Oracle Validated Configuration RPM

Hello,
I am going to install Oracle DB Standart edition on Unbreakable linux. I did update according to the http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e16763/install_overview.htm#CHDFJDFF (chapter 1.3.5) after that should be created Oracle and respective dba groups as I understand, but it not happened. I tried to check log /var/log/oracle-validated/results/orakernel.log, but this log is missing.
During up2date acccording the chapter 1.3.5 no error was dispalyed.
What you recomend me now? Shall I create the Oracle user before the start instalaltion and which rights which respective group?
Thank you in advance.

Can you check that the oracle-validated RPM was actually installed? What does "rpm -q oracle-validated" tell you? If the log file was not created, consider removing and re-installing the package once more.

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Oracle Validated Configurations - Yes or No

To satisfy my curiosity, I've just tried, for the first time, oracle-validated configuration on a clean 32-bit OEL-5.2 installation without oracle database software already installed. I've used the actual
oracle-validated-1.0.0-8.el5.i386
rpm package.
According to the official oracle documentation's recommendations and naming convention, taken as a standard, I can say that oracle-validated configuration more failed than succeeded.
CORRECT SETTINGS:
* /etc/sysctl.conf has been correctly set
* /boot/grub/grub.conf has been correctly set
FAILED SETTINGS AND INCORRECT CREATIONS:
* /etc/security/limits.conf has been correctly set for oracle, but all other entries in the file related to other users has been erased by validation script
* no modification of /etc/pam.d/login file (pam_limits.so)
* the script created 'dba' and 'oinstall' groups and 'oracle' user with 'dba' group as primary group (not 'oinstall'), that is not in compliance with official oracle documentation. To verify:
[root@localhost ~]# id oracle
uid=502(oracle) gid=502(dba) groups=502(dba),503(oinstall)
If oinstall is not the primary group, what is it supposed to do?
I'd appreciate if someone could clarify this dichotomy between Oracle official documentation's recommendations and "oracle-validated configuration".
Thanks in advance.
NJ

frits hoogland wrote:
NJ, (and segio, please take my response in account),
If you read between the lines of my response I (more or less) make the some of the point you do.
-required rpms
'that's a job for OEL linux Installer': I can only come to conclusion 'the OEL linux installer' you talk about must be installation program of linux. There is no database option in there, so that installer can't help you. Or do you mean the database installer? The database installer only checks if the rpm's are installed.No, I meant OEL Linux installer (anaconda). When you choose packages to be installed, you can select them either individually or in various groups. A group called let's say "Oracle database 10g/11g required packages", as an option, would be very useful. I said - as an option - because OEL is not exclusively related to Oracle database. It is a distro, just like any other distro. Certainly this doesn't mean that "oracle-validated configuration" cannot be useful by checking (and resolving) the dependencies once again at any time when it is necessary. But, in any case, it should be the primary job for OEL installer at OEL installation time.
I agree with you that loosing settings is a very bad thing and should be considered a bug.Of course.
besides that I don't like the oracle user and groups to get random uid and gid's; in any environment you want that to be fixed numbers.
besides that the points I wanted to make was:
-it is not that it's not that hard to make a script which setups your environment in a basic way.
another point is that for rough and quick setup, a default linux system can be used to run a default installed database. no need to do any tweaks with system settings.
-an oracle validated package should not overwrite any settings (obviously), but should be flexible and 'steerable' so it can work together with system policiesCompletely agreed.
Regards
NJ

Oracle validated configurations

Hello Guys,
I have seen in the topic "Oracle validated configurations" that it is only for servers, I would like to ask if anyone of you tried to install oracle on linux on an Intel core2 DUO PC?
I remember I have tried to install oracle enterprise linux 4 on it and it didn't work because my Hard drive is S-ATA. did anyone try to install OEL5 on such system? does it support S-ATA drive?
thanks.
Adnan

Hi,
I have four 320 GB Seagate SATA disk drives attached to standalone Promise PCI-SATA controller. I have installed OEL-4.5 and OEL-5 without any problem since both have `sata_promise' driver built as kernel module. It's interesting that first (GA) release of RHEL-4 didn't have the driver and installer didn't recognized disk drives terminating the installation. I had to download the driver from controller vendor's web site.
Depending on your specific hardware (PCI or on-board controller), it's quite possible that OEL-4.5 or even OEL-5 has not the driver for your controller. But it's common practice today that all main controller vendors (Adaptec, 3ware, LSI, Areca, Promise etc) distribute freely downloadable drivers for win and linux from their web sites with precise instructions how to install them during main installation.
N.J.

