Learning Oracle linux

Hello Everyone,
I want to learn Oracle linux.I don't know where to start.could anyone tell me where I will get the resources and how can I start?
Please Help me.

Perhaps the following. Anything for RHEL or Centos will apply.
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_for_beginners_index.html
http://www.linux.ie/newusers/beginners-linux-guide/

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Oracle linux useful links?

Hi, i want to learn oracle linux, any useful links/resources/suggestions?

The standard installation package manager is the yum utility, which unlike rpm resolves software dependencies and prevents you from damaging your system. You can use yum to query and install software. For example:
yum list *rdbms*
yum provides /bin/ls
yum search perl
yum info oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall
yum install firefox
After installing the appropriate prerequisite package you can use ssh with X forwarding to display the Oracle universal installer (OUI).
yum install oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
passwd oracle
ssh -X oracle@localhost
/mnt/runInstaller

Oracle Linux Exam Help!

Hello!
I will kindly ask for your honest opinions as I want to study for an Oracle Linux exam and I need to get the below indicated topics covered, but unfortunately I could not find a book to cover them all (as I did for Oracle 11g).
Please help me locate a book, two or how many are necessary to help me study for the exam and cover the following topics:
Thank you all!
Installing Enterprise Linux
Install Enterprise Linux on any supported architecture.
Create partitions, software RAID and LVM storage configurations.
Select Packages for Installation.
PC Hardware & Linux
Get detailed information about all PCI & USB devices that are connected to a Linux system
Identify, load, unload and configure kernel modules
Tune the running kernel using the /proc/ filesystem
Post-Install System Configuration
Set and maintain the system clock with date, hwclock and NTP
Install, update and remove RPM packages with the rpm & yum commands
Configure printers with CUPS
Create and use Kickstart files for automated, hands-off installations
Boot Process & SysV Init
Configure the GRUB boot loader
Manage SysV Init scripts, including customizing files under the /etc/sysconfig/ directory to tune SysV Init scripts
Configure and use SysV runlevels
Shutdown & reboot Linux systems
User/Group Administration and NFS
Describe and apply the User Private Group scheme
Create, delete and configure user and system accounts
Create, delete and configure groups
Customize the PAM configuration
Configure and control access to su and sudo
Configure Linux systems to use centralized authentication and user information stores for system logins
Implement a file server to share files with NFS v3 & v4
Configure the automounter (autofs) allowing un-privileged users to mount filesystems on-demand
Filesystem Administration
Work with device nodes and udev
Partition hard drives after installation
Create and tune filesystems
Mount filesystem, including persistent configuration in the /etc/fstab file
Create, manage and tune swap devices
Configure, manage, assign and maintain quotas on filesystems
Create, use and remove File Access Control Lists (FACLs)
LVM & Raid
Configure Logical Volume Manager volume groups and logical volumes
Create and use software RAID devices
Grow and shrink logical volumes and the filesystems on them
Use LVM snapshots to create consistent, reliable backups
Task Automation & Process Accounting
Use the at & batch facilities to run one-time tasks
Manage cron jobs for recurring tasks, both system-wide and per-user
Configure syslog for central system logging
View, manage and kill running processes
Monitor system and application logs on a daily basis with logwatch
Configure process accounting and examine the resulting logs
Limiting and measuring resource usage (ulimit, pam, sar, vmstat, iostat)
Client Networking
Configure TCP/IP networking on Linux systems
Configure static routing on a Linux system
Aggregate multiple network links into a single interface via the bonding driver's Etherchannel and 802.3ad support
Configure a Linux system to participate in multiple VLANs on a managed switch via 802.1q frame tagging
Configure and maintain a DHCP server
Using networking diagnostics tool (ping,arp,ethtool)
Enterprise Linux Fundamentals
What is Linux?
Identify the origins of UNIX and how Linux is related to UNIX
Describe the major goals of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project
List key elements of a Linux distribution and name several distributions
List several standards that apply to Linux
Describe the basic mechanisms that make UNIX so powerful
Multi User Concepts
