1.4 Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
Use the checklist to assist you to be prepared before starting Oracle Universal Installer.
Table 1-4 Oracle Universal Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
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Review the Documentation |
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Review the Licensing Information |
You are permitted to use only those components in the Oracle Database for which you have purchased licenses. For more information about licenses, refer to the following URL: |
Obtain your My Oracle Support account information. |
During installation, you require a My Oracle Support user name and password to configure security updates, download software updates, and other installation tasks. You can register for My Oracle Support at the following URL: |
Review Oracle Support Certification Matrix |
New platforms and operating system software versions can be certified after this guide is published, review the certification matrix on the My Oracle Support website for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system versions: You must register online before using My Oracle Support. After logging in, from the menu options, select the Certifications tab. On the Certifications page, use the Certification Search options to search by Product, Release, and Platform. You can also search using the Certification Quick Link options such as Product Delivery, and Lifetime Support. |
Review online information to assist with installation |
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Run Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) with CVU and use fixup scripts |
Oracle Universal Installer is fully integrated with Cluster Verification Utility (CVU), automating many CVU prerequisite checks. Oracle Universal Installer runs all prerequisite checks and creates fixup scripts when you run the installer. You can run OUI up to the Summary screen without starting the installation.
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Download and run Oracle ORAchk for runtime and upgrade checks, or runtime health checks |
The Oracle ORAchk utility provides system checks that can help to prevent issues before and after installation. These checks include kernel requirements, operating system resource allocations, and other system requirements. Use the Oracle ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment to obtain an automated upgrade-specific system health check for upgrades. For example:
The Oracle ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment automates many of the manual pre- and post-upgrade checks described in Oracle upgrade documentation. For more information refer to the following URL: |
Verify if Oracle Grid Infrastructure is installed |
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Check running Oracle processes, and shut down if necessary |
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Ensure Task Scheduler jobs do not run during installation |
If the installer is running when daily scheduled jobs start, then you may encounter unexplained installation problems if your scheduled job is performing cleanup, and temporary files are deleted before the installation is finished. Oracle recommends that you complete installation before daily scheduled jobs are run, or disable daily scheduled jobs that perform cleanup until after the installation is completed. |
Decide on an Oracle Database management tool |
By default, Oracle Database is managed by Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express. If you have an existing Oracle Management Agent, and decide to use Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control to centrally manage your database, then obtain the following information to enter during the database installation:
You need a web browser to access documentation, to use Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express, and to use Oracle Application Express. Web browsers must support JavaScript and the HTML 4.0 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 1.0 standards. |
Review memory allocation and Automatic Memory Management feature |
You can enable automatic memory management either during, or after Oracle Database installation. If you enable automatic memory management after installation, then you must shut down and restart the database. With Automatic Memory Management, Oracle Database instances automatically manage and tune memory. You choose a memory target, and the instance automatically distributes memory between the system global area (SGA) and the instance program global area (instance PGA). As memory requirements change, the instance dynamically redistributes memory between the SGA and instance PGA. |
Unzip utility |
Unzip 6.0 or later. Unzip is required to extract the image files for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure installations. |