Enhancement Request - KickStart files for Oracle Validated Configurations

Just a thought, but I would like to request that the "Oracle Validate Configurations" also include an example kickstart file that contains the necessary RPMs above the default. In addition, in the %post section, all of the OS modifications (e.g. sysctl parameters, user accounts, ulimits, pam.d mods) that need to be completed for an Oracle installation could also be provided.
I have found some on the web and from suppliers such that I have created a kickstart file that is working for me and my hardware, but my mind would be at ease if there were more "sanctioned" versions out there.
FYI -- Reading through the documentation, it appears that OEM module for Oracle Linux provides the mechanism to create a kickstart file in the bare metal provisioning features.

A good start has already been done on OTN
http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/saternos_kickstart.html

Oracle-validated rpm and ulimit values

OS: Oracle Linux 5.6 (VirtualBox)
I'm somewhat puzzled over the Oracle 11gR2 installation instruction and the "oracle-validated" rpm package.
According to the Oracle installation instruction for Linux at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/install.112/e16763/pre_install.htm#BABIAIED
The following values are recommended minimum:
oracle soft nproc 2047
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536
oracle soft stack 10240 (32768 KB at most)
The oracle-validated package modifies /etc/security/limits.conf as following:
oracle soft nproc 131072
oracle hard nproc 131072
oracle soft nofile 131072
oracle hard nofile 131072
oracle soft core unlimited
oracle hard core unlimited
oracle soft memlock 50000000
oracle hard memlock 50000000
From what I understand, these values are maximum limits. I assume the "oracle-validated" package is not just only for Oracle 11g, and the Oracle 11g documentation recommends values, assuming you do not want to set it to unlimited? Is this correct?
Btw, the Oracle supplied $ORACLE_HOME/bin/osh utility to check and raise the ulimit to the maximum, actually sets ulimit to 1056837 with the oracle-validated package installed, but it is not run unless ulimit does not return "unlimited" or is less than 2113674. The osh utility is run by oraenv.

It seems there is no real answer to it, or there is no issue as such. I'm marking this thread as answered. I have come to the following conclusion:
Oracle-validated configures /etc/security/limits.conf which sets the upper limits per login. It is up to the user to decide the actual limits. The Oracle installation instructs to set ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536 for the Oracle user, which is certainly within the upper limits of limits.conf.
I notice however that the default stack size is smaller than recommended. i.e. 8192.
/etc/profile (add ulimit -s)
if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then
   if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then
      ulimit -u 16384
      ulimit -n 65536
      ulimit -s 10240
   else
      ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536 ulimit -s 10240
   fi
fiI think setting the values to unlimited is probably not the best idea.
Edited by: Dude on Jul 28, 2011 5:47 PM

Where can I found the Oracle-Validated rpm packaeg in OEL6?

Hello,
I installed the OEL6 to avoid some issues I had; now I can't find the Oracle-Validated package rpm; I registered my system to UBL and nothing show up.
Thanks

user11344822 wrote:
I installed the OEL6 to avoid some issues I had; now I can't find the Oracle-Validated package rpm; I registered my system to UBL and nothing show up. There is no oracle-validated RPM for OL6 yet, as there are no certified Oracle applications for OL6. Until our applications are certified, we cannot build that RPM (because we don't know what the right settings are yet!). Keep in mind that most Oracle applications won't install on OL6 yet and none of them are supported yet either. You're better off staying on OL5U6.

Availability of oracle-validated rpm for el5 (2.6.18-8.el5)

Is the Oracle validated rpm available for el5 (Oracle Enterprise Linux 2.6.18-8.el5) . It only seems to be available for el4. We do have ULN support.