Describe the differences between the administrative (root) user and normal user accounts and explain when each should be used
Log into the system
Switch between accounts using the 'su' command
Use basic commands to gather information about the system
Use system help facilities to learn about commands and their options.
The Linux File System
List the standard system directories and explain what type of files are contained in each
Navigate the file system
Explain standard POSIX file permissions including special permissions such as the SUID, SGID and Sticky bits on both files and directories
Change permissions of files
Explain how file ownership (user: group) relates to file permissions
Change ownership of files
Describe how the User Private Group (UPG) scheme works and the problem it solves
Manipulating Files
Be able to create, delete, copy, move and rename files and directories
Describe the various types of files that can be stored on UNIX and Linux file systems
Explain hard links and symbolic links, their pros & cons and when & where they can or can not be used
Identify the type of content of any file
View the contents of both text-based and binary files
Search the file system for files and directories with specific properties
Text Processing
Search inside of files for specified information
Perform file editing, sorting, cutting & merging text files from the command linee
Shell Basics
Understand the varied roles the command shell plays in everyday UNIX/Linux usage
Pipe several commands together to perform more complex and useful processing
Use file redirection on the command line
Create and use shell and environment variables to configure and control the operation of the system, the command shell and programs
Use and escape special characters when they are used on the command line
Regular Expressions Construct regular expressions for matching text patterns
Archiving and Compression
Use tar & cpio to create archives and extract files from them
Compress and decompress files using the UNIX compress, GNU gzip, bzip2 and zip formats
Text Editing
Use simple text editors like pico and nano
Perform basic and intermediate text editing functions efficiently with vi & Vim
Perform basic and intermediate text editing functions with GNU Emacs
Command Shells
List the history and relationships of the various popular shell implementations available on UNIX and Linux systems
Identify and switch between the various shell implementations
Customize the command prompt on Bourne and BASH shells
Use command line history, command completion, aliases and command line editing
Customize command shell operation system wide and for individual users
Introduction to Shell Scripting
Process arguments passed into a shell script
Get input from the user of a shell script
Generate formatted output from a shell script
Perform tasks conditionally using if, case and while loops in a shell script
Perform repeated actions over a set of values with for loops on the command line and within shell scripts
Do math in a shell script
Process Management and Job Control
Describe the differences between process and threads
Find and control running programs with ps, top, kill, and nice
Use the jobs, fg and bg commands to view and access several tasks at once on a single shell
Use the screen command to run several programs and disconnect from running programs on remote systems
Messaging
Send local messages with the write and wall commands
Use talk and ytalk to chat with other users
Send and read email with the mail and pine commands
The Secure Shell
Configure the ssh client and sshd server programs securely
Establish secure, remote connections to other systems
Use SSH's key-based authentication
Managing Software
Find and download software via FTP & HTTP with text & graphical client programs like wget, lftp, links, Konqueror and Mozilla Firefox
Install binary programs in RPM packages
List software already installed on the system with RPM
Compile and install software from source releases
Compile and install software from a source RPM (SRPM or .src.rpm) package
Printing
Use CUPS to connect to available local and network printers
Use various commands to process and convert files in preparation for printing
Send jobs to a printer
Monitor and remove print jobs
Mounting FileSystems and Managing Removable Media
Use the mount command
Access NFS and SMB filesystems over the network
Use autofs for on-demand mounting of filesystems without root privileges
X Window System
Start the graphical environment manually
Select different desktop environments
Launch graphical applications
Use Linux as an X terminal
Customize the graphical environment and auto-start applications at login and X startup
Securely tunnel remote graphical applications through SSH

