Getting Started Guide

10 Preparing Nodes for Oracle Installation

Untar the Dell-Oracle-Deployment release using the command:

# tar -xvf Dell-Oracle-Deployment-o-y-m.tar

NOTE: Where, o is the operating system version, y is the year, and m is the

month of the tar release.

Change directory to

Dell-Oracle-Deployment-o-y-m

Install the Dell Validated RPM package on all your cluster nodes using the

following command:

# yum localinstall dell-validated* --nogpgcheck

Installing the Dell Oracle Utilities RPM

The Dell Oracle utilities RPM is designed to do the following Dell and Oracle

recommended settings:

• Create Grid Infrastructure directories, set ownership, and permissions.

• Create grid user.

• Create Oracle Database (RDBMS) directories, set ownership, and

permissions.

• Create the Oracle base directories, set ownership, and permissions.

• Set pam limits within (

/etc/pam.d/login

• Setup

/etc/profile.

• Set SELinux to

Disabled

• Install the Dell PowerEdge system component drivers if applicable.

• Set kernel parameters.

The process to install the Dell Oracle utilities RPM is as follows:

Download the latest Dell Oracle Deployment tar file from

http://en.community.dell.com/dell-

groups/enterprise_solutions/m/oracle_db_gallery/default.aspx

NOTE: The filename will follow the convention: Dell-Oracle-Deployment-OS

version-year-month.tar, for example: Dell-Oracle-Deployment-Lin-2011-07.tar

Copy the Dell Oracle Deployment tar file to a working directory of all your

cluster nodes.