Oracle® Database Installation Guide 11g Release (11.2) for Solaris Operating System E10848-03 November 2009 Oracle Database Installation Guide, 11g Release (11.2) for Solaris Operating System E10848-03 Copyright © 1996, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates All rights reserved Primary Authors: Prakash Jashnani, Namrata Bhakthavatsalam, Reema Khosla Contributing Authors: Douglas Williams, Kevin Flood, Clara Jaeckel, Emily Murphy, Terri Winters Contributors: David Austin, Subhranshu Banerjee, Janelle Simmons, Mark Bauer, Robert Chang, Jonathan Creighton, Sudip Datta, Thirumaleshwara Hasandka, Joel Kallman, George Kotsovolos, Simon Law, Richard Long, Shekhar Vaggu, Rolly Lv, Padmanabhan Manavazhi, Sreejith Minnanghat, Krishna Mohan, Rajendra Pingte, Hanlin Qian, Roy Swonger, Ranjith Kundapur, Aneesh Khandelwal , Barb Lundhild, Barbara Glover, Binoy Sukumaran, Hema Ramamurthy, Prasad Bagal, Martin Widjaja, Ajesh Viswambharan, Eric Belden, Sivakumar Yarlagadda, Rudregowda Mallegowda , Matthew 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its affiliates will not be responsible for any loss, costs, or damages incurred due to your access to or use of third-party content, products, or services Contents Preface xi Audience Documentation Accessibility Command Syntax Accessing Documentation Related Documentation Typographic Conventions xi xi xii xii xiii xiv What’s New in Oracle Database 11g Release (11.2) xv New Grid Infrastructure Installation Option New Desktop and Server Class Options Daylight Savings Time Upgrade of Timestamp with Timezone Data Type SYSASM Privilege Fixup Scripts and Prerequisite Checks Database Smart Flash Cache Deinstallation Tool Intelligent Data Placement Data Pump Export and Data Pump Import Automatic Restart of Single Instance Databases SRVCTL Support for Single Instance Database in a Cluster Deprecated in Oracle Database 11g Release (11.2) xv xvi xvi xvi xvii xvii xvii xvii xviii xviii xviii xix Overview of Oracle Database Installation New Oracle Products and Features Installed with This Release Planning the Installation Installation Considerations Hardware and Software Certification Multiple Oracle Homes Support Installing the Software on a System with an Existing Oracle Installation Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services Installing Oracle Database Vault in an Oracle Data Guard Environment Oracle Database Vault Default Audit Policy and Initialization Parameters Oracle Database Installation Methods Interactive Installation Types 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-5 iii Automated Installation Methods Using Response Files 1-5 Oracle Database Editions 1-6 Database Configuration Options 1-6 Preconfigured Database Types 1-7 Installation Choices that Affect Database Creation 1-7 Creating a Database After Installation 1-7 Database Storage Options 1-8 File System 1-8 Automatic Storage Management 1-8 Database Management Options 1-10 Management Options for Preconfigured Databases 1-11 Management Options for Custom Databases 1-11 Features Provided by Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control 1-12 Database Backup and Recovery Options 1-12 Enabling Automated Backups 1-12 Backup Job Default Settings 1-13 E-mail Notification Options 1-13 Migration Consideration 1-13 Upgrade Considerations 1-14 Automatic Storage Management Is Installed with Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-14 Daylight Savings Time Upgrade 1-14 Oracle Database Preinstallation Requirements Logging In to the System as root 2-2 Checking the Hardware Requirements 2-3 Memory Requirements 2-3 System Architecture 2-4 Disk Space Requirements 2-4 Display Requirements 2-5 Run Level Requirement 2-5 Checking the Software Requirements 2-6 Operating System Requirements 2-6 Package Requirements 2-6 Compiler Requirements 2-7 Additional Software Requirements 2-7 Oracle JDBC/OCI Drivers 2-7 Oracle Messaging Gateway 2-8 Browser Requirements 2-8 Preinstallation Requirement for Oracle Database Vault 2-8 Patch Requirements 2-8 Preinstallation Requirement for Oracle Database Vault 2-10 Installation Fixup Scripts 2-10 Checking the Network Setup 2-10 Installing on DHCP Computers 2-10 Installing on Multihomed Computers 2-11 Installing on Computers with Multiple Aliases 2-11 Installing on Non-Networked Computers 2-11 iv Creating Required Operating System Groups and Users Creating Custom Configuration Groups and Users for Job Roles Users for Oracle Installations with Job Role Separation Database Groups for Job Role Installations Grid Infrastructure Groups for Job Role Installations Creating Database Operating System Groups and Users with Job Role Separation Creating the Oracle Inventory Group Creating the OSDBA Group for Database Installations Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installation Creating the OSASM Group for Automatic Storage Management Creating the OSDBA Group for Automatic Storage Management Creating the OSOPER Group for Automatic Storage Management Creating the Oracle Software Owner User Determining if an Oracle Software Owner User Exists Creating an Oracle Software Owner User Modifying an Existing Oracle Software Owner User Configuring Kernel Parameters Configuring Kernel Parameters on Solaris 10 Identifying Required Software Directories Oracle Base Directory Oracle Inventory Directory Oracle Home Directory Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory Identifying an Existing Oracle Base Directory Creating an Oracle Base Directory Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Database and Recovery Files Creating Directories for Oracle Database or Recovery Files Guidelines for Placing Oracle Database Files on a File System Creating Required Directories Stopping Existing Oracle Processes Configuring the oracle User’s Environment 2-12 2-12 2-12 2-13 2-13 2-14 2-14 2-15 2-16 2-16 2-16 2-16 2-16 2-17 2-17 2-17 2-18 2-18 2-20 2-20 2-21 2-22 2-22 2-23 2-24 2-25 2-25 2-25 2-26 2-27 2-28 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Requirements for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation 3-2 Memory Requirements 3-2 Disk Space Requirements 3-3 Configuring the User’s Environment 3-3 Migrating Existing Automatic Storage Management Instances 3-4 Automatic Storage Management Installation Considerations 3-4 Preparing Disks for an Automatic Storage Management Installation 3-5 General Steps for Configuring Automatic Storage Management 3-5 Step 1: Identifying Storage Requirements for Automatic Storage Management 3-5 Step 2: Using an Existing Automatic Storage Management Disk Group 3-8 Step 3: Creating DAS or SAN Disk Partitions for Automatic Storage Management 3-9 Step 4: Configuring Disks for Automatic Storage Management 3-10 Installing and Configuring Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server 3-11 Installing Grid Infrastructure with a New Database Installation 3-12 v Windows analogy for Oracle base directory, 2-20 X X Window display errors, G-1 X Window system enabling remote hosts, xhost command, 2-2 XML data, H-6 xterm command, 2-2 2-2 Index-11 Index-12 .. .Oracle Database Installation Guide, 11g Release (11.2) for Solaris Operating System E10848-03 Copyright © 1996, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates All rights... Deprecated in Oracle Database 11g Release (11.2) xv xvi xvi xvi xvii xvii xvii xvii xviii xviii xviii xix Overview of Oracle Database Installation New Oracle Products and Features Installed... an Existing Oracle Installation Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services Installing Oracle Database Vault in an Oracle Data