Hello!
I will kindly ask for your honest opinions as I want to study for an Oracle Linux exam and I need to get the below indicated topics covered, but unfortunately I could not find a book to cover them all (as I did for Oracle 11g).
Please help me locate a book, two or how many are necessary to help me study for the exam and cover the following topics:
Thank you all!
Installing Enterprise Linux
Install Enterprise Linux on any supported architecture.
Create partitions, software RAID and LVM storage configurations.
Select Packages for Installation.
PC Hardware & Linux
Get detailed information about all PCI & USB devices that are connected to a Linux system
Identify, load, unload and configure kernel modules
Tune the running kernel using the /proc/ filesystem
Post-Install System Configuration
Set and maintain the system clock with date, hwclock and NTP
Install, update and remove RPM packages with the rpm & yum commands
Configure printers with CUPS
Create and use Kickstart files for automated, hands-off installations
Boot Process & SysV Init
Configure the GRUB boot loader
Manage SysV Init scripts, including customizing files under the /etc/sysconfig/ directory to tune SysV Init scripts
Configure and use SysV runlevels
Shutdown & reboot Linux systems
User/Group Administration and NFS
Describe and apply the User Private Group scheme
Create, delete and configure user and system accounts
Create, delete and configure groups
Customize the PAM configuration
Configure and control access to su and sudo
Configure Linux systems to use centralized authentication and user information stores for system logins
Implement a file server to share files with NFS v3 & v4
Configure the automounter (autofs) allowing un-privileged users to mount filesystems on-demand
Filesystem Administration
Work with device nodes and udev
Partition hard drives after installation
Create and tune filesystems
Mount filesystem, including persistent configuration in the /etc/fstab file
Create, manage and tune swap devices
Configure, manage, assign and maintain quotas on filesystems
Create, use and remove File Access Control Lists (FACLs)
LVM & Raid
Configure Logical Volume Manager volume groups and logical volumes
Create and use software RAID devices
Grow and shrink logical volumes and the filesystems on them
Use LVM snapshots to create consistent, reliable backups
Task Automation & Process Accounting
Use the at & batch facilities to run one-time tasks
Manage cron jobs for recurring tasks, both system-wide and per-user
Configure syslog for central system logging
View, manage and kill running processes
Monitor system and application logs on a daily basis with logwatch
Configure process accounting and examine the resulting logs
Limiting and measuring resource usage (ulimit, pam, sar, vmstat, iostat)
Client Networking
Configure TCP/IP networking on Linux systems
Configure static routing on a Linux system
Aggregate multiple network links into a single interface via the bonding driver's Etherchannel and 802.3ad support
Configure a Linux system to participate in multiple VLANs on a managed switch via 802.1q frame tagging
Configure and maintain a DHCP server
Using networking diagnostics tool (ping,arp,ethtool)
Enterprise Linux Fundamentals
What is Linux?
Identify the origins of UNIX and how Linux is related to UNIX
Describe the major goals of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU project
List key elements of a Linux distribution and name several distributions
List several standards that apply to Linux
Describe the basic mechanisms that make UNIX so powerful
Multi User Concepts
Describe the differences between the administrative (root) user and normal user accounts and explain when each should be used
Log into the system
Switch between accounts using the 'su' command
Use basic commands to gather information about the system
Use system help facilities to learn about commands and their options.
The Linux File System
List the standard system directories and explain what type of files are contained in each
Navigate the file system
Explain standard POSIX file permissions including special permissions such as the SUID, SGID and Sticky bits on both files and directories
Change permissions of files
Explain how file ownership (user: group) relates to file permissions
Change ownership of files
Describe how the User Private Group (UPG) scheme works and the problem it solves
Manipulating Files
Be able to create, delete, copy, move and rename files and directories
Describe the various types of files that can be stored on UNIX and Linux file systems
Explain hard links and symbolic links, their pros & cons and when & where they can or can not be used
Identify the type of content of any file
View the contents of both text-based and binary files
Search the file system for files and directories with specific properties
Text Processing
Search inside of files for specified information
Perform file editing, sorting, cutting & merging text files from the command linee
Shell Basics
Understand the varied roles the command shell plays in everyday UNIX/Linux usage
Pipe several commands together to perform more complex and useful processing
Use file redirection on the command line
Create and use shell and environment variables to configure and control the operation of the system, the command shell and programs
Use and escape special characters when they are used on the command line
Regular Expressions
Construct regular expressions for matching text patterns
Archiving and Compression
Use tar & cpio to create archives and extract files from them
Compress and decompress files using the UNIX compress, GNU gzip, bzip2 and zip formats
Text Editing
Use simple text editors like pico and nano
Perform basic and intermediate text editing functions efficiently with vi & Vim
Perform basic and intermediate text editing functions with GNU Emacs
Command Shells
List the history and relationships of the various popular shell implementations available on UNIX and Linux systems
Identify and switch between the various shell implementations
Customize the command prompt on Bourne and BASH shells
Use command line history, command completion, aliases and command line editing
Customize command shell operation system wide and for individual users
Introduction to Shell Scripting
Process arguments passed into a shell script
Get input from the user of a shell script
Generate formatted output from a shell script
Perform tasks conditionally using if, case and while loops in a shell script
Perform repeated actions over a set of values with for loops on the command line and within shell scripts
Do math in a shell script
Process Management and Job Control
Describe the differences between process and threads
Find and control running programs with ps, top, kill, and nice
Use the jobs, fg and bg commands to view and access several tasks at once on a single shell
Use the screen command to run several programs and disconnect from running programs on remote systems
Messaging
Send local messages with the write and wall commands
Use talk and ytalk to chat with other users
Send and read email with the mail and pine commands
The Secure Shell
Configure the ssh client and sshd server programs securely
Establish secure, remote connections to other systems
Use SSH's key-based authentication
Managing Software
Find and download software via FTP & HTTP with text & graphical client programs like wget, lftp, links, Konqueror and Mozilla Firefox
Install binary programs in RPM packages
List software already installed on the system with RPM
Compile and install software from source releases
Compile and install software from a source RPM (SRPM or .src.rpm) package
Printing
Use CUPS to connect to available local and network printers
Use various commands to process and convert files in preparation for printing
Send jobs to a printer
Monitor and remove print jobs
Mounting FileSystems and Managing Removable Media
Use the mount command
Access NFS and SMB filesystems over the network
Use autofs for on-demand mounting of filesystems without root privileges
X Window System
Start the graphical environment manually
Select different desktop environments
Launch graphical applications
Use Linux as an X terminal
Customize the graphical environment and auto-start applications at login and X startup
Securely tunnel remote graphical applications through SSH
How about posting this question in the Certification Forum
Since Oracle Linux is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you can use and search "RHEL books". There should some.

