3 Installation Tasks

This chapter describes how to start Oracle Universal Installer and install Oracle products on the system. It includes information about the following topics:

Section 3.1, "Installation Overview"
Section 3.2, "Downloading Oracle Software from the Oracle Technology Network Web Site"
Section 3.3, "Installing Oracle Database Software"
Section 3.4, "Installing Oracle Database Client"
Section 3.5, "Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session"
Section 3.6, "Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation"

Note:

Review the information in Chapter 1, "Installation Overview" and complete the tasks listed in Chapter 2, "Preinstallation Tasks" before beginning the installation.

3.1 Installation Overview

Oracle Database software is available on Installation media or you can download it from the Oracle Technology Network Web site. In most cases, you use the graphical user interface (GUI) provided by Oracle Universal Installer to install the software. However, you can also use Oracle Universal Installer to complete noninteractive installations without using the GUI. Refer to Appendix B for information about noninteractive installations.

This chapter describes how to install Oracle Database from the product media or from the hard disk. To install the software from the hard disk, you must either download it from Oracle Technology Network and unpack it, or copy it from the discs if you have them. Refer to one of the following sections, depending on the method that you want to use:

To copy the software to a hard disk, refer to Section 3.3.1, "Installing Oracle Database from the Hard Drive".
To download the software from Oracle Technology Network, refer to Section 3.2, "Downloading Oracle Software from the Oracle Technology Network Web Site".
To install the software from disc or from an existing hard disk location, refer to Section 3.3, "Installing Oracle Database Software".

3.1.1 Reviewing Product-Specific Installation Guidelines

Review the following guidelines before starting Oracle Universal Installer:

Oracle Universal Installer

Do not use Oracle Universal Installer from an earlier Oracle product release to install components from this release.
Oracle Label Security

To install the Oracle Label Security option, you must select a Custom installation type.

Note:
Before you perform a custom installation, ensure that all databases in the Oracle home where you want to install Oracle Label Security are shut down.

If you want to configure Oracle Label Security to use Oracle Internet Directory, then you must select the Oracle Internet Directory option when running Database Configuration Assistant.
Installations on a Cluster

If Oracle Clusterware is already installed on the system, Oracle Universal Installer displays the Specific Hardware Cluster Installation Mode screen. You must select Local Installation on this screen.

If you want to install Oracle RAC, refer to Chapter 5, "Installing Oracle RAC" of this guide.

If Oracle Clusterware is already installed on the system and you want to install a non-RAC-enabled database, define the following logical name before starting RUNINSTALLER:
```
$ DEFINE ORA_DB_NONRAC_INSTALL TRUE
```
Products not installed by default: choose Custom installation type. These products are:

Oracle Label Security

To configure Oracle Label Security to use Oracle Internet Directory, choose the Oracle Internet Directory option when running Database Configuration Assistant. If you are installing Oracle Label Security in an existing Oracle home, then shut down each database in the Oracle home.

3.2 Downloading Oracle Software from the Oracle Technology Network Web Site

This section describes how to download the installation archive files and extract them on your hard disk.

3.2.1 Downloading the Installation Archive Files

To download the installation archive files from Oracle Technology Network:

Use any browser to open the software download page on the Oracle Technology Network at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/
Navigate to the download screen for the product that you want to install.
On the download screen, identify the required disk space by adding the file sizes for each required file.

The file sizes are listed next to the file names.
Select a device with enough free space to store and expand the archive files.

In most cases, the available disk space must be at least twice the size of all of the archive files.
On the device that you select in Step 4, create a parent directory for each product, for example ORADB10g, to hold the installation directories.
Download all the installation archive files to the directory that you created in Step 5.
Verify that the files you downloaded are of the same size as the corresponding files on the Oracle Technology Network Web site.
The OTN download site specifies instructions for restoring the files downloaded into an OpenVMS directory tree. After following those instructions, you can proceed as if you had copied the media from the DVD.

3.3 Installing Oracle Database Software

You can install Oracle Database either from the hard disk or from installation media. The following sections describes the methods for installing Oracle Database from these media.

Section 3.3.1, "Installing Oracle Database from the Hard Drive"
Section 3.3.2, "Installing Oracle Database from Install Media"

3.3.1 Installing Oracle Database from the Hard Drive

You can avoid the need to mount and unmount installation media during installation by copying the contents of each installation medium an On-Disk Structure Level 5 (ODS-5) formatted disk. You must have enough disk space available, depending on the type of install.