Hi,
Oracle-Validated is an optional way to satisfy the pre-install requirements for customers signed up with Unbreakable Linux support.
This packages main function as following:
1,Checks whether the required packages are present, and if some of them are not, installs them automatically resolving the dependencies.
2,updates the paramaters in the system files ( /etc/sysctl.conf, /etc/security/limits.conf, /etc/modprobe.conf, /boot/grub/grub.conf ) according to recommendations derived from the Validated Configuration specifications.
3,Creates dba and oinstall groups, and Oracle user if they are not present. If an oracle user is present before rpm install, no changes are done to that groups and user.
The developer are going to create links for downloading of oracle-validated.rpm on all or one of the following pages: http://linux.oracle.com, http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html, http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/linux/index.html.So far,it hasn't got yet.
Regards
Terry

Installing oracle validated rpm

Hi,
I have installed oracle enterprise linux version 5.4 on sun virtual box.I want to install oracle 10g,so I downloaded oracle -validated-1.0.0-5.e15i.386.rpm for oracle requird updates.I am trying to run the oracle -validated-rpm using yum install command.But I am getting the following error
no package ./oracle-validated-1.0.0-5.e15.i386.rpm available.
How to solve that? I downloaded the oracle validated rpm file to desktop.
Thanks

Hi,
I tried the commands whatever you told.I downloaded yum configuration file and updated with the required commands
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
# Note: yum-RHN-plugin doesn't honor this.
metadata_expire=1h
# Default.
# installonly_limit = 3
# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
[el5_ga_base]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever GA - $basearch - base
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/0/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[el5_u1_base]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever U1 - $basearch - base
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/1/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[el5_u2_base]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever U2 - $basearch - base
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/2/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[el5_u3_base]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever U3 - $basearch - base
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/3/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[el5_u4_base]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever U4 - $basearch - base
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/4/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[el5_u5_base]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever U5 - $basearch - base
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/5/base/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[el5_addons]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - addons
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/addons/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
[el5_oracle_addons]
name=Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch - oracle_addons
baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/EnterpriseLinux/EL5/oracle_addons/$basearch/
gpgkey=http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY -oracle-el5
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
then I try to install using yum install command Iam gettin same error.
root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum install ./ oracle-validated-1.0.0-5.e15.i386.rpm
Loaded plugins: security
el5_addons | 951 B 00:00
el5_addons/primary | 35 kB 00:00
el5_addons 140/140
el5_ga_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_ga_base/primary | 720 kB 00:12
el5_ga_base 3204/3204
el5_oracle_addons | 951 B 00:00
el5_oracle_addons/primary | 1.9 kB 00:00
el5_oracle_addons 14/14
el5_u1_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u1_base/primary | 747 kB 00:12
el5_u1_base 3272/3272
el5_u2_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u2_base/primary | 910 kB 00:13
el5_u2_base 3402/3402
el5_u3_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u3_base/primary | 788 kB 00:11
el5_u3_base 3442/3442
el5_u4_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u4_base/primary | 807 kB 00:11
el5_u4_base 3506/3506
el5_u5_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u5_base/primary | 824 kB 00:12
el5_u5_base 3571/3571
Setting up Install Process
No package ./ available.
No package oracle-validated-1.0.0-5.e15.i386.rpm available.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# /usr/bin/yum localinstall oracle-validated*.rpm
Loaded plugins: security
Setting up Local Package Process
Cannot open file: oracle-validated*.rpm. Skipping.
Nothing to do
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# /usr/sbin/up2date--dry-run -i oracle-validated
bash: /usr/sbin/up2date--dry-run: No such file or directory
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]#
Please see the error I am getting and any one help me to resolve it.
Thanks

Oracle Validated RPM - Which to download?

