Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Set Up Java Access Bridge to Implement Java Accessibility
  • Command Syntax
  • Related Documentation
  • Conventions
• Changes in this Release for Oracle Database
  • New Features
    • Root Scripts Automation Support for Oracle Database Installation
    • Simplified Image-Based Oracle Database Client Installation
  • Deprecated Features
• 1 Oracle Database Installation Checklist
  • Server Hardware Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
  • Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database on HP-UX Itanium
  • Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
  • Oracle User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
  • Storage Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
  • Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Database
• 2 Checking and Configuring the Server for Oracle Database
  • Logging In to a Remote System Using X Window System
  • Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration
• 3 Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Database on HP-UX Itanium
  • Guidelines for HP-UX Itanium Operating System Installation
  • Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices
    • General Upgrade Best Practices
    • New Server Operating System Upgrade Option
    • Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications
  • Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
  • About Installation Fixup Scripts
  • About Operating System Requirements
  • Operating System Requirements for HP-UX Itanium Systems
    • Supported HP-UX Release on Itanium
  • Additional Drivers and Software Packages for HP-UX Itanium Systems
    • Installing Oracle Messaging Gateway
    • Installation Requirements for ODBC and LDAP
      • About ODBC Drivers and Oracle Database
      • Installing ODBC Drivers for HP-UX Itanium Systems
      • About LDAP and Oracle Plug-ins
      • Installing the LDAP Package
    • Installation Requirements for Programming Environments for HP-UX Itanium Systems
    • Installation Requirements for Web Browsers
  • Checking the Software Requirements on HP-UX Itanium
  • Confirming Host Name Resolution
  • Using Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation
• 4 Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database
  • Required Operating System Groups and Users
    • Determining If an Oracle Inventory and Oracle Inventory Group Exist
    • Creating the Oracle Inventory Group If an Oracle Inventory Does Not Exist
    • About Oracle Installation Owner Accounts
    • Identifying an Oracle Software Owner User Account
  • Oracle Installations with Standard and Job Role Separation Groups and Users
    • About Oracle Installations with Job Role Separation
    • Standard Oracle Database Groups for Database Administrators
    • Extended Oracle Database Groups for Job Role Separation
    • Creating an ASMSNMP User
    • Oracle Automatic Storage Management Groups for Job Role Separation
  • Creating Operating System Privileges Groups
    • Creating the OSDBA for ASM Group
    • Creating the OSOPER for ASM Group
    • Creating the OSDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating an OSOPER Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSBACKUPDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSDGDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSKMDBA Group for Database Installations
    • Creating the OSRACDBA Group for Database Installations
  • Creating Operating System Oracle Installation User Accounts
    • Creating an Oracle Software Owner User
    • Environment Requirements for Oracle Software Owners
    • Procedure for Configuring Oracle Software Owner Environments
    • Modifying Oracle Owner User Groups
    • Creating the External Jobs User Account for HP-UX
    • Setting Remote Display and X11 Forwarding Configuration
    • Preventing Installation Errors Caused by Terminal Output Commands
  • Granting MLOCK Privilege to OSDBA
  • Creating Oracle Database Vault User Accounts
  • Unsetting Oracle Installation Owner Environment Variables
• 5 Configuring Networks for Oracle Database
  • About Oracle Database Network Configuration Options
  • About Assigning Global Database Names During Installation
  • Network Configuration for Computers Completed After Installation
  • Network Configuration for Multihome Computers
  • Setting the ORACLE_HOSTNAME Environment Variable
  • Network Configuration for Computers with Multiple Aliases
• 6 Supported Storage Options for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure
  • Supported Storage Options for Oracle Database
  • About Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
  • About Upgrading Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instances
  • About Managing Disk Groups for Older Database Versions
  • File System Options for Oracle Database
  • Guidelines for Placing Oracle Database Files On a File System or Logical Volume
  • About NFS Storage for Data Files
  • About Direct NFS Client Mounts to NFS Storage Devices
• 7 Configuring File System Storage for Oracle Database
  • Configuring NFS Buffer Size Parameters for Oracle Database
  • Checking TCP Network Protocol Buffer for Direct NFS Client
  • Creating an oranfstab File for Direct NFS Client
  • Enabling and Disabling Direct NFS Client Control of NFS
  • Enabling Hybrid Columnar Compression on Direct NFS Client
• 8 Configuring Storage for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
  • Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
    • Oracle ASM Disk Space Requirements
    • ASM Disk Group Options for Installation
    • Using an Existing Oracle ASM Disk Group
  • Configuring Disk Devices for Oracle ASM on HP-UX Itanium
  • Creating DAS or SAN Disk Partitions for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
