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Oracle®[1] Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide 12c Release 1 (12.1) for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) E51133-07 July 2017 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide, 12c Release 1 (12.1) for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) E51133-07 Copyright © 2014, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Aparna Kamath Contributing Author: Douglas Williams, Mark Bauer, Jonathan Creighton, Prakash Jashnani, Barb Lundhild, Saar Maoz, Sundar Matpadi, Markus Michalewicz, Hanlin Qian, Dipak Saggi, Ara Shakian Contributor: The Database 12c documentation is dedicated to Mark Townsend, who was an inspiration to all who worked on this release. 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Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................................... xiii Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................... xiii Documentation Accessibility................................................................................................................... xiii Related Documents ................................................................................................................................... xiv Conventions ............................................................................................................................................... xv Changes in This Release for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide.......... xvii Changes in Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c Release 1 (12.1) ............................................................... xvii 1 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Checklist 1.1 System Hardware, Software and Configuration Checklists................................................. 1-1 1.1.1 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Server Hardware Checklist............................ 1-1 1.1.2 Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC Environment Checklist .......................... 1-2 1.1.3 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Network Checklist................................................................ 1-3 1.1.4 Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC Upgrades Checklist ................................ 1-4 1.1.5 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Storage Configuration Tasks .............................................. 1-5 1.1.6 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Starting the Installation Tasks ............................................ 1-6 2 Configuring Servers for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC 2.1 Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration .................................................... 2-1 2.2 General Server Minimum Requirements................................................................................. 2-3 2.3 Server Storage Minimum Requirements for Oracle Grid Infrastructure............................ 2-3 2.4 Server Memory Minimum Requirements ............................................................................... 2-3 2.4.1 64-bit System Minimum Memory Requirements............................................................ 2-4 2.4.2 Shared Memory Requirements.......................................................................................... 2-4 3 Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC 3.1 Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices ................................. 3-1 3.1.1 General Upgrade Best Practices......................................................................................... 3-1 3.1.2 Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications .................................................................................. 3-2 3.1.3 Rolling Upgrade Procedure Notifications........................................................................ 3-2 3.2 Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices.................................................. 3-3 3.3 Using Installation Fixup Scripts................................................................................................ 3-3 iii 3.4 Logging In to a Remote System Using X Terminal................................................................ 3-3 3.5 About Operating System Requirements.................................................................................. 3-5 3.6 Operating System Requirements for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit).................... 3-5 3.6.1 Supported IBM AIX 7.2 Versions ...................................................................................... 3-6 3.6.2 Supported IBM AIX 7.1 Versions ...................................................................................... 3-6 3.6.3 Supported IBM AIX 6.1 Versions ...................................................................................... 3-9 3.7 Additional Drivers and Software Packages for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) 3-10 3.7.1 Installation Requirements for Open Database Connectivity...................................... 3-11 3.7.1.1 About ODBC Drivers and Oracle Database .......................................................... 3-11 3.7.1.2 Installing ODBC Drivers for IBM AIX.................................................................... 3-11 3.7.2 Installation Requirements for Oracle Messaging Gateway ........................................ 3-11 3.7.2.1 About Oracle Messaging Gateway ......................................................................... 3-11 3.7.2.2 Installing Oracle Messaging Gateway.................................................................... 3-11 3.7.3 Installation Requirements for Programming Environments...................................... 3-12 3.7.3.1 About Programming Environments and Oracle Database ................................. 3-12 3.7.3.2 Configuring Support for Programming Environments....................................... 3-12 3.7.4 Installation Requirements for Web