In this post, I’m installing the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.4) software on Oracle Linux 6.4, along with optional instructions on how to apply the latest Patch Set Update (PSU) to your new Oracle home. First and foremost, before you start, make sure your Linux server meets the minimum hardware requirements: 1GB of RAM (plus
In this post, I’m installing the Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0) software on Oracle Linux 6.4. Only the software is being installed at this point, in preparation for a single database installation which I’ll create later on using the DBCA tool. First and foremost, before you start, make sure your Linux server meets the minimum
In this post, I’m installing the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3) software on Oracle Linux 6.4, along with optional instructions on how to apply the latest Patch Set Update (PSU) to your new Oracle home. First and foremost, before you start, make sure your Linux server meets the minimum hardware requirements: 1GB of RAM (plus
The nmon (Nigel’s Monitor) tool was written initially for AIX to monitor system performance, but there are plenty of distributions available now so people can use it on a variety of operating systems these days, including flavours of Linux and even the recent Raspberry Pi (mini ARM based computer). It’s one of my favourite performance monitoring tools
First of all, you need the OS installation media, which can be downloaded from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at http://edelivery.oracle.com/linux (login required). For this particular installation, I downloaded ‘Oracle Linux Release 6 Update 4 Media Pack for x86_64 (64 bit)’ which is listed as part V37084-01. In this instance, I then created a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox