How to submission

gaurav gauravp at hclcomnet.co.in
Fri Apr 1 13:18:48 UTC 2005


Hi list,
this is the first time I have submitted a Tutorial (intact somebody on 
on dev list suggested I should post it docs list)
as I am not aware procedure or approval cycle pl guide me in this case

Regards, Gaurav
gaurav wrote:

> Hi,
> I have written a tutorial on installing Oracle 9i on FC3. Basically 9i 
> installation on RAS 1,2,3 RH 9, fc1, fc 2 is documented fairly well 
> but its hard to find anything worth while on FC3, some people even 
> suggested installing Oracle 9i on FC3 is not possible !! .This How to 
> attempts to condense all my experience /findings with any such info 
> peculiar to FC3 which scattered all over web in to one concise but 
> useful Doc.
>
> Regards,
> Gaurav
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>   Oracle 9i under Fedora Core 3 - Installation How to
>
>Gaurav  
>gauravpd at gmail.com <mailto:gauravpd at gmail.com>
>
> v1.0-pre1, April 1, 2005
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This tutorial describes how to install Oracle 9i on Fedora Core 3 (or 
> greater)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *Table of Contents*
>
> Oracle 9i under Fedora Core 3 - Installation How to 1
>
> 1. Introduction 2
>
> 1.1 Acknowledgments 3
>
> 1.2 Revision History 3
>
> 1.3 New versions of this document 3
>
> 1.4 Feedback 3
>
> 1.5 Distribution Policy 3
>
> 2. Get Oracle 9i 5
>
> 2.1 CD Installation 5
>
> 2.2 Download 5
>
> 3. Create users and Directories 5
>
> 3.1 Create users and groups 5
>
> 3.2 Create the directories 5
>
> 4. Set Environmental variables 6
>
> 4.1 Edit .bash_profile 6
>
> 5. Set Kernel Parameters 7
>
> 5.1 Edit /etc/sysctl.conf 7
>
> 5.2 Edit /etc/security/limits.conf 7
>
> 6. Install GCC 2.9 Compat libraries 7
>
> 6.1 Install GCC 2.96 Compat packages 7
>
> 6.2 Create symbolic links 8
>
> 7. Run Installer 8
>
> 7.1 Apply libwait.c patch 8
>
> 7.2 Export Display variable 9
>
> 7.3 Finally Run the Installation 9
>
> 7.4 Fix nodeinfo 9
>
> 7. Startup script 10
>
> Miscellaneous Errors 11
>
>
>
>   1. Introduction
>
> This tutorial was written due to my frustration on installing Oracle 
> 9i on FC3. Basically 9i installation on RAS 1,2,3 RH 9, fc1, fc 2 is 
> documented fairly well but its hard to find anything worth while on 
> FC3 , some people even suggested installing Oracle 9i on FC3 is not 
> possible !! . This How to attempts to condense all my experience 
> /findings with any such info peculiar to FC3 which scattered all over 
> web in to one concise but useful Doc.
>
> I hope you might find this short tutorial useful
>
> If you need to install Oracle 9i on FC3 than you must know/ look at 
> following fact
>
>    *
>
>       Fedora is not *Officially Supported* by Oracle Corp
>
>    *
>
>       Oracle 9i installation is difficult but *possible *in FC3
>
>    *
>
>       Oracle 9i CANNOT be linked with the libraries used by gcc 3.4
>       Under FC3, you need to use, (its only possible thru Fc2 compat
>       library)
>
>    *
>
>       Oracle 10 G installation method does NOT WORKS with 9i
>
>    *
>
>       This How to deals with Red hat products >= f3 or higher or gcc
>       version greater than 2.9 other wise if you are installing any
>       other Redhat product you might want look at other exellent
>       tutorials at (http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml ,
>       http://oracle-base.com/ )
>
> also
>
>    *
>
>       This howto is aim to assist you only ...there is NOTHING
>       OFFICIAL about !! so i am not responsible if
>
>    *
>
>       I am not a DBA ..so do not mail me Help pl!! types mail (a
>       better place would be Oracle forums ) , but any suggestion or
>       improvement in How to is appreciated
>
>    *
>
>       Next probable step for me is to write some bash or Perl scripts
>       to fully automate this tideous and boring , frustrating, manual
>       process but that depends on spare time I get , your inputs are
>       welcome :-)
>
>
>     1.1 Acknowledgments
>
> I would like to thank Jean Francois for helping me out on most tricky part
>
>
>     1.2 Revision History
>
> Version 1.0-pre1 – March 25, 2005.
>
> Version 1.1 -April 1,2005 added miscellaneous errors section
>
>
>
>     1.3 New versions of this document
>
> The latest version can be found at 
> http://www.pagux.com/oracle9ionfedora3.html 
> <http://www.alsa-project.org/%7Evalentyn>
>
>
>     1.4 Feedback
>
> I rely on you, the reader, to make this HOWTO useful. If you have any 
> suggestions, corrections or comments, please send them to me ( 
> gauravpd at gmail.com <mailto:alsa-howto at alsa-project.org>), and I will 
> try to incorporate them in the next revision.
