(*) To determine the size of the configured swap space, enter the following command:
/usr/sbin/swap -s
(*) To determine whether the system architecture is 64-bit, enter the following command:
/bin/isainfo -kv
This command should return the following output. If you do not see the expected output, you cannot install the 64-bit Oracle software on this system.
64-bit sparcv9 kernel modules
(*) To determine which version of Solaris is installed, enter the following command:
# uname -r
5.8
(*) To determine whether the required packages are installed, enter a command similar to the following:
# pkginfo -i SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibm SUNWlibms
SUNWsprot SUNWsprox SUNWtoo SUNWi1of SUNWi1cs SUNWi15cs
SUNWxwfnt
(*) To determine whether an operating system patch is installed, enter a command similar to the following:
# /usr/sbin/patchadd -p | grep patch_number
If an operating system patch is not installed, download it from the following Web site and install it:
http://sunsolve.sun.com
(*) To determine whether the oinstall and dba groups exist, enter the following commands:
# grep oinstall /etc/group
# grep dba /etc/group
(*) If necessary, enter the following commands to create the oinstall and dba groups:
# /usr/sbin/groupadd oinstall
# /usr/sbin/groupadd dba
(*) To determine whether the oracle user exists and belongs to the correct groups, enter the following command:
# id -a oracle
If the oracle user exists, this command displays information about the groups to which the user belongs. The output should be similar to the following, indicating that oinstall is the primary group and dba is a secondary group:
uid=502(oracle) gid=502(oinstall) groups=502(oinstall),503(dba)
(*) Changing group of user.
If the oracle user exists, but its primary group is not oinstall or it is not a member of the dba group, enter the following command:
# /usr/sbin/usermod -g oinstall -G dba oracle
(*) If the oracle user does not exist, enter the following command to create it:
# /usr/sbin/useradd -g oinstall -G dba oracle
This command creates the oracle user and specifies:
– oinstall as the primary group
– dba as the secondary group
(*) To set the password.
# passwd oracle
(*) kernel parameters
/etc/system has all kernel parameters defined there.
(*) To reboot the server.
Enter a command similar to the following to reboot the system:
# /usr/sbin/reboot
(*) The configuration assistants configure several Web-based applications, including Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control. This screen displays the
URLs configured for these applications. Make a note of the URLs used. The port numbers used in these URLs are also recorded in the following file:
$ORACLE_HOME/install/portlist.ini