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Oracle® Database Database Installation Guide 18c for Linux E83745-07 June 2020 Oracle Database Database Installation Guide, 18c for Linux E83745-07 Copyright © 2015, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. Primary Author: Prakash Jashnani Contributing Authors: Douglas Williams, Subhash Chandra Contributors: Mark Bauer, Richard Roddy, Neha Avasthy, Sampath Ravindhran, Prasad Bagal, Subhranshu Banerjee, Gerald Venzl, Tammy Bednar, Eric Belden, Gavin Bowe, Robert Chang, Darcy Christensen, Kiran Chamala, Jonathan Creighton, Benoit Dageville, Logeshwaran Rajan, Rajesh Dasari, Angad Gokakkar , Anu Natarajan, Girdhari Ghantiyala, Bernard Clouse, Chandrasekharan Iyer, David Jimenez, Richard Roddy, Lisa Vaz, Vishal Saxena, Vasu Venkatasubramanian, Suman Palavalli, Sameer Joshi, Malai Stalin, Markus Michalewicz, Subrahmanyam Kodavaluru, Bharathi Jayathirtha, Sudip Datta, Madhu Hunasigi, Jim Erickson, Marcus Fallen, Joseph Francis, Mark Fuller, Allan Graves, Barbara Glover, Asad Hasan, Thirumaleshwara Hasandka, Putta Ramesh, Sergio Leunissen, Aneesh Khandelwal, Joel Kallman, Eugene Karichkin, Jai Krishnani, Prasad K Kulkarni, Ranjith Kundapur, Kevin Jernigan, Christopher Jones, Simon Law, Bryn Llewellyn, Saar Maoz, Chao Liang, Gopal Mulagund, Ankur Kemkar, Sue Lee, Rich Long, Raunak Rungta, Barb Lundhild, Robert Achacoso, Rudregowda Mallegowda, Prasad Kuruvadi Nagaraj, Mughees Minhas, Krishna Mohan, Matthew McKerley, John McHugh, Gurudas Pai, Satish Panchumarthy , Rajesh Prasad, Rajendra Pingte, Ramesh Chakravarthula, Srinivas Poovala, David Price, Hanlin Qian, Michael Coulter, Hema Ramamurthy, Sunil Ravindrachar, Mark Richwine, Dipak Saggi, Trivikrama Samudrala, Rodrigo Gonzalez Alba, David Schreiner, Ara Shakian, Naveen Ramamurthy, Mohit Singhal, Dharma Sirnapalli, Akshay Shah, James Spiller, Roy Swonger, Binoy Sukumaran, Kamal Tbeileh, Ravi Thammaiah, Shekhar Vaggu, Pablo Sainz Albanez, Hector Vieyra, Peter Wahl, Terri Winters, John Haxby, Sergiusz Wolicki, Sivakumar Yarlagadda, Nagendra Kumar Ym, Zakia Zerhouni This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. 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Contents Preface Audience xiv Documentation Accessibility xiv Set Up Java Access Bridge to Implement Java Accessibility xv Command Syntax xv Related Documentation xvi Conventions xvii Changes in this Release for Oracle Database Changes in Oracle Database Release 18c xviii 1 Oracle Database Installation Checklist Server Hardware Checklist for Oracle Database Installation 1-1 Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database Installation on Linux 1-2 Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle Database Installation 1-3 Oracle User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Database Installation 1-6 Storage Checklist for Oracle Database Installation 1-8 Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Database 1-9 Deployment Checklist for Oracle Database 1-12 2 Checking and Configuring Server Hardware for Oracle Database Logging In to a Remote System Using X Window System 2-1 Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration 2-2 3 Automatically Configuring Oracle Linux with Oracle Preinstallation RPM Overview of Oracle Linux Configuration with Oracle Preinstallation RPM 3-1 Installing the Oracle Preinstallation RPM with ULN Support 3-2 Installing the Oracle Preinstallation RPM From Unbreakable Linux Network 3-3 iv Installing a New Oracle Linux Installation from DVDs or Images 3-4 Installing Oracle Linux with Oracle Linux Yum Server Support 3-5 Configuring Oracle Ksplice to Perform Oracle Linux Updates 3-6 Configure Additional Operating System Features 3-7 4 Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Database on Linux Guidelines for Linux Operating System Installation 4-2 Completing a Minimal Linux Installation 4-2 About Minimal Linux Installations 4-3 RPM Packages for Completing Operating System Configuration 4-3 Open SSH Requirement for Minimal Installation 4-4 Completing a Default Linux Installation 4-4 About Oracle Linux with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4-4 About the Oracle Preinstallation RPM 4-5 Restrictions for HugePages and Transparent HugePages Configurations 4-6 Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices 4-7 General Upgrade Best Practices 4-7 New Server Operating System Upgrade Option 4-8 Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications 4-9 Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices 4-9 About Installation Fixup Scripts 4-9 About Operating System Requirements 4-10 Using Oracle RPM Checker on IBM: Linux on System z 4-11 Operating System Requirements for x86-64 Linux Platforms 4-11 Supported Oracle Linux 7 Distributions for x86-64 4-13 Supported Oracle Linux 6 Distributions for x86-64 4-19 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Distributions for x86-64 4-24 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Distributions for x86-64 4-26 Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Distributions for x86-64 4-28 Operating System Requirements for IBM: Linux on System z 4-30 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z 4-31 Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z 4-31 Supported SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Distributions for IBM: Linux on System z 4-32 Additional Drivers and Software Packages for Linux 4-33 Installing PAM for Login Authentication on Linux 4-34 Installation Requirements for OCFS2 4-34 About OCFS2 and Shared Storage 4-34 Installing OCFS2 4-35 Installing Oracle Messaging Gateway 4-35 Installation Requirements for ODBC and LDAP 4-35 v About ODBC Drivers and Oracle Database 4-35 Installing ODBC Drivers for Linux x86-64 4-36 About LDAP and Oracle Plug-ins 4-36 Installing the LDAP Package 4-36 Installation Requirements for Programming Environments for Linux 4-36 Installation Requirements for Programming Environments for Linux x86-64 4-36 Installation Requirements for Programming Environments for IBM: Linux on System z 4-37 Installation Requirements