Setting up Oracle media

Setting up Oracle media for Linux and UNIX

This section details how to set up Oracle media for Linux and UNIX systems.

Before you begin

Ensure that Oracle-specific environment parameters have been set properly.

To set up Oracle media for Linux and UNIX

1. Place the Oracle media in the following location and format on the Agent:
   

   /app/clarity/oracle_media/oracle_version_number_os_type_architecture

   Note

   Provisioning Oracle 10.2.0.2 and 10.2.0.3 also requires that the 10.2.0.1 media is present in this location (for example: /app/clarity/oracle_media/10.2.0.1_linux_x86_64).

2. (For Oracle versions earlier than 12.2 only) As the oinstall user, unzip the .zip files one at a time in order, which extracts them automatically into the corresponding media folder.
   For example, the following commands populate the /app/clarity/oracle_media/12.1.0.1_linux_x86_64/database directory for Oracle 12.1.0.1 x86 64-bit for Linux media:

cd /app/clarity/oracle_media/12.1.0.1_linux_x86_64

unzip -q /tmp/linuxamd64_12c_database_1of2.zip

unzip -q /tmp/linuxamd64_12c_database_2of2.zip

This directory is created with the following subdirectories:
client
database
deinstall
examples
gateways
grid

The following table lists example Oracle media location paths by OS.

Oracle database 10g on HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit) and AIX PowerPC systems media location

The Disk1 folder that is extracted from the Oracle media for HP-UX PA-RISC systems must be renamed to database when it is placed in the Oracle media path for 10.2.0.1. For example, /app/clarity/oracle_media/10.2.0.1_hp-ux_ia64/database.

rhdb2# cd /app/clarity
rhdb2# mkdir -p oracle_media/12.1.0.1_linux_x86_64
rhdb2# cd oracle_media/12.1.0.1_linux_x86_64
rhdb2# ln -s /local/oraclesys/oradata/database-installer-12.1 database

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Setting up Oracle for Windows Media

Oracle for Windows media must be prepared using the BMC Database Automation Media Preparation Tool (mediaprep).

Before you begin

• Download the mediaprep utility from the Additional Utilities folder from the BMC Electronic Product Distribution (EPD) site. For more information, see Downloading the installation files.

• If your installation media consists of multiple disks, run mediaprep for each disk and then upload all of the files generated.

• After the media is prepared, it must be copied to the Manager. If you do not have the root password of the Manager, mediaprep enables you to save the prepared media files locally on your workstation, so that someone with root access can copy the files to /app/clarity/var/media (for Multi-Manager environments, you must upload prepared media to each Satellite Manager).

To prepare Oracle for Windows media using mediaprep

1. From the command prompt, run mediaprep.exe.
2. When prompted to prepare Microsoft SQL server media?, type n.
3. When prompted to prepare Oracle media, type y.
4. When prompted for the path to your Oracle media, enter the path (such as the CD-ROM drive) and press Enter.
   If your media resides on a network share, map the share to a drive letter and specify the drive letter and location. Mediaprep does not accept network locations as a path to the media.
   The tool searches the media for versions of Oracle and reports what it found.
5. To prepare the media for uploading to the Manager, press Enter.
6. When prompted to copy files up to the Manager, type y and press Enter.
7. When prompted for the host name or IP address of the Manager, type the IP address and press Enter.
8. When prompted to use SSL version 1, type y and press Enter.
   If n is entered, SSL version 2 is used. (Version 1 is faster but less secure than version 2).
9. When prompted to enter the root password of the Manager, type the password and press Enter.

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Setting up OPatch media and response file

OPatch can be upgraded as part of a patch job. BMC Database Automation supports OPatch upgrades for both platform-specific and generic OPatch:

• Platform-specific OPatch files have the following format:
  p6880880_oracle_version_platform-architecture.zip

• Generic OPatch files have the following format:
  Oracle 10gR2: opatch-10.2.zip
  Oracle 11g: opatch-11.1.zip

OPatch media and a platform-specific response file (ocm.rsp) must be located in the /app/clarity/oracle_media directory on the Manager.

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Where to go from here

To prepare and apply BMC Database Automation patch packages for Oracle quarterly packages, see Managing patch packages for Oracle quarterly packages.