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Oracle® Grid Infrastructure Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide 19c for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) E96274-04 March 2021 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide, 19c for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) E96274-04 Copyright © 2013, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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Contents Preface Audience xiii Documentation Accessibility xiii Set Up Java Access Bridge to Implement Java Accessibility xiv Related Documentation xiv Conventions xiv 1 Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Checklist Server Hardware Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-1 Operating System Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) 1-2 Server Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-2 Network Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-3 User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-6 Storage Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-7 Cluster Deployment Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-9 Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 1-10 2 Checking and Configuring Server Hardware for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Logging In to a Remote System Using X Window System 2-1 Checking Server Hardware and Memory Configuration 2-2 3 Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64–Bit) Guidelines for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) Operating System Installation 3-2 Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices 3-2 General Upgrade Best Practices 3-2 New Server Operating System Upgrade Option 3-3 Oracle ASM Upgrade Notifications 3-4 iii Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices 3-4 About Installation Fixup Scripts 3-4 About Operating System Requirements 3-5 Operating System Requirements for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) 3-5 Supported IBM AIX 7.2 Versions 3-6 Supported IBM AIX 7.1 Versions 3-7 Additional Drivers and Software Packages for IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit) 3-8 Installing Oracle Messaging Gateway 3-9 Installation Requirements for ODBC and LDAP 3-9 About ODBC Drivers and Oracle Database 3-9 Installing ODBC Drivers for IBM AIX 3-9 About LDAP and Oracle Plug-ins 3-10 Installing the LDAP Package 3-10 Installation Requirements for Programming Environments for IBM AIX 3-10 Installation Requirements for Web Browsers 3-11 Checking the Software Requirements 3-11 Enabling I/O Completion Ports 3-12 Checking Resource Limits for AIX 3-13 Tuning AIX System Environment 3-13 Tuning Virtual Memory Manager (VMM) 3-14 Tuning Virtual Processor Manager (VPM) 3-14 Increasing System Block Size Allocation 3-15 Configuring SSH LoginGraceTime Parameter for AIX 3-15 Configuring User Process Parameters 3-15 Configuring Network Tuning Parameters 3-16 Recommended Values for Network Tuning Parameters 3-17 Using Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation 3-18 Setting Network Time Protocol for Cluster Time Synchronization 3-19 Running the rootpre.sh Script 3-20 4 Configuring Networks for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Network Configuration Options 4-2 Understanding Network Addresses 4-2 About the Public IP Address 4-3 About the Private IP Address 4-3 About the Virtual IP Address 4-4 About the Grid Naming Service (GNS) Virtual IP Address 4-4 About the SCAN 4-5 About Shared SCAN 4-6 iv Network Interface Hardware Minimum Requirements 4-6 Private IP Interface Configuration Requirements 4-7 IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol Requirements 4-9 Oracle Grid Infrastructure IP Name and Address Requirements 4-10 About Oracle Grid Infrastructure Name Resolution Options 4-10 Cluster Name and SCAN Requirements 4-11 IP Name and Address Requirements For Grid Naming Service (GNS) 4-12 IP Name and Address Requirements For Multi-Cluster GNS 4-12 About Multi-Cluster GNS Networks 4-12 Configuring GNS Server Clusters 4-13 Configuring GNS Client Clusters 4-13 Creating and Using a GNS Client Data File 4-14 IP Name and Address Requirements for Manual Configuration of Cluster 4-14 Confirming the DNS Configuration for SCAN 4-16 Broadcast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure 4-16 Multicast Requirements for Networks Used by Oracle Grid Infrastructure 4-17 Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service 4-17 Choosing a Subdomain Name for Use with Grid Naming Service 4-17 Configuring DNS for Cluster Domain Delegation to Grid Naming Service 4-18 Configuration Requirements for Oracle Flex Clusters 4-19 Understanding Oracle Flex Clusters 4-19 About Oracle Flex ASM Clusters Networks 4-19 General Requirements for Oracle Flex Cluster Configuration 4-21 Oracle Flex Cluster DHCP-Assigned Virtual IP (VIP) Addresses 4-21 Oracle Flex Cluster Manually-Assigned Addresses 4-22 Grid Naming Service Cluster Configuration Example 4-22 Manual IP Address Configuration Example 4-24 Network Interface Configuration Options 4-25 5 Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database Creating Groups, Users and Paths for Oracle Grid Infrastructure 5-1 Determining If an Oracle Inventory and Oracle Inventory Group Exist 5-2 Creating the Oracle Inventory Group If an Oracle Inventory Does Not Exist 5-3 About Oracle Installation Owner Accounts 5-3 Restrictions for Oracle Software Installation Owners