I'm preparing a couple Linux x86_64 servers for building a RAC cluster and thought I'd give the Oracle Validated RPM a try.
The specifics -
Red Hat Linux RHEL 5.5 (kernel level 2.6.18-194)
Oracle Grid Infrastructure release 11.2.0.2.2
Oracle Database release 11.2.0.2.2
I am not a member of OLN, I don't use the Oracle Unbreakable Kernel and I don't use Oracle Enterprise Linux. (But worn out reading about all of these topics.)
I go to this download site as directed by MOS Note 437743.1.
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/oracle-validated
where I am presented a list of these rpm files:
Index of /el5/oracle-validated
Name Last modified Size
oracle-validated-1.0.0-5.el5.i386.rpm 02-Feb-2008 17:09 11K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-5.el5.x86_64.rpm 02-Feb-2008 17:09 12K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-5.el5.src.rpm 02-Feb-2008 17:09 12K
readme 18-Jul-2008 14:55 198
oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.i386.rpm 30-Mar-2009 01:36 15K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.x86_64.rpm 30-Mar-2009 01:36 15K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.src.rpm 30-Mar-2009 01:36 23K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-24.el5.i386.rpm 10-Jun-2010 07:07 22K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-24.el5.x86_64.rpm 10-Jun-2010 07:07 22K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-24.el5.src.rpm 10-Jun-2010 07:07 29K
MD5SUMS 19-Aug-2010 17:12 658
oracle-validated-1.0.0-22.el5.i386.rpm 19-Aug-2010 17:13 15K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-22.el5.src.rpm 19-Aug-2010 17:13 24K
oracle-validated-1.0.0-22.el5.x86_64.rpm 19-Aug-2010 17:13 16K
oracle-validated-1.1.0-7.el5.x86_64.rpm 17-Nov-2010 11:03 23K
oracle-validated-1.1.0-7.el5.src.rpm 17-Nov-2010 11:03 30K
Question 1: Do I just grab the newest version of these EL5 based rpms? in this case "oracle-validated-1.1.0-7.el5.x86_64.rpm", or is there some other dependency on kernel level?
Question 2: Does this Validated RPM configure changes necessary for Grid Infrastucture as well as Database?
Question 3: Are prople pretty happy with the job that this RPM does in configuring things properly?
Thanks in advance for your insights.
- tim

Hi,
1.) Yes, only take the newest one.
2.) Yep it should (some expeptions apply)*. Just make sure you configured an automatic update server (yum), that all dependent RPMs can be downloaded as well.
For OEL you could use public-yum.oracle.com, but since you don't like OEL I am sure you know where to find a free RHEL one...
3.) Definitely. I never go without it.
* E.g. it does not configure/change NTP configuration, as it is a requirement for the 11gR2 GI install.
Sebastian

OEL 56 and Oracle validated rpm server will not reboot.

[root@stage-rac21 admin]# up2date -i oracle-validated
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: ol5_x86_64_latest...
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_x86_64_oracle...
Fetching rpm headers...
Name Version Rel
oracle-validated 1.1.0 7.el5 x86
Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
kernel-uek-2.6.32-100.28.9. ########################## Done.
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32- ########################## Done.
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.0. ########################## Done.
oracle-validated-1.1.0-7.el ########################## Done.
ql2xxx-firmware-1.01.01-0.2 ########################## Done.
busybox-1.2.0-7.el5.x86_64. ########################## Done.
Preparing ########################################### [100%]
Installing...
1:busybox ########################################### [100
2:kexec-tools ########################################### [100
3:ql2xxx-firmware ########################################### [100
4:kernel-uek-firmware ########################################### [100
5:kernel-uek ########################################### [100
6:oracle-validated ########################################### [100
The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:
Name Version Release
kernel-uek 2.6.32 100.28.9.el5
kernel-uek-firmware 2.6.32 100.28.9.el5
kexec-tools 1.102pre 126.0.1.el5_6.5
ql2xxx-firmware 1.01.01 0.2.el5
busybox 1.2.0 7.el5
Reboot and will not come up.
KVM shows:
mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults
setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory
switchroot: mount failed : No such file or directory
Kernel Panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.32-100.28.9.el5 #1
Call Trace:
Is anyone else having trouble with 2.6.32-100.28.9.el5?