  • Creating Directories for Oracle Database Files
  • Creating Files on a NAS Device for Use with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
• 9 Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
  • About Image-Based Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
  • Setup Wizard Installation Options for Creating Images
  • Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server with a New Database Installation
  • Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server for an Existing Database
  • Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server Using a Software-Only Installation
    • About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software-Only Installations
    • Installing Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
    • Configuring Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
  • Testing the Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation
  • Relinking Oracle Restart and Oracle ASM Binaries
  • Configuring Oracle ASM Disk Groups Manually using Oracle ASMCA
  • Enabling Oracle ACFS on Oracle Restart Configurations
  • Applying Patches During an Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation or Upgrade
• 10 Installing Oracle Database
  • About Image-Based Oracle Database Installation
  • Accessing the Installation Software
    • Downloading Oracle Software
    • Downloading the Installation Archive Files from Oracle Website
    • Downloading the Software from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud Portal
    • Copying the Software to the Hard Disk
      • Mounting Disks on HP-UX Itanium Systems
  • About Character Set Selection During Installation
  • About Automatic Memory Management Installation Options
  • Running the Installer in a Different Language
  • Installing the Oracle Database Software
    • Setup Wizard Installation Options for Creating Images
    • Running Oracle Database Setup Wizard to Install Oracle Database
  • Installing Standard Edition High Availability
    • About Standard Edition High Availability
    • Requirements for Installing Standard Edition High Availability
    • Deploying Standard Edition High Availability
      • Installing Standard Edition High Availability Database Software on Local File System
• 11 Oracle Database Postinstallation Tasks
  • Required Postinstallation Tasks
    • Downloading Release Update Patches
    • Setting External Jobs Ownership for HP-UX Installations
    • Unlocking and Resetting Oracle Database User Passwords
      • Oracle Database System Privileges Accounts and Passwords
      • Guidelines for Changing System Privileges Account Passwords
      • Locking and Unlocking User Accounts
      • Using SQL*Plus to Unlock Accounts and Reset Passwords
  • Recommended Postinstallation Tasks
    • Creating a Backup of the root.sh Script
    • Setting Language and Locale Preferences for Client Connections
    • Recompiling All PL/SQL Modules
    • About Installing Oracle Autonomous Health Framework
  • Checking Installed Oracle Database Contents and Directory Location
  • Enabling and Disabling Oracle Database Options After Installation
    • Chopt Tool
  • Starting Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express
  • Creating a Fast Recovery Area
    • About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
    • Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
  • Cloning an Oracle Database Home
• 12 Removing Oracle Database Software
  • About Oracle Deinstallation Options
  • Oracle Deinstallation (Deinstall)
  • Deinstallation Examples for Oracle Database
  • Downgrading Oracle Restart
  • Deinstalling Previous Release Grid Home
• A Completing Preinstallation Tasks Manually
  • Configuring Kernel Parameters on HP-UX Itanium Systems
    • Minimum Parameter Settings for Installation
    • Checking Kernel Parameter Values
    • Setting UDP and TCP Kernel Parameters Manually
• B Response Files
  • How Response Files Work
  • Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
  • Using Response Files
  • Preparing Response Files
    • Editing a Response File Template
    • Recording Response Files
  • Running Oracle Universal Installer Using a Response File
  • Running Configuration Assistants Using Response Files
    • Running Net Configuration Assistant Using Response Files
    • Running Oracle DBCA Using Response Files
  • Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File Created During Installation
    • Using the Installation Response File for Postinstallation Configuration
    • Running Postinstallation Configuration Using Response File
  • Postinstallation Configuration Using the ConfigToolAllCommands Script
    • About the Postinstallation Configuration File
    • Creating a Password Response File
    • Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Password Response File
• C Optimal Flexible Architecture
  • About the Optimal Flexible Architecture Standard
  • About Multiple Oracle Homes Support
  • About the Oracle Inventory Directory and Installation
  • Oracle Base Directory Naming Convention
  • Oracle Home Directory Naming Convention
  • Optimal Flexible Architecture File Path Examples
• D Configuring Read-Only Oracle Homes
  • Evolution of Oracle Homes
    • About Read-Only Oracle Homes
    • About Oracle Base Homes
    • About Oracle Base Config
    • About orabasetab
    • Location of Networking Files in a Read-Only Oracle Home
  • Enabling a Read-Only Oracle Home
  • Copying demo Directories to Oracle Base Home
  • Determining if an Oracle Home is Read-Only
  • File Path and Directory Changes in Read-Only Oracle Homes
• E Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
  • About Managing Ports
  • Oracle Database Component Port Numbers and Protocols
• Index