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Requirements for Installing Oracle Database/Client 19c (19.22 or higher) on OL9 or RHEL9 64-bit (x86-64) (Doc ID To Bottom
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PURPOSE
This note explains the requirements that need to be met for a successful installation of Oracle Database 19c release(19.22 or higher) On
Oracle Linux 9 (or higher) or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (or higher) 64-bit (x86-64).
It is NOT the purpose of this NOTE to repeat every "how-to" step that is presented in the Oracle Database 19c Installation Guide. For
example this NOTE does not include how to create the Linux OS account named "oracle", nor does it cover how to set environment
variables. Both are adequately covered in "Oracle® Database Installation Guide 19c for Linux"
SCOPE
This procedure is meant for those Planning / Installing Oracle Database 19c(19.22 or higher) on Oracle Linux 9 (or higher) or RHEL 9 (or
higher) on the 64-bit (x86-64) platform. Since it is the expressed goal to keep Oracle Linux (OL) functionally IDENTICAL to RHEL, this
NOTE is also completely applicable to 64-bit (x86-64) OL 9
Oracle Grid Infrastructure & RAC 19c are also certified on OL / RHEL 9.However,In view of differences in the RPM & other
requirements,This procedure is not to be followed for Planning / Installing Grid Infrastructure (GI) or any other Oracle products.
DETAILS
Requirements for installing Oracle Database 19c release(19.22 or higher) 64-bit on OL9 64-bit or RHEL9 (x86_64)
Before you proceed with Installation, please take time to review every below requirement carefully to avoid any obvious issues during
Installation of binaries.
• Download the Oracle Database 19c software(LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip) from OTN - https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/
database/enterprise-edition/downloads/oracle19c-linux-5462157.html
• After you download the Software, Verify the integrity of the Downloaded Software
Note 549617.1 How To Verify The Integrity Of A Patch/Software Download? [Video]
• If you have downloaded the Software on other Machine, please transfer the zip file on the Server being Installed using Binary
Mode and unzip with the Oracle Software user.
• Latest OPatch Utility for 19c DB (Filename = p6880880_190000_Linux-x86-64.zip)
• Below Set of Fixes
◦ 19.22 GI RU 35940989 or newer/latest GI RU
For DB Installation - 19.22 DB RU 35943157 (or newer) and 19.22 OCW RU 35967489 (or newer) are required
For Client Installation - Only 19.22 DB RU 35943157 (or newer)
Note - **********IMPORTANT - SKIPPING MANDATORY/PRE-REQUISITE PATCHES IS STRICTLY NOT
ADVISABLE**********
Important Notes
1. OCW MLRs are required to be applied even to SI DB Homes, because they contain Fixes necessary for the DB Home to support
Installer prerequisite expectations for UEK and RHCK kernels on OL9. Same support is needed even for RHEL 9 also.
2. Earlier listed Fixes for 19.19,19.20 and 19.21 have been withdrawn due a regression noticed in one of the Fixes and other Fixes
are included in 19.22 RUs. Development strongly recommends applying 19.22(or newer) DB RU & OCW RUs to reduce the
number of Fixes required for a certified/successful installation.
Hardware
Minimum Hardware Requirements
a. Ensure that your system meets the following Physical Memory requirements:
Minimum: 1 GB of RAM
Recommended: 2 GB of RAM or more
b. Swap space allocation relative to RAM
RAM Swap Space
Between 1 GB and 2 GB 1.5 times the size of the RAM
Between 2 GB and 16 GB Equal to the size of the RAM
More than 16 GB 16 GB
NOTE: The above recommendations (from the Oracle® Database Installation Guide 19c for Linux) are MINIMUM recommendations for
installations. Further RAM and swap space may be required to tune/improve RDBMS performance.
c. 1.0 GB (1024MB) of disk space (and less than 2TB of disk space) in the /tmp directory.
d. If the free space available in the /tmp directory is less than what is required, then complete one of the following steps:
- Delete unnecessary files from the /tmp directory to meet the disk space requirement.
- Set the TMP and TMPDIR environment variables when setting the oracle user's environment.
e. Approximately 7.2 GB of local disk space for the Database Software Files.
f. If you intend to create a preconfigured database during the installation, then the file system (or file systems) that you choose must
have at least 2 GB of free disk space.
For production databases, you must estimate the disk space requirement depending on the use of the database.
2. Oracle Database is supported on ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems (see Note:236826.1 for further information)
Software
Certified Operating System (Please see exact Requirements below)
Oracle Linux 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
a. For Minimal Linux Installation :
A minimal Linux installation option is either a custom installation where you select the Minimal option from Package Group Selection, or
where you deselect all packages except for the Base pack. A minimal Linux installation lacks many RPMs required for database
installation, so you must use an RPM package for your Oracle Linux release to install the required packages. The package you use
depends on your Linux release
b. For a Default Linux Installation
Oracle recommends that you install your Linux operating system with the default software packages (RPMs).