One of our sys admins has some input on this. Starting to make sense.
Looks like maybe this kernel is missing the device mapper info.
*.203 + *.205:
Now regarding the issue with this and the *.205 server post kernel
updates + reboot (kernel panic due to the system not being able to load
/), I think this was due to some needed device mapper modules being
missing from the initrd of the new kernel (see below for the details).
As per lenny, I've updated the grub configs on *.205 to load the old
kernel (default=1 in /boot/grub/grub.conf; the system was restored by
booting back to the previous kernel) for now:
[root@stage-rac22 ~]# mkdir /tmp/initrd_diff
[root@stage-rac22 ~]# cp -v /boot/initrd-2.6.32-100.28.9.el5.img
/boot/initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.img /tmp/initrd_diff/
`/boot/initrd-2.6.32-100.28.9.el5.img' ->
`/tmp/initrd_diff/initrd-2.6.32-100.28.9.el5.img'
`/boot/initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.img' ->
`/tmp/initrd_diff/initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.img'
[root@stage-rac22 ~]# chmod -v go+r /tmp/initrd_diff/*
mode of `/tmp/initrd_diff/initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.img' changed to
0644 (rw-r--r--)
mode of `/tmp/initrd_diff/initrd-2.6.32-100.28.9.el5.img' changed to
0644 (rw-r--r--)
[root@stage-rac22 ~]# chown -vR admin. /tmp/initrd_diff/
[root@stage-rac22 ~]# su - admin
[admin@stage-rac22 ~]$ cd /tmp/initrd_diff/
[admin@stage-rac22 initrd_diff]$ mkdir -v old new
mkdir: created directory `old'
mkdir: created directory `new'
[admin@stage-rac22 initrd_diff]$ (cd old/; zcat
../initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.0.1.el5.img|cpio -idv)
[admin@stage-rac22 initrd_diff]$ (cd new/; zcat
/tmp/initrd-2.6.32-100.28.9.el5.img|cpio -idv)
[admin@stage-rac22 initrd_diff]$ diff -qr old/ new/
diff: old/dev/ram: No such file or directory
diff: new/dev/ram: No such file or directory
Files old/init and new/init differ
Files old/lib/cciss.ko and new/lib/cciss.ko differ
Only in old/lib: dm-log.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-mem-cache.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-message.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-mirror.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-mod.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-raid45.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-region_hash.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-snapshot.ko
Only in old/lib: dm-zero.ko
Files old/lib/ehci-hcd.ko and new/lib/ehci-hcd.ko differ
Only in old/lib: ext3.ko
Only in old/lib: jbd.ko
Files old/lib/ohci-hcd.ko and new/lib/ohci-hcd.ko differ
Only in old/lib: scsi_mod.ko
Only in old/lib: sd_mod.ko
Files old/lib/uhci-hcd.ko and new/lib/uhci-hcd.ko differ

Oracle-Validated RPM install on OEL 4.5 x64

I've had problems trying to install the Oracle-Validated RPM on OEL 4.5 x64. Up2Date would hang. Anyone else try using the RPM on OEL 4.5?

Sergio,
I reran the commands today and they work fine. It must have been a glitch in the network. Thanks.
Any word on the update of the RPM for OEL 5.0? Is this going to be released to the Open Source or is this specific for OEL? I wanted to start using this on RHEL and Centos.

Oracle validated rpm on RHEL4? RHEL5?

Can I use the Oracle Validated rpm on RHEL4? RHEL5?
Note:579101.1 Linux OS Installation with Reduced Set of Packages for Running Oracle Database Server without ULN/RHN
The above metalink note only talks about OEL...

To summarise: yes, you can use the oracle-validated rpm on RHEL 4 and 5.
The use of the oracle-validated rpm is not only to have some things arranged on the linux level (limits, user, groups, etc.) but also to have all the needed other rpm's installed. These rpm's are not installed when the oracle-validated rpm is installed using the rpm command, instead, the installation will fail and notify you about the first rpm on which the oracle-validated package is depended (and when resolved about the second, etc.). up2date & yum resolves these dependencies automagically for you, using rpm you must do it yourself. That's why it is convenient to have up2date setup, or a yum repositiry.

