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Oracle Validated Configuration RPM for OEL5
In the Oracle® Database Installation Guide for 11g there was a mention of Oracle Validated Configuration RPM.
When I first installed OEL5, the RPM’s for that o/s version were not yet released.
But since Oracle has now released the oracle-validated RPM’s for OEL5 on Unbreakable Linux Network. I decided to give it a try.
I installed OEL5 with the default installation. I then registered my machine with the up2date utility.
Do not forget to register to the proper channel on Unbreakable Linux Network or the following error will happen:
[root@oracletest ~]# up2date oracle-validated
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_i386_latest…
Fetching rpm headers…
########################################Name Version Rel
———————————————————-The following packages you requested were not found:
oracle-validated
Once registered, I validated the channel I was registered to:
[root@oracletest db_1]# up2date –nox –show-channels
el5_i386_oracle
el5_i386_latest
Here is my installation output:
[root@oracletest ~]# up2date oracle-validated
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_i386_oracle…
########################################
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_i386_latest…
Fetching rpm headers…
########################################
Name Version Rel
———————————————————-
oracle-validated 1.0.0 3.el5 i386
Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies…
########################################
compat-db-4.2.52-5.1.i386.r ########################## Done.
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4.i386. ########################## Done.
compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4.i ########################## Done.
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-6 ########################## Done.
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.125 ########################## Done.
gcc-4.1.1-52.el5.2.i386.rpm ########################## Done.
gcc-c++-4.1.1-52.el5.2.i386 ########################## Done.
glibc-devel-2.5-12.i386.rpm ########################## Done.
glibc-headers-2.5-12.i386.r ########################## Done.
libXp-1.0.0-8.i386.rpm: ########################## Done.
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i3 ########################## Done.
libstdc++-devel-4.1.1-52.el ########################## Done.
oracle-validated-1.0.0-3.el ########################## Done.
sysstat-7.0.0-3.el5.i386.rp ########################## Done.
unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.i386.rp ########################## Done.
unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.i ########################## Done.
cpp-4.1.1-52.el5.2.i386.rpm ########################## Done.
elfutils-libelf-devel-stati ########################## Done.
libgcc-4.1.1-52.el5.2.i386. ########################## Done.
libgomp-4.1.1-52.el5.2.i386 ########################## Done.
libstdc++-4.1.1-52.el5.2.i3 ########################## Done.
Preparing ########################################### [100%]
Installing…
1:libgcc ########################################### [100%]
2:libstdc++ ########################################### [100%]
3:libstdc++-devel ########################################### [100%]
4:unixODBC ########################################### [100%]
5:glibc-headers ########################################### [100%]
6:glibc-devel ########################################### [100%]
7:compat-gcc-34 ########################################### [100%]
8:compat-gcc-34-c++ ########################################### [100%]
9:unixODBC-devel ########################################### [100%]
10:compat-db ########################################### [100%]
11:compat-libstdc++-33 ########################################### [100%]
12:libgomp ########################################### [100%]
13:cpp ########################################### [100%]
14:gcc ########################################### [100%]
15:gcc-c++ ########################################### [100%]
16:sysstat ########################################### [100%]
17:libaio-devel ########################################### [100%]
18:libXp ########################################### [100%]
19:elfutils-libelf-devel ########################################### [100%]
20:oracle-validated ########################################### [100%]
21:elfutils-libelf-devel-s########################################### [100%]
The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:
Name Version Release
————————————————————–
compat-db 4.2.52 5.1
compat-gcc-34 3.4.6 4
compat-gcc-34-c++ 3.4.6 4
compat-libstdc++-33 3.2.3 61
elfutils-libelf-devel 0.125 3.el5
gcc 4.1.1 52.el5.2
gcc-c++ 4.1.1 52.el5.2
glibc-devel 2.5 12
glibc-headers 2.5 12
libXp 1.0.0 8
libaio-devel 0.3.106 3.2
libstdc++-devel 4.1.1 52.el5.2
sysstat 7.0.0 3.el5
unixODBC 2.2.11 7.1
unixODBC-devel 2.2.11 7.1
cpp 4.1.1 52.el5.2
elfutils-libelf-devel-static 0.125 3.el5
libgcc 4.1.1 52.el5.2
libgomp 4.1.1 52.el5.2
libstdc++ 4.1.1 52.el5.2
Oracle Validated Configuration did not only install the necessary RPM’s, it also created the oracle user/group’s, along with a couple of Oracle installation’s Requirements file modifications.
I was able to see my system configuration changes with this log file:
/etc/sysconfig/oracle-validated/results/orakernel.log
Creating oracle user passed
Verifying kernel parameters as per Oracle recommendations…
fs.file-max 327679
kernel.msgmni 2878
kernel.msgmax 65536 8192
kernel.sem 250 32000 100 142
kernel.shmmni 4096
kernel.shmall 268435456 3279547
kernel.sysrq 0 1
net.core.rmem_default 262144
net.core.rmem_max 2097152
net.core.wmem_default 262144
net.core.wmem_max 262144
fs.aio-max-nr 3145728
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range 1024 65000
Setting kernel parameters as per oracle recommendations…
Altered file /etc/sysctl.conf
Original file backed up at /etc/sysctl.conf.orabackup
Verifying & setting of kernel parameters passed
Verifying oracle user OS limits as per Oracle recommendations…
oracle soft nofile 131072
oracle hard nofile 131072
oracle soft nproc 131072
oracle hard nproc 131072
oracle soft core unlimited
oracle hard core unlimited
oracle soft memlock 3500000
oracle hard memlock 3500000
Setting oracle user OS limits as per Oracle recommendations…
Altered file /etc/security/limits.conf
Original file backed up at /etc/security/limits.conf.orabackup
Verifying & setting of user limits passed
Verifying kernel boot parameters as per Oracle recommendations…
Setting kernel boot parameters as per Oracle recommendations…
Boot parameters will be effected on next reboot
Altered file /boot/grub/grub.conf
Original file backed up at /boot/grub/grub.conf.orabackup
Verifying & setting of boot parameters passed
Verifying module parameters as per Oracle recommendations…
Setting module parameters as per Oracle recommendations…
Altered file /etc/modprobe.conf
Original file backed up at /etc/modprobe.conf.orabackup
e1000 settings modified to include FlowControl=1
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.18-8.el5/kernel/drivers/char/hangcheck-timer.ko hangcheck_reboot=1
hangcheck-timer module settings modified to include hangcheck_reboot=1
Oct 2 12:01:35 oracletest ntpd[3529]: time reset -0.771217 s
Oct 2 12:05:38 oracletest ntpd[3529]: synchronized to LOCAL(0), stratum 10
Note that every modified files are backup up by the installation.
All this automation is very neat and save some time. However, some manual work still needs to be done afterwards.
The following files were not modified by the oracle-validated-1.0.0-3.el5.i386 RPM:
–/etc/pam.d/login
–/etc/profile
connected as user oracle:
–.bash_profile
Setting Shell Limits for the oracle User and Configuring the oracle User’s Environment section in the Oracle® Database Installation Guide recommend to configure those files above.
Also, Oracle 11g installer failed the Prerequisites Checks for 2 kernel parameters.
Checking operating system requirements …
Checking kernel parameters
Checking for rmem_default=4194304; rmem_default=262144. Failed <<<<
Checking for rmem_max=4194304; rmem_max=2097152. Failed <<<<
I had to manually change those 2 parameters in the /etc/sysctl.conf file.
References:
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