A default Linux installation includes most of the required packages and helps you limit manual verification of package dependencies.
Oracle recommends that you do not customize the RPMs during installation.
Kernel requirements
The following kernels are supported:
Oracle Linux 9 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 7: 5.15.0-1.43.4.2.el9uek.x86_64 or later
Oracle Linux 9 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel: 5.14.0-70.22.1.0.2.el9_0.x86_64 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: 5.14.0-70.22.1.0.2.el9_0.x86_64 or later
NUMA can be turned ON.No issues reported on OL/RHEL 9 when NUMA is ON.
Oracle Universal Installer requires an X Window System (for example, libx)
The libx packages are part of a default Linux installation.
If you perform an install on a system with a reduced set of packages, then you must ensure that libx or a similar X Window System
package is installed
At least 1 GB of space in the /tmp directory.
Runlevel : 3 or 5
Oracle User Environment Configuration Checklist :
For new installs, if you have not configured an oraInventory directory, then the installer creates an Oracle inventory that is one directory
level up from the Oracle base for the Oracle Grid Infrastructure install, and designates the installation owner's primary group as the
Oracle Inventory group.
The oinstall group must be the primary group of all Oracle software installation owners on the server. It should be writable by any Oracle
installation owner.
Oracle recommends that you create groups and user accounts required for your security plans before starting installation. Installation
owners have resource limits settings and other requirements.
If you have an existing Oracle software installation, and you are using the same user to install this installation, then unset the following
environment variables: $ORACLE_HOME,$ORA_NLS10, and $TNS_ADMIN, $ORACLE_BASE, $ORACLE_SID
By default, your operating system includes an entry in /etc/fstab to mount /dev/shm. However, if your Cluster Verification Utility (CVU) or
Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) checks fail, ensure that the /dev/shm mount area is of type tmpfs and is mounted with the following
options:
rw and exec permissions set on it
Without noexec or nosuid set on it
Set the default file mode creation mask (umask) to 022 in the shell startup file.
Storage Checklist for Oracle Database
At least 7.5 GB for Oracle Database Standard Edition 2.
Database Pre-Install RPM Download Links(External & Internal Repositories)
https://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL9/appstream/x86_64/getPackage/oracle-database-preinstall-19c-1.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL9/appstream/x86_64/getPackage/oracle-database-preinstall-19c-1.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
The download for the oracle-database-preinstall-19c RPM can be done with below commands (without the need to provide version
numbers)
# dnf update -y
# dnf install oracle-database-preinstall-19c -y
Note - From OL8 (especially Update 5 and later) the full update will fix the repo files (baseos vs appstream)
Minimum Operating System Resource Parameter Settings
semmsl 250
semmns 32000
semopm 100
semmni 128
shmall Greater than or equal to the value of shmmax, in pages /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
shmmax Half the size of physical memory in bytes /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
shmmni 4096
panic_on_oops 1
file-max 6815744
aio-max-nr 1048576
ip_local_port_range Minimum: 9000
ip_local_port_range Maximum: 65500
rmem_default 262144
rmem_max 4194304
wmem_default 262144
wmem_max 1048576
Verify the latest version of PAM is loaded, then add or edit the following line in the /etc/pam.d/login file, if it does not already exist:
session required pam_limits.so
Minimum Operating System Software/RPM Requirements
Note - The default RPM Versions that come with OL/RHEL 9 are OK.Hence,the minimum recommended versions for
each RPM,have not been documented.This is an intended change with 19c.
Pre-Req Software/RPMs
Item Requirements
SSH Requirement Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on your servers. OpenSSH is the required SSH software.
Packages for Oracle Linux 9 (with UEK 7) bc
binutils
Packages for Oracle Linux 9(with RHCK) compat-openssl11
elfutils-libelf
fontconfig
glibc
glibc-devel
ksh
libaio
libasan
liblsan
libX11
libXau
libXi
libXrender
libXtst
libxcrypt-compat
libgcc
libibverbs
libnsl
librdmacm
libstdc++
libxcb
libvirt-libs
make
policycoreutils
policycoreutils-python-utils
smartmontools
sysstat
Note - For 64-Bit Oracle Database Client Installs,below Packages are required
libnsl2
libnsl2-devel
Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 bc
binutils
compat-openssl11
elfutils-libelf
fontconfig
glibc
glibc-devel
ksh
libaio
libasan
liblsan
libX11
libXau
libXi
libXrender
libXtst
libxcrypt-compat
libgcc
libibverbs
libnsl
librdmacm
libstdc++
libxcb
libvirt-libs
make
policycoreutils
policycoreutils-python-utils
smartmontools
sysstat
Note - For 64-Bit Oracle Database Client Installs,below Packages are required
libnsl2
libnsl2-devel
Starting with 19c,Development has decided not to document the Package Versions anymore.
