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Oracle® Database Installation Guide
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Release 2 (10.2) for hp OpenVMS
Part Number B25414-02
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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documentation
Conventions
Third-Party Software Notices
1
Installation Overview
1.1
Overview of Oracle Database Installation
1.2
Changes and Enhancements
1.2.1
Turning Off the Image Dump
1.2.2
Oracle Database Dependency on ODS-5 Disk Structure
1.2.3
Oracle Database Installation Directory Structure
1.2.4
Unsupported Initialization Parameters
1.2.5
Deprecated Initialization Parameters
1.3
Oracle Database Installation Types
1.4
Overview of Database Configuration Assistant
1.5
Database Configuration Options
1.5.1
Database Options
1.5.2
Installation Choices that Affect Database Creation
1.5.3
Creating a Database After Installation
1.6
Available Installation Options
1.6.1
Database Storage Options
1.6.2
Database Backup and Recovery Options
1.7
Important Compatibility Issues
1.8
Installation Considerations
1.8.1
Hardware and Software Certification
1.8.2
Multiple Oracle Homes
1.8.3
Logical Names and Symbols
1.8.4
Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services Daemon
1.9
Upgrade Issues
1.9.1
Manually Upgrade a Database
1.9.2
AL24UTFFSS Character Set
1.9.3
CRS/RAC upgrade
1.10
Cluster File System
2
Preinstallation Tasks
2.1
Checking Hardware Requirements
2.1.1
Minimum Hardware Requirements
2.1.2
Images
2.1.3
Disk Space Requirements
2.1.4
Oracle Advanced Security
2.2
Checking Network Requirements for Oracle RAC
2.2.1
Network Hardware Requirements
2.2.2
IP Address Requirements
2.2.3
Checking Each Node for Network Requirements
2.3
Checking Software Requirements
2.4
Installation-Specific Issues and Restrictions
2.4.1
New ORA_ROOT
2.4.2
JDK
2.4.3
Devices
2.5
Creating a User Account
2.5.1
Creating an Oracle Database DBA Account
2.5.2
Adding a Record in the User Authorization File
2.5.3
Setting Account Privileges
2.5.4
Setting Account Quotas
2.5.5
Process Rights for Database Administrators
2.5.6
Process Rights for SGA Protection
2.5.7
Security Issues with Multiple Databases
2.5.8
Completing Account Setup
2.5.9
Verifying Privileges
2.5.10
Setting Permissions for File Creation
2.6
SYSGEN Parameters
2.6.1
Reserved Memory Registry
2.6.2
AUTOGEN
2.7
System Configuration
2.8
Performing Setup Tasks As the SYSTEM User
2.8.1
Creating an Oracle Database Account
2.8.2
Creating an Apache Server Account
2.9
Performing Setup Tasks As the oracle user
2.9.1
Setting the Display
2.9.2
Setting Up a Batch Queue for the EMAgent and HAS
2.10
Setup Tasks for Oracle Products
2.10.1
Precompilers and Tools
2.10.2
Network and System Management Products
2.11
Identifying Required Software Directories
2.11.1
Oracle Inventory Directory
2.11.2
Oracle Clusterware Home Directory
2.11.3
Oracle Home Directory
2.12
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Recovery Files
2.13
Creating Directories for Oracle Database or Recovery Files
2.14
Stopping Existing Oracle Processes
2.15
Configuring the oracle User's Environment
2.16
The ORATAB File
3
Installation Tasks
3.1
Installation Overview
3.1.1
Reviewing Product-Specific Installation Guidelines
3.2
Downloading Oracle Software from the Oracle Technology Network Web Site
3.2.1
Downloading the Installation Archive Files
3.3
Installing Oracle Database Software
3.3.1
Installing Oracle Database from the Hard Drive
3.3.2
Installing Oracle Database from Install Media
3.4
Installing Oracle Database Client
3.5
Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session
3.6
Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation
4
Postinstallation Tasks
4.1
Database Configuration Assistant
4.1.1
Running Database Configuration Assistant in Interactive Mode
4.1.2
Using Database Configuration Assistant Response Files
4.1.3
Database Configuration Assistant Unsupported Options
4.2
Required Postinstallation Tasks
4.2.1
Downloading and Installing Patches
4.2.2
Configuring Oracle Products
4.2.3
Setting the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
4.3
Configuring New or Upgraded Databases
4.4
Changing User Passwords
4.5
Performing Configuration Tasks as the SYSTEM User
4.6
Performing Configuration Tasks as the oracle User
4.7
Required Product-Specific Postinstallation Tasks
4.7.1
Configuring Oracle Net Services
4.7.2
Configuring Oracle Label Security
4.7.3
Installing Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Bases
4.7.4
Configuring Oracle Messaging Gateway
4.7.5
Oracle Precompilers
5
Installing Oracle RAC
5.1
Oracle RAC Documentation Overview
5.1.1
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrator's Guide
5.1.2
Oracle Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance Guide
5.1.3
Documentation Sources
5.2
Quota Considerations
5.3
