1. Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide
  2. Installing Only the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software

Installing Only the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Software

This installation option requires manual postinstallation steps to enable the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software.

If you use the Set Up Software Only option during installation, then Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) installs the software binaries on multiple nodes. You can then perform the additional steps of configuring Oracle Clusterware and Oracle ASM.

See also

Oracle Clusterware Administration and Deployment Guide for information about cloning an Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation to other nodes that were not included in the initial installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure, and then adding them to the cluster

Installing Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster

You can install Oracle Grid Infrastructure software binaries for a cluster software on multiple nodes at a time.

  1. Download the Grid home image files.

  2. Run the gridSetup.sh command and select the Configuration Option as Set Up Software Only.

    Note:

    You can use the gridSetup.sh command with the -applyRU and -applyOneOffs flags to install Release Updates (RUs) and one-off patches during an Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation or upgrade.

  3. Complete installation of Oracle Grid Infrastructure software on one or more nodes by providing information in the installer screens in response to your configuration selection. You can install Oracle Grid Infrastructure software on multiple nodes at a time.
  4. When the software is configured, run the orainstRoot.sh script on all nodes, when prompted.
  5. On all nodes, the root.sh script output provides information about how to proceed, depending on the configuration you plan to complete in this installation. Make note of this information.
  6. Ensure that you have completed all storage and server preinstallation requirements.

  7. Verify that all of the cluster nodes meet the installation requirements:

    runcluvfy.sh stage -pre crsinst -n node_list
  8. Configure the cluster using the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) configuration wizard or response files.

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Configuring Software Binaries for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster

Configure the software binaries by starting Oracle Grid Infrastructure configuration wizard in GUI mode.

  1. Log in on a cluster node as the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation owner, and change directory to Grid_home.

  2. Start the Oracle Grid Infrastructure configuration wizard:

    $ ./gridSetup.sh
  3. Provide information as needed for configuration. OUI validates the information and configures the installation on all cluster nodes.
  4. When you complete providing information, OUI shows you the Summary page, listing the information you have provided for the cluster. Verify that the summary has the correct information for your cluster, and click Install to start configuration of the local node.

    When configuration of the local node is complete, OUI copies the Oracle Grid Infrastructure configuration file to other cluster member nodes.

  5. When prompted, run root scripts.
  6. When you confirm that all root scripts are run, OUI checks the cluster configuration status, and starts other configuration tools as needed.

Configuring the Software Binaries Using a Response File

When you install or copy Oracle Grid Infrastructure software on any node, you can defer configuration for a later time. Review this procedure for completing configuration after the software is installed or copied on nodes, using the configuration wizard (gridSetup.sh).

To configure the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software binaries using a response file:

  1. As the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation owner (grid), start Oracle Universal Installer in Oracle Grid Infrastructure configuration wizard mode from the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software-only home using the following syntax, where filename is the response file name:

    /u01/app/23.0.0/grid/gridSetup.sh [-debug] [-silent -responseFile filename]

    For example:

    $ cd /u01/app/23.0.0/grid
$ ./gridSetup.sh -responseFile /u01/app/23.0.0/grid/install/response/response_file.rsp
  2. When you complete configuring values, OUI shows you the Summary page, listing all information you have provided for the cluster. Verify that the summary has the correct information for your cluster, and click Install to start configuration of the local node.

    When configuration of the local node is complete, OUI copies the Oracle Grid Infrastructure configuration file to other cluster member nodes.

  3. When prompted, run root scripts.
  4. When you confirm that all root scripts are run, OUI checks the cluster configuration status, and starts other configuration tools as needed.

Setting Ping Targets for Network Checks

Receive notification about network status by setting the Ping_Targets parameter during the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation.

For environments where the network link status is not correctly returned when the network cable is disconnected, for example, in a virtual machine, you can receive notification about network status by setting the Ping_Targets parameter during the Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation.

Run the installer:

./gridSetup.sh oracle_install_crs_Ping_Targets=Host1|IP1,Host2|IP2

The ping utility contacts the comma-separated list of host names or IP addresses Host1|IP1,Host2|IP2 to determine whether the public network is available. If none of the hosts respond, then the network is considered to be offline. Addresses outside the cluster, like of a switch or router, should be used.

For example:

/gridSetup.sh oracle_install_crs_Ping_Targets=192.0.2.1,192.0.2.2