Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction to Oracle Universal Installer

• System Requirements
• Key Features
• Utilities
  • Oracle Universal Installer
  • OPatch
• Actions Performed by the Utilities
  • Install
  • De-install
  • Cloning
  • Patching
  • Upgrades and Patchsets
  • Adding Nodes
  • Inventory Operations
    • Attaching Oracle Homes
    • Detaching Oracle Homes
    • Updating Node List
• Major Entities
  • Inventory
  • Oracle Home
• Modes of Installation
  • Interactive Mode
  • Suppressed-Interactive Mode
  • Silent Mode
  • Cluster Install Mode

2 Managing Oracle Homes

• Introduction to Oracle Homes
• Installing the Oracle Product
• Removing Oracle Homes
• Determining the Default Oracle Home
• Multiple Oracle Homes
  • Target Home
• About the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
  • Structure of the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
    • Central Inventory Pointer File
    • Central Inventory
    • Oracle Home Inventory
  • Creating the Central Inventory
  • Detaching Oracle Homes from the Central Inventory
    • Removing the Central Inventory
  • Consolidating Multiple Central Inventories
  • Reconstructing a Shared Central Inventory on a Non-shared Location
    • Oracle Recommendation Regarding Central Inventory Placment
    • Enforced Shared Inventory Check
    • Procedure to Reconstruct the Central Inventory
  • Upgrading and Patching the Oracle Home
  • Cloning Oracle Homes
  • Backing up the Inventory
  • Recovering from Inventory Corruption
    • Diagnosing and Recovering from Central Inventory Corruption
    • Diagnosing and Recovering from Oracle Home Inventory Corruption
  • Real Application Clusters
    • Updating the Nodes of a Cluster
    • Diagnosing and Recovering from RAC Oracle Home Inventory Corruption
• Home Selector (Available on Win32 Platforms)
  • Home Selector Overview
  • How Home Selector Works
  • Oracle Home Directory Structure for Windows Platforms
  • Optimal Flexible Architecture Directory Structure (on UNIX)
    • ORACLE_BASE Directory
    • ORACLE_HOME Directory

3 Customizing and Creating Response Files

• About Response Files
  • What Is a Silent Installation?
  • What Is a Response File?
  • Why Perform a Silent Installation?
• Modifying a Response File
• Creating a Response File With Record Mode
  • Using Record Mode
• Response File Format
  • Variable Values
    • Variable Lookup Order
    • Response File Entries Order
    • Setting the Recommendation Value
  • Comments
  • Headers
  • Response File Parameters
• Installing and Using a Response File
  • Specifying a Response File
  • Optional Parameters When Specifying a Response File
  • Setting Response File Variables From the Command Line
    • Specifying the Value of a Session Variable
    • Specifying the Value of a Component Variable

4 Installing Products Using Oracle Universal Installer

• Checking Pre-Requisites Before Installation
• Installing Oracle Products
  • Getting Help While Installing Oracle Products
  • About the ORAPARAM.INI File
  • Modes of Installation
  • Installation Media
    • Installing from a Single CD-ROM
    • Installing from Multiple CD-ROMs
    • Installing from a staged HTTP location
  • Special Instructions for UNIX Users
    • Failed to Connect to Server Error
    • Providing a UNIX Installer Location with Root Privileges
    • Providing a UNIX Group Name
• De-installing Oracle Products
  • Removing Oracle Products and Oracle Homes With Oracle Universal Installer
  • De-installing Top Level Products that Have Dependents
  • Silent De-installation
    • Immediately Displaying the Inventory Dialog Box
    • Hiding the Inventory Dialog Box
    • Hiding the De-installation Confirmation and Progress Dialog Boxes
• Running Oracle Universal Installer After Installation
  • Starting Oracle Universal Installer
  • Command Line Arguments
  • Using Oracle Universal Installer Exit Codes
  • Cloning Considerations
• About Oracle Universal Installer Log Files

