Install Oracle RDBMS 11.2.0.1.0 with Grid Infrastructure

Overview

Install RDBMS 11.2.0.1 base software only after Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.3.3 had been installed.

Prerequisites

The Database software is unzipped into ~/db_110201.

Procedure

cd ~/db_110201/database

./runInstaller

Step1: Configure Security Updates

The following screen appears:

Even though I enter the correct details for My Oracle Support, I get the following screen:

I think the response time from the web site is too slow for the Installer. It thinks that a firewall is blocking the connection.

So, I click Cancel and erase My Oracle Support details, and click Next. And the following confirmation screen appears:

Click Yes.

Step 2: Installation Option

The next screen is changed to Install database software only as follows:

Click Next.

Step 3: Grid Options

The following screen is left unchanged:

Click Next to continue.

Step 4: Product Languages

The following screen is left unchanged:

Click Next to continue.

Step 5: Database Edition

The following screen is left unchanged:

Click Next to continue.

Step 6: Installation Location

The following screen is left unchanged:

Click Next to continue.

Step 7: Operating System Groups

The following screen is left unchanged:

Click Next to continue.

Step 8: Prerequisite Checks

The following screen appears:

As there are no issues, the next screen automatically appears.

Note: During an earlier attempt, I found I needed the following packages to be installed:

1. unicODBC
2. unicODBC-devl

I used the procedure outlined in Install unixODBC Packages Under RHEL 5.4 to fix this.

Step 9: Summary

The following screen appears:

Click Finish to continue.

Step 10: Install Product

The following screen appears:

Click Next to continue.

After a while, the following screen appears:

I run the following commands:

sudo su -

/opt/oracle/app/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/root.sh

The log is:

Running Oracle 11g root.sh script... The following environment variables are set as: ORACLE_OWNER= oracle ORACLE_HOME= /opt/oracle/app/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1 Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]: The file "dbhome" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]: y Copying dbhome to /usr/local/bin ... The file "oraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]: y Copying oraenv to /usr/local/bin ... The file "coraenv" already exists in /usr/local/bin. Overwrite it? (y/n) [n]: y Copying coraenv to /usr/local/bin ... Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created Finished running generic part of root.sh script. Now product-specific root actions will be performed. Finished product-specific root actions.

Click OK.

Step 11: Finish

The following screen appears:

Click Close to exit the installer.