Quick Start Manual
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Software and Hardware Requirements
- Installing and Configuring the Operating System
- Verifying Cluster Hardware and Software Configurations
- Obtaining and Using Open Source Files
20 Installing and Configuring
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 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 Grid Infrastructure, Oracle Software Owner and group(s).
• Create the required directories and set their ownership and permissions.
• Set up the kernel parameters (
/etc/sysctl.conf
).
• Set up the kernel module parameters (
/etc/modprobe.conf
).
• Set up the Grid Infrastructure, Oracle Software Owner limits
(
/etc/security/limits.conf file
).
• Set up the pam limits (
/etc/pam.d/login fil
e).
• Set up the /etc/profile.
•Disable SELinux.
• Automatically resolve the missing RPMs, packages, and dependencies
required for a Grid Infrastructure, Oracle Database installation.
• Install the Dell PowerEdge system component drivers.
• Install the
oracleasm
RPMs.