Quick Start Manual

18 Installing and Configuring

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Configuring the Operating System for Oracle

Database Installation

About the Dell|Oracle Deployment Automation Scripts

The Dell|Oracle Deployment automation scripts are packaged as a tar

file that can be downloaded from the Dell|Oracle Tested and Validated

Configurations website at www.dell.com/oracle. This tar file contains

automated scripts, Dell|Oracle Setup RPM, Dell PowerEdge system

component driver RPMs, and Oracle RPMs.

The Dell|Oracle Deployment automation scripts provide the convenience

of having an automated way of setting up an Oracle environment quickly

and easily.

The automated scripts are designed to do the following Dell- and

Oracle-recommended settings:

• Create Oracle Software Owner and group(s).

• Create the required directories for Oracle database and set their ownership

and permissions.

• Set up the kernel parameters (/etc/sysctl.conf).

• Set up the kernel module parameters (/etc/modprobe.conf,

hangcheck, etc.).

• Set up the Oracle Software Owner limits (/etc/security/limits.conf file).

• Set up the pam limits (/etc/pam.d/login file).

• Set up the /etc/profile.

• Disable SELinux.

• Automatically resolve the missing RPMs, packages, and dependencies

required for an Oracle Database installation.

• Install the Dell PowerEdge system component drivers.

• Install the

oracleasm

ocfs2

RPMs.