Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Structure
• Conventions

1 Introduction to Oracle Universal Installer

• System Requirements
• Key Features
• Utilities
  • Oracle Universal Installer
  • OPatch
• Actions Performed by the Utilities
  • Installation
  • Deinstallation
  • Cloning
  • Patching
  • Upgrades and Patchsets
  • Adding Nodes
  • Inventory Operations
    • Attaching Oracle Homes
    • Detaching Oracle Homes
    • Updating the Node List
• Major Entities Created
  • Inventory
  • Oracle Home
• Modes of Installation
  • Interactive Mode
  • Suppressed-Interactive Mode
  • Silent Mode
  • Cluster Mode

2 Managing Oracle Homes

• Introduction to Oracle Homes
• Installing an Oracle Product
• Removing Oracle Homes
• Determining the Default Oracle Home
• Multiple Oracle Homes
  • Target Home
• Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
  • Structure of the Oracle Universal Installer Inventory
    • Central Inventory Pointer File
    • Central Inventory
    • Oracle Home Inventory
  • Creating the Central Inventory
    • Using the Session Variables
    • Verifying the Operation
  • Detaching Oracle Homes from the Central Inventory
    • Using Optional Flags
    • Removing the Central Inventory
  • Upgrading and Patching the Oracle Home
  • Cloning Oracle Homes
  • Backing up the Inventory
  • Recovering from Inventory Corruption
    • Diagnosing and Recovering from Central Inventory Corruption
    • Diagnosing and Recovering from Oracle Home Inventory Corruption
  • Real Application Clusters
    • Updating the Nodes of a Cluster
• Home Selector (Available on Win32 Platforms)
  • Home Selector Overview
  • How Home Selector Works
  • Oracle Home Directory Structure for Windows Platforms
  • Optimal Flexible Architecture Directory Structure (on UNIX)
    • ORACLE_BASE Directory
    • ORACLE_HOME Directory

3 Customizing and Creating Response Files

• About Response Files
  • What Is a Silent Installation?
  • What Is a Response File?
  • Why Perform a Silent Installation?
• Modifying a Response File
• Creating a Response File With Record Mode
  • Using Record Mode
• Response File Format
  • Variable Values
    • Variable Lookup Order
    • Setting the Recommendation Value
  • Comments
  • Headers
  • Response File Parameters
• Installing with a Response File
  • Specifying a Response File
  • Optional Parameters When Specifying a Response File
  • Setting Response File Variables From the Command Line
    • Specifying the Value of a Session Variable
    • Specifying the Value of a Component Variable

4 Installing Products

• Checking Prerequisites Before Installation
• Installing Oracle Products
  • Getting Help While Installing Oracle Products
  • About the ORAPARAM.INI File
  • Modes of Installation
  • Installation Media
    • Installing from a Single CD-ROM
    • Installing from Multiple CD-ROMs
    • Installing from a staged HTTP location
  • Special Instructions for UNIX Users
    • Failed to Connect to Server Error
    • Providing a UNIX Installer Location with Root Privileges
    • Providing a UNIX Group Name
• Deinstalling Oracle Products
  • Removing Oracle Products and Oracle Homes
  • Deinstalling Top-level Products That Have Dependents
  • Silent Deinstallation
    • Immediately Displaying the Inventory Dialog Box
    • Hiding the Inventory Dialog Box
    • Hiding the Deinstallation Confirmation and Progress Dialog Boxes
• Running Oracle Universal Installer After Installation
  • Starting Oracle Universal Installer
  • Command Line Arguments
  • Using Oracle Universal Installer Exit Codes
  • Cloning Considerations
• About Oracle Universal Installer Log Files

