Owner's Manual

22 Deployment Guide
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Installing the Oracle Database 10g Software
1 As user root , mount the Oracle Database 10g CD1 .
2 As user oracle , type:
/mnt/cdrom/runInstaller
The Oracle Universal Installer starts.
3 In the Welcome window, click Next .
4 In the Specify File Locations window, verify that the complete Oracle home path is
/opt/oracle/product/10.1.0/db_1 and click Next .
NOTE: The Oracle home in this step must be different from the Oracle home name that you
identified during the CRS installation. You cannot install the Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition with RAC
into the same home that you used for CRS
.
5 In the Specify Hardware Cluster Installation Mode window, click Select All and click Next .
6 In the Select Installation Type window, click Enterprise Edition and click Next .
A window appears displaying the status of various checks being performed. When the checks
are complete, click
Next .
7 In the Select Database Configuration window, click Do not create a starter database
and click
Next .
8 Click Install in the Summary window.
9 When prompted, insert CD2 into the CD drive.
10 When prompted, open a new terminal window.
11 As user root , type:
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19
12
Run root.sh on node 1.
a Press <Enter> to accept the default value for the local bin directory.
The Virtual Internet Protocol Configuration Assistant (VIPCA) starts.
b On the first VIPCA window, click Next .
c In the List of Available Network Interfaces window, select your public NIC or, if you have
four NIC ports, the port reserved for the virtual IP address (see "Configuring the Public
and Private Networks" on page 12), and click
Next .
NOTE: The public and private NIC assignments that you select in this step must be identical and
available on all nodes.