How to install oracle 11g on oracle linux 6.1.

Hello everyone here at oracle forum.!
I'm new on using the linux and i badly need to learn it including the Oracle Database for making PHP website.
Because of this i downloaded all the packages of Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 1 Media Pack for x86 (32 bit) at E-Delivery.
Now i was having a hard time figuring out how to install all the 4 ISO images. the only one that worked was was the boot.iso that installed the Oracle Linux 6 without the DB.
So what would i do to use the 3 updates?
I burnt them all one by one on different DVD but it wont look for the other packages.
So please guys bare with me and help me figure out how to use the other 3 packages for i know it has the Oracle Database.
Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 1 source DVD 1 V26570-01
Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 1 source DVD 2 V26571-01
Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 1 Boot iso image for x86 (32 bit) V26573-01

Oracle Linux does not install any Oracle Database. You don't need the source and boot.iso DVD. You can boot and install the system from the Oracle Linux 6.1 installation DVD. The boot.iso is useful for a network install and the source DVD if you want to compile everything yourself.
As far as I know, Oracle Database has not been certified for Oracle Linux 6 yet. That does not necessarily mean you cannot install Oracle Database on Oracle Linux 6 yet, but you will run into problems with software requirements, package dependencies and perhaps incompatibilities, i.e. ext4 file system.
I think your best option is to install Oracle Linux 5 and certainly use Oracle VirtualBox. If you are new to Linux you probably cannot use Linux as your primary OS yet, and VirtualBox will allow you to install and re-install without jeopardizing your primary host OS. You can also download pre-build virtual machines for Virtualbox from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/developer-vm/index.html which might have everything you need installed and ready to use.

How to install Oracle 9i on Oracle Linux?

I'm an experienced professional on Microsoft Technologies.
I need to learn Oracle 9i running on Linux in the next months.
So, I installed Oracle Linux on a VMware Virtual Machine.
When I tried to start the installation of Oracle 9i, I got the following error message:
"../jre/bin/i386/native_threads/java: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
How to fix this?
Thanks!!!
Felipe

This is exactly the documentation I was following.
The first problem is that I'm using Oracle Linux Enterprise Release 5 and I don't know what Red Hat version is similar. This link mentions only Red Hat distributions.
When I faced the problem, I saw the explanation from that link, where I should install the compat-libstdc++ RPM. For Red Hat 9, I should run:
rpm -ivh compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.118.i386.rpm
What should I run on Oracle Linux Enterprise Release 5?

Oracle Linux 6.1 asm packages - oracleasm and oracleasmlib for OEL 6.1 ???

Hello everyone
I am not ULN subscriber, I am trying to learn Oracle ASM/RAC at work.
I am running OEL 6.1 (uname -rm output is: 2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64)
I am looking for two ASM support libraries which are compatible with above Oracle Linux 6.1 X64
Specifically this article refers to 2 packages I need for ASM support:
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/OracleDB11gR2RACInstallationOnOEL5UsingVirtualBox.php
•oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm -- I need this one
•oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el5.x86_64.rpm -- this package is now already installed on OEL 6.1 so I dont need this one for OEL 6.1
•oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm -- I need this one
Can anyone direct me to a download link for the above two packages? Even if its from RHEL6.1 as long as it works?
Or does it mean that I must pay Oracle in order to be able to get these packages in order to learn ASM at home ??
Why would Oracle allow us to use their RDBMS/RAC/ASM/Linux software at home learning for free and not supply the above two packages??
thanks

user6029797 wrote:
•oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm -- I need this oneThis requires Oracle Linux support, as it is not GPL software and is only available to subscribers.
•oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm -- I need this oneNo, you don't. This is built into the kernel for OL6U1.
Or does it mean that I must pay Oracle in order to be able to get these packages in order to learn ASM at home ??
Why would Oracle allow us to use their RDBMS/RAC/ASM/Linux software at home learning for free and not supply the above two packages??If you want to use ASM for free, install Oracle Linux 5 Update 7 and download the RHEL5 oracleasmlib package from here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/linux/downloads/rhel5-084877.html
Keep in mind that Database is NOT certified on Oracle Linux 6 anyway, so it is challenging to install. The very article you link to uses Oracle Linux 5. It also links to these very same RPMs. If you follow the article more carefully, you won't have any issues.

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.6 on Oracle Linux 5.5

My production apps (Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.6) and db (Oracle Database 10.2.0.4.0) tiers reside on their own Redhat 4.6 servers. I have a new server that I am in the process of installing Oracle Linux 5.5 on for hosting a TEST instance - both apps and db tiers. Once the OS is installed I will clone production to it either using rapidclone or rman duplicate. Where can I learn what if any packages I need to install before cloning to my new Oracle 5.5 Linux server?

