11g on OUL 5: CHKCONFIG ISSUE

Question

Hello,
I was able to install 11g on OUL5 after following Ivans preinstallation instructions.
(looks like main issue was default install was missing the following:
compat-db, libaio-devel, unixODBC, unixODBC)
They were present on the ISO files and installed without issue.
After 11g installed, trying to setup the autostart for oracle service.
Created /etc/init.d/oracle script as specified
executed chmod 750 /etc/init.d/oracle (nothing echoed to screen, but no error)
when ran chkconfig add oracle level 0356 get the following error:
service oracle does not support chkconfig
got the same error with oraoem file also
Is this why the database doesnt come up on boot?
The database wont start manually in sqlplus either?
It seems that chkconfig issue may be critical?

Answer 1

executed chmod 750 /etc/init.d/oracle (nothing echoed to screen, but no error)This command does not print anything (of course if there is not error in syntax). So it's quite normal.
when ran chkconfig add oracle level 0356 get the following error:
service oracle does not support chkconfigThis error occurs when "# chkconfig: 35 80 30" is missing in /etc/init.d/oracle script. Probably you didn't copy whole script from my site.
Is this why the database doesnt come up on boot?Yes that's the reason.
ORA-01078: failure in processing system parameters
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file '/opt/oracle/111/dbs/initORCL.ora'
[]$ cd /opt/oracle/111/dbs/
[]$ ls
hc_orcl.dat initdw.ora init.ora lkORCL orapworcl spfileorcl.oraSee the bold text. Can you see the difference? Now explanation. Unix and Linux are operating systems which are case sensitive (Windows does not).
Your ORACLE_SID has value "ORCL" (which is in uppercase) while you create database (using DBCA) as "orcl" (which is lowercase). So you have two options.
1. (IMHO better solution) delete existing database and create new database using uppercase name (ORCL).
2. change value of ORACLE_SID to lowercase format (orcl).