Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Structure
• Conventions

1 Basic Concepts

• 1.1 Utilities
  • 1.1.1 Oracle Universal Installer
  • 1.1.2 OPatch
• 1.2 Actions Performed by the Utilities
  • 1.2.1 Install
  • 1.2.2 De-install
  • 1.2.3 Cloning
  • 1.2.4 Patching
  • 1.2.5 Upgrades and Patchsets
  • 1.2.6 Adding Nodes
  • 1.2.7 Inventory Operations
    • 1.2.7.1 Attaching Oracle Homes
    • 1.2.7.2 Detaching Oracle Homes
    • 1.2.7.3 Updating Node List
• 1.3 Major Entities
  • 1.3.1 Inventory
  • 1.3.2 Oracle Home
• 1.4 Modes of Installation
  • 1.4.1 Interactive Mode
  • 1.4.2 Suppressed-Interactive Mode
  • 1.4.3 Silent Mode
  • 1.4.4 Cluster Install Mode

2 Introduction to Oracle Universal Installer

• 2.1 System Requirements
• 2.2 Key Features

3 Managing Oracle Homes

• 3.1 Introduction to Oracle Homes
• 3.2 Installing the Oracle Product
• 3.3 Removing Oracle Homes
• 3.4 Determining the Default Oracle Home
• 3.5 Multiple Oracle Homes
  • 3.5.1 Target Home
• 3.6 About the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
  • 3.6.1 Structure of the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
    • 3.6.1.1 Central Inventory Pointer File
    • 3.6.1.2 Central Inventory
    • 3.6.1.3 Oracle Home Inventory
  • 3.6.2 Creating the Central Inventory
  • 3.6.3 Detaching Oracle Homes from the Central Inventory
    • 3.6.3.1 Removing the Central Inventory
  • 3.6.4 Upgrading and Patching the Oracle Home
  • 3.6.5 Cloning Oracle Homes
  • 3.6.6 Backing up the Inventory
  • 3.6.7 Recovering from Inventory Corruption
    • 3.6.7.1 Diagnosing and Recovering from Central Inventory Corruption
    • 3.6.7.2 Diagnosing and Recovering from Oracle Home Inventory Corruption
  • 3.6.8 Real Application Clusters
    • 3.6.8.1 Updating the Nodes of a Cluster
• 3.7 Home Selector (Available on Win32 Platforms)
  • 3.7.1 Home Selector Overview
  • 3.7.2 How Home Selector Works
  • 3.7.3 Oracle Home Directory Structure for Windows Platforms
  • 3.7.4 Optimal Flexible Architecture Directory Structure (on UNIX)
    • 3.7.4.1 ORACLE_BASE Directory
    • 3.7.4.2 ORACLE_HOME Directory

4 Customizing and Creating Response Files

• 4.1 About Response Files
  • 4.1.1 What Is a Silent Installation?
  • 4.1.2 What Is a Response File?
  • 4.1.3 Why Perform a Silent Installation?
• 4.2 Modifying a Response File
• 4.3 Creating a Response File With Record Mode
  • 4.3.1 Using Record Mode
• 4.4 Response File Format
  • 4.4.1 Variable Values
    • 4.4.1.1 Variable Lookup Order
    • 4.4.1.2 Setting the Recommendation Value
  • 4.4.2 Comments
  • 4.4.3 Headers
  • 4.4.4 Response File Parameters
• 4.5 Installing Using a Response File
  • 4.5.1 Specifying a Response File
  • 4.5.2 Optional Parameters When Specifying a Response File
  • 4.5.3 Setting Response File Variables From the Command Line
    • 4.5.3.1 Specifying the Value of a Session Variable
    • 4.5.3.2 Specifying the Value of a Component Variable

5 Installing Products Using Oracle Universal Installer

• 5.1 Checking Pre-Requisites Before Installation
• 5.2 Installing Oracle Products
  • 5.2.1 Getting Help While Installing Oracle Products
  • 5.2.2 About the ORAPARAM.INI File
  • 5.2.3 Modes of Installation
  • 5.2.4 Installation Media
    • 5.2.4.1 Installing from a Single CD-ROM
    • 5.2.4.2 Installing from Multiple CD-ROMs
    • 5.2.4.3 Installing from a staged HTTP location
  • 5.2.5 Special Instructions for UNIX Users
    • 5.2.5.1 Failed to Connect to Server Error
    • 5.2.5.2 Providing a UNIX Installer Location with Root Privileges
    • 5.2.5.3 Providing a UNIX Group Name
• 5.3 De-installing Oracle Products
  • 5.3.1 Removing Oracle Products and Oracle Homes With Oracle Universal Installer
  • 5.3.2 De-installing Top Level Products that Have Dependents
  • 5.3.3 Silent De-installation
    • 5.3.3.1 Immediately Displaying the Inventory Dialog Box
    • 5.3.3.2 Hiding the Inventory Dialog Box
    • 5.3.3.3 Hiding the De-installation Confirmation and Progress Dialog Boxes
• 5.4 Running Oracle Universal Installer After Installation
  • 5.4.1 Starting Oracle Universal Installer
  • 5.4.2 Command Line Arguments
  • 5.4.3 Using Oracle Universal Installer Exit Codes
  • 5.4.4 Cloning Considerations
• 5.5 About Oracle Universal Installer Log Files