Hi,
Please refer to:
Note: 402310.1 - Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0.4) for Linux (32-bit)
Note: 416305.1 - Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.0.4) for Linux (64-bit)
Note: 880137.1 - How to find the Packages on the Distribution Media ( OEL 5.2 ) for R12.0.4 Install?
Note: 169706.1 - Oracle Database on Unix AIX,HP-UX,Linux,Mac OS X,Solaris,Tru64 Unix Operating Systems Installation and Configuration Requirements Quick Reference (8.0.5 to 11.2)
Thanks,
Hussein

Does Oracle Linux Rel.6 have graphical capabilities

Installed Oracle Linux Rel. 6 on a stand-alone PC for testing. When the system boots it defaults to terminal mode automatically. What is required are graphical capabilities to load Oracle products (DB and OEM). Is this possible with this linux and how?

Dude wrote:
At some point in history a computer was not even considered a consumer device. Sorry I don't understand why a graphical interface, which intends to make complex configurations easier to manage and more foolproof, should not be applied to "expert devices". It does not make it easier. That is a fallacy - the type of argument one gets from a Windows admin that only knows a GUI and nothing else. There are numerous times when dealing with the command line is not only far more powerful, but also far more easier. There are so many different types of configurations, many not to be found in any GUI. There are configurations that are too complex for a GUI. Etc.
Linux is not Windows. Linux does not have an all-configuration-in-one-basket registry. So the GUI centric approach to sys admin on Linux is not only the wrong approach, but a dangerous one.
As for the desktop interface, I have no problem if someone decides that their servers run best without it, and that a text interface and a bare metal engine is the way a computer should run. It depends on your environment and desires, and it is easy enough for someone with such requirement and technical background to customize a Linux system accordingly. But I'm not a fan of social engineering and don't think it should be disabled by default because it will give newcomers a harder time than required.So instead give newcomers a crutch called a GUI and hobble them for the rest of their lives, expecting a GUI to be the extend of what sys admin and configuration are on Linux?
To put this into an analogy. A Cessna single engine 152 pilot cannot simply expect to get into a twin turbo prop King Air and fly the plane. He cannot argue that the plane should be easy enough to fly for a pilot and that as he is a pilot he should be able to fly it. He first needs to learn how twins behave. What the envelope is. How the systems work. Etc.
Yes, he will need his basic piloting skills learned as a C152 pilot. But those skills alone do not suffice.
Similarly, newcomers to Linux sys admin should not expect to simply get into the driving seat and effectively and correctly install and configure it. There is a learning curve. Arguing that this learning curve needs to be mitigated by a GUI? That is like a C152 pilot arguing that he does not need to know the complexities of a twin as he can use the autopilot in his little Cessna and all he needs to fly the large twin is to use that plane's autopilot. It is nonsensical.

Need:Oracle Linux Installation Suggestions

Hello All
I want to use(learn) oracle in Linux environment.I'm having Windows XP SP2.I'm planning to install linux and Oracle using VM Ware on my XP.Give me some suggestions that with is suitable linux OS(ubuntu,redhat,..,) for oracle 10g(I'm have ubuntu 8 not installed). so i need all your valuable suggestions
Thanks

As suggested earlier You can go Oracle Enterprise Linux. Also I would like you to go through following document, since you are planning to install Oracle on VM Ware environment
Support Position for Oracle Products Running on VMWare Virtualized Environments (Doc ID 249212.1)
Oracle VM and VMWare Certification for Oracle Products (Doc ID 942852.1)
Regards

Installing oracle 10g on Oracle linux?

hi,
I may have an opportunity to work with data on an oracle server in a few months, so I would like to somehow prapare myself to work in this environment. I downloaded and installed the Oracle Linux and then downloaded and tried to install oracle 11g database but I failed (there were some dependencies not satisfied I reckon). Now, can you tell me if without paying the $99 for the support is it possible to read some documents on how to install the oracle base (10g will do).
Another issue is that I can't even upgrade the firefox (have downloaded ver. 2 tar.gz and am wondering how to replace the 1.5 that came out of the box?
best regards
zbiggy

tried to install oracle 11g database but I failed (there were some dependencies not satisfied I reckon).So install the required packages (listed in installation prerequisites). All required packages you can find on Linux installation CD/DVD
Now, can you tell me if without paying the $99 for the support is it possible to read some documents on how to install the oracle base (10g will do).Sure:
Documentation (free): http://tahiti.oracle.com
Exact link (you can find it on abouve link): http://www.oracle.com/pls/db111/portal.portal_db?selected=11&frame=
My HOWTO: http://ivan.kartik.sk/oracle/install_ora11gR1_elinux.html
Tim's HOWTO: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/11g/OracleDB11gR1InstallationOnEnterpriseLinux4and5.php
Another issue is that I can't even upgrade the firefox (have downloaded ver. 2 tar.gz and am wondering how to replace the 1.5 that came out of the box?You can uninstall existing version (note some packages might depend on firefox package, so it could be a problem) and you can use the version downloaded from Firefox website. You don't need to install anything as the downloaded version is binary.
You seems to be new in Linux enviroment. So at first learn first about this enviroment before you begin change this enviroment. OEL is clone of RedHat so RH documentation is appropriate source for you:
https://www.redhat.com/docs/