The RPM Versions that come with the certified minimum specified OS Version+Service Pack(i,e OL 9 OR RHEL 9) are all
that are needed.
However,the Customers are free to update the RPMs to the latest versions.
The Oracle ORAchk utility provides system checks that can help to prevent issues before and after installation. These
checks include kernel requirements, operating system resource allocations, and other system requirements.
Before you perform a fresh database installation:
./orachk -profile preinstall
Running Oracle Database Setup Wizard to Install Oracle Database
Log in as the Oracle installation owner user account (oracle) that you want to own the software binaries.
To install Oracle Database 19c on Oracle Linux 9 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Download the 19.3 Oracle Database software binaries
from Oracle Technology Network (OTN), and then apply the 19.22 Database Release Updates (DB RU) & OCW RU Patches during the the
Oracle Database installation or upgrade process.
***Installation of the mentioned Patches is mandatory****
Create the Oracle home directory and extract the image files that you have downloaded in to this Oracle home directory. For example:
$ mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1
$ chgrp oinstall /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1
$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1
$ unzip -q /tmp/db_home.zip
The Oracle Database installation process involves the following Steps -
1. Download latest OPatch from Patch 6880880. Make sure You choose Release "OPatch for DB 19.0.0.0.0" and the resulting
Filename = p6880880_190000_Linux-x86-64.zip.
Once downloaded , Unzip into $ORACLE_HOME. Rename old OPatch Folder, Do not overwrite.
2. Execute the runInstaller command with the -applyRU option to apply the 19.22 DB RU & OCW RU Patches and perform the Binary
Installation -
19.22 GI RU Patch 35940989 or newer/latest DB RU.
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OL8 <<<<< If performing Installation on Oracle Linux 9
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=RHEL8 <<<<< If performing Installation on Red Hat Linux 9
$ mv $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch_bkp
$ unzip -qqd $ORACLE_HOME <Location of OPatch Zip file>/p6880880_190000_Linux-x86-64.zip
For eg-
$ mv /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1/OPatch /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1/OPatch_bkp
$ unzip -qqd /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1 /u01/app/patches/p6880880_190000_Linux-x86-64.zip
To perform Installation using 19.22 DB RU+19.22 OCW Merge Patch
$ ./runInstaller -applyRU <19.22 DBRU Patch 35943157 unzip Location> -applyOneOffs <19.22 OCW RU 35967489 unzip
location>
For eg-
$ ./runInstaller -applyRU /u01/app/patches/35940989/35943157 -applyOneOffs /u01/app/patches/35940989/35967489
Steps to install Oracle Client (19.22 or higher) or OL / RHEL 9
1) Oracle Database Client 64-Bit (19.22) Gold Image Installation -
++ Download Oracle Client Gold Image Zip(LINUX.X64_193000_client.zip) from OTN
++ Unzip the Software in the intended ORACLE_HOME Location
++ Download 19.22 DB RU or higher and unzip in a Temporary Staging Location
++ Download latest OPatch from Patch 6880880 (https://updates.oracle.com/download/6880880.html) . Make sure You choose Release
"OPatch for DB 19.0.0.0.0" and the resulting Filename = p6880880_190000_Linux-x86-64.zip
++ Once downloaded , Unzip into $ORACLE_HOME. Rename old OPatch Folder, Do not overwrite.
++ Perform the Installation as below-
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OL7
$ 19.3_clienthome/runInstaller -applyRU <19.22DBRU patch 35943157 location>
2) Oracle Database Client 64-Bit (19.22) Shiphome-based(Non-Gold Image) Installation
++ Download Oracle Client Shiphome Zip(LINUX.X64_193000_client.zip) from OTN. Alternatively, Below Patch also provides the same
Shiphome Client Software.
Patch 36347606 TRACKING BUG FOR UPLOAD OF 19.22 CLIENT FOR SILENT INSTALL ON OL9
https://updates.oracle.com/download/36347606.html
++ Extract the p36347606_1922000_Linux-x86-64.zip and extract client.zip at a temporary (or bootstrap) location.
++ Invoke runInstaller to Install 19.22.0.0.0 Custom Client on OL9 using silent method
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OL7
$ <Temporary Location>/runInstaller -silent -ignorePrereq -showProgress -waitforcompletion -responseFile <Location of Response File>
++ Ignore the linking errors during 19.3 client installations and 19.22DBRU.
++ After the 19.3 Oracle Database Client installation is complete, apply the 19.22DBRU patch 35943157.
++ Download latest OPatch from Patch 6880880 (https://updates.oracle.com/download/6880880.html) . Make sure You choose Release
"OPatch for DB 19.0.0.0.0" and the resulting Filename = p6880880_190000_Linux-x86-64.zip
++ Once downloaded , Unzip into $ORACLE_HOME. Rename old OPatch Folder, Do not overwrite.
