Oracle Linux 6.

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Oracle Linux 6.6 installation manual

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Oracle Linux 6.6 installation manual

0.- Introduction 3

1.- Installation 4
1.1.- LOCAL SETTINGS 7
1.2.- HOSTNAME AND NETWORK CONFIGURATION 9
1.3.- PARTITIONING HARD DISKS 20
1.4.- SOFTWARE OPTIONS 39
1.5.- COPY FILES 40
1.6.- FIRST BOOT AFTER INSTALLATION 42

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0.- Introduction
The goal of this manual is the installation of a linux server with Oracle Linux 6.6, suitable for installing later
an Oracle database.

The data needed for installing are:

Installation Language: EN_UK Time Zone: Europe / London

Partitioning Device LVM Name Mount Point Size FileSystem

/dev/sda1 /boot 1 Gb ext4

/dev/sda2 vg00 1023 Gb

lvol01 swap 20 Gb swap

lvol02 / 100 Gb ext4

lvol03 /internal 200 Gb ext4

lvol04 /backups 700 Gb ext4

Hostname: tarsys01

Network interfaces

Interface: eth0 IP: 192.168.1.1 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.254

Interface: eth1 IP: 192.168.1.2 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.254

Interface: eth2 IP: 192.168.1.3 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.254

Interface: eth3 IP: 192.168.1.4 Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.254

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1.- Installation

With the DVD inside the server, we start the installation process.

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We can skip the testing media process.

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1.1.- Local settings

We select the language that we can use during the installation.

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We select the appropiate keyboard for the system.

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1.2.- Hostname and network configuration

We select “Specialized Storage Devices” and push the “Next” button.

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We define the hostname and push in the “Configure Network” button to start the network configuration.

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In the “Network Connections” window we select the network interface that we want to configure and then
we push the “Edit…” button.

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We need to mark the “Connect automatically” option.

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In the "IPv4 Settings” tab we configure the network.

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We push the “Close” button.

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We push the “Next” button.

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We need to select our time zone.

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We define our root password.

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1.3.- Partitioning Hard Disks

We select “Create Custom Layout” option and press “Next” button.

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We need to create 1Gb partition to the /boot mount point, and a LVM partition that contain the remaining
partitions.

We select the “Free” device and push the “Create” button.

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We select “Standard Partition” option and push the “Create” button.

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In the “Add Partition” window the data are:

Mount Point: /boot

File System Type: ext4

Size: 1024 Mb

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We select the “Free” device and push the “Create” button to create the LVM partition.

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We select “LVM Physical Volume” option and push the “Create” button.

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In the “Add Partition” window the data are:

File System Type: physical volume (LVM)

Size: 1047551 Mb

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Now we need to create the Logical LVM volumes that contain the remaining partitions. We select the
“physical volumen (LVM)” and push the “Create” button.

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We select “LVM Volume Group” option and push the “Create” button.

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We define the “Volume Group Name” as: vg00

We need to push the “Add” button and add the following partitions:

lvol01 swap 20 Gb swap

lvol02 / 100 Gb ext4

lvol03 /internal 200 Gb ext4

lvol04 /backups 700 Gb ext4

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First, we add the swap partition, and the data are:

Mount Point:

File System Type: swap

Logical Volume Name: lvol01

Size: 20480 Mb

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Second, we add the / (root) partition, and the data are:

Mount Point: /

File System Type: ext4

Logical Volume Name: lvol02

Size: 102400 Mb

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Next, we add the /internal partition, and the data are:

Mount Point: /internal

File System Type: ext4

Logical Volume Name: lvol02

Size: 204800 Mb

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Finally, we add the /backups partition, and the data are:

Mount Point: /bakups

File System Type: ext4

Logical Volume Name: lvol04

Size: 723964 Mb

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This is the final partition configuration for the LVM Volume.

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We push the “Next” button to continue.

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1.4.- Software options

In the software selection we only select the “Database Server” and the “Oracle Linux Server” and “UEK3
repo kernel” repositories.

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1.5.- Copy files

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When the installation finish we need to reboot our server.

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1.6.- First boot after installation

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