Set up an X Window environment by using the following DCL command:

$ SET DISPLAY/CREATE/TRANSPORT=TCPIP/NODE=workstation_name or IP_address

Copy the install media files onto a hard drive. Create a directory to hold the contents of the DVD on an ODS-5 disk. For example, you may perform the following steps, replacing DISK$VMS with an appropriate ODS-5 disk name, DQA0 with the name of the DVD drive, and ORACLE with the name of the Oracle Database account:
```
$ CREATE/DIR
DISK$VMS:[10GKIT]/OWNER=ORACLE
$ SET DEF DISK$VMS:[10GKIT]
$ MOUNT/OVER=IDENT DQA0 ! Mount DVD
$ SET PROC/PARSE=EXTENDED
$ COPY/READ/WRITE DQA0:[000000...]*.*;*
[...]/EXCLUDE=*.SYS
$ DISMOUNT DQA0
```
The software is now staged on disk and ready for installation using Oracle Universal Installer.
Start Oracle Universal Installer from the [10GKIT.DATABASE] directory on the hard drive.
To continue with the installation process, complete Steps 3 through 12 in Section 3.3.2.2, "Installing Oracle Database".

3.3.2 Installing Oracle Database from Install Media

Set up an X Window environment by using the following DCL command:

$SET DISPLAY/CREATE/TRANSPORT=TCPIP/NODE=workstation_name or IP_address

The following procedure describes the installation of products with the use of the Install Media files and Oracle Universal Installer.

Section 3.3.2.1, "Mount the DVD"
Section 3.3.2.2, "Installing Oracle Database"
Section 3.3.2.3, "Completing Oracle Database Server Enterprise Edition Installation"

3.3.2.1 Mount the DVD

Mount the Oracle Installation DVD. For example:

$ MOUNT/OVERRIDE=IDENTIFICATION ddcn

where:

ddcn is a valid DVD drive.

Caution:

Oracle does not support using Oracle Universal Installer that is shipped with any prior release to install Oracle Database 10g components.

3.3.2.2 Installing Oracle Database

To install Oracle Database from the DVD:

Log into the Oracle Database account
Start Oracle Universal Installer from the DATABASE directory on the DVD with the following command:
```
$ @ddcn:[DATABASE]RUNINSTALLER
```
If the default temp directory (SYS$SCRATCH) is not ODS-5, then you must use an alternate temporary directory that is on an ODS -5 volume. For more information about ODS-5 format requirements, refer to Section 1.2, "Changes and Enhancements".
```
$ @ddcn:[DATABASE]RUNINSTALLER -SCRATCHPATH ODS5_temp_dir
```
After Oracle Universal Installer is started, the Welcome screen is displayed. Click Next to continue the installation.
The Inventory Location screen is displayed if this is the first time that any Oracle Database product is being installed on the system.
1. Enter a directory where the inventory of all installations should be kept.
  
  Note:
  This directory must be on an ODS-5 disk.
2. If this is not the first time any Oracle Database products are installed on the current system, then go to the next step.
3. Click Next to continue the installation.
The File Locations screen is displayed.
1. Source: You need not change the default. This points to the installation files.
2. Destination (Name): Enter a name to refer to the Oracle home.
3. Destination (Path): Enter the path of the Oracle home.
  
  Note:
  The Oracle home must be on an ODS-5 disk.
4. Click Next
The Available Products screen is displayed.
1. Select Oracle Database.
2. Click Next to continue.
The Installation Types screen is displayed.
1. Select an installation type: Enterprise Edition, or Custom.
2. Click Next.
The Database Configuration screen is displayed.
1. Select a database that is suited to your needs.
2. Click Next.
The Database Identification screen is displayed.
1. The Software Only option will not install the starter database.
2. Enter a value for the Global Database Name for this database.
3. Enter a value for the system identifier.
  
  Note:
  The System Identifier must contain no more than 5 characters on OpenVMS-based systems.
4. Click Next.
The Datafiles Location screen is displayed. Enter a path for the location of the data files. Click Next.
The Database Character Set screen is displayed. Select the desired character set. Click Next.
The Install screen is displayed. This screen indicates installation progress. Any errors or warnings are displayed in a dialog box where you can select to fix and retry, to ignore and continue, or to quit.
1. If you chose to install Software Only, then the End of Installation screen is displayed next.
2. If you chose to install a starter database, then the Configuration Tools screen is displayed, followed by Database Configuration Assistant screen.
3. When configuration is complete, the End of Installation screen is displayed.
From the End of Installation screen, you may exit or install additional products.
1. This screen is displayed when the installation is complete. You may choose to exit Oracle Universal Installer or to begin another installation:
2. Click Exit to end Oracle Universal Installer session.
3. Click Next Install to begin another installation without stopping and restarting Oracle Universal Installer.

