Installation guide

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OracleAS Tier or OS
Component
Disk Requirement
J2EE and Web Cache 900 MB
Portal and Wireless 1.2 GB
Business Intelligence and Forms 2 GB
OracleAS Infrastructure 3.7 GB
/tmp 400 MB
Swap Space 512 MB
Table 2
To check free disk space, use the following Linux command:
# df -h
To check temp space, use the following Linux command:
# df -k /tmp
To check swap space, use the following Linux command:
# grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo
OS Selection
For the purposes of this paper, it is assumed that you will be installing the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux distribution of Linux. Dell strongly advises that the Advanced Server
(AS) edition be utilized as opposed to the Enterprise Server (ES) edition. Dell performs
Oracle testing using Red Hat AS, which is fully supported by Dell Support.
Another choice to make is the exact version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS to install.
Both versions 3.0 or 4.0 of the OS are supported for either OracleAS versions 10.1.2 or
10.1.3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.0 is clearly preferred due to numerous new
features and improvements. However, some sites may still be using version 3.0 for their
databases or other applications. If version 3.0 is chosen, Update 3 or higher is supported.
For version 4.0, Update 1.0 or higher is supported.
Finally, the choice of a 32-bit OS or a 64-bit OS should be considered. The 32-bit
version of Linux is referred to as the “x86” kernel. The 64-bit version of Linux is
referred to as the “x86_64” kernel. Installing the 32-bit version of OracleAS is fully
supported on the x86 version of Linux. Currently, Oracle does not provide a 64-bit
version of Oracle Application Server for the EM64T platform. It is possible to install the
32-bit version of Oracle Application Server on the x86_64 version of Linux. This
requires some care in setting up the installation and runtime environments.
Basic OS Installation
The actual OS installation is not that difficult. In fact, there are three different wizard-
driven installation packages to choose from:
1. The Dell “Oracle Database 10g – Linux Deployment” CDs. These CD ISO
images are a free download from Dell, located at
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/oracle_solution?c=us
&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~section=005 Choose the “Oracle Database 10g