Oracle AI Database Installation Checklist

Use checklists to review system requirements, and to plan and carry out Oracle AI Database installation.

Oracle recommends that you use checklists as part of your installation planning process. Using checklists can help you to confirm that your server hardware and configuration meet minimum requirements for this release, and can help you to ensure you carry out a successful installation.

Server Hardware Checklist for Oracle AI Database Installation

Verify runlevel 3 or 5, network connectivity, and a display resolution of at least 1024 × 768 for graphical installations. Silent installations and remote graphics protocols do not require a server graphics card. Provide at least 1 GB RAM for Oracle AI Database, preferably 2 GB, and at least 8 GB for Oracle Grid Infrastructure.

Operating System Checklist for Oracle AI Database Installation On Linux

Confirm that OpenSSH and a supported Linux kernel are installed, using the documented minimum versions for Linux x86-64 or supported Arm-based Oracle Linux releases. Oracle recommends using the Oracle AI Database Preinstallation RPM on Oracle Linux to configure prerequisites. Verify required packages, consult the virtualization support matrix for KVM and related technologies, and set Transparent HugePages to madvise on UEK7 and later kernels rather than disabling them.

Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle AI Database Installation

Prepare at least 1 GB in /tmp, configure swap according to available RAM and deduct HugePages memory when applicable, and establish compliant Oracle Inventory, OINSTALL groups, users, mount points, and ASCII-only Oracle home paths. Unset conflicting Oracle environment variables, configure locale settings as needed, verify that /dev/shm is a writable and executable tmpfs without noexec or nosuid restrictions, and ensure Oracle home, Oracle base, and all parent directories are not symbolic links.

Oracle User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle AI Database Installation

Ensure the Oracle Inventory directory and OINSTALL group are available as the primary group for all Oracle software owners, creating required users, groups, resource limits, and security-specific accounts before installation. The Preinstallation RPM can create standard oracle, oinstall, and dba accounts. Unset environment variables from previous installations, set umask to 022, configure DISPLAY, and use only ASCII characters in user and group names.

Storage Checklist for Oracle AI Database Installation

Allocate at least 4.2 GB for standalone Oracle Grid Infrastructure and 8.3 GB for Oracle AI Database software on supported Linux architectures, with approximately 100 GB recommended for future patches. Select database storage on a separate file system, LVM or RAID volume, NFS/NAS file system, or Oracle ASM; install Grid Infrastructure first when using ASM. Define a recovery strategy using either a file-system fast recovery area or an ASM disk group.

Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle AI Database

Before installation, review release notes, certification and licensing requirements, and run OUI, CVU, and current ORAchk checks to identify configuration or upgrade issues. Determine whether Grid Infrastructure is required for ASM or Oracle Restart, account for running database processes and cleanup cron jobs, and prepare My Oracle Support credentials. Decide on management tooling, memory management, root or sudo privilege delegation, and client interoperability, noting that 32-bit clients are desupported for new development in this release.

Deployment Checklist for Oracle AI Database

For a single-instance deployment, install, provision through Fleet Patching and Provisioning, or clone the Oracle AI Database software; these methods can also be used when creating databases. To create a database in an existing Oracle home, use Oracle Database Configuration Assistant or Oracle Fleet Patching and Provisioning.