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Setting up environment variables

Set up the PATH and MANPATH variables prior to installing SF Oracle RAC.

Setting the PATH Variable

The installation and other commands are located in various directories. If necessary, add these directories to your PATH environment variable on each system:

For Bourne Shell (sh or ksh), type:

# PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/vxvm/bin:\

/opt/VRTSvxfs/sbin:/opt/VRTSvcs/bin:/opt/VRTS/bin:\

/opt/VRTSvcs/rac/bin:/opt/VRTSob/bin:$PATH; export PATH

For C Shell (csh), type:

# setenv PATH /usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/vxvm/bin:\

/opt/VRTSvxfs/sbin:/opt/VRTSvcs/bin:/opt/VRTS/bin:\

/opt/VRTSvcs/rac/bin:/opt/VRTSob/bin:$PATH

For root user, do not define paths to a cluster file system in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable. For example, define $ORACLE_HOME/lib in LD_LIBRARY_PATH for user oracle only.

The path defined as /opt/VRTSob/bin is optional unless you choose to install Veritas Enterprise Administrator.

Setting the MANPATH Variable

Set the MANPATH variable to enable viewing manual pages.

For the Bourne Shell (bash, sh or ksh), type:

# export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/VRTS/man

For the C Shell (csh), type:

# setenv MANPATH $MANPATH:/opt/VRTS/man

Some terminal programs may display garbage characters while viewing man pages. This issue can be resolved by setting the following environment variable: LC_ALL=C