This
is part 2 of our tale of installing Oracle 11g on virtual Oracle
Enterprise Linux on Windows Vista.
Part
1 covers the installation of
Sun's VirtualBox and the configuration of the virtual machine.
This
part covers stage 3 - the installation and confgiration of Linux on the
virtual
machine for the Oracle 11g database.
Part
3 covers the
installation and configuration of the database in the virtual Linux
environment.
You could of
course burn to cds but you would need ten of them! Burning to a dvd
is much more convenient and makes installation much quicker
and easier.
To
beign the Linux installation, start the virtual machine (by clicking on
the
big green arrow) with the bootable Oracle Enterprise Linux dvd in the
drive and installation will start when you press the
<ENTER> key.
Once anaconda
(the Linux installer) starts it's just a case of selecting the
following parameters:
and letting it
run (mostly). As it's a virtual machine, the default settings are
usually appropriate.
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Step 4a - Disk
Partitioning
A
few steps through you're asked to choose manual or automatic
partitioning. You might want to specify different moount points for the
Oracle 11g software and the database data files but unless
you're
using different physical disks for this you're just making the
environment more complicated than it needs to be.
We chose to let the Linux installer specify
the mount
points as everything was on the same physical disk and it's easier to
let the installation routine decide on the
partitioning and the required mount points.
After you've
selected the partitioning method (and your partitions if
partitioning manually), the installation routine warns you that it
needs to trash
your hard disks! You don't need to worry though as they are only
virtual
disks and are unformatted (as far as Linux is concerned) - it's safe to
say "Yes" to this.
Step 4b -
Automatic Partitioning
This step
seems redundant having just indicated that you're happy for
the whole disk to be formatted, however you're now asked to choose
which partitiions can be removed or whether you want to use
only the
free space on the disk(s). It is safe to specify the removal of all
partitions as it's an unitialized virtual disk and to confirm that
you're happy to do this.
Step 4c - Boot
Loader Configuration
As it's a
virtual machine just accept the default.
Step 4d -
Network Configuration
It's unlikley
you'll want to change anything here.
Step 4e -
Firewall Configuration
As it was a
virtual machine running under Windows we didn't enable a firewall.
Step 4f -
Additional Language Support
The
default language should be set automatically using the settings on your
computer ("English (New Zealand)" in our case). Unless you need
additional langauges just deselect "English (USA)" and select the
appropriate language for your area ("English (New Zealand)" again in
our case).
Step 4g - Time
Zone Selection
This has to be
set manually and involves picking your nearest city from a map of the
world (Auckland, New Zealand in our case).
Step 4h -
Specify Root Password
Remember what
you enter here as you will need it for later.
Step 4i -
Package Installation
At
this point you can fine tune the package selection. Oracle needs
packages like gcc so it's best to include the software development
packages although they can be added later if necessary.
Step 4j - Begin
Linux Installation
Once
you confirm the installation can start, you just have to sit
back
and wait 'till it's finished before you can proceed to the next step of
installing Oracle 11g.
Step 4i -
Reboot Virtual Linux and Accept Licence
Once
the installation has finished you have to reboot. Unfortunately it
doesn't restart automatically. In our installation at least there are 2
Linux boot options: Enterprise (2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.ELsmp) and Enterprise
(2.6.9-42.0.0.0.1.EL) with the first option being the default.
You have to access the boot menu and select
the 2nd option (
without
the smp suffix) to get it to start.
Finally,
once you've accepted the licence, agreeing to no
technical
support etc, Linux starts and you're now ready for the
next
stage -
downloading and installing Oracle 11g.
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