(OS: Linux 7.9)

Task 1 (Prepare Virtual Hardware)

1. Create the windows folders to house the first virtual machines and the shared storage.

F:>mkdir Oracle_Standalone_DB_VM

2. Open VMWARE Console and Click on New Virtual Machine and click next.

3. Select Virtual Machine Configurations: Custom 

4. Choose Vm Machine Compatibility 

Click on the Finish button. 

 

Now your virtual machine is ready to install Linux 7.9 OS

Section: B (Install Linux 7.9 OS on first Virtual Machine)

1. Double Click on CD-ROM Devices. Select Use ISO image when you planning to install OS through ISO image otherwise Use physical drive.

2. Click on Start the Virtual Machine. 

Click on 

/ 10GB

/boot 500MB

/var 6GB

/swap 10GB

/home 20GB

/oracle 55 GB

reboot machine 

Perform below steps 

Step 1: Check the internet connectivity and network adapters are enabled.

 

ping google.com

 

Step 2 : Check the YUM is working by using the below command.

 

yum repolist

 

Step 3: Install Pre-installed packages 

First thing is to install a pre-install package for the database.

cd /etc/yum.repos.d

wget https://yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol7.repo

 

 

Using a text editor for Oracle Linux 6 or 7, change the field ‘enabled=0’ to ‘enabled=1’ for the repositories corresponding to the machine’s operating system while also enabling the ‘addons’ channel. Here’s an example of a repo file’s entries:

 

[ol7_latest]

name=Oracle Linux $releasever Latest ($basearch)

baseurl=https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/latest/$basearch/

gpgkey=https://yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

 

[ol7_addons]

name=Oracle Linux $releasever Add ons ($basearch)

baseurl=https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/addons/$basearch/

gpgkey=https://yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

 

[ol6_UEK_latest]

name=Latest Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel for Oracle Linux $releasever ($basearch)

baseurl=https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEK/latest/$basearch/

gpgkey=https://yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol6

gpgcheck=1

enabled=1

 

For Oracle Linux 6 or 7, update all packages and then install the preinstallation rpm by running the following yum commands:

yum update

Install Required RPM’s for Database 

yum install elfutils-libelf*

For 11g:

yum install oracle-rdbms-server-11gR2-preinstall

 

For 12c:

yum install oracle-rdbms-server-12cR1-preinstall