[Comm] LinuxCertified announces support for Oracle Linux on its laptops

Hello,
LinuxCertified is pleased to announce that its Linux laptops are now available with Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 pre-installed.
For more details, please visit: http://www.linuxcertified.com/
Thanks
LinuxCertified Team
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user6029797 wrote:
•oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el5.x86_64.rpm -- I need this oneThis requires Oracle Linux support, as it is not GPL software and is only available to subscribers.
•oracleasm-2.6.18-164.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm -- I need this oneNo, you don't. This is built into the kernel for OL6U1.
Or does it mean that I must pay Oracle in order to be able to get these packages in order to learn ASM at home ??
Why would Oracle allow us to use their RDBMS/RAC/ASM/Linux software at home learning for free and not supply the above two packages??If you want to use ASM for free, install Oracle Linux 5 Update 7 and download the RHEL5 oracleasmlib package from here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/linux/downloads/rhel5-084877.html
Keep in mind that Database is NOT certified on Oracle Linux 6 anyway, so it is challenging to install. The very article you link to uses Oracle Linux 5. It also links to these very same RPMs. If you follow the article more carefully, you won't have any issues.

Oracle Linux HCL. Support of Intel Core i3 and H55 chipset

Dear Colleagues.
I'm going to purchase the new desktop for home use and the question which bothers me is the compatiblity of new hardware system with Oracle Linux 5.6.
The system platform supposed to be purchased consists of "Intel Core i3-560" CPU, "ASUS P7H55D-M EVO" motherboard, 4Gb DDR3 1333 MHz and other components. No descrete graphical card is supposed to be purchased since CPU integrated graphical card will be used.
The questions are:
Did somebody installed Intel Core + H55 chipset motherboards?
Was that successfull?
Do you have some hints, good notices regarding Linux installation on such system?
The OS version planned to be installed is ORacle Linux 5.6.
Thank you for your time and assistance!
Best Regards,
Ilya.

Tommy and Dude,
The main reasons of installing Oracle Linux are:
1) Learning administering Oracle Database installed on Linux systems environment.
2) Oracle Linux is supported by Oracle Database 10g.
3) It is free.
There were not much alternatives to choose from. Below you can see the list of supported OSes by Oracle Database 10g:
Asianux 1,2,3. <-- Never heard of this OS before.
Oracle Linux 4,5 <-- My choice. It is free and it uses stable Red Hat kernel (2.6.18 for Oracle Linux 5, 2.6.32 for Oracle Unbreakable Linux.; by the way, i read in some internet article that Linux kernel 2.6.32 contains some code for supporting Intel Core processors (at least theirs old versions which use socket LGA1156), but probably it is not completely right information).
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 <-- they are not free of charge.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP2 or later, 10, 11 <-- Seems like they are not free of charge either. 60 days trial is not good option for me.
Oracle VM <-- Probably, it is also a good choice. I'll study this option.Unfortunately, both Ubuntu and Fedora are not in the list and Windows is no good choice for me since Oracle Database is different in the administration under UNIX and Windows environment.
I've got questions regarding the use of VirtualBox and other VM software:
- Would i have the ability to install, run and administer Oracle Database 10g within VirtualBox?
- Is there much differences in administering Oracle Database under real standalone OS and under VM software (VirtlBox, for instance)?
Thank you very much for participation and usefull suggestions!
Best Regards,
Ilya.

How to configure Oracle Linux 6.5 to request ip address from dhcp server

I have installed Oracle Linux 6.5 (minimal installation) on a virtual machine created on VMware vSphere 5.5. I have tried to configure dhcp during the installation by editing IPv4 Settings of System eth0 to use Automatic (DHCP) but somehow it does not work.
Then I changed the ifcfg-eth0 to use static ip address and that works.
Here is the content of /etc/sysconfig/network:
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=TESTOL
Here is the content of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 using static ip address:
DEVICE=eth0
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=xxxxxxxx.xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
IPADDR:##.##.###.###
PREFIX=24
GATEWAY=##.##.###.###
DNS1=##.##.###.###
DOMAIN:test.com
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
NAME="System eth0"
Based on my understanding, I should able to use dhcp by changing ifcfg-eth0 (I commented the parameters not needed for dhcp by adding #) but I have tried the following ifcfg-eth0 and it does not work:
DEVICE=eth0
TYPE=Ethernet
UUID=xxxxxxxx.xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
#BOOTPROTO=no
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
#IPADDR:##.##.###.###
#PREFIX=24
#GATEWAY=##.##.###.###
DNS1=##.##.###.###
#DOMAIN:test.com
DEFROUTE=yes
PEERDNS=yes
PEERROUTES=yes
IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes
IPV6INIT=no
NAME="System eth0"
I have also tried to add GATEWAY=##.##.###.### to /etc/sysconfig/network but that does not help.
I have checked that dhclient package is installed by using rpm -qa dhclient.
I'm new to Linux.
Thanks for any help