Unbreakable Linux Network and oracle-validated

I bought a network subscription to ULN mostly for the oracle-validated feature.
Here is the results but I can not get the packages listed to install
# up2date --install oracle-validated
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_x86_64_latest...
Fetching rpm headers...
Name Version Rel
oracle-validated 1.0.0 16.el5 x86_64
Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
There was a package dependency problem. The message was:
Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
glibc-headers 2.5-34 requires kernel-headers
glibc-headers-2.5-34 requires kernel-headers >= 2.2.1
oracle-validated 1.0.0-16.el5 requires kernel-headers
The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:
Package Required by
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137-3.el5.x86_64oracle-validated-1.0.0-16.el5 elfutils-libelf-devel
gcc-4.1.2-44.el5.x86_64 oracle-validated-1.0.0-16.el5 gcc
gcc-c++-4.1.2-44.el5.x86_64 oracle-validated-1.0.0-16.el5 gcc-c++
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64 oracle-validated-1.0.0-16.el5 libaio-devel
libgomp-4.3.2-7.el5.x86_64 gcc-4.1.2-44.el5 libgomp
[root@localhost oracle-validated]# up2date -u
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_x86_64_latest...
Fetching rpm headers...
Name Version Rel
The following Packages were marked to be skipped by your configuration:
Name Version Rel Reason
kernel 2.6.18 128.1.6.0.1.el5Pkg name/pattern
All packages are currently up to date
[root@localhost oracle-validated]#
the downloaded packages are stored in /var/spool/up2date
# ls /var/spool/up2date
bc-1.06-21.x86_64.hdr
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4.x86_64.hdr
compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4.x86_64.hdr
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386.hdr
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.x86_64.hdr
el5_x86_64_latest.20090416230823
el5_x86_64_latest-all.20090416230823
el5_x86_64_latest-obsoletes.20090416230823
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137-3.el5.i386.hdr
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.hdr
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.137-3.el5.i386.hdr
elfutils-libelf-devel-static-0.137-3.el5.x86_64.hdr
gcc-4.1.2-44.el5.x86_64.hdr
gcc-c++-4.1.2-44.el5.x86_64.hdr
gdb-6.8-27.el5.x86_64.hdr
glibc-devel-2.5-34.i386.hdr
glibc-devel-2.5-34.x86_64.hdr
glibc-headers-2.5-34.x86_64.hdr
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.i386.hdr
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64.hdr
libgomp-4.3.2-7.el5.i386.hdr
libgomp-4.3.2-7.el5.x86_64.hdr
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-44.el5.i386.hdr
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-44.el5.x86_64.hdr
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386.hdr
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.x86_64.hdr
oracle-validated-1.0.0-16.el5.x86_64.hdr
How do I update/install the packages