>
>
>     1.5 Distribution Policy
>
> Copyright 2005/2006 Gaurav Prasad
>
> This HOWTO is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or 
> modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as 
> published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the 
> License, or (at your option) any later version.
>
> This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
> *without any warranty*; without even the implied warranty of 
> *merchantability* or *fitness for a particular purpose*. See the GNU 
> General Public License for more details.
>
> You can obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License by writing to 
> the Free Software Foundation <http://www.fsf.org/>, Inc., 675 Mass 
> Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
>
>
>
>
>
>   2. Get Oracle 9i
>
>
>     2.1 CD Installation
>
>    *
>
>       If you got Oracle 9i CD then mount it
>
>    *
>
>       mkisofs -r -o ora9id1.iso Disk1/,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image mount_dir
>
>
>     2.2 Download
>
>    *
>
>       Otherwise download it from
>
>    *
>
>       otn.*oracle*.com/software/products/
>       *oracle9i*/htdocs/*linux*soft.html ( You will need to following)
>
>    *
>
>       Extract all three files as
>
>    *
>
>       gunzip ship_9204_linux_disk1.cpio
>
>    *
>
>       cpio -idmv -I ship_9204_linux_disk1.cpio (Dont forget -I option
>       other wise it give error during extraction )
>
>    *
>
>       This will expand to folder Disk1 (Repeat the process other two
>       files)
>
>
>
>   3. Create users and Directories
>
>
>     3.1 Create users and groups
>
>groupadd oinstall
>groupadd dba
>groupadd oper
>groupadd apache
>
>useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
>passwd oracle
>
>
>     3.2 Create the directories
>
> in which the Oracle software will be installed:
>
>|*mkdir /u01 /u02*|
>|*chown oracle.dba /u01 /u02*|
>|*chmod 755 /u01 /u02*|
>
>
>   4. Set Environmental variables
>
>
>     4.1 Edit .bash_profile
>
>    *
>
>       Log as oracle user
>
>    *
>
>       su – oracle
>
>    *
>
>       Edit .bash_profile
>
>    *
>
>       vim .bash_profile add following
>
>############################################################################
>############################ Oracle Variables######################################
>echo " Wel come to oracle";
>ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
>ORACLE_OWNER=oracle; export ORACLE_OWNER
>ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM
>ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0
>ORACLE_SID=ORTD
>LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/libcwait.so
>export DISPLAY=172.28.66.39:0.0
>PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$ORACLE_HOME/network/lib
>
>CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/JRE:$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib; export CLASSPATH
>
>LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1; export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL
>THREADS_FLAG=native; export THREADS_FLAG
>TMP=/tmp; export TMP
>TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR
>
>export PATH ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_PRELOAD
>###############################Oracle##################################
>
>
>   5. Set Kernel Parameters
>
>
>     5.1 Edit /etc/sysctl.conf
>
>    *
>
>       Add following lines can be added to the /etc/sysctl.conf file:
>
>kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
>kernel.shmmni = 128
>kernel.shmall = 2097152
>kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
>fs.file-max = 65536
>net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
>
>
>     5.2 Edit /etc/security/limits.conf
>
>    *
>
>       In addition the following lines can be added to the
>       /etc/security/limits.conf file:
>
>oracle soft nofile 65536
>oracle hard nofile 65536
>oracle soft nproc 16384
>oracle hard nproc 16384
>
>    *
>
>       Adding lines into these files requires a reboot before they take
>       effect.
>
>
>   6. Install GCC 2.9 Compat libraries
>
>
>     6.1 Install GCC 2.96 Compat packages
>
>    *
>
>       From Fedora Core TWO (note if newer FC3 packages are installed
>       use rpm -i –force )
>
>compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96
>compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96
>compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
>compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96
>
>    *
>
>       From Fedora Core THREE
>
>compat-db
>
>    *
>
>       If don't install GCC compat libraries as above you get zillion
>       linking error
>
>
>     6.2 Create symbolic links
>
>    *
>
>       Put gcc296 and g++296 first in $PATH variable by creating the
>       following symbolic links:
>
>mv /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc323
>mv /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++323
>ln -s /usr/bin/gcc296 /usr/bin/gcc
>ln -s /usr/bin/g++296 /usr/bin/g++
>
>
>   7. Run Installer
>
>
>     7.1 Apply libwait.c patch
>
>    *
>
>       Before you run installer you do following to over come some
>       weird errors
>
>    *
>
>       Complie libwait.c (in /home/oracle)
>
>    *
>
>       Save this as libcwait.c and do as explained in the comment:
>
>       /* Compile with
>
>       gcc -shared -o libcwait.so libcwait.c -fpic -O
>
>       and use it by adding
>
>
>       LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/libcwait.so
>
>       in the environment of the application with the bug.