If this is your first experience with Oracle Linux, I recommend you perform a default installation instead of going minimal, which is just going to make things more difficult for no good reason. Enterprise Linux is not MS Windows and the difference between default and minimal installations do not compare.
You also do not want to use the rpm utility to install any software and use yum instead. The yum utility is standard. Rpm does not resolve software dependencies.
Your ifcfg-eth0 script is missing the line that specifies to use DHCP:
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
You can also use the network configuration utility, even in text mode, by typing the following at the command prompt of root:
system-config-network
If the above utility is not installed:
yum install system-config-network-tui
You will have to configure an appropriate yum repository file. The process is explained in the Oracle Linux release notes:
https://oss.oracle.com/el6/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U5-en.html
See 3.2.3. About Oracle Linux Installation Media
Then insert the DVD or attach the DVD iso image to your virtual machine and mount it as following:
mkdir -p /media/ISOimage
mount /dev/cdrom /media/ISOimage
The path "/media/ISOimage" should be the same as you specified in the yum repository file.
After that you can use the yum utility to list or install software.

How to compile Oracle Linux source?

I accidentally downloaded source DVD "Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 2 source - DVD" instead of installable ISO image. Is there anyway I can compile it to make bootable ISO image?
I tried to search this forum as well as other places but couldn't find any information hence thought of opening a thread before I proceed to download correct file which will again take 10+ hrs with my Internet speed :(
Any help is highly appreciated. Also I need to know which packages are required to be installed for compiling the source if at all that is possible. I am using Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop.
Thanks in advance for any help and hope to get a reply soon :) I need to urgently install Oracle 11gR2 on it.
Edited by: user6582219 on Apr 12, 2012 1:10 AM
While browsing the forum for any possible solution I came to a thread that discuss installation of a package oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall. When searched through search engine I came to know about recent certification Oracle 11gR2 on Oracle Linux 6, here is the link https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/announcing_oracle_database_11g_r2
https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/announcing_oracle_database_11g_r2
Thing is I already have Oracle Linux 6 Update 2 (the latest) installed on my machine in dual boot mode so I dropped the idea of installing version 5.2. As per the documentation 11gR2 was not certified earlier on Linux 6.2 so I thought of installing 5.2 but it is not necessary now.
I would still appreciate if someone could answer my question just for knowing the procedure compiling source. May be it can help someone else trying to achieve this.
I have another couple of important questions and need guidance from the experts over here. I am not sure if it is appropriate to open a new thread but for now I am posting them here.
Before proceeding here are my environment details:
Machine: x86 32 bit with 2 GB RAM/250 GB HD.
OS: Kubuntu 11.10 Desktop and Oracle Linux 6 Update 2 in dual boot mode.
Here are my partition details for your reference but as I am planning to do the installation from the scratch following new ideal scheme you can jump to last paragraph following the line "*********************************" for my questions.
Unfortunately my partition plan went wrong and here is what I have now:
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3d5ba9e1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 1002047 500000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 151525080 361253654 104864287+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 1003518 151001087 74998785 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1003520 7002111 2999296 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 7004160 11001855 1998848 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 11003904 51001343 19998720 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 51003392 110041087 29518848 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
/dev/sda1 here is /tmp, /dev/sda2 is my data partition, I have separate /home / (root) partition for Kubuntu and remianing around 20 GB in extended partition is used for Oracle Linux 6.2 with default Oracle suggested LVM partition. I also have separate /boot for Kubuntu and I chose not to install grub while installing Oracle Linux. I later modified grub.cfg to add entries for Oracle Linux and now I can boot both OSs successfully.
My issue now is I cannot extend 20 GB space (in extended partition) that I have given to Oracle though I have around 40 GB space available. This is because I alreay have 4 primary partitions (one for /boot others for "data" and one extended partition). So I have to make primary partition out of free space and install Oracle in a single partition without following recommended partition layout scheme.
Now I want to do the installation of both the OS from the scratch and really need an advice on partition layout scheme. Here is summary of what I wan to achieve:
1. Keep the "data" partition (primary) intact and carve an ideal partition layout for both the OS with separate /boot, /tmp, /home, swap (and may be for /usr???). Also may be I can share swap?
2. How do I go about using LVM and is it recommended for this case? What would be ideal locations for each partitions and sizes? I already used 100 GB for "data" so now I want to keep 60 GB for Oracle Linux (and Oracle DB for which I will again make few sub-partitions) and remaining will be for Kubuntu.
Well, I am not sure if this is the right place to ask these questions but since I can see very knowlegeable top contributors here that are willing to help novice users I thought of posting these questions.
I would really really appreciate if someone can provide me rough draft of partition scheme in my case considering the sub-partitions needed for Oracle DB. I went thorugh number of forums and documentations to come up with solutuion and finally thought of getting help after much confusion.
I really need to carefully plan this time because it's third time I am doing reinstallation from the scratch because of poor plan I followed previously.
Thank you very much in advance and please let me know in case more information is needed from my side.
Regards,
Ramesh

