Contents

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Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Oracle Audit Vault Server Installation Overview

• 1.1 Deploying Oracle Audit Vault Server
• 1.2 Oracle Audit Vault Installation Components
• 1.3 Oracle Audit Vault Installation Methods
  • 1.3.1 Interactive Installation Methods
  • 1.3.2 Automated Installation Methods Using Response Files
• 1.4 Oracle Audit Vault Server Installation
• 1.5 Oracle Audit Vault Server Software Only Installation
• 1.6 Installation Considerations
  • 1.6.1 Hardware and Software Considerations
  • 1.6.2 Multiple Oracle Homes
  • 1.6.3 Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
  • 1.6.4 Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services
• 1.7 Database Storage Options
  • 1.7.1 File System
  • 1.7.2 Oracle Automatic Storage Management
• 1.8 Database Management Options
  • 1.8.1 Management Options for Oracle Audit Vault Server
  • 1.8.2 Features Provided by Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
• 1.9 Database Backup and Recovery Options
  • 1.9.1 Enabling Automated Backups
  • 1.9.2 Backup Job Default Settings
• 1.10 E-mail Notification Options

2 Oracle Audit Vault Preinstallation Requirements

• 2.1 Logging In to the System as root
• 2.2 Checking the Hardware Requirements
  • 2.2.1 Memory Requirements
  • 2.2.2 Disk Space Requirements
  • 2.2.3 Display Requirements
  • 2.2.4 Run Level Requirement
• 2.3 Checking the Software Requirements
  • 2.3.1 Operating System Requirements
  • 2.3.2 Patch Requirement
  • 2.3.3 Additional Software Requirements
    • 2.3.3.1 Oracle ODBC Drivers
    • 2.3.3.2 Oracle JDBC/OCI Drivers
    • 2.3.3.3 Oracle Messaging Gateway
    • 2.3.3.4 Programming Languages
    • 2.3.3.5 Browser Requirements
    • 2.3.3.6 Oracle Database Vault Preinstallation Requirement
• 2.4 Installation Fixup Scripts
• 2.5 Verifying UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters
• 2.6 Checking the Network Setup
  • 2.6.1 Installing on DHCP Computers
  • 2.6.2 Installing on Multihomed Computers
  • 2.6.3 Installing on Computers with Multiple Aliases
• 2.7 Creating Required Operating System Groups and Users
  • 2.7.1 Creating Custom Configuration Groups and Users for Job Roles
    • 2.7.1.1 Understanding Restrictions for Oracle Installations with Job Role Separation
    • 2.7.1.2 Database Groups for Job Role Installations
    • 2.7.1.3 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Groups for Job Role Installations
  • 2.7.2 Creating Database Operating System Groups and Users with Job Role Separation
    • 2.7.2.1 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group
    • 2.7.2.2 Creating the OSDBA Group for Database Installations
    • 2.7.2.3 Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installations
    • 2.7.2.4 Creating the OSASM Group for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • 2.7.2.5 Creating the OSDBA Group for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • 2.7.2.6 Creating the OSOPER Group for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • 2.7.2.7 Creating the Oracle Software Owner User
    • 2.7.2.8 Creating the External Jobs User Account for HP-UX
• 2.8 Configuring Kernel Parameters on HP-UX Systems
• 2.9 Identifying Required Software Directories
  • 2.9.1 Oracle Base Directory
  • 2.9.2 Oracle Inventory Directory
  • 2.9.3 Oracle Home Directory
• 2.10 Identifying or Creating an Oracle Base Directory
  • 2.10.1 Identifying an Existing Oracle Base Directory
  • 2.10.2 Creating an Oracle Base Directory
• 2.11 Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Audit Vault Server and Recovery Files
• 2.12 Creating Directories for Oracle Audit Vault Server or Recovery Files
  • 2.12.1 Guidelines for Placing Oracle Audit Vault Server Files on a File System
  • 2.12.2 Creating Required Directories
• 2.13 Configuring the oracle User's Environment
• 2.14 Setting the DISPLAY Environment Variable
• 2.15 Setting the Correct Locale

