SSH Requirement

Ensure that OpenSSH is installed on your servers. OpenSSH is the required SSH software.

Oracle Linux 7

Subscribe to the Oracle Linux 7 channel on the Unbreakable Linux Network, or configure a yum repository from the Oracle Linux yum server website, and then install the Oracle Preinstallation RPM. This RPM installs all required kernel packages for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database installations, and performs other system configuration.

Supported distributions:

• Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 4: 4.1.12-124.19.2.el7uek.x86_64 or later

• Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 5: 4.14.35-1818.1.6.el7uek.x86_64 or later

• Oracle Linux 7.4 with the Red Hat Compatible kernel: 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 or later

Packages for Oracle Linux 7

Install the latest released versions of the following packages:

bc
binutils
compat-libcap1
compat-libstdc++
dtrace-modules
dtrace-modules-headers
dtrace-modules-provider-headers
dtrace-utils
elfutils-libelf
elfutils-libelf-devel
fontconfig-devel
glibc
glibc-devel
ksh
libaio
libaio-devel
libdtrace-ctf-devel
libXrender
libXrender-devel
libX11
libXau
libXi
libXtst
libgcc
librdmacm-devel
libstdc++
libstdc++-devel
libxcb
make
net-tools (for Oracle RAC and Oracle Clusterware)
nfs-utils (for Oracle ACFS)
python (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-configshell (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-rtslib (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
python-six (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
targetcli (for Oracle ACFS Remote)
smartmontools
sysstat