How to Install Oracle 11g R2 database software

How to Install Oracle 11g R2 database software:
This tutorial is to show how to install the Oracle 11g R2 database software only. At the end of the installation you will have Oracle database software installed in your machine.

Note: This tutorial will not create a default Oracle database. This will be done in another tutorial.

Install Oracle 11g R2 database software only

This document is intended to take you step by step through the installation of Oracle

Database 11g R2. The installation preocess is designed only to install the database

software and not create a database. The database will be created with another document and

will take you though pictorial guide.This guide is part of the series titled

“Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager

Gird Control 11gR1. The series is a step by step tutorial of installing Oracle Enterprise

Manager Grid Control 11gR1. The series is divided into the following tutorials

Install Oracle Enterprise Linux

Prepare Linux for Oracle 11gR2 installation.

Install Java SDK 6 update 18

Install Oracle 11gR2 database software

Create Oracle 11gR2 database

Configure Oracle Net for Oracle 11gR2 database

Install Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.2)

Install Oracle Enterprise Manger 11g Grid Control

Hardware/Software:

DELL – Intel Core 2 Duo CPU

RAM: 2GB

Hard Disk: 147GB

OS: Oracle enterprise Linux 5.3.

Oracle validated rpms

Directory Structure:

ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle

ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1

ORACLE_SID=gdb

Pre-Requisites:

Before running through this tutorial make sure you have complete the following tasks:

1. Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 installed

2. Linux box prepared for Database installation. See here for details instructions

3. Java SDK 6 update 8 installed

Oracle 11g R2 Installation instructions and options:

1	Login as oracle user
2	Copy p10098816_112020_Linux-x86-64_1of7.zip p10098816_112020_Linux-x86-64_2of7.zip to /u01/app/oracle
3	Runcd /u01/app/oracle unzip p10098816_112020_Linux-x86-64_1of7.zip unzip p10098816_112020_Linux-x86-64_2of7.zip
4	Open X-Windows session to the server as oracle user
5	run#cd /u01/app/oracle/database
6	From X-Windows session run the installater as./runInstaller
The installation will now start. One the screen name on the left column select the option as shown/instructed on the right hand side column
Screen Name	Action
Configure Security Updates	Enter an email address. Untick the check Box. Then Click Next
Configure Security Updates	On this screen Check the Check Box then Click Continue
Installation Option	Select “Install Database Software Only” Click Next
Grid Options	Select “Single Instance Database Installation” Click Next
Product Languages	Accept the default (if you are installing English version) Click Next
Database Edition	Select “Enterprise Edition” Click Next
Installation Location	Accept the default Click Next
Oracle Inventory	For Inventory directory enter /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory Click Next
Oracle Inventory	If you get this screen click Yes
Operating System Groups	Accept the default. Click Next
Prerequisite Checks	The installer will do a prerequisites check now. Then you should get the following screen.
Summary	Click Finish on this screen
Install Product	The installation process will now start. Close to the end of the installation you will get the screen below
Install Product	Run orainstRoot.sh amd root.sh as directed. After running them click OK
Finish	Click Close. The installation is now complete.
Test	Now logon to the server as oracle user.Then type the command sqlplus / as sysdba The output should be liek this: SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Thu Jun 16 14:57:15 2011 Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to an idle instance. This means your oracle software is now installed. Now logout from oracle SQL> exit