Cluster Setup and Preinstallation Configuration Tasks
5.4
Preinstallation, Installation, and Postinstallation Overview
5.4.1
Preinstallation Overview
5.4.2
Installation Overview
5.4.3
Postinstallation Overview
5.5
Oracle Universal Installer and Oracle Real Application Clusters
5.6
Additional Considerations
5.7
Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters Components
5.7.1
Oracle Clusterware
5.7.2
Installed Oracle Real Application Clusters Components
5.8
Oracle Real Application Clusters Version Compatibility
5.9
Installing Oracle Clusterware
5.9.1
Installation Setup
5.9.2
Installing Oracle Clusterware
5.10
Installation Tasks for Oracle Real Application Clusters
5.11
Selecting a Database Configuration Type
5.11.1
Configuration Type Descriptions
5.11.2
Action of Oracle Universal Installer, Database Configuration Assistant, and Other Assistants During Installation
5.12
Procedure for Installation Setup
5.13
Installing Oracle Database with Oracle Real Application Clusters
5.14
Postinstallation Procedures for Oracle Real Application Clusters
5.14.1
Backing Up the Voting Disk After Installation
5.14.2
Downloading and Installing Patches
5.14.3
Configuring Oracle Products
5.14.4
Verifying Enterprise Manager Operations
5.14.5
Setting Up Users Accounts After Installation
5.15
Uninstalling Oracle Real Application Clusters Software
5.15.1
Procedure for Removing Oracle Real Application Clusters Software
5.15.2
Uninstalling Oracle Clusterware
6
Configuring Oracle RAC
6.1
Creating Directories
6.1.1
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Clusterware Files on a File System
6.1.2
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Database Files on a File System
6.1.3
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Database Recovery Files on a File System
6.1.4
Creating Required Directories
6.2
Using Database Configuration Assistant for Oracle RAC
6.3
Benefits of Using Database Configuration Assistant
6.4
Oracle RAC High-Availability Services
6.4.1
Service Configuration and Instance Preferences
6.4.2
Transparent Application Failover Policies
6.5
Creating the Database After Installation
6.6
Creating the Oracle RAC Database
6.7
Deleting an Oracle RAC Database
6.8
Configuring Oracle RAC
6.9
Parameter Files and Oracle RAC
6.10
Using Server Parameter Files in Oracle RAC
6.10.1
Location of the Server Parameter File
6.11
Parameter File Search Order in Oracle RAC
6.12
Upgrading to the Server Parameter File in Oracle RAC Environments
6.12.1
Server Parameter File Placement in Oracle RAC
6.12.2
Procedures for Upgrading to the Server Parameter File
6.13
Server Parameter File Errors in Oracle RAC
6.14
Understanding the Oracle RAC Installed Configuration
6.14.1
Understanding the Configured Environment in Oracle RAC
6.14.2
Oracle Cluster Registry in Oracle RAC
6.14.3
OpenVMS oratab Configurations for Oracle RAC
6.15
Database Components Created Using Database Configuration Assistant
6.15.1
Tablespaces and Data Files
6.15.2
Control Files
6.15.3
Redo Log Files
6.16
Managing Undo Tablespaces in Oracle RAC
6.17
Configuring Service Registration-Related Parameters
6.18
Configuring the Listener File (LISTENER.ORA)
6.18.1
Local Listeners
6.18.2
Multiple Listeners
6.18.3
How Oracle Database Uses the Listener (LISTENER.ORA)
6.19
Directory Server Access (LDAP.ORA File)
6.20
Net Service Names (TNSNAMES.ORA File)
6.21
Profile (SQLNET.ORA File)
7
Getting Started with Oracle Database
7.1
Reviewing Accounts and Passwords
7.2
Unlocking and Resetting User Passwords
7.2.1
Using Grid Control to Unlock Accounts and Reset Passwords
7.2.2
Using SQL*Plus to Unlock Accounts and Reset Passwords
7.3
Identifying Databases
7.4
Locating the Parameter Files
7.4.1
Locating the INIT.ORA File
7.4.2
Locating the Server Parameter File
7.5
Reviewing Tablespaces and Data Files, Redo Log Files, and Control Files
7.5.1
Identifying Tablespaces and Data Files
7.5.2
Locating Redo Log Files
7.5.3
Locating Control Files
7.6
Adding or Upgrading Products
7.6.1
Preparing to Add a Product
7.6.2
Adding a Product Summary
7.7
Relinking the Oracle Code
8
Removing Oracle Software
8.1
Identifying All Instances
8.2
Removing an Oracle Database
8.3
Reconfiguring Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services
8.3.1
Identifying Oracle Database Oracle Homes
8.3.2
Reconfiguring the Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services Daemon
8.3.3
Deleting the Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services Daemon Configuration
8.4
Removing Oracle Software
A
Oracle Database 64-Bit Feature
A.1
Introduction to Oracle Database 64-Bit Feature
A.1.1
Benefits of Oracle Database 64-Bit Feature
A.1.2
Implementation of Oracle 64-Bit Feature
A.2
Suggested Parameter Settings
A.3
Other Recommendations
B
Noninteractive Installation and Configuration
B.1
Silent Mode Installation
B.1.1
What Is a Response File?
