Kernel Parameters for R-12

R12 Installation
Download the R12 application
Creating a staging area
Unpack files
Hosts file
Set kernel parameters
Setup
Installation
Post Installation
Shutdown/Startup
Rapid installation wizard portal
Unpack files
Create a staging area for R12
mkdir /stage12
mkdir startCD
mkdir oraApps
mkdir oraDB
mkdir oraiAS
mkdir oraAppDB
Copy the contents to the appropriate directories
Hosts File
The /etc/hosts file must contain name of the server
Set Kernel Parameters
add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf
kernel.shmall = 2097152
kernel.shmmax =2147483648
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.msgmni = 2878
kernel.msgmax = 8192
kernel.msgmnb = 65535
# semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 142
fs.file-max = 131072
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 262144
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 262144
Run the following command to change kernel parameters
/sbin/sysctl -p
Add following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login file if it does not exist
session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
Following additional package are required
rpm -Uvh binutils-2*
rpm -Uvh compat-db-*
rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-32-3*
rpm -Uvh compat-gcc-32-c++-3*
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-296-2*
rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-33-3*
rpm -Uvh control-center-3*
rpm -Uvh gcc-3*
rpm -Uvh gcc-c++-3*
rpm -Uvh glibc-2*
rpm -Uvh glibc-common-2*
rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-1*
rpm -Uvh libaio-0*
rpm -Uvh libstdc++-3*
rpm -Uvh libstdc++-devel-3*
rpm -Uvh make-3*
rpm -Uvh openmotif21*
rpm -Uvh setarch-1*
rpm -Uvh sysstat-5*
rpm -Uvh xscreensaver-4.*
Run rapidwiz to start installation
./rapidwiz