Oracle Validated Configuration RPM

About the Oracle Validated Configuration RPM


If your Linux distribution is Oracle Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and you are an Unbreakable Linux customer, then you can complete most preinstallation configuration tasks by using the Oracle Validated Configurations Setup RPM, available from the Unbreakable Linux Network, or available on the Oracle Linux DVD disks.

When it is installed, the Oracle Validated Configuration RPM does the following:

• Automatically installs any additional packages needed for installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database

• Creates an oracle user, and creates the oraInventory (oinstall) and OSDBA (dba) groups for that user

• Sets and verifies sysctl.conf settings, system startup parameters, user limits, and driver parameters to values based on recommendations from the Oracle Validated Configurations program

To become an Unbreakable Linux Network customer, contact your sales representative, or purchase a license from the Unbreakable Linux store:

https://shop.oracle.com/product/oraclelinux

To register your server on the Unbreakable Linux Network, or to find out more information, refer to the following URL:

https://linux.oracle.com

If you are using Oracle Linux 4.7 and higher, or Oracle Linux 5.2 and higher, then the Oracle Validated RPM is included on the install media.

Note:

The Oracle Validated RPM sets kernel parameters and resource limits only for the user account oracle. To use multiple software account owners, you must perform system configuration for other accounts manually.

In addition, users and groups are created using the next available ID numbers. If server group and user IDs are not identical on the cluster nodes where you run the Oracle Validated RPM, then it is possible that these ids will be different on the nodes, and the different group and user IDs will cause installation to fail.

To avoid this issue, run the command id user on all nodes, where user is the software owner user account. If group or user IDs are not identical on all the nodes, then change them as necessary to ensure that they are identical.



Installing the Oracle Validated RPM From Unbreakable Linux Network

Use the following procedure to subscribe to Oracle Unbreakable Linux channels, and to add the Oracle Linux channel that distributes the Oracle Validated Configurations Setup RPM:

1. Complete a default Oracle Linux workstation installation, or a default Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation.

2. Register your server with Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN). By default, you are registered for the Oracle Linux Latest channel for your operating system and hardware.

3. Log in to Unbreakable Linux Network at the following URL:

https://linux.oracle.com

4. Click the Systems tab, and in the System Profiles list, select a registered server. The System Details window opens, and displays the subscriptions for the server.

5. From the Available Channels list, select the _base and _patch channels corresponding to your Oracle Linux distribution. For example, if your distribution is Oracle Linux 5 Update 5 for x86_64, then select the following:

o Oracle Linux 5 Update 5 installation media copy (x86_64)

o Oracle Linux 5 Update 5 Patch (x86_64)

6. Click Subscribe.

7. From a terminal session, as root, enter the following command:

8. # up2date --nox --show-channels

You should see output indicating that you have subscribed to the Oracle Linux channel. For example:

el5_u5_i386_base



el5_u5_x86_64_patch

9. Open a terminal session as root, and install the Oracle Validated Configurations Setup RPM with up2date, using the following command:

10. # up2date --install oracle-validated

Oracle Linux automatically creates a standard (not role-allocated) Oracle installation owner and groups, and sets up other kernel configuration settings as required for Oracle installations.

11. Repeat steps 1 through 8 on all other servers in your cluster.

Note:

Check the Oracle Validated Configuration RPM log file to review system configuration changes:

/var/log/oracle-validated/results/orakernel.log



Installing the Oracle Validated RPM From DVD Disks or Images

Use the following procedure to install the Oracle Validated Configuration RPM from the Oracle Linux distribution:

1. Obtain Oracle Linux disks either by ordering the Oracle Linux Media Pack from Oracle Store, or downloading disk images from the Oracle E-Delivery Web site for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM.

Oracle Store:

https://shop.oracle.com/store/enterpriselinux

E-Delivery Web Site:

http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux



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