Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) Installation On Oracle Linux 6

Download the following.

Oracle Virtual Machine
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html#vbox

Oracle Linux 6
https://edelivery.oracle.com/EPD/Download/get_form?egroup_aru_number=13443339
Oracle Linux Release 6 Media Pack v1 for x86_64 (64 bit)

Oracle 12c Database

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html

Unpack Files (Database Files)

# unzip linuxamd64_12c_database_1of2.zip

# unzip linuxamd64_12c_database_2of2.zip

Manual Setup

If you have not used the "oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall" package to perform all prerequisites, you will need to manually perform the following setup tasks.

Add or amend the following lines in the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file.

fs.file-max = 6815744
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.shmall = 1073741824
kernel.shmmax = 4398046511104
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 1048576
fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500

Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters.


#/sbin/sysctl -p

Add the following lines to the "/etc/security/limits.conf" file.

oracle   soft   nofile    1024
oracle   hard   nofile    65536
oracle   soft   nproc    2047
oracle   hard   nproc    16384
oracle   soft   stack    10240
oracle   hard   stack    32768