3 Oracle Grid Infrastructure

• 3.1 Requirements for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
  • 3.1.1 Memory Requirements
  • 3.1.2 Disk Space Requirements
  • 3.1.3 Configuring the User's Environment
• 3.2 Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM Support
• 3.3 Managing Disk Groups for Older Database Versions
• 3.4 Migrating Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instances
• 3.5 Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation Considerations
• 3.6 Preparing Disks for an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation
  • 3.6.1 General Steps for Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • 3.6.2 Step 1: Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • 3.6.3 Step 2: Creating DAS or SAN Disk Partitions for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • 3.6.4 Step 3: Configuring Disks for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • 3.6.4.1 Configuring Logical Volume Manager Disk Devices
• 3.7 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation
  • 3.7.1 Installing the Software Binaries
  • 3.7.2 Configuring the Software Binaries
• 3.8 Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
  • 3.8.1 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure with a New Database Installation
  • 3.8.2 Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for an Existing Database
• 3.9 Modifying Oracle Grid Infrastructure Binaries After Installation
• 3.10 Manually Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Groups
• 3.11 Testing the Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation

4 Installing the Oracle Audit Vault Server

• 4.1 Reviewing Component-Specific Installation Guidelines
  • 4.1.1 Using an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Group
• 4.2 Accessing the Server Installation Software
• 4.3 Basic Installation – Performing the Single Instance Server Installation
• 4.4 Advanced Installation – Prerequisite Information for Installing in an Oracle Real Application Clusters Environment
• 4.5 Advanced Installation – Installing Single Instance and Installing in an Oracle Real Application Clusters Environment
• 4.6 Advanced Installation - Software Only Installation
• 4.7 Performing a Silent Installation Using a Response File
• 4.8 Oracle Audit Vault Server Installation Details
  • 4.8.1 Basic Install Configuration and Advanced Install: Specify Audit Vault Details Screens
    • 4.8.1.1 Oracle Base
    • 4.8.1.2 Software Location
    • 4.8.1.3 Audit Vault SID
    • 4.8.1.4 Oracle Audit Vault Server Accounts
    • 4.8.1.5 Oracle Database Vault User Accounts
  • 4.8.2 Advanced Install: Node Selection Screen
• 4.9 Required Postinstallation Server Tasks
  • 4.9.1 Download Patches
  • 4.9.2 Download Critical Patch Updates
  • 4.9.3 Reset User Passwords
    • 4.9.3.1 Using SQL*Plus to Reset Passwords
    • 4.9.3.2 Guidelines for Changing Passwords
  • 4.9.4 Run DVCA to Set Instance Parameters and Lock Out SYSDBA Sessions (Oracle RAC Only)
  • 4.9.5 Download JDBC Driver Files for Source Database Connectivity
    • 4.9.5.1 Download SQL Server JDBC Driver Version 3.0 for SQL Server Connectivity
    • 4.9.5.2 Download jConnect JDBC Driver for Sybase ASE Connectivity
    • 4.9.5.3 Copy the IBM DB2 Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ to the Audit Vault Homes
  • 4.9.6 Log In to Oracle Audit Vault Console
  • 4.9.7 Next Steps to Perform as an Oracle Audit Vault Administrator
  • 4.9.8 Setting External Jobs Ownership for Installations
• 4.10 Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
  • 4.10.1 Creating a Backup of the root.sh Script
  • 4.10.2 Setting the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
  • 4.10.3 Guidelines for Setting Semaphore Parameters
  • 4.10.4 Create a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
    • 4.10.4.1 About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
    • 4.10.4.2 Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group

5 Removing the Oracle Audit Vault Server Software

• 5.1 Stopping the Oracle Audit Vault Server Software
• 5.2 Reconfiguring Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services
• 5.3 Removing Oracle Audit Vault Server Software Using the Deinstallation Tool
  • 5.3.1 About the Deinstallation Tool
  • 5.3.2 Example of Running the Deinstall Command
  • 5.3.3 Example of a Deinstallation Parameter File for Oracle Audit Vault Server
  • 5.3.4 Example of a Deinstallation Parameter File for Oracle Grid Infrastructure

A Installing and Configuring Oracle Products Using Response Files

• A.1 How Response Files Work
  • A.1.1 Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
• A.2 Creating the oraInst.loc File
• A.3 Preparing a Response File
  • A.3.1 Editing a Response File Template
  • A.3.2 Saving a Response File
• A.4 Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
• A.5 Silent-Mode Response File Error Handling

Index