3.3.2.3 Completing Oracle Database Server Enterprise Edition Installation

If no errors occur during installation, then the installation is complete. To create a database instance, use Database Configuration Assistant.

3.4 Installing Oracle Database Client

To install Oracle Database Client:

Log into the Oracle Database account
Start Oracle Universal Installer from the CLIENT directory on the DVD with the following command:
```
$ @ddcn:[CLIENT]RUNINSTALLER
```
If the default temp directory (SYS$SCRATCH) is not ODS-5,then you must use an alternate temporary directory that is on an ODS -5 volume. For more information about the use of ODS-5 format, refer to Section 1.2, "Changes and Enhancements".
```
$ @ddcn:[CLIENT]RUNINSTALLER -SCRATCHPATH ODS5_temp_dir
```
After Oracle Universal Installer starts, the Welcome screen is displayed.

Click Next to continue the installation.
The Inventory Location screen is displayed.
1. If this is the first time that any Oracle Database products are installed on the current system, then the Inventory Location screen is displayed.
  
  Enter a directory where an inventory of all installations should be kept.
  
  Note:
  This directory must be on an ODS-5 disk.
2. If this is not the first time any Oracle Database products are installed on the current system, then refer to the next step.
The File Locations screen is displayed.
1. Source: You should not need to change the default. This points to the installation files.
2. Destination (Name): Enter a name to refer to the Oracle home.
3. Destination (Path): Enter the path for the Oracle home.
  
  Note:
  The Oracle home must be on an ODS-5 disk.
4. Click Next.
The Available Products screen is displayed. Select Oracle Database Client. Click Next to continue.
The Installation Types screen is displayed. Select an installation type: Custom, Administrator, or Runtime, and then click Next.
The Summary screen is displayed. This screen displays all of the options that you select for the installation. Click Install to proceed with the installation, or click Previous to change your selections.
The Install screen is displayed. This screen indicates installation progress. Errors or warnings are displayed in a dialog box where you can choose to fix and retry, to ignore and continue, or to quit.
From the End of Installation screen, you can exit or install additional products. This screen is displayed when the installation is complete. You can exit Oracle Universal Installer or begin another installation:
1. Click Exit to end this session with Oracle Universal Installer.
2. Click Next Install to begin another installation without stopping and restarting the Installer.

Oracle Database Custom Installation

If you select the Custom Installation option, the Available Product Components screen is displayed. It lists all the products and components that are available for installation. A typical custom installation configuration is selected by default. Some actions that may differ from a standard installation are:

Select the products that you want to install, or deselect the products that you do not want to install, and click Next.
Provide responses to any screen prompts that are displayed.

With custom selection of products, you may want to change default values for items such as: port numbers or product-specific directory names.

In the end, the Summary screen is displayed.

3.5 Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session

Oracle Universal Installer creates the ORAINVENTORY directory the first time that it is run on a computer. It does this to keep an inventory of products that it installs on the system as well as an inventory of other installation information.

The location of the ORAINVENTORY directory is defined in the ORAINST.LOC file, which is located in the nodename sub directory which refers to the node where the install was done. An inventory is created the first time that an Oracle Universal Installer installation is performed on a particular system. The inventory is then detected and referenced during subsequent installation sessions.

Note:

If the same node is used, the ORAINST.LOC is detected and referenced only during subsequent installation sessions. If on a cluster, this represents a problem.

Oracle suggests that you create additional nodename directories and copy the ORAINST.LOC file to them so that any node can subsequently be used for additional install actions.

The log file of the most recent installation is INSTALLACTIONS.LOG located in the [.LOGS] subdirectory of the ORAINVENTORY directory.

INSTALLACTIONSdate_time.LOG

For example:

INSTAllACTIONS 2001-02-14_09-00-56-AM.LOG

Caution:

Do not delete or manually alter the ORAINVENTORY directory or its contents. Doing so can prevent Oracle Universal Installer from locating products that install on the system.

The MAKE.LOG file in the ORA_ROOT:[INSTALL] directory contains a log of every make file action that is run during the installation process. The make.log file also records any link errors during installation. Do not delete or alter the make.log file.

3.6 Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation

If an installation fails, then (before you attempt another installation) you may need to remove files that Oracle Universal Installer created during the last session.

To clean up after a failed installation:

Start Oracle Universal Installer.
Click De-install Products and select any products that were left after the failed installation.
Click Remove.

To complete the clean up, you may need to manually remove the ORA_ROOT directory.