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Installing Oracle 10g Binaries

Review the procedure to install the Oracle 10g software in an SF Oracle RAC environment. Symantec recommends you to install Oracle binaries locally on each node. Make sure to review the Oracle installation manuals.

See Preparing to store the Oracle binary and data files

Make sure any required HP-UX patches listed in the Oracle documentation are installed before you install the Oracle software. Follow the Oracle Universal Installer wizard instructions and complete the installation. Refer to Oracle documentation for specific information on how to install Oracle.

 To install Oracle 10g

1. If you chose Install Oracle RDBMS server in the SF Oracle RAC configuration program, then after you set the Oracle 10g environment variables, the program launches the Oracle installer.
2. As you run the installer, be prepared with the following information required for the installation and configuration of the Oracle 10g binaries:

    

   Specify File Locations dialog box	The installation destination ($ORACLE_HOME). Depending on where you install Oracle 10g binaries, this location is either on shared storage or an identical location on each of the local cluster nodes. For example, /oracle/VRT. The path to $ORACLE_HOME.
   Specify Hardware Cluster Installation Mode dialog box	The names of the cluster nodes and their associated host names.   In the example Oracle installation, the nodes and their associated host names are galaxy and nebula.

3. When you come to the Select Database Configuration dialog box, choose not to have a starter database created. Click Do not create a starter database.

   Symantec recommends you to create a database later.

4. When you arrive at the Install screen, click Install.
5. Follow the wizard instructions to install Oracle 10g binaries.
6. In the Setup Privileges Notice dialog box, click OK.

   The installer prompts you to run the root.sh script.

7. Run the root.sh script on each node. For example:

   # cd $ORACLE_HOME

   # ./root.sh

8. When you start the script, a VIP Configuration Assistant window appears. Enter the virtual IP address you are configuring for the node on which you run root.sh.

   See Creating public virtual IP addresses for Oracle

9. Complete with the Oracle 10g installation.
10. Review the output as the SF Oracle RAC configuration program links the SF Oracle RAC libraries to Oracle.
11. After installing Oracle 10g software, perform the post-installation tasks.

    See Completing Oracle 10g post-installation tasks