6 Cluster Environment Installations

• 6.1 Oracle Universal Installer and Real Application Clusters
  • 6.1.1 Oracle Clusterware
  • 6.1.2 Installed Real Application Clusters Components
• 6.2 General System Installation Requirements for Real Application Clusters
  • 6.2.1 Hardware Requirements for Real Application Clusters Setup
  • 6.2.2 Software Requirements for Real Application Clusters Setup
• 6.3 Cluster Setup and Pre-Installation Configuration Tasks for Real Application Clusters
• 6.4 Pre-Installation Tasks for Real Application Clusters on UNIX
  • 6.4.1 Logging In to the System as root
  • 6.4.2 Creating Required UNIX Groups and Users
    • 6.4.2.1 Creating Identical Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes
    • 6.4.2.2 Configuring SSH on all Cluster Nodes
  • 6.4.3 Configuring the Oracle User Environment
  • 6.4.4 Checking the Hardware Requirements
  • 6.4.5 Checking the Network Requirements
    • 6.4.5.1 Network Hardware Requirements
    • 6.4.5.2 Network Parameter Requirements
    • 6.4.5.3 IP Address Requirements
    • 6.4.5.4 Node Time Requirements
  • 6.4.6 Checking Software Requirements
  • 6.4.7 Configuring Kernel Parameters
  • 6.4.8 Identifying Required Software Directories
    • 6.4.8.1 Oracle Base Directory
    • 6.4.8.2 Oracle Inventory Directory
    • 6.4.8.3 Oracle Clusterware Home Directory
    • 6.4.8.4 Oracle Home Directory
  • 6.4.9 Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory
  • 6.4.10 Creating the Clusterware Home Directory
• 6.5 Pre-Installation Tasks for Real Application Clusters on Windows
  • 6.5.1 Checking Hardware and Software Certification
  • 6.5.2 Checking the Hardware Requirements
    • 6.5.2.1 Hard Disk Space Requirements
  • 6.5.3 Checking the Software Requirements
  • 6.5.4 Checking the Network Requirements
    • 6.5.4.1 Network Hardware Requirements
    • 6.5.4.2 IP Address Requirements
  • 6.5.5 Checking Individual Component Requirements
• 6.6 Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware
• 6.7 Installing Oracle Clusterware on UNIX
  • 6.7.1 Running the Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • 6.7.2 Running the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • 6.7.3 Oracle Clusterware Background Processes
• 6.8 Installing Oracle Clusterware on Windows
  • 6.8.1 Running the Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • 6.8.2 Running the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • 6.8.3 Oracle Clusterware Background Processes
• 6.9 Adding Additional Nodes to the Cluster for Mass Deployment
• 6.10 Installing Product Software on a Cluster
  • 6.10.1 Cluster Detection
  • 6.10.2 Availability Checking
  • 6.10.3 Cluster Installation
  • 6.10.4 Cluster Installation in Silent Mode
  • 6.10.5 Cluster De-installation
• 6.11 Command Line Options for Cluster Installs (UNIX Only)
• 6.12 Patchsets and Upgrades
• 6.13 Post Installation Tasks
  • 6.13.1 Verification
  • 6.13.2 Back Up Disk after Installation
  • 6.13.3 Download and Install Patches
  • 6.13.4 Configure Oracle Products
• 6.14 De-installing Real Application Clusters Software
  • 6.14.1 De-installing Oracle Product Software on UNIX
  • 6.14.2 De-installing Oracle Product Software on Windows
  • 6.14.3 De-installing Oracle Clusterware
    • 6.14.3.1 De-installing Oracle Clusterware from UNIX Environment
    • 6.14.3.2 De-installing Oracle Clusterware from Windows Environment
• 6.15 Converting Single Instance Nodes to Real Application Clusters
• 6.16 Troubleshooting Real Application Clusters / Oracle Clusterware Installation

