed Using Typical Installation
- 1.3 Preinstallation Steps Requiring Manual Tasks
- 2 Advanced Installation Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Preinstallation Tasks
- 2.1 About Installing the Linux Operating System
- 2.1.1 Completing a Minimal Linux Installation
- 2.1.2 Completing a Default Linux Installation
- 2.1.3 About Oracle Linux and the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel
- 2.1.4 About the Oracle Preinstallation and Oracle Validated RPMs
- 2.1.5 Installing the Oracle Preinstallation or Oracle Validated RPM with ULN Support
- 2.1.6 Installing the Oracle Preinstallation RPM From DVDs or Images
- 2.1.7 Using Ksplice to Perform a Zero Downtime Update
- 2.2 Reviewing Upgrade Best Practices
- 2.3 Installation Fixup Scripts
- 2.4 Logging In to a Remote System Using X Terminal
- 2.5 Creating Groups, Users and Paths for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- 2.5.1 Determining If the Oracle Inventory and Oracle Inventory Group Exists
- 2.5.2 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group If an Oracle Inventory Does Not Exist
- 2.5.3 Creating the Oracle Grid Infrastructure User
- 2.5.4 Creating the Oracle Base Directory Path
- 2.5.5 Creating Job Role Separation Operating System Privileges Groups and Users
- 2.5.5.1 Overview of Creating Job Role Separation Groups and Users
- 2.5.5.2 Creating Database Groups and Users with Job Role Separation
- 2.5.5.2.1 Creating the OSDBA Group to Prepare for Database Installations
- 2.5.5.2.2 Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installations
- 2.5.5.2.3 Creating the OSASM Group
- 2.5.5.2.4 Creating the OSOPER for ASM Group
- 2.5.5.2.5 Creating the OSDBA for ASM Group for Database Access to Oracle ASM
- 2.5.5.2.6 When to Create the Oracle Software Owner User
- 2.5.5.2.7 Determining if an Oracle Software Owner User Exists
- 2.5.5.2.8 Creating an Oracle Software Owner User
- 2.5.5.2.9 Modifying an Existing Oracle Software Owner User
- 2.5.5.2.10 Creating Identical Database Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes
- 2.5.6 Example of Creating Standard Groups, Users, and Paths
- 2.5.7 Example of Creating Role-allocated Groups, Users, and Paths
- 2.6 Checking the Hardware Requirements
- 2.7 Checking the Network Requirements
- 2.7.1 Network Hardware Requirements
- 2.7.2 IP Address Requirements
- 2.7.3 Broadcast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- 2.7.4 Multicast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- 2.7.5 DNS Configuration for Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service
- 2.7.6 Grid Naming Service Configuration Example
- 2.7.7 Manual IP Address Configuration Example
- 2.7.8 Network Interface Configuration Options
- 2.7.9 Multiple Private Interconnects and Enterprise Linux
- 2.7.10 Enabling the Name Service Cache Daemon
- 2.8 Identifying Software Requirements
- 2.9 Checking the Software Requirements
- 2.10 Verifying UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters
- 2.11 Network Time Protocol Setting
- 2.12 Installing the cvuqdisk Package for Linux
- 2.13 Enabling Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
- 2.14 Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation
- 2.15 Configuring Grid Infrastructure Software Owner User Environments
- 2.15.1 Environment Requirements for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software Owner
- 2.15.2 Procedure for Configuring Oracle Software Owner Environments
- 2.15.3 Check Resource Limits for the Oracle Software Installation Users
- 2.15.4 Setting Display and X11 Forwarding Configuration
- 2.15.5 Preventing Installation Errors Caused by Terminal Output Commands
- 2.16 Requirements for Creating an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Directory
- 2.17 Cluster Name Requirements
- 2.1 About Installing the Linux Operating System
- 3 Configuring Storage for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster and Oracle RAC
- 3.1 Reviewing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Storage Options
- 3.1.1 Overview of Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC Storage Options
- 3.1.2 Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM Support
- 3.1.3 General Information About Oracle ACFS
- 3.1.4 General Storage Considerations for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
- 3.1.5 Guidelines for Using Oracle ASM Disk Groups for Storage
- 3.1.6 Using Logical Volume Managers with Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
- 3.1.7 Supported Storage Options
- 3.1.8 After You Have Selected Disk Storage Options
- 3.2 Shared File System Storage Configuration
- 3.2.1 Requirements for Using a Shared File System
- 3.2.2 Deciding to Use a Cluster File System for Oracle Clusterware Files
- 3.2.3 Deciding to Use Direct NFS Client for Data Files
- 3.2.4 Deciding to Use NFS for Data Files
- 3.2.5 Configuring Storage NFS Mount and Buffer Size Parameters
- 3.2.6 Checking NFS Mount and Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle Clusterware
- 3.2.7 Checking NFS Mount and Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle RAC
- 3.2.8 Enabling Direct NFS Client Oracle Disk Manager Control of NFS
- 3.2.9 Enabling Hybrid Columnar Compression on Direct NFS Client
- 3.2.10 Creating Directories for Oracle Clusterware Files on Shared File Systems
- 3.2.11 Creating Directories for Oracle Database Files on Shared File Systems
