Database Installation Guide - Oracle

1 Oracle DatabaseDatabase Installation Guide19c for LinuxE96432-28 January 2023 Oracle Database Database Installation Guide , 19c for LinuxE96432-28 Copyright 2015, 2023, Oracle and/or its Authors: Prakash Jashnani, Subhash ChandraContributing Authors: Douglas WilliamsContributors: Jean-Francois Verrier, Richard Roddy, Rajesh Dasari, Smitha Viswanathan, Neha Avasthy,Sampath Ravindhran, Prasad Bagal, Subhranshu Banerjee, Gerald Venzl, Tammy Bednar, Avi Miller, Jean-Marc Thayer, Alok Sahu, Gavin Bowe, Gia-Khanh Nguyen, Darcy Christensen, Kiran Chamala, JonathanCreighton, Benoit Dageville, Logeshwaran Rajan, Angad Gokakkar , Anu Natarajan, Girdhari Ghantiyala,Mani Mannampalli, Bernard Clouse, Chandrasekharan Iyer, Anil Nair, Sivaram Soma, Lisa Vaz, RanjitNoronha, Vasu Venkatasubramanian, Sumanta Chatterjee, Margaret Susairaj, Malai Stalin, MarkusMichalewicz.

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8 Except as set forth in an applicable agreement between you and PrefaceAudiencexiiiDocumentation AccessibilityxiiiDiversity and InclusionxiiiSet Up Java Access Bridge to Implement Java AccessibilityxivCommand SyntaxxivConventionsxv Changes in this Release for Oracle DatabaseNew FeaturesxviDeprecated FeaturesxviiOther Changesxviii1 Oracle Database Installation ChecklistServer Hardware Checklist for Oracle Database Installation1-1 Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database Installation on Linux1-2 Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle Database Installation1-3 Oracle User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Database Installation1-6 Storage Checklist for Oracle Database Installation1-7 Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Database 1-8 Deployment Checklist for Oracle Database1-112 Checking and Configuring the Server for Oracle DatabaseLogging In to a Remote System Using X Window System2-1 Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration2-23 Automatically Configuring Oracle Linux with Oracle DatabasePreinstallation RPMA bout the Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM3-1ivOverview of Oracle Linux Configuration with Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM3-2 Installing

9 The Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM Using ULN3-3 Installing Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM During an Oracle Linux Installation3-5 Installing Oracle Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM Using the Oracle Linux yumServer3-6 Configure Additional Operating System Features3-74 Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Database on LinuxGuidelines for Linux Operating System Installation4-2 Completing a Minimal or Default Linux Installation4-2 About Oracle Linux with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel4-3 About the Oracle Database Preinstallation RPM4-3 Restrictions for HugePages and Transparent HugePages Configurations4-4 Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices4-5 General Upgrade Best Practices4-5 New Server Operating System Upgrade Option4-6 Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications4-7 Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices4-7 About Installation Fixup Scripts4-7 About Operating System Requirements4-8 Using Oracle RPM Checker on IBM.

10 Linux on System z4-9 Operating System Requirements for x86-64 Linux Platforms 4-9 General Guidelines for Operating System Packages4-10 Supported Oracle Linux 8 Distributions for x86-644-11 Supported Oracle Linux 7 Distributions for x86-644-13 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Distributions for x86-644-15 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Distributions for x86-644-17 Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Distributions for x86-644-19 Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Distributions for x86-644-21 Installing Operating System Packages4-23 Operating System Requirements for IBM: Linux on System z4-24 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z4-24 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z4-25 Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Distributions for IBM: Linux onSystem z4-26 Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Distributions for IBM: Linux onSystem z4-27 Additional Drivers and Software Packages for Linux4-30 Installing PAM for Login Authentication on Linux4-30 Installation Requirements for OCFS24-30 About OCFS2 and Shared Storage4-31vInstalling OCFS24-31 Installing Oracle Messaging Gateway