++ After 19.22 or higher DB RU is installed, Perform relink -
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/relink as_installed
3) Oracle Database Client 32-Bit (19.19) Gold Image Installation -
++ Download Oracle Client Gold Image Zip(LINUX_193000_client_home.zip) from OTN
++ Unzip the Software in the intended ORACLE_HOME Location
++ Download 19.19 DB RU or higher/newer and unzip in a Temporary Staging Location
Download latest OPatch from Patch 6880880 (https://updates.oracle.com/download/6880880.html) . Make sure You choose Release
"OPatch for DB 19.0.0.0.0" and the resulting Filename = p6880880_190000_LINUX.zip
Once downloaded , Unzip into $ORACLE_HOME. Rename old OPatch Folder, Do not overwrite.
++ Perform the Installation as below-
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OL7
$ 19.3_clienthome/runInstaller -applyRU <19.19DBRU patch 35042068 location>
4) Oracle Database Client 64-Bit (19.22) Shiphome-based(Non-Gold Image) Installation
++ Download Oracle Client Shiphome Zip(LINUX_193000_client_home.zip) from OTN.
++ Perform the Installation as below-
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OL7
$ 19.3_clienthome/runInstaller
++ Ignore the linking errors during 19.3 client installations and 19.19DBRU.
++ After the 19.3 Oracle Database Client installation is complete, apply the 19.19DBRU patch 35042068 and 19.19OneOff patch
35700050.
++ Relink Binaries as below-
$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/relink as_installed
Note -
a. OTN Link - https://www.oracle.com/in/database/technologies/oracle19c-linux-downloads.html
b. If any RUs are locked for download, Kindly use latest/newer RUs from below MOS Note -
Assistant: Download Reference for Oracle Database/GI Update, Revision, PSU, SPU(CPU), Bundle Patches, Patchsets and Base
Releases (Doc ID 2118136.2)
c. If any Merge or One-Off Patches are required for latest/newer RU Patches, then Kindly raise an SR with Oracle Support.
d. If the 19.22 Tracking Bug is used for Installation, then 19.22 DB RU is already part of the ShipHome. No need to attempt to install
it separately.
Known Issues
1. Since 19c(19.3) is already released a while ago,It does not contain Pre-req checks specific to OL / RHEL 9.
Installer will fail with below Error,as there are no Pre-req checks specific to OL / RHEL 9-
[WARNING] [INS-08101] Unexpected error while executing the action at state:'supportedOSCheck'
CAUSE: No additional information available.
ACTION: Contact Oracle Support Services or refer to the software manual.
SUMMARY:
- java.lang.NullPointerException
Hence,there is a need to direct the Installer to assume the installed OS to be OL 8 & perform related checks.
Therefore,the below Variable needs to be set,prior to launching Installer-
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OL8 <<<<< If performing Installation on Oracle Linux 9
$ export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=RHEL8 <<<<< If performing Installation on Red Hat Linux 9
Note - Updated Pre-req check file for OL/RHEL 9 is provided by 19.19 OCW Merge Patch 35878749 & later.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
1. Starting from Oracle Database 12.1 32-bit Oracle Database Software is not available.
2. Supported distributions of the 32-bit (x86) Oracle Database Client Linux OS can run on on AMD64/EM64T and Intel Processor Chips
that adhere to the x86_64 architecture. Oracle 32-bit Database Client running on AMD64/EM64T with 64-bit OS is expected to be
supported, but is NOT covered by this NOTE.
3. Asynchronous I/O on ext2 and ext3 file systems is supported if your scsi/fc driver supports that functionality.
Note : Asynchronous I/O on Ext4 file system is supported with Oracle 10g onwards on OEL5.6 and later.
Reference : Oracle Linux, Filesystem & I/O Type Supportability (Note 279069.1)[This section is not visible to customers.]
4. No extra patch is required for the DIRECTIO support for x86_64.
5. No LD_ASSUME_KERNEL value should be used with the Oracle Database 19c product.
6. The following rpm command can be used to distinguish between a 32-bit or 64-bit package.
# rpm -qa --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} (%{ARCH})\n" | grep glibc-devel
glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6 (x86_64)
glibc-devel-2.12-1.7.el6 (i686)
7. Oracle Universal Installer requires an X Window System (for example, libx). The libx packages are part of a default Linux installation. If
you perform an install on a system with a reduced set of packages, then you must ensure that libx or a similar X Window System package
is installed.
8. 32-bit packages (i686 rpm) in these requirements lists are needed only if you intend to use 32-bit client applications to access 64-bit
servers.
9. Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12.2) and later does not require the compiler packages gcc and gcc-c++ on Oracle
Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Oracle Database or Oracle Grid Infrastructure installations.
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