Oracle 18c RPM install Tips
Preinstall 18c
Use the following command to install the prerequistites packages.
# yum update -y
# yum install -y oracle-database-preinstall-18c
Database package will be installed in /opt filesystem, so ensure that the size of /opt filesystem is more than 8G.
Error Summary
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Disk Requirements:
At least 7543MB more space needed on the / filesystem.
and chown oracle.oinstall /opt
Restrictions
Patching Oracle Database software using RPMs is not supported. Please use the OPatch utility and follow the regular patching process to apply Oracle Database patches.
An RPM-based Oracle Database installation is not available for Standard Edition 2. Standard Edition 2 support is planned for 19c.
RPM-based database upgrades using rpm -Uvh is not supported. For Oracle Database upgrades, follow the regular upgrade process.
An RPM-based installation supports the installation of multiple Oracle Database software versions into different Oracle homes on the same machine.
Install 18c ee package
Oracle 18c (18.3) download page
# yum -y localinstall oracle-database-ee-18c-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
Or get from yum and install
# RHEL7
curl -o oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/latest/x86_64/getPackage/oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
rm oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
# RHEL6
curl -o oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/latest/x86_64/getPackage/oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
yum -y localinstall oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
rm oracle-database-preinstall-18c-1.0-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Create Database
Use oracledb_ORCLCDB-18c to create database just like the following command.
You can modify the configuration parameters by editing the /etc/sysconfig/oracledb_ORCLCDB-18c.conf file.
# /etc/init.d/oracledb_ORCLCDB-18c configure
Configuring Oracle Database ORCLCDB.
Prepare for db operation
8% complete
Copying database files
31% complete
Creating and starting Oracle instance
32% complete
36% complete
40% complete
43% complete
46% complete
Completing Database Creation
51% complete
54% complete
Creating Pluggable Databases
58% complete
77% complete
Executing Post Configuration Actions
100% complete
Database creation complete. For details check the logfiles at:
/opt/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/ORCLCDB.
Database Information:
Global Database Name:ORCLCDB
System Identifier(SID):ORCLCDB
Look at the log file "/opt/oracle/cfgtoollogs/dbca/ORCLCDB/ORCLCDB.log" for further details.
Database configuration completed successfully. The passwords were auto generated,
you must change them by connecting to the database using 'sqlplus / as sysdba' as the oracle user.
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Reference
Oracle Database 18c Installation On Oracle Linux 6 (OL6) and 7 (OL7)
Installing Oracle Database Using RPM Packages
Running RPM Packages to Install Oracle Database
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