Oracle Apps DBA stuff: OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) Installation Requirements for Linux Red Hat 4.0 [ID 315832.1]

OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) Installation Requirements for Linux Red Hat 4.0 [ID 315832.1]

		Modified 12-JUN-2009 Type BULLETIN Status PUBLISHED

In this Document
  Purpose
  Scope and Application
  OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) Installation Requirements for Linux Red Hat 4.0
     Step 1: Software Requirements for Red Hat 4.0 Systems
     Step 2: Environment Setup
     Step 3: Installation of Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4)
     Step 4: Oracle Application Server Middle Tier - Business Intelligence and Forms:
     Known Issues (Post-Installation)

Applies to:

Oracle Application Server 10g Enterprise Edition - Version: 9.0.4.0.0
Linux x86
Checked for relevance on 12-May-2009

Purpose

This document describes requirements and steps needed for installing Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.0. Its main purpose is to list the certification requirements, over and beyond what the released Linux Installation Guide and Release Notes states, after Oracle's testing of this installation. This is what allows Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.0 to be "certified" within Metalink's certification status.

Scope and Application

This is intended for any Application Server Administrator responsible for installing Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.0.
The requirements and steps in this document override what is mentioned Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Quick Installation and Upgrade Guide, Oracle Application Server 10g(9.0.4) Installation Guide, and Upgrading to 10g (9.0.4) Guide. However, these must be used in conjunction with this Note.
The requirements and steps described in this document are applicable for all the Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) installation types.

OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) Installation Requirements for Linux Red Hat 4.0

Step 1: Software Requirements for Red Hat 4.0 Systems

Complete the following steps before installing Oracle Application Server on Red Hat 4.0 systems:

   1. Log in as the root user.
   2. Check that Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 is installed:

# cat /etc/issue

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant)

The minimum supported kernel and glibc version are:

          * kernel-smp-2.6.9-11.EL
          * kernel-2.6.9-11.EL
          * glibc-2.3.4-2.9

   3. Check that the following software packages, or higher versions, are installed:

          * gcc-3.4.3-22.1
          * gcc-c++-3.4.3-22.1
          * setarch-1.6-1
          * pdksh-5.2.14-30
          * openmotif21-2.1.30-11
          * gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
          * compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2
          * compat-libgcc-296-2.96-132.7.2
          * compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.3
          * compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.3
          * compat-libcwait-2.0-2
          * compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5
          * sysstat-5.0.5-1
          * gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1
          * ORBit2-2.12.0-3
          * ORBit-0.5.17-14
          * tcp_wrappers-7.6-37.2
          * esound-0.2.35-2
          * audiofile-0.2.6-1

To determine whether a package is installed, enter a command similar to the following:

    # rpm -q package_name

If a package is missing, download it and install it using the following command:

    # rpm -i package_name

    The following packages can be obtained on Metalink in the form of a patch:

    compat-libcwait-2.0-2
    compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5

    These can be obtained from the following location:
    https://updates.oracle.com/download/4198954.html
    (Patch 4198954)

In addition to the packages listed, compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386 requires two additional packages:

     libaio-0.3.103-3.i386.rpm
     libaio-devel-0.3.103-3.i386.rpm

compat-libcwait-2.0-2.i386.rpm and compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm are Oracle packages, and not available from RHN. They provide backwards compatibility with prior distribution versions to allow Oracle software to install, relink, or run properly.

Package   : compat-libcwait-2.0-2.i386.rpm
Summary : Compatibility files for running Oracle

Description :
This package installs /usr/lib/libcwait.so to provide a missing symbol needed by some Oracle products. This is also added to /etc/ld.so.preload.

Package   : compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm
Summary : Compatibility files for running Oracle on RHEL 4

Description :
This package provides gcc and g++ scripts that use libgcc.a 2.96 when linking to provide compatibility for certain Oracle products. Since this package changes the behavior of gcc and g++, it should be installed when necessary and removed once it is no longer needed. NOTE: If upgrading gcc/g++, you must first uninstall this package,upgrade gcc/g++, and then reinstall this package if necessary. See http://oss.oracle.com/projects/compat-oracle/ for more information.

Recommended Procedure to Apply Packages
1) After installing the base operating system, apply the latest update from RedHat

2) Apply all the remaining patches listed in step 1 (except for compat-libcwait-2.0-2.i386.rpm and compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm). Some of these are prerequisites for compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm.

3) Apply these packages (which are also pre-requisites for compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm):

libaio-0.3.103-3.i386.rpm

libaio-devel-0.3.103-3.i386.rpm

These will be available from RHN

4) Apply compat-libcwait-2.0-2.i386.rpm and compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-5.i386.rpm, available as Patch 4198954.

Step 2: Environment Setup

The following environment variable needs to be set, in addition to what is mentioned in the Oracle AS10g Quick Installation and Upgrade Guide, Installation Guide, and Upgrade Guide, before invoking the installer.
Define and export the environment variable:

For ksh, bash:
export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19

For csh:
setenv LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19

Step 3: Installation of Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4)

Follow the instructions from Oracle Application Server 10g(9.0.4) documentation Mounting your CD-ROM or DVD to mount Oracle Application Server 10g(9.0.4) CD-ROM or DVD.
Before the installation, login as Oracle Application Server 10g(9.0.4) installation user and download and install the Patch 4467191 in a temporary area.
Invoke the runInstaller with –paramFile option pointing to the oraparam.ini file. Run the command as following to start up the Oracle Universal: /Disk1/runInstaller –paramFile /oraparam.ini

Step 4: Oracle Application Server Middle Tier - Business Intelligence and Forms:

Complete the Environment Setup in Step 2
Start the runInstaller following Step 3.
Continue the installation by following the steps documented in the Installation and Configuration Guide.
You will be prompted by the following, but before running the configuration script root.sh, a patch needs to be applied.

Warning:*** Alert: A configuration script needs to be run as root before installation can proceed. Leaving this window open, open another window and run '/ee/ias/in/ias904/biinst /root.sh' as root, then return to this window and click OK to continue. ***

User Selected: Yes/OK

Apply the Patch 4217997 for Discoverer
- Note: Because of the need to apply at this stage of installation, its recommended to apply this patch whether or not Discoverer usage is planned.
Proceed to run the root.sh as root.
Continue with the installation, as documented

Known Issues (Post-Installation)

   1. Enterprise Manager performance issues with consumption of CPU Usage:
          * Apply Patch 3856399 for the Enterprise Manager.
   2. Discoverer URL does not come up on RH 4.0 system:
          * Apply Patch 4421372 for Discoverer.