Oracle

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

install.pdf

8idatasheet.pdf

useroracle8i.htm

oracle.doc

I am following the following procedures and am getting an error "plus.vrf  file not found" any suggestions?

1. Login as root. Open terminal.
2. Use LinuxConf and create group dba. With directory /usr
3. Use LinuxConf and create user oracle. Put oracle in group dba. Use
Bourne shell "/bin/sh". SID = ctf. Pwd = oraclehoasc. Grant all privalages in General System Content
4. Create db 'mount points' directory /usr/u02. Run "chown oracle
/usr/u02", "chgrp dba /usr/u02".
5. Create user directory /usr/local/bin. Run "chown oracle
/usr/local/bin", "chgrp dba /usr/local/bin"
6. su oracle
7. Create directory "/usr/oracle/cdrom". Copy both tar balls into it.
(Oracle8051EE_Intell.tgz and glibcpath.tgz) Make their owners Oracle with
"chown oracle filename". Un-tar them with "tar zxvf filename".
8. sh root. Run patch. Su oracle.
9. Run "ORACLE_OWNER=oracle, export"
10. Run "/usr/oracle/cdrom/orainst/oratab.sh"
11. su oracle
12. Ck umask if not 022 add umask 022 to .profile.
13. Use gedit to create /usr/oracle/.profile. Add all to
/usr/oracle/.bash_profile.
ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
ORACLE_BASE=/usr/oracle
export ORACLE_BASE
ORACLE_SID=ctf
export ORACLE_SID
ORACLE_TERM=vt100
export ORACLE_TERM
path=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME:/bin:/usr/bin:usr/local/bin:.
TMPDIR=/var/tmp
export TMPDIR
ORACLE_OWNER=oracle
export ORACLE_OWNER
14. re boot. Login as oracle.
15. Run "/usr/oracle/cdrom/orainst/orainst".c
Select "Custom" and "do not create database"
It gives me a message about ULIMIT not being set then goes on till
the plus.vrf error.

First of all, runInstaller is buggy and its bugginess is the source of the refusal to install on grounds of not enough ram. Instead use deeper in the cdrom /install/linux/runIns.sh. And I did not install from the second half-red cdrom ( the "Quick Install" set)- I installed from the half-chrome half-black "8.1.5.0 Enterprise" edition cdrom.

Also, I was trying to use the jdk116_v5 (java development environment – has more in its libraries, plus the compiler for developers writing and testing java code) and I needed the jre (java runtime environment – has less than the jdk because it is providing run environment and libraries for calling applications – such as the jvm in Oracle8i). You need the jre116_v5.

You must also apply a patch from Oracle to bring the 8.1.5 up to 8.1.5.0.2 – this removes some bugs.

With a Pentium 200 MHz Dell Dimension XPS with 128 MB ram, 180 MB swap mem the installation took 45 minutes.

I did not user the dbassist to create my database – I used create scripts I got from work and edited. It took me about 2 hours to create a small sized database.

I learned about all of this from 2 places - one is an Acrobat reader file in technet.oracle.com called "user friendly install of oracle8i on redhat linux 6.1".

The other is this really excellent accurate easy set of instructions by tbissett@fwn.fortwayne.com at this webpage:

<http://jordan.fortwayne.com/oracle/rh61-815.html>

Regards,

David

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default passwd for system is manager and for sys is change_on_install. You can change passwd any time when you connect to either system or sys by command "alter user identified by passwd". Otherwise, you have another super user (internal). You can use this user for changing passwd for both system and sys by using

1.svrmgr30 (oracle 8.0.x) or svrmgrl (oracle 8i) at dos prompt
2.connect internal (You must enter passwd which require you enter when install Oracle8)
3.using command for changing passwd.

put the listener start into a separate script and call the script from root. Make sure the you explicitly source the profile and env for the oracle user.

for example:
startlistener.sh
. source_oracle
/db01/app/oracle/product/8.0.5/bin/lsnrctl start

From root it would be
su - oracle -c startlistener.sh

SSH Compile and Install Procedure. ~ sjb

Go to:
ftp://ftp.cs.hut.fi/pub/ssh
download: ssh-1.2.27.tar.gz
(I haven't seen if it is there yet,
we might have toi go somewheer else.
I know version 2.0, is out but we don't want it)

tar -xzvf ssh-1.2.27.tar.gz
(it will create a ssh-1.2.27 directory)

cd ssh-1.2.27
./configure
make
make install
(to compile)

/usr/local/sbin/sshd
(to run the secure shell daemon: sshd)

we should be able to connect
ssh athens.bajobs.com

for sshd to start automatically on boot:
vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local

add these lines at the end of the file:
# start the secure shell daemon
/usr/local/sbin/sshd

this should work …
can you do it from the box Chritina?

Let me know if this is understandable.

~ steve

Steve (whose Cc'd) will be in the office tomorrow, Saturday, approx 9a-noon. You will be able to come by then. I believe the plan is for Jim to drop off the disk and Ernst will stop by after to swap the disks.

Just in case, if you need to call the office, you can try the 650.833.8008 line since that's noone's extension and only used to go to a server room and be on the phone. (Steve, that's the cordless sitting on the round table in the back office.)

Co-loc room will be unlocked. In case of emergency, I can be email-paged at christina-pager@bajobs.com. Nano's tech supp line is toll-free 1-877-740-6600 if you need them.

1. Perform the minimum install on Oracle. I believe you'll be able to do that without any issues coming up. You can do a "Typical" install (rather than "Custom". Oracle will then install a pretty comprehensive database system, plus a sample database if you want it to (which I would do based on my experience with the PE edition -- we can always kill their tables). The key thing to remember is to not accept the default name for:

Global Database Name

Just rename the Oracle default to something else. I don't remember the reason for this, unfortunately, other than it's important. Also remember that Java does not work well with spaces, so any default names you encounter with spaces should be avoided (a gimme with Linux, right?).

Also, I think you should get a book, either the one I have (I'd like to keep my copy for myself) or better yet a DBA handbook on O8i.

Oracle will allow us to make additional installations, which we can do on Tuesday. It has a "universal installer" that lists all the installed components. It's very intuitive.

The sticky part comes with the Oracle Enterprise Manager, which has some hairy config issues. I think this is a good candidate for the three of us (myself, you and Christina) as a group project.