THIS IS SO COOL!
I am posting the results of Avi's answer. This would have taken hours or trial and error to resolve these dependancies.
Big thanks to Avi
[root@localhost oracle-validated]# up2date-nox --configure
0. adminAddress ['root@localhost']
1. debug No
2. disallowConfChange ['noReboot', 'sslCACert', 'useNoSSLForPackages', 'noSSLSe
3. enableProxy No
4. enableProxyAuth No
5. enableRollbacks No
6. fileSkipList []
7. forceInstall No
8. gpgKeyRing xx
9. headerCacheSize 40
10. headerFetchCount 10
11. httpProxy
12. isatty Yes
13. keepAfterInstall No
14. networkRetries 5
15. noBootLoader No
16. noReboot No
17. noReplaceConfig Yes
18. noSSLServerURL xx
19. pkgSkipList ['kernel*']
20. pkgsToInstallNotUp ['kernel', 'kernel-modules', 'kernel-devel']
21. proxyPassword
22. proxyUser
23. removeSkipList ['kernel*']
24. retrieveOnly No
25. retrieveSource No
26. rhnuuid xx
27. serverURL xx
28. showAvailablePacka No
29. sslCACert xx
30. storageDir /var/spool/up2date
31. systemIdPath xx
32. updateUp2date Yes
33. useGPG Yes
34. useNoSSLForPackage No
35. useRhn Yes
36. versionOverride
Enter number of item to edit <return to exit, q to quit without saving>: 19
Attribute: pkgSkipList
Comment: A list of package names, optionally including wildcards, to skip
Current value: kernel*;
< return for default, C to clear list, items are ';' separated >
New Value: C
0. adminAddress ['root@localhost']
1. debug No
2. disallowConfChange ['noReboot', 'sslCACert', 'useNoSSLForPackages', 'noSSLSe
3. enableProxy No
4. enableProxyAuth No
5. enableRollbacks No
6. fileSkipList []
7. forceInstall No
8. gpgKeyRing /xx
9. headerCacheSize 40
10. headerFetchCount 10
11. httpProxy
12. isatty Yes
13. keepAfterInstall No
14. networkRetries 5
15. noBootLoader No
16. noReboot No
17. noReplaceConfig Yes
18. noSSLServerURL xx
19. pkgSkipList []
20. pkgsToInstallNotUp ['kernel', 'kernel-modules', 'kernel-devel']
21. proxyPassword
22. proxyUser
23. removeSkipList ['kernel*']
24. retrieveOnly No
25. retrieveSource No
26. rhnuuid xx
27. serverURL xx
28. showAvailablePacka No
29. sslCACert xx
30. storageDir /var/spool/up2date
31. systemIdPath /xx
32. updateUp2date Yes
33. useGPG Yes
34. useNoSSLForPackage No
35. useRhn Yes
36. versionOverride
Enter number of item to edit <return to exit, q to quit without saving>:
[root@localhost oracle-validated]# up2date --install oracle-validated
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_x86_64_latest...
Fetching rpm headers...
Name Version Rel
oracle-validated 1.0.0 16.el5 x86_64
Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
bc-1.06-21.x86_64.rpm: ########################## Done.
compat-gcc-34-3.4.6-4.x86_6 ########################## Done.
compat-gcc-34-c++-3.4.6-4.x ########################## Done.
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-6 ########################## Done.
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-6 ########################## Done.
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.137 ########################## Done.
gcc-4.1.2-44.el5.x86_64.rpm ########################## Done.
gcc-c++-4.1.2-44.el5.x86_64 ########################## Done.
gdb-6.8-27.el5.x86_64.rpm: ########################## Done.
glibc-devel-2.5-34.i386.rpm ########################## Done.
glibc-devel-2.5-34.x86_64.r ########################## Done.
glibc-headers-2.5-34.x86_64 ########################## Done.
kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1 ########################## Done.
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386.rp ########################## Done.
libaio-devel-0.3.106-3.2.x8 ########################## Done.
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-44.el ########################## Done.
oracle-validated-1.0.0-16.e ########################## Done.
elfutils-libelf-devel-stati ########################## Done.
libgomp-4.3.2-7.el5.x86_64. ########################## Done.
Preparing ########################################### [100%]
Installing...
1:libgomp ########################################### [100%]
2:gdb ########################################### [100%]
3:compat-libstdc++-33 ########################################### [100%]
4:bc ########################################### [100%]
5:libXp ########################################### [100%]
6:compat-libstdc++-33 ########################################### [100%]
7:libstdc++-devel ########################################### [100%]
8:kernel-headers ########################################### [100%]
9:glibc-headers ########################################### [100%]
10:glibc-devel ########################################### [100%]
11:compat-gcc-34 ########################################### [100%]
12:glibc-devel ########################################### [100%]
13:libaio-devel ########################################### [100%]
14:gcc ########################################### [100%]
15:gcc-c++ ########################################### [100%]
16:compat-gcc-34-c++ ########################################### [100%]
17:elfutils-libelf-devel ########################################### [100%]
18:oracle-validated ########################################### [100%]
19:elfutils-libelf-devel-s########################################### [100%]
The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy dependencies:
Name Version Release
bc 1.06 21
compat-gcc-34 3.4.6 4
compat-gcc-34-c++ 3.4.6 4
compat-libstdc++-33 3.2.3 61
compat-libstdc++-33 3.2.3 61
elfutils-libelf-devel 0.137 3.el5
gcc 4.1.2 44.el5
gcc-c++ 4.1.2 44.el5
gdb 6.8 27.el5
glibc-devel 2.5 34
glibc-devel 2.5 34
glibc-headers 2.5 34
kernel-headers 2.6.18 128.1.6.0.1.el5
libXp 1.0.0 8.1.el5
libaio-devel 0.3.106 3.2
libstdc++-devel 4.1.2 44.el5
elfutils-libelf-devel-static 0.137 3.el5
libgomp 4.3.2 7.el5
[root@localhost oracle-validated]#
SUCCESS!