- 3.2.12 Disabling Direct NFS Client Oracle Disk Management Control of NFS
- 3.3 Oracle Automatic Storage Management Storage Configuration
- 3.3.1 Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
- 3.3.1.1 Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
- 3.3.1.2 Creating Files on a NAS Device for Use with Oracle ASM
- 3.3.1.3 Using an Existing Oracle ASM Disk Group
- 3.3.1.4 Configuring Disks for Oracle ASM with ASMLIB
- 3.3.1.4.1 Installing and Configuring the Oracle ASM Library Driver Software
- 3.3.1.4.2 Configuring Disk Devices to Use Oracle ASM Library Driver on x86 Systems
- 3.3.1.4.3 Configuring Disk Devices to Use ASM Library Driver on IBM: Linux on System z
- 3.3.1.4.4 Administering the Oracle ASM Library Driver and Disks
- 3.3.1.5 Configuring ASMLIB for Multipath Disks
- 3.3.1.6 Configuring Disk Devices Manually for Oracle ASM
- 3.3.2 Using Disk Groups with Oracle Database Files on Oracle ASM
- 3.3.3 Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Cluster File System
- 3.3.4 Upgrading Existing Oracle ASM Instances
- 3.3.1 Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
- 3.4 Desupport of Block and Raw Devices
- 3.5 Configuring Raw Logical Volumes on IBM: Linux on System z
- 3.1 Reviewing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Storage Options
- 4 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
- 4.1 Preparing to Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure with OUI
- 4.2 Preparing to Install Oracle Clusterware on IBM: Linux on System z
- 4.3 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- 4.4 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation
- 4.5 Restrictions for Oracle Berkeley DB
- 4.6 Confirming Oracle Clusterware Function
- 4.7 Confirming Oracle ASM Function for Oracle Clusterware Files
- 4.8 Understanding Offline Processes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- 5 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Postinstallation Procedures
- 5.1 Required Postinstallation Tasks
- 5.2 Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
- 5.3 Using Older Oracle Database Versions with Grid Infrastructure
- 5.3.1 General Restrictions for Using Older Oracle Database Versions
- 5.3.2 Using ASMCA to Administer Disk Groups for Older Database Versions
- 5.3.3 Pinning Cluster Nodes for Oracle Database Release 10.x or 11.x
- 5.3.4 Enabling The Global Services Daemon (GSD) for Oracle Database Release 9.2
- 5.3.5 Using the Correct LSNRCTL Commands
- 5.4 Modifying Oracle Clusterware Binaries After Installation
- 6 How to Modify or Deinstall Oracle Grid Infrastructure
- 6.1 Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware
- 6.2 Migrating Standalone Grid Infrastructure Servers to a Cluster
- 6.3 Relinking Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster Binaries
- 6.4 Changing the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Home Path
- 6.5 Deconfiguring Oracle Clusterware Without Removing Binaries
- 6.6 Removing Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM
- 6.6.1 About the Deinstallation Tool
- 6.6.2 Deinstalling Previous Release Grid Home
- 6.6.3 Downloading The Deinstall Tool for Use with Failed Installations
- 6.6.4 Running The Deinstallation Tool
- 6.6.5 Deinstall Command Example for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM
- 6.6.6 Deinstallation Parameter File Example for Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster
- A.1 General Installation Issues
- A.2 Interpreting CVU "Unknown" Output Messages Using Verbose Mode
- A.3 Interpreting CVU Messages About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Setup
- A.4 About the Oracle Clusterware Alert Log
- A.5 Missing Operating System Packages On Linux
- A.6 Performing Cluster Diagnostics During Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installations
- A.7 About Using CVU Cluster Healthchecks After Installation
- A.8 Interconnect Configuration Issues
- A.9 SCAN VIP and SCAN Listener Issues
- A.10 Storage Configuration Issues
- A.11 Completing an Installation Before Finishing Running Scripts
- B.1 How Response Files Work
- B.2 Preparing a Response File
- B.3 Running the Installer Using a Response File
- B.4 Running Net Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
- B.5 Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
- C.1 Overview of HugePages
- C.2 Restrictions for HugePage Configurations
- C.3 Disabling Transparent HugePages
- D.1 Understanding Preinstallation Configuration
- D.2 Understanding Storage Configuration
- D.3 Understanding Server Pools
- D.4 Understanding Out-of-Place Upgrade
- E.1 Configuring SSH Manually on All Cluster Nodes
- E.2 Configuring Kernel Parameters
- E.3 Checking OCFS2 Version Manually
- F.1 Back Up the Oracle Software Before Upgrades
- F.2 Unset Oracle Environment Variables
- F.3 About Oracle ASM and Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade
- F.4 Restrictions for Clusterware and Oracle ASM Upgrades
- F.5 Preparing to Upgrade an Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
- F.6 Using CVU to Validate Readiness for Oracle Clusterware Upgrades
- F.7 Performing Rolling Upgrades From an Earlier Release
- F.8 Updating DB Control and Grid Control Target Parameters
- F.9 Unlocking the Existing Oracle Clusterware Installation
- F.10 Downgrading Oracle Clusterware After an Upgrade
- F.11 Checking Cluster Health Monitor Repository Size After Upgrading
- Index