B.1.2
Why Perform a Silent Installation?
B.1.3
Modifying a Response File
B.2
Performing Silent Installation
B.2.1
Creating the ORAINST.LOC File
B.2.2
Preparing Response Files
B.2.3
Running Oracle Universal Installer Noninteractively
B.3
Running Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode or Suppressed Mode
B.4
Running Oracle Network Configuration Assistant in Silent Mode
B.5
Running Database Configuration Assistant in Noninteractive or Silent Mode
B.5.1
Using Database Configuration Assistant in Noninteractive Mode
B.5.2
Using Database Configuration Assistant in Silent Mode
B.5.3
Running Database Configuration Assistant in Noninteractive or Silent Mode
C
Oracle RAC: Other Considerations
C.1
Documentation Sources
C.2
Troubleshooting the Oracle RAC Installation Process
C.3
Preconversion Considerations
C.3.1
Prerequisites for Conversion
C.3.2
Administrative Considerations
C.4
Converting from Single-Instance to Oracle RAC
C.4.1
Single-Instance Database on a Noncluster Computer to Oracle RAC
C.4.2
Single-Instance Database on a Cluster to Oracle RAC
C.5
Postconversion Steps
C.6
OpenVMS Directory Structures for Oracle RAC
D
Installing, Configuring, and Running EMAgent
D.1
Introduction to EM Framework
D.2
Installation Requirements
D.3
Installation and Configuration
D.4
Management and Maintenance
D.4.1
Startup, Shutdown, and Status
D.4.2
Troubleshooting and Maintenance
D.5
Supported Targets and Jobs
D.6
Known Limitations
E
Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
E.1
About Managing Ports
E.2
Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLs
E.3
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
E.4
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Management Agent Port
F
Configuring Oracle Database Globalization Support
F.1
About NLS_LANG Logical
G
Troubleshooting
G.1
Verifying Requirements
G.2
X Window Display Errors
G.3
Errors During Installation
G.4
Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session
G.5
Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants
G.5.1
Configuration Assistant Failure
G.5.2
Fatal Errors
G.6
Silent Response File Error Handling
G.7
Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation
H
Apache Server Installation and Configuration
H.1
Postinstallation Checklist
H.1.1
Running AUTOGEN
H.1.2
Check Disk Quota
H.1.3
Checking for SET TERMINAL/INQUIRE
H.2
Test the Installation
H.2.1
Browser Test
H.2.2
Troubleshooting
H.3
Running Oracle HTTP Server on OpenVMS
H.3.1
Starting and Stopping the Server
H.3.2
Server Log File
H.3.3
Customizing the Server Environment
H.3.4
How to Configure Apache
H.3.5
Modules and Directives
H.3.6
Supported and Unsupported Features
H.3.7
File Formats
H.3.8
File Naming Conventions
H.3.9
File Transfer Process and Access Control List
H.3.10
Logical Names
H.3.11
OpenVMS Cluster Considerations
H.3.12
CGI Programs
H.4
Security Information
H.4.1
Process Model
H.4.2
Privileged Images
H.4.3
Privileges Required to Start and Stop the Server
H.4.4
File Ownership and Protection
H.4.5
Server Extensions (CGI Scripts)
H.4.6
suEXEC Not Available for Protecting Script Execution
H.5
Open Source Licenses
H.5.1
Apache
I
Identifying Listener Processes
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