At least 1 GB of space in the temporary disk space (/tmp) directory

Between 1 GB and 2 GB: 1.5 times the size of the RAM
Between 2 GB and 16 GB: Equal to the size of the RAM
More than 16 GB: 16 GB
Note: Configure swap for your expected system loads. This installation guide provides minimum values for installation only. Refer to your Oracle Solaris documentation for additional memory tuning guidance.

Swap space allocation relative to RAM (Oracle Restart)

Between 8 GB and 16 GB: Equal to the size of the RAM
More than 16 GB: 16 GB
Note: Configure swap for your expected system loads. This installation guide provides minimum values for installation only. Refer to your Oracle Solaris documentation for additional memory tuning guidance.

• For upgrades, Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) detects an existing oraInventory directory from the /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc file, and uses the existing oraInventory.

• For new installs, if you have not configured an oraInventory directory, then the installer creates an Oracle inventory that is one directory level up from the Oracle base for the Oracle Grid Infrastructure install, and designates the installation owner's primary group as the Oracle Inventory group.

The Oracle Inventory directory is the central inventory of Oracle software installed on your system. Users who have the Oracle Inventory group as their primary group are granted the OINSTALL privilege to write to the central inventory.

The OINSTALL group must be the primary group of all Oracle software installation owners on the server. It should be writable by any Oracle installation owner.

The ASCII character restriction includes installation owner user names, which are used as a default for some home paths, as well as other directory names you may select for paths.

Unset Oracle software environment variables

If you have an existing Oracle software installation, and you are using the same user to install this installation, then unset the following environment variables: $ORACLE_HOME; $ORA_NLS10; $TNS_ADMIN.

If you have set $ORA_CRS_HOME as an environment variable, then unset it before starting an installation or upgrade. Do not use $ORA_CRS_HOME as a user environment variable, except as directed by Oracle Support.

Determine superuser (root) privilege delegation option for installation

During a database or grid infrastructure installation, you are asked to run configuration scripts as the root user.

During a grid infrastructure installation, you can either run these scripts manually as root when prompted, or you can provide configuration information and passwords using a root privilege delegation option.

To run root scripts automatically, select Automatically run configuration scripts during installation.

• Use root user credentials

  Provide the superuser password for cluster member node servers.

• Use Sudo

  Sudo is a UNIX and Linux utility that allows members of the sudoers list privileges to run individual commands as root. Provide the username and password of an operating system user that is a member of sudoers, and is authorized to run Sudo on each cluster member node.

  To enable Sudo, have a system administrator with the appropriate privileges configure a user that is a member of the sudoers list, and provide the username and password when prompted during installation.

Set locale (if needed)

Specify the language and the territory, or locale, in which you want to use Oracle components. A locale is a linguistic and cultural environment in which a system or program is running. NLS (National Language Support) parameters determine the locale-specific behavior on both servers and clients. The locale setting of a component determines the language of the user interface of the component, and the globalization behavior, such as date and number formatting.