I accidentally downloaded source DVD "Oracle Linux Release 5 Update 2 source - DVD" instead of installable ISO image. Is there anyway I can compile it to make bootable ISO image?Google will be your best friend for such a question, for instance, "Creating a Custom centos Linux bootable ISO Image". There is no need to duplicate the effort. I recommend you download the correct installation DVD, e.g. 5.8
Thing is I already have Oracle Linux 6 Update 2 (the latest) installed on my machine in dual boot mode so I dropped the idea of installing version 5.2. As per the documentation 11gR2 was not certified earlier on Linux 6.2 so I thought of installing 5.2 but it is not necessary now.So you don't need to install 5.2 anymore, but you want the information how to compile a installation DVD from the 5.2 source anyway?!
I have another couple of important questions and need guidance from the experts over here. I am not sure if it is appropriate to open a new thread but for now I am posting them here.Questions may be important for you, but not necessarily for others. No one will complain if you create a new thread for particular questions or subjects. It is better to separate your topics and questions rather than creating a multi-mega thread, which does little to help anyone else but you. It means more work on your end, but it will be easier for anyone to participate or answer your questions, and it will allow you to better award answers.
Regarding your partitioning questions: It is generally difficult to address such topics in a forum. You are asking for a book of information. My advice is to drop the old fashioned concepts of dual or triple boot options and install Oracle VirtualBox instead. It will make all of these questions obsolete and you can use whatever defaults when installing your virtual machine guest OS. Its a far more superior way of dealing with multiple operating systems on one and the same computer.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop.
I need to urgently install Oracle 11gR2 on it.For what it's worth, if you can combine the two source below you should be able to install and run 11gR2 on Ubuntu 11.10.
Install Oracle 11gR2 on Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (64-bit) Howto
Install Oracle 11gR2 on Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (64-bit) Howto
Oracle 11gR2 Express Edition on Linux Ubuntu 11.10 howto
Oracle 11gR2 Express Edition on Linux Ubuntu 11.10 howto
However, check out VirtualBox.

Oracle Linux 6.2 with RAC 11g cluster install fails on root.sh ioctl

I have 2 HP Servers I'm trying to install a cluster to.
I've tried Oracle Linux 6.2 and 6.3 with the same error on both nodes when running the root.sh script.
I have tried the permissions, run-levels, etc that I have found in the forum and nothing has worked except the deconfigure works great. /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/rootcrs.pl -deconfig -force
root.sh Errors:
Adding daemon to inittab
CRS-4124: Oracle High Availability Services startup failed.
CRS-4000: Command Start failed, or completed with errors.
ohasd failed to start: Inappropriate ioctl for device
ohasd failed to start at /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/crs/install/rootcrs.pl line 443.
I can't see whats wrong, I did use ASM to configure iSCSI disks from a storage device which appeared to work correctly:
# oracleasm listdisks
VOL1
VOL2
VOL3
VOL5
# ls /dev/oracleasm/disks/
VOL1 VOL2 VOL3 VOL5
When I created the disks with ASM I used multipath successfuly:
# oracleasm createdisk VOL1 /dev/mapper/23535333762373932
The other node can see the disks just fine with oracleasm listdisks
I chose 3 disks for the OCR - VOL1-3
There was one forum work around to edit the $GRID_HOME/crs/install/s_crsconfig_lib.pm which I did no Oracle Linux 6.3 to no avail. I also tried using NFS mounted volumes for the OCR drives but got the same error.
Using the install: linux.x64_11gR2_grid

oracleasm (aka asmlib) may not be supported on RHEL(OEL) 6.x. You do NOT need asmlib and it's days are numbered.
upon review of this document, even though it was for 10g, it still appears to be relevant
"10g: Using Openfiler iSCSI with an Oracle RAC database on Linux [ID 371434.1]"
and
udev utility can be used for disk mounting consistency between the nodes. It is the preferred tool. Note:371814.1 explains how to use the udev option.
and
Can't install GI 11gr2 (11.2.0.3) root.sh fail
Edited by: onedbguru on Dec 13, 2012 3:40 PM

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