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PrepareanOracleEnterpriseLinux5ServerforInstallationofEnterprisePerformance
Management11.1.2.1(DocID1325410.1)
InthisDocument
Purpose
Scope
Details

1.SourcePuTTY,VNC,andFTPtointeractremotelywithaLinuxenvironment(beforeorafterinstallingthat
environment).

2.DownloadanOracleEnterpriseLinux5U5Serverinstaller.

3.InstallOEL5

4.Setupanetworkconnection.

6.Use'yum'toinstallneededlibrarypackages(seeKM880989.1and169706.1).

7.Use'vi'(orusethesimplernanoorgedit)

8.ConfigureOSkernelparameters(editinviasroot:/etc/sysctl.conf).

9.InstallafullOracledatabaseclient.

References

APPLIESTO:
HyperionBI+Version11.1.2.0.00to11.1.2.1.000[Release11.1]
GenericLinux

PURPOSE
ThisknowledgemanagementarticleofferssomehintsonhowtosetupandworkwithanOracleEnterpriseLinux5
environmentinpreparationforinstallationofEPM11.1.2.1.

SCOPE
TheintendedaudienceforthisKMdocumentareUnix/LinuxuserswhowanttoinstallOracleHyperionEnterprise11.1.2.1
inaLinuxenvironment.

DETAILS
1.Source PuTTY,VNC,andFTPtointe ractre mote lywithaLinuxe nv ironme nt(be fore orafte r
installingthate nv ironme nt).
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html(downloadputty.exeforMicrosoftWindows).
SelectCategory:Session
SupplyHostName(orIPaddress)ofLinux/Unixmachine
SelectConnectiontype:SSH.
SelectCategory:Connection:Data
SupplyLogindetails:Autologinusername.
Click'Open'button.
http://www.realvnc.com/products/download.html(seealsohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Network_Computing
todownloadVNC).
Doubleclickonvncviewer.exeandprovideIPaddressofremoteUnix/Linuxmachine(iftheDISPLAYvariable
onthatserver(type'env'inaterminalwindow)hasanumberotherthan0append':1'attheendoftheIP
address(ortheappropriateintegerinplaceof'1')andclick'OK'.Providepasswordandclick'OK'
http://FileZillaproject.org(toinstallaMicrosoftWindowsbasedFTPserveradministrationtool)
Editmenu>Users>SelectPage:General,Click'Add'buttonnear'Users'
Provideusernameclick'OK'
SelectNameClickforcheckbefore'Enableaccount'Clickforcheckbefore'Password'(typein
password)
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Editmenu>Users>SelectPage:Sharedfoldersclick'Add'buttonnearSharedfoldersselectadirectory
click'OK'
Clicktoplacechecksbefore'Read','Write','Delete'inFilessection.
Clicktoplacechecksbefore'Create','Delete','List','+Subdirs'inDirectoriessection

2.DownloadanOracle Ente rprise Linux5U5Se rv e rinstalle r.

https://edelivery.oracle.com/linux

3.InstallOEL5
IfsettinguponVirtualBox4.0.4:
General:SelectOperatingSystem(Linux),Version(Oracle(64bit))
System:4096to5012mbbasememory
Storage:AddCD/DVDDevicetoIDEControllerandselect*.isofile.
Network:Checkbefore'EnableNetworkAdapter',Attachedto:'BridgedAdapter'
StartuptheVirtualBoxmachineandacceptthedefaultsforLinuxinstall(genericinstall)

4.Se tupane tworkconne ction.

SetupafixedIPaddress
Systemmenu>Preferences>NetworkProxy>Select'Automaticproxyconfiguration'>
Systemmenu>Administration>Network(providerootpassword)
Devicestab>Selecteth0>Edit(provideIPaddress,mask,etcetera)
(5)Createauserandswitchto/from'root'user.
Systemmenu>Administration>UsersandGroupsUserstabAddUser
Toswitchtorootuser:su<return>
Type:<password>
Toexitfromuser:exit

6.Use 'yum'toinstallne e de dlibrarypackage s(se e KM 880989.1and169706.1).

Insertinto/etc/yum.repos.dtheattachedfiles:ULNBase.repoULNBase.repo.ulnint(notethatthedownloadsneedtobe
renamedtothesenames[hyphenswerelost])asrootuser(usingmvorftp).
Thenuse'yum'asexplainedbelow.
libaiodevel0.3.106
elfutilslibelfdevel0.125
sysstat7.0.2
libstdc++devel4.1.2
glibcdevel2.5
gccc++4.1.2
unixODBC2.2.11
unixODBCdevel2.2.11
yuminstall<packagename>
Alwaysaccept/usr/local/binasdefaultifpromptedforlocalbindirectory

7.Use 'v i'(oruse the simple rnanoorge dit)

vi<filename>toopenatextfiletobeeditedinvifromcommandline
<Esc>toentercommandmode
<Esc>itoenterinsertmodeinfrontofcurrentcharacter
<Esc>atoenteraddmodeafterthecurrentcharacter
<Esc>:wtowriteresults
<Esc>:qtoquit
<Esc>ddtodeletecurrentline
<Esc>xtodeleteonecharacter
Arrowkeystomovearound.

8.Configure OSke rne lparame te rs(e ditinv iasroot:/e tc/sysctl.conf).

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semopmsetto100
ip_local_port_rangesetto900065500
rmem_defaultsetto262144
rmem_maxsetto4194304
wmem_defaultsetto262144
wmem_maxsetto262144

Toactivatethesenewsettingsintotherunningkernelspace,run
sysctlp
commandasroot.

9.InstallafullOracle database clie nt.

Acceptdefaults.
Createtnsnames.ora(fileabove/app/le11121/product/11.2.0/client_1/network/admin/samples/)
ModifyPATHandORACLE_HOMEin.bash_profileinhomedirectory.
SetenvironmentvariablestmpandTMPDIRtodirectorieswithemptyspacegreaterthanonegigabytes.

REFERENCES
NOTE:1303078.1PreparingaMicrosoftWindowsServerforInstallationofEPM11.1.2.x
NOTE:169706.1OracleDatabase(RDBMS)onUnixAIX,HPUX,Linux,MacOSX,Solaris,Tru64UnixOperatingSystems
InstallationandConfigurationRequirementsQuickReference(8.0.5to11.2)
NOTE:880989.1RequirementsforInstallingOracle11gR2RDBMSonRHEL(andOEL)5onAMD64/EM64T
NOTE:1543714.1PrepareanOracleEnterpriseLinux5U9ServerforInstallationofEnterprisePerformanceManagement
11.1.2.3inVirtualBox4.2.10+
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