7 Oracle Software Cloning Using Oracle Universal Installer

• 7.1 About Cloning
• 7.2 Overview of the Cloning Process
  • 7.2.1 Source Preparation Phase
  • 7.2.2 Cloning Phase
• 7.3 Locating and Viewing Log Files
• 7.4 Cloning an Oracle Database 10.1 Oracle Home
  • 7.4.1 Preparing the Oracle Database 10.1 Source
  • 7.4.2 Cloning an Oracle Database 10.1
    • 7.4.2.1 Viewing Log and Error Files
• 7.5 Cloning an Oracle Database 10.2 Oracle Home
  • 7.5.1 Preparing the Oracle Database 10.2 Source
  • 7.5.2 Cloning an Oracle Database 10.2
    • 7.5.2.1 Viewing Log and Error Files
• 7.6 Creating Oracle Real Application Cluster Environment using Cloning
  • 7.6.1 Creating Oracle RAC Environments on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • 7.6.1.1 Cloning Oracle Clusterware on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • 7.6.1.2 Cloning Oracle RAC Software on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
  • 7.6.2 Creating Oracle RAC Environments on Windows System-Based Environments
    • 7.6.2.1 Cloning Oracle Clusterware on Windows System-Based Environments
    • 7.6.2.2 Cloning Oracle RAC Software on Windows System-Based Environments
    • 7.6.2.3 Important Considerations when Cloning Oracle Real Application Clusters
• 7.7 Adding Nodes Using Cloning in Oracle Real Application Clusters Environments
  • 7.7.1 Cloning Oracle RAC Environments on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • 7.7.1.1 Cloning Oracle Clusterware on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • 7.7.1.2 Cloning Oracle RAC Software on UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
  • 7.7.2 Cloning Oracle RAC Environments on Windows System-Based Environments
    • 7.7.2.1 Cloning Oracle Clusterware on Windows System-Based Environments
    • 7.7.2.2 Cloning Oracle RAC Software on Windows System-Based Environments
  • 7.7.3 Cloning Script Variables and their Definitions
    • 7.7.3.1 Variables for UNIX and Linux System-Based Environments
    • 7.7.3.2 Variables for Windows System-Based Environments

8 Oracle Software Patching Using OPatch

• 8.1 About Interim Patches
• 8.2 Structure of Interim Patches
• 8.3 Interim Patch Versions
• 8.4 Getting Interim Patches
• 8.5 About OPatch
• 8.6 Requirements for OPatch
• 8.7 Features of OPatch
• 8.8 Pre-requisite Checks in OPatch
  • 8.8.1 Check ORACLE_HOME and Environment Variable
  • 8.8.2 Check for JRE and JDK
  • 8.8.3 Check for System Space
  • 8.8.4 Check for Oracle Universal Installer and OPatch Version Compatibility
  • 8.8.5 Check for Patch Applicable on Operating System
  • 8.8.6 Check for System Commands
  • 8.8.7 Additional Pre-requisite Checks for Real Application Clusters
    • 8.8.7.1 Check for User Equivalence
    • 8.8.7.2 Check for OPatch lsinventory
• 8.9 Backup and Recovery Considerations for Patching
• 8.10 Operations and Options in OPatch Utility
  • 8.10.1 apply Option
  • 8.10.2 lsinventory Option
  • 8.10.3 query Option
  • 8.10.4 rollback Option
  • 8.10.5 version Option
• 8.11 Real Application Clusters Patching
  • 8.11.1 Types of Real Application Clusters Patching
    • 8.11.1.1 All Node Patching
    • 8.11.1.2 Rolling Patching
    • 8.11.1.3 Minimum Downtime Patching
• 8.12 About Patch Conflicts
  • 8.12.1 Types of Conflicts
  • 8.12.2 Patch Conflict Detection and Resolution
  • 8.12.3 Restoring Oracle Homes
• 8.13 Logging and Tracing
  • 8.13.1 Levels of Logging
• 8.14 Recovering from a Failed Patching Session Using OPatch
  • 8.14.1 Real Application Clusters Setup
• 8.15 Environment Variables Used by OPatch
• 8.16 Troubleshooting OPatch

9 Oracle Internationalization and Translation

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

A Frequently Asked Questions

• A.1 Oracle Universal Installer
• A.2 OPatch

B Troubleshooting and Debugging Oracle Universal Installer

• B.1 Debugging Mechanisms in Oracle Universal Installer
• B.2 Oracle Universal Installer Errors
• B.3 Other Tips

C Understanding Oracle Universal Installer Commands

• C.1 Options Available in Oracle Universal Installer
• C.2 Command Line Variables Available in Oracle Universal Installer

D Sample Files

• D.1 Sample Response File
• D.2 Sample ORAPARAM.INI File
• D.3 Sample Components File

Index