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Setting Oracle environment variables and invoking
the Oracle installer

Review the procedure to set the environment variables using the SF Oracle RAC configuration program. The program invokes the Oracle installer to install Oracle9i binaries.

 To set the Oracle environment variables and invoke the Oracle installer

1. If you want to pass any arguments to Oracle installer, then set up the OUI_ARGS environment variable. You must perform this step before you start the SF Oracle RAC configuration program.

   Refer to the Oracle documentation for details on the arguments that you can pass to the Oracle installer.

   For example:

   # export OUI_ARGS=-ignoreSysPrereqs

2. Launch the SF Oracle RAC configuration program.

   # installsfrac -configure

3. Select Install or relink Oracle from the menu.
4. Choose Oracle 9iR2 as the version of the Oracle software.
5. Select Install Oracle RDBMS server to install Oracle software.
6. Set the DISPLAY environment variable that is required for the Oracle Universal Installer.

   Enter DISPLAY environment variable: 10.20.12.150:0.0

7. Enter the Oracle user name.

   Enter Oracle UNIX user name: (oracle) oracle

8. Enter the Oracle group name.

   Enter Oracle UNIX group name: (oinstall) dba

9. Enter the absolute path of the Oracle database software install image.

   This is the path to the software disc where the installer resides.

   Enter absolute path of Database install image: /var/Oracle9i/database/Disk1

10. Enter the Oracle base directory.

    Enter Oracle base directory: /app/oracle

11. Enter the absolute path of the database home directory.

    Enter absolute path of Database Home directory: /app/oracle/orahome

    This entry launches the Oracle Universal Installer.

12. Proceed with the Oracle9i installation.

    See Installing Oracle9i RAC