Silent Installation Guide for 12c Release 1 (12.1) for Linux x86-64(Using response file)

Disk Space Requirements on Linux x86-64 Installation Type Disk Space for Software Files

Enterprise Edition :- 6.4 GB
Standard Edition :- 6.1 GB
Standard Edition One :- 6.1 GB

RAM requirement

Minimum: 1 GB of RAM
Recommended: 2 GB of RAM or more
Swap Space Requirement for Linux RAM Swap Space :-
Between 1 GB and 2 GB 1.5 times the size of RAM
Between 2 GB and 16 GB Equal to the size of RAM
More than 16 GB 16 GB

Operating System Requirements for x86-64 Linux

-Supported Oracle Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Distributions for x86-64
-Supported Oracle Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Distributions for x86-64

1) Oracle Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86-64)

Supported distributions for oracle linux 6 :- (OS Kernel requirement)
Oracle Linux 6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise kernel: 2.6.39-200.24.1.el6uek.x86_64 or later
Oracle Linux 6 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel: 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 or later

Supported distributions for Red Hat Enterprise linux 6 :- (OS Kernel requirement)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel: 2.6.32-100.28.5.el6.x86_64 or later

Packages for Oracle Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 :- (RPM)

Requires below packages (or later versions)
Note :- The 32-bit packages listed in the following sections are required only for 32-bit client installs.
binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.11.el6 (x86_64)
compat-libcap1-1.10-1 (x86_64)
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (x86_64)
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (i686)
gcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
gcc-c++-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
glibc-2.12-1.7.el6 (i686)
glibc-2.12-1.7.el6 (x86_64)
glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6 (x86_64)
glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6 (i686)
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libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (i686)
libgcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
libstdc++-4.4.4-13.el6 (i686)
libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64)
libstdc++-devel-4.4.4-13.el6 (i686)
libaio-0.3.107-10.el6 (x86_64)
libaio-0.3.107-10.el6 (i686)
libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6 (x86_64)
libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6 (i686)
libXext-1.1 (x86_64)
libXext-1.1 (i686)
libXtst-1.0.99.2 (x86_64)
libXtst-1.0.99.2 (i686)
libX11-1.3 (x86_64)
libX11-1.3 (i686)
libXau-1.0.5 (x86_64)
libXau-1.0.5 (i686)
libxcb-1.5 (x86_64)
libxcb-1.5 (i686)
libXi-1.3 (x86_64)
libXi-1.3 (i686)
make-3.81-19.el6
sysstat-9.0.4-11.el6 (x86_64)

2) Oracle Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86-64)

Supported distributions for oracle linux 5 :- (OS Kernel requirement)
Oracle Linux 5 Update 6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise kernel: 2.6.32-100.0.19 or later
Oracle Linux 5 Update 6 with the Red Hat compatible kernel:2.6.18-238.0.0.0.1.el5 or later

Supported distributions for Red Hat Enterprise linux 5 :- (OS Kernel requirement)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6: 2.6.18-238.0.0.0.1.el5 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 with the UnbreakableEnterprise Kernel: 2.6.32-100.0.19 or later

Packages for Oracle Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 :- (RPM)
Requires below packages (or later versions)

Note :- The 32-bit packages listed in the following sections are required only for 32-bit client installs.
binutils-2.17.50.0.6
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3 (32 bit)
gcc-4.1.2
gcc-c++-4.1.2
glibc-2.5-58
glibc-2.5-58 (32 bit)
glibc-devel-2.5-58
glibc-devel-2.5-58 (32 bit)
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libaio-0.3.106
libaio-0.3.106 (32 bit)
libaio-devel-0.3.106
libaio-devel-0.3.106 (32 bit)
libgcc-4.1.2
libgcc-4.1.2 (32 bit)
libstdc++-4.1.2
libstdc++-4.1.2 (32 bit)
libstdc++-devel 4.1.2
libXext-1.0.1
libXext-1.0.1 (32 bit)
libXtst-1.0.1
libXtst-1.0.1 (32 bit)
libX11-1.0.3
libX11-1.0.3 (32 bit)
libXau-1.0.1
libXau-1.0.1 (32 bit)
libXi-1.0.1
libXi-1.0.1 (32 bit)
make-3.81
sysstat-7.0.2