>
>       */
>       #include <errno.h>
>       #include <sys/syscall.h>
>       #include <sys/types.h>
>       #include <sys/wait.h>
>       pid_t
>       __libc_wait (int *status)
>       {
>       int res;
>       asm volatile ("pushl %%ebx\n\t"
>       "movl %2, %%ebx\n\t"
>       "movl %1, %%eax\n\t"
>       "int $0x80\n\t"
>       "popl %%ebx"
>       : "=a" (res)
>       : "i" (__NR_wait4), "0" (WAIT_ANY), "c" (status), "d" (0),
>       "S" (0));
>       return res;
>       }
>
>
>    *
>
>       Compile gcc -shared -o libcwait.so libcwait.c -fpic -O
>
>    *
>
>       Then do
>       export LD_PRELOAD=/home/oracle/libcwait.so
>
>
>     7.2 Export Display variable
>
>    *
>
>       |xhost +localhost
>       export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0|
>
>    *
>
>       |if above doest work take vnc connection to server and run
>       installation (su – oracle and the vncserver to start vncserver)|
>
>
>     |*7.3 Finally Run the Installation*|
>
>    *
>
>       /path/to/oracle/Disk1/runInstaller
>
>    *
>
>       Now carry with Graphical setup (if you are not sure choose
>       Standard database )...from here its really easy
>
>
>     7.4 Fix nodeinfo
>
>    *
>
>       Now installation should proceed without any linking errors but
>       you will get one error in end
>
> Parameter "nodeinfo" = NO_VALUE
>Agent Service Failed
>
>    *
>
>       For do this after setup
>
>    *
>
>netca & (this run wizard)
>
>    *
>
>       cd $ORACLE_HOME and run ./lsnrctl start
>
>    *
>
> check if its running $ ps afx | grep LISTEN | grep -v grep
>
>
>   7. Startup script
>
>    *
>
>       You have to write startup a script so that oracle can
>       automatically be started as reboot and easily control service
>       using service command
>
>    *
>
>       create a start up a start script as following
>
>    *
>
>       vim /etc/init.d/oracle
>
>    *
>
>       add following to it
>
>#!/bin/bash
>#
># Run-level Startup script for the Oracle Instance and Listener
>#
># chkconfig: 345 91 19
># description: Startup/Shutdown Oracle listener and instance
>
>ORA_HOME="/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0.1.0"
>ORA_OWNR="oracle"
>
># if the executables do not exist -- display error
>
>if [ ! -f $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart -o ! -d $ORA_HOME ]
>then
>        echo "Oracle startup: cannot start"
>        exit 1
>fi
>
># depending on parameter -- startup, shutdown, restart 
># of the instance and listener or usage display 
>
>case "$1" in
>    start)
>        # Setting up kernel parameters 
>        #echo 100 32000 100 100 > /proc/sys/kernel/sem
>        #echo 2147483648 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
>        #echo 4096 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmni
>        #echo 2097152 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
>        #echo 65536 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
>        #ulimit -n 65536
>        #echo 1024 65000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
>        #ulimit -u 16384
>        
>        # Oracle listener and instance startup
>        echo -n "Starting Oracle: "
>        su - $ORA_OWNR -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/lsnrctl start"
>        su - $ORA_OWNR -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart
>        touch /var/lock/subsys/oracle
>        echo "OK"
>        ;;
>    stop)
>        # Oracle listener and instance shutdown
>        echo -n "Shutdown Oracle: "
>        su - $ORA_OWNR -c "$ORA_HOME/bin/lsnrctl stop"
>        su - $ORA_OWNR -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbshut
>        rm -f /var/lock/subsys/oracle
>        echo "OK"
>        ;;
>    reload|restart)
>        $0 stop
>        $0 start
>        ;;
>    *)
>        echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|restart|reload"
>        exit 1
>esac
>exit 0
>
>    *
>
>       Now run command chkconfig oracle (this will create init scripts)
>
>    *
>
>       now service oracle start|stop|restart should work
>
>
>   Miscellaneous Errors
>
> *ERROR:
> ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
> ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
> Linux Error: 2: No such file or directory *
>
> This error happens when you reboot and try to login ... you will get 
> lot of errors as database instance is not mounted/started automatically
> *Step 1*
> In /etc/oratab If you have:
> *:/opt/oracle/OraHome1:N
> ordb:/opt/oracle/OraHome1:N
>
> edit it to *:/opt/oracle/OraHome1:Y
> ordb:/opt/oracle/OraHome1:Y
>
> here N means No and Y means Yes ....so you basically asking database 
> to start automatically when you reboot or stop service
> *Step 2 *
> after that try to initialize database
> $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart
>
> if you get error
>
> *No start entry for SID * at /opt/oracle/OraHome1 in /etc/oratab*
>
> this might be due a bug in dbstart script looking at sid file wrong place
> then ->
> cp $ORACLE_BASE/admin/$ORACLE_SID/pfile/init_*.ora
> $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/init$ORACLE_SID.ora
>
> and
> $ sqlplus '/ as sysdba'
> SQL> create pfile from spfile;
> SQL> exit
> run the db start script
> $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbstart
>
>
>
>
> |*if you reached this state with any errors the Congrats !! Relax :-) 
> ...Go have a cup of coffee or call your girl friend *|
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