Error during up2date oracle-validated gives segmentation fault

Hi all,
I am trying to run the up2date oracle-validated command for Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 64 bit and it
fails on memory dump errors.
[root@tstdb01]# up2date oracle-validated
Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: el5_x86_64_latest...
Fetching rpm headers...
Segmentation fault
Any ideas how to resolve this?
Edited by: 783904 on Aug 19, 2010 9:09 AM

# cat /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date
# Automatically generated Red Hat Update Agent config file, do not edit.
# Format: 1.0
enableRollbacks[comment]=Determine if up2date should create rollback rpms
enableRollbacks=0
noSSLServerURL[comment]=Remote server URL without SSL
noSSLServerURL=http://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC
useNoSSLForPackages[comment] =Use the noSSLServerURL for package, package list, and header fetching
useNoSSLForPackages=0
debug[comment]=Whether or not debugging is enabled
debug=0
noReplaceConfig[comment]=When selected, no packages that would change configuration data are automatically installed
noReplaceConfig=1
retrieveOnly[comment]=Retrieve packages only
retrieveOnly=0
keepAfterInstall[comment]=Keep packages on disk after installation
keepAfterInstall=0
systemIdPath[comment]=Location of system id
systemIdPath=/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid
serverURL[comment]=Remote server URL
serverURL=https://linux-update.oracle.com/XMLRPC
pkgSkipList[comment]=A list of package names, optionally including wildcards, to skip
pkgSkipList=kernel*;
pkgsToInstallNotUpdate[comment]=A list of provides names or package names of packages to install not update
pkgsToInstallNotUpdate=kernel;kernel-modules;kernel-devel;
adminAddress[comment]=List of e-mail addresses for update agent to communicate with when run in batch mode
adminAddress=root@localhost;
storageDir[comment]=Where to store packages and other data when they are retrieved
storageDir=/var/spool/up2date
fileSkipList[comment]=A list of file names, optionally including wildcards, to skip
fileSkipList=;
removeSkipList[comment]=A list of package names, optionally including wildcards that up2date will not remove
removeSkipList=kernel*;
enableProxy[comment]=Use a HTTP Proxy
enableProxy=0
retrieveSource[comment]=Retrieve source RPM along with binary package
retrieveSource=0
versionOverride[comment]=Override the automatically determined system version
versionOverride=
httpProxy[comment]=HTTP proxy in host:port format, e.g. squid.redhat.com:3128
httpProxy=
useGPG[comment]=Use GPG to verify package integrity
useGPG=1
gpgKeyRing[comment]=The location of the gpg keyring to use for package checking
gpgKeyRing=/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date-keyring.gpg
noBootLoader[comment]=To disable modification of the boot loader (lilo, silo, etc)
noBootLoader=0
noReboot[comment]=Disable the reboot actions
noReboot=0
networkRetries[comment]=Number of attempts to make at network connections before giving up
networkRetries=5
updateUp2date[comment]=Allow up2date to update itself when possible
updateUp2date=1
disallowConfChanges[comment]=Config options that can not be overwritten by a config update action
disallowConfChanges=noReboot;sslCACert;useNoSSLForPackages;noSSLServerURL;serverURL;disallowConfChanges;
sslCACert[comment]=The CA cert used to verify the ssl server
sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/ULN-CA-CERT
[root@tstdb01 up2date]# *up2date --show-channels*el5_x86_64_latest

OL 6.x - oracle-validated?

Hello
I just read the announcement that Oracle Linux (with UEK) 6.x is now officially certified for Oracle 11g R2 database.
Is there OL 6.x which has oracle-validated rpm? I use this rpm on OEL5.7 and it works great, it would be great to see something similar in OL6.x which installed all mandatory packages required by Oracle 11.2, ASM and Grid "automatically" with selection single click.
two more questions, apologies, I am new to Linux...
(1) there is UEK2 released now too - is it certified/supported to use with Oracle 11.2.0.3 ?
If so - can anyone point me to a document describing how I can upgrade to new UEK2 on existing OL6.2 (or OEL5.8) ?
(2) is oracleasmlib for OL6.2 available now? up to now only OEL5.x compatible oracleasmlib was on public download site, can anyone provide a pointer to one compatible with OL6.2 please?
Many thanks in advance

For what it's worth, I have been wondering about the advantages of ASMLIB and came to the following conclusions:
ASMLib examines each disk in the system and simplifies management in regard to ASM diskstring to avoid multiple paths to storage devices, which ASM cannot handle. When using ASMLIB with ASM on Linux, you can ensure the discovery of the multipath disk by configuring ASM to scan the multipath disk first or to exclude the single path disks when scanning.
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I have a couple of links for references:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b31107/asmprepare.htm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/linux/persistence-088235.html
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support rawdevices by linux oracle.

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