5 Cluster Environment Installations

• Oracle Universal Installer and Real Application Clusters
  • Oracle Clusterware
  • Installed Real Application Clusters Components
• General System Installation Requirements for Real Application Clusters
  • Hardware Requirements for Real Application Clusters Setup
  • Software Requirements for Real Application Clusters Setup
• Cluster Setup and Pre-Installation Configuration Tasks for Real Application Clusters
• Pre-Installation Tasks for Real Application Clusters on UNIX
  • Logging In to the System as root
  • Creating Required UNIX Groups and Users
    • Creating Identical Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes
    • Configuring SSH on all Cluster Nodes
  • Configuring the Oracle User Environment
  • Checking the Hardware Requirements
  • Checking the Network Requirements
    • Network Hardware Requirements
    • Network Parameter Requirements
    • IP Address Requirements
    • Node Time Requirements
  • Checking Software Requirements
  • Configuring Kernel Parameters
  • Identifying Required Software Directories
    • Oracle Base Directory
    • Oracle Inventory Directory
    • Oracle Clusterware Home Directory
    • Oracle Home Directory
  • Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory
  • Creating the Clusterware Home Directory
• Pre-Installation Tasks for Real Application Clusters on Windows
  • Checking Hardware and Software Certification
  • Checking the Hardware Requirements
    • Hard Disk Space Requirements
  • Checking the Software Requirements
  • Checking the Network Requirements
    • Network Hardware Requirements
    • IP Address Requirements
  • Checking Individual Component Requirements
• Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware
• Installing Oracle Clusterware on UNIX
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Oracle Clusterware Background Processes
• Installing Oracle Clusterware on Windows
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Oracle Clusterware Background Processes
• Adding Additional Nodes to the Cluster for Mass Deployment
• Installing Product Software on a Cluster
  • Cluster Detection
  • Availability Checking
  • Cluster Installation
  • Cluster Installation in Silent Mode
  • Cluster De-installation
• Command Line Options for Cluster Installs (UNIX Only)
• Patchsets and Upgrades
• Post Installation Tasks
  • Verification
  • Back Up Disk after Installation
  • Download and Install Patches
  • Configure Oracle Products
• De-installing Real Application Clusters Software
  • De-installing Oracle Product Software on UNIX
  • De-installing Oracle Product Software on Windows
  • De-installing Oracle Clusterware
    • De-installing Oracle Clusterware from UNIX Environment
    • De-installing Oracle Clusterware from Windows Environment
• Converting Single Instance Nodes to Real Application Clusters
• Troubleshooting Real Application Clusters / Oracle Clusterware Installation

6 Oracle Software Cloning Using Oracle Universal Installer

• About Cloning
• Overview of the Cloning Process
  • Source Preparation Phase
  • Cloning Phase
• Locating and Viewing Log Files
• Cloning an Oracle Database 10.1 Oracle Home
  • Preparing the Oracle Database 10.1 Source
  • Cloning an Oracle Database 10.1
    • Viewing Log and Error Files
• Cloning an Oracle Database 10.2 Oracle Home
  • Preparing the Oracle Database 10.2 Source
  • Cloning an Oracle Database 10.2
    • Viewing Log and Error Files
• Creating Oracle Real Application Cluster Environment using Cloning
  • Creating Oracle RAC Environments on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle Clusterware on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle RAC Software on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
  • Creating Oracle RAC Environments on Windows System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle Clusterware on Windows System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle RAC Software on Windows System-Based Environments
    • Important Considerations when Cloning Oracle Real Application Clusters
• Adding Nodes Using Cloning in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • Cloning Oracle RAC Environments on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle Clusterware on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle RAC Software on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
  • Cloning Oracle RAC Environments on Windows System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle Clusterware on Windows System-Based Environments
    • Cloning Oracle RAC Software on Windows System-Based Environments
  • Cloning Script Variables and their Definitions
    • Variables for UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • Variables for Windows System-Based Environments

7 Oracle Software Patching Using OPatch

• Introduction and Requirements
  • OPatch Features
  • Requirements for OPatch
  • Environment Variables OPatch Uses
  • Backup Recommendations
• Using Interim Patches
  • Structure of Interim Patches
  • Interim Patch Versions
    • Metadata Tag
    • Patch Information Directory
  • Retrieving Interim Patches
• OPatch Prerequisite Checks
  • Prerequisite Checks in OPatch
    • Check ORACLE_HOME Environment Variable
    • Check for JRE and JDK
    • Check for System Space
    • Check for Oracle Universal Installer and OPatch Version Compatibility
    • Check for Patch Applicable on Operating System
    • Check for System Commands
  • Additional Prerequisite Checks for Oracle Real Application Clusters
    • Check for User Equivalence
    • Check for OPatch lsinventory
• OPatch Utility and Commands
  • OPatch Utility Basic Syntax
  • apply Command
  • napply Command
  • auto Command
  • lsinventory Command
  • query Command
  • rollback Command
  • nrollback Command
  • version Command
• Oracle Real Application Clusters Patching
  • Specifying Node Names and Lists
  • Types of Real Application Clusters Patching
    • All Node Patching
    • Rolling Patching
    • Minimum Downtime Patching
• Resolving Patch Conflicts
  • Types of Conflicts
  • Patch Conflict Behavior for Apply and Napply
  • Patch Conflict Detection and Resolution
• Recovery and Troubleshooting
  • Logging and Tracing
  • Restoring Oracle Homes
  • Recovering from a Failed Patching Session Using OPatch
    • Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) Setup
  • Troubleshooting OPatch
  • Frequently Asked Questions

8 Oracle Internationalization and Translation

• Installation Dialogs Language
• Product Language Selections
• Language Add-on
  • Changing the Language of an Installation Using Oracle Universal Installer

A Frequently Asked Questions

B Troubleshooting and Debugging Oracle Universal Installer

• Debugging Mechanisms in Oracle Universal Installer
• Oracle Universal Installer Errors
• Other Tips

C Understanding Oracle Universal Installer Commands

• Options Available in Oracle Universal Installer
• Command Line Variables Available in Oracle Universal Installer

D Sample Files

• Sample Response File
• Sample ORAPARAM.INI File
• Sample Components File

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