**** Installation steps****

a) Creating Required Operating System Groups and Users

$/usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall
$/usr/sbin/groupadd dba
$/usr/sbin/useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle

b) Configuring Kernel Parameters and Resource Limits

– Add Below lines in /etc/sysctl.conf
fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
fs.file-max = 6815744
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax = 536870912
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 1048586

Enter the following command to change the current values of the kernel parameters:
$/sbin/sysctl –p

– Add below lines in /etc/security/limits.con
 
oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536

c) Creating Required Directories

Create directories for oracle binaries and owner should be oracle:oinstall
Like /oracle/app/12.1.0 so this will be your ORACLE_HOME.

d) Copy the oracle software and unzip

Download the software from oracle web site as per your OS.
Below is the software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64
Oracle version :- 12.1.0.1.0

#cd /software/oracle/

#ls
linuxamd64_12c_database_2of2.zip
linuxamd64_12c_database_1of2.zip

unzip above two files on same location

#cd /software/oracle

#unzip linuxamd64_12c_database_2of2.zip

#unzip linuxamd64_12c_database_1of2.zip

Once both the zip files unzipped , you will find directory with name “database” on same location.

Do installation prechecks using below two Options :-

Option 1)software installation prechecks execute below command :-

#cd /software/oracle/database

#./runInstaller -silent –executePrereqs

Above command creates a logfile where you can get result of prechecks on the server.
Do the needful for any precheck failure.

Option 2) Prechecks using oracle RDA tool :-

Download the required RDA tool from metalink and follow the prechecks steps as per given in read me.
After pre-checks proceed with software installation.
Steps for silent installation (using response file)
– Go to response directory
#cd /software/oracle/database/response

– On this path you can see the below response files.
netca.rsp
db_install.rsp
dbca.rsp

Make a copy of the db_install.rsp as below.

#cp db_install.rsp db_install.rsp_org
– Edit the response file with the required changes for below particular parameters only and leave other parameters with default values.

install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY
ORACLE_HOSTNAME=Hostname_of_your_server
UNIX_GROUP_NAME=oinstall
INVENTORY_LOCATION=/oracle/app/oraInventory —- (mention as per your system setting)
SELECTED_LANGUAGES=en
ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/app/12.1.0 —- (mention as per your system setting)
ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/app/oracle —- (mention as per your system setting)
install.db.InstallEdition=EE
install.db.DBA_GROUP=oinstall
DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true

<NOTE:- From 12c , If you are using silent installation for the oracle database software you need to provide additional parameters: oracle.install.db.BACKUPDBA_GROUP, oracle.install.db.DGDBA_GROUP and oracle.install.db.KMDBA_GROUP>

oracle.install.db.BACKUPDBA_GROUP=oinstall
oracle.install.db.DGDBA_GROUP=oinstall
oracle.install.db.KMDBA_GROUP=oinstall

Otherwise your installation will fail with below error :-
[FATAL] [INS-35341] The installation user is not a member of the following groups: [null, null, null]
CAUSE: The installation user account must be a member of all groups required for installation.
ACTION: Ensure that the installation user is a member of the system privileges operating system groups you selected.

NOTE:- For other parameters if value is blank or some particular value then leave it with same.

– After above changes save the response file.

– Set environment variable as below on the server.(In our case it will be as per below)

export ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/app/12.1.0
export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle/app/oracle
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/lbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/bin/
export TNS_ADMIN=$ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/dt/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/lib

– Now go the path /software/oracle/database
#cd /software/oracle/database

– Execute below command from same location to start the installation using response file.
#./runInstaller -silent -ignorePrereq -responseFile /software/oracle/database/response/db_install.rsp
==================================================================
In above command we used below arguments
-silent –> For silent mode operations.
-ignorePrereq –> To ignore running the prerequisite checks which was done above.
-responseFile –> Specifies the response file and path to use
If your ORACLE_HOME directory is a non-empty directory then use -force option in above commnad.
-force –> Allowing silent mode installation into a non-empty directory.
You can check all the arguments of “runInstaller” by using below command:-
#cd /software/oracle/database
#./runInstaller -help
==================================================================
Once the above command execute , you will get message as per below :-

The installation of Oracle Database 11g was successful. Run the below scripts as a root user.
/oracle/app/12.1.0/root.sh

Execute /oracle/app/12.1.0/root.sh script as root user.

Done ....🙌