Installer Planning Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
Review the checklist for planning your Oracle Grid Infrastructure installation before starting Oracle Universal Installer.
Table 1-8 Oracle Universal Installer Checklist for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
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Read the Release Notes |
Review release notes for your platform, which are available for your release at the following URL: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html |
Review the Licensing Information |
You are permitted to use only those components in the Oracle Database media pack for which you have purchased licenses. For more information, see: |
Run OUI with CVU and use fixup scripts |
Oracle Universal Installer is fully integrated with Cluster Verification Utility (CVU), automating many CVU prerequisite checks. Oracle Universal Installer runs all prerequisite checks and creates fixup scripts when you run the installer. You can also run CVU commands manually to check system readiness. For more information, see: |
Download and run Oracle ORAchk for runtime and upgrade checks, or runtime health checks |
The Oracle ORAchk utility provides system checks that can help to prevent issues after installation. These checks include kernel requirements, operating system resource allocations, and other system requirements. Use the Oracle ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment to obtain an automated upgrade-specific system health check for upgrades. For example:
The Oracle ORAchk Upgrade Readiness Assessment automates many of the manual pre- and post-upgrade checks described in Oracle upgrade documentation. Oracle ORAchk is supported on Windows platforms in a Cygwin environment only. For more information, see: |
Ensure cron jobs do not run during installation
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If the installer is running when daily cron jobs start, then you may encounter unexplained installation problems if your cron job is performing cleanup, and temporary files are deleted before the installation is finished. Oracle recommends that you complete installation before daily cron jobs are run, or disable daily cron jobs that perform cleanup until after the installation is completed.
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Obtain Your My Oracle Support account information |
During installation, you require a My Oracle Support user name and password to configure security updates, download software updates, and other installation tasks. You can register for My Oracle Support at the following URL: |
Check running Oracle processes, and shut down processes if necessary |
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Parent topic: Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Checklist