5 Installing Cluster Environments

• Oracle Universal Installer and Real Application Clusters
  • Oracle Clusterware
  • Installed Real Application Clusters Components
• General System Installation Requirements for Real Application Clusters
  • Hardware Requirements for Real Application Clusters Setup
  • Software Requirements for Real Application Clusters Setup
• Cluster Setup and Pre-installation Configuration Tasks for Real Application Clusters
• Pre-installation Tasks for Real Application Clusters on UNIX
  • Logging In to the System as root
  • Creating Required UNIX Groups and Users
    • Creating Identical Users and Groups on Other Cluster Nodes
    • Configuring SSH on all Cluster Nodes
  • Configuring the Oracle User Environment
  • Checking the Hardware Requirements
  • Checking the Network Requirements
    • Network Hardware Requirements
    • Network Parameter Requirements
    • IP Address Requirements
    • Node Time Requirements
  • Checking Software Requirements
  • Configuring Kernel Parameters
  • Identifying Required Software Directories
    • Oracle Base Directory
    • Oracle Inventory Directory
    • Oracle Clusterware Home Directory
    • Oracle Home Directory
  • Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory
  • Creating the Clusterware Home Directory
• Pre-installation Tasks for Real Application Clusters on Windows
  • Checking Hardware and Software Certification
  • Checking the Hardware Requirements
    • Hard Disk Space Requirements
  • Checking the Software Requirements
  • Checking the Network Requirements
    • Network Hardware Requirements
    • IP Address Requirements
  • Checking Individual Component Requirements
• Configuring Storage for Oracle Clusterware
• Installing Oracle Clusterware on UNIX
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Oracle Clusterware Background Processes
• Installing Oracle Clusterware on Windows
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Running the Oracle Universal Installer in Silent Mode to Install Oracle Clusterware
  • Oracle Clusterware Background Processes
• Adding More Nodes to the Cluster for Mass Deployment
• Installing Product Software on a Cluster
  • Cluster Detection
  • Availability Checking
  • Cluster Installation
  • Cluster Installation in Silent Mode
  • Cluster Deinstallation
• Command Line Options for Cluster Installations (UNIX Only)
• Patchsets and Upgrades
• Post-installation Tasks
  • Verification
  • Back Up Disk after Installation
  • Download and Install Patches
  • Configure Oracle Products
• Deinstalling Real Application Clusters Software
  • Deinstalling Oracle Product Software on UNIX
  • Deinstalling Oracle Product Software on Windows
  • Deinstalling Oracle Clusterware
    • Deinstalling Oracle Clusterware from a UNIX Environment
    • Deinstalling Oracle Clusterware from a Windows Environment
• Converting Single-instance Nodes to Real Application Clusters
• Troubleshooting Real Application Clusters / Oracle Clusterware Installation

6 Cloning Oracle Software

• About Cloning
• Overview of the Cloning Process
  • Source Preparation Phase
  • Cloning Phase
• Locating and Viewing Log Files
• Cloning an Oracle Database 11.1 Oracle Home
  • Preparing the 11.1 Oracle Database Source
  • Cloning an 11.1 Oracle Database
  • Viewing Log and Error Files
• Cloning Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Homes

7 Patching Oracle Software with OPatch

• About OPatch
  • OPatch Features
  • Getting Interim Patches
  • Environment Variables OPatch Uses
• Requirements for OPatch
• Prerequisite Checks for OPatch
  • Checks for Single Instances and Real Application Clusters
  • Additional Checks for Real Application Clusters
    • Check for User Equivalence
    • Check for OPatch Lsinventory
• Backup and Recovery Considerations for Patching
• OPatch Utility for OUI-based Oracle Homes
  • Apply Command for OUI-based Oracle Homes
  • Napply Command for OUI-based Oracle Homes
  • Lsinventory Command for OUI-based Oracle Homes
  • Query Command for OUI-based Oracle Homes
  • Rollback Command for OUI-based Oracle Homes
  • Nrollback Command for OUI-based Oracle Homes
  • Version Command for OUI-based Oracle Homes
• Standalone Patching
  • Unsupported Services for Standalone Patching
  • Standalone Patching Requirements
  • OPatch Utility for Standalone Homes
    • Apply Command for Standalone OPatch
    • Lsinventory Command for Standalone OPatch
    • Query Command for Standalone OPatch
    • Rollback Command for Standalone OPatch
    • Version Command for Standalone OPatch
  • Use Cases
    • Inventory Operations
    • Patching Operations
    • Utility Operations
• Schema Patching
  • Schema Patching Options
  • Standalone SQL Execution
• Online Patching
• Real Application Clusters Patching
  • All Node Patching
  • Rolling Patching
  • Minimum Downtime Patching
• About Patch Conflicts
  • Types of Conflicts
    • Superset
    • Subset
    • Duplicate
    • Bug Conflict
    • File Conflict
  • Patch Conflict Behavior for Apply and Napply
  • Patch Conflict Detection and Resolution
• Problem Resolution
  • Logging and Tracing
    • Command Index
    • Levels of Logging
  • Recovering from a Failed Patching Session
    • Single Instance Setup
    • Real Application Clusters Setup
  • Resolving OPatch Application Errors

8 Oracle Internationalization and Translation

• Installation Dialogs Language
• Product Language Selections
• Language Add-on

A Frequently Asked Questions

• Oracle Universal Installer
• OPatch

B Troubleshooting and Debugging Oracle Universal Installer

• Debugging Mechanisms in Oracle Universal Installer
  • Installation Log
  • Automated Inventory Backups
    • Central Inventory Backup
    • Oracle Home Inventory Backup
• Oracle Universal Installer Errors
• Other Tips

C Understanding Oracle Universal Installer Commands

• Options Available in Oracle Universal Installer
• Command-line Variables Available in Oracle Universal Installer

D Sample Files

• Sample Response File
• Sample ORAPARAM.INI File
• Sample Components File

Index