2014-05-24 1 Install OMS 12.1.0.3.1

Overview

I am now ready to install the OEM 12.1.0.3.1 software on CRONULLA.

References

• Oracle® Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Basic Installation Guide 12c Release 3 (12.1.0.3)
  • 8 Installing an Enterprise Manager System
    • 8.4 Installation Procedure
      • 8.4.2 Installing with Advanced Configuration

Procedure

Upload the Installation ZIP Archives

The following files were uploaded into /tmp:

• em12103p1_linux64_disk1.zip
• em12103p1_linux64_disk2.zip
• em12103p1_linux64_disk3.zip

Make Installation Directories

The following commands (by root) were used to make the installation directories:

mkdir -p /opt/app/oracle

chown oracle:oinstall /opt/app/oracle

The following command (by oracle) was used to make the directory for unpacking the software:

mkdir -p /opt/app/oracle/software/oms.12.1.0.3.1

Unpack the Software

The following commands were used by oracle to unpack the installation software:

unzip -q -d /opt/app/oracle/software/oms.12.1.0.3.1 /tmp/em12103p1_linux64_disk1.zip

unzip -q -d /opt/app/oracle/software/oms.12.1.0.3.1 /tmp/em12103p1_linux64_disk2.zip

unzip -q -d /opt/app/oracle/software/oms.12.1.0.3.1 /tmp/em12103p1_linux64_disk3.zip

First Attempt to Install

The first attempt failed as follows:

[oracle@cronulla oms.12.1.0.3.1]$ cd /opt/app/oracle/software/oms.12.1.0.3.1

[oracle@cronulla oms.12.1.0.3.1]$ ./runInstaller

Starting Oracle Universal Installer...

Checking Temp space: must be greater than 400 MB. Actual 10619 MB Passed

Checking swap space: must be greater than 150 MB. Actual 3071 MB Passed

Checking monitor: must be configured to display at least 256 colors

>>> Could not execute auto check for display colors using command /usr/bin/xdpyinfo. Check if the DISPLAY variable is set. Failed <<<<

Some requirement checks failed. You must fulfill these requirements before

continuing with the installation,

Continue? (y/n) [n] n

User Selected: No

Exiting Oracle Universal Installer, log for this session can be found at /tmp/OraInstall2014-03-06_07-08-54PM/installActions2014-03-06_07-08-54PM.log

Installed Missing Package

Search RPM archives at http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/3/srodzaj/1/search/xdpyinfo to discover that the xdpyinfo command is in the xorg-x11-utils package.

Used the following command as root to install the package containing xdpyinfo:

yum install xorg-x11-utils

The log is attached as xorg-x11-utils.log.

Second Attempt to Install

Step 1: My Oracle Support Details

Since this is a test system, I chose not to enter MOS credentials in order to receive security updates as shown below:

Clicked Next to go to the nest screen, but got the following confirmation panel instead.

Clicked Yes to continue.

Step 2: Software Updates

Even though this is a test system, I still wanted to get the latest software updates for OMS. So, I entered my MOS credentials on the following screen, and clicked on Search for Updates.

The following updates were found:

Clicked Next to go to the nest screen, but got the following warning:.

Clicked Next to restart the installer.

Third Attempt to Install

After finding that there were updates to be applied, the installer restarted.

Step 1: My Oracle Support Details

Repeated my actions from the previous attaempt to ignore security updates.

Step 2: Oracle Inventory

Filled in the details for the oracle inventory as follows:

Clicked Next to go to the nest screen.

Step 3: Prerequisite Checks

All of the prerequisite checks passed as shown on the screen below:

Clicked Next to go to the nest screen.

Step 4: Installation Types

Chose to create a new OMS with the advanced options:

Clicked Next to go to the nest screen.

Step 5: Installation Details

The following installation details were chosen:

Clicked Next to go to the nest screen, but I got the following error message:

I cancelled the installation.

Diagnosis

In 01 Create VM, I had allocated 30GB of disk space in the belief that it was more than enough.

The current allocation of disk space is:

The root problem is that I did not allow enough space for the extracted software, and I had greatly underestimated the size of the O/S. I had relied on VirtualBox's suggestion the O/S installation required 12GB— here it took 13GB. I added 15Gb for the OMS installation, and added 3GB for safety.