How to Install Oralce Grid 11gR2 on Linux 6.4
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System Requirement:
1. Oracle Linux 6.4 x64 bit. Follow below link.
2. Two addition disk for ASM configuration.
3. Follow the below check-list.
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Step 1: Open the Virtual Box and click on "Start" option in VB.
Step 2: Login as a "root" .
Step 3: Open the terminal and check your partitions via "df -h" & Go to shared folder, where you kept all soft wares (like RMP, Oracle Binary etc.).
Step 4: We will do oracle 11gR2 prerequisite, Install required RPM for Oracle 11gR2, given in "check-list".
Step 5: Check "hostname & IP address".

Step 6: Now Update the "/etc/hosts" file to identify the hostname & IP address, while you will invoke GUI for Installation.
Step 7: Edit "/etc/sysctl.conf" file to change kernel perimeter for oracle binary.
Step 8: Run the "/sbin/sysctl -p" command to take effect in place modified kernel parameters.
Step 9: Edit "/etc/security/limits.conf" file to set soft and hard limit.
Step 10: Edit "/etc/pam.d/login" file to set session limits.
Step 11: Edit "/etcsecurity/limits.d/90-nproc.conf" file to set below parameter.
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Step 12: Change the Firewall setting to modify "/etc/selinux/config" file.
Step 13: Run the below 2 commands to set off "iptables".
Step 14: Create following listed "Directories, Groups and Users for Oracle & Grid".
Step 15: Provide "Permissions" to those directories which you created above.
Step 16: Login as a "grid" and go to "/home/grid" location to modify ".bash_profile" file to set Path.
Step 17: This time login as a "oracle" and go to "/home/oracle" location to modify ".bash_profile" file to set Path.
Step 18: "Restart" the sever to take effect "firewall" changes.
Step 19: Login as "root".
Step 20: Go to the RMP location, find out and install "oracleasmlib & oracleasm-support" RPM.
Step 21: Find out you addition added disk's name with "fdisk -ls" command.
Step 22: Make 1st disk partition as showed in below image.
Step 23: Same as make partition in 2nd disk as showed in below image.
Step 24: configure ASM with the help of "oracleasm configure -i" command.
Step 25: Map oracle disk with "created partition" as below procedure.
Step 26: Go to the Shared_folder location and copy your grid binary to "/opt" location and give 777 permission to /opt mount point
Step 27: Login as grid and go to /opt mount point, where you copied grid binary and unzip it.
Step 28: Grid binary is unzipping..
Step 29: Now one Grid folder come into the picture after unzipped. You can remove zip binary for space release. Login as a root and try disable control access via "xhost +", while you will execute runInstaller GUI window will popup.
Step 30: Go to grid folder and execute runInstaller via "./runInstaller" command.
Step 31: GUI window will popped-up.
Step 32: Skip Software update and click on "Next".
Step 33: Select 2nd option and click on "Next".
Step 34: Select English and click on "Next".
Step 35: Click on "Change Directory Path" to take over Mapped disks.
Step 36: In Disk Directory Path type "/dev/oracleasm/disks*".
Step 37: Select any name as "Disk Group name", choose "External", checked the 1st box in mapped disk and click on "Next".
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Step 38: Choose any "Password" for ASM.
Step 39: Click on "Yes".
Step 40: Select "oinstall" for all.
Step 41: Click on "Yes".
Step 42: "Directory structure" will take auto because you have set path in ".bash_profile" file.
Step 43: Click on "Yes".
Step 44: Click on "Next".
Step 45: Performing prerequisite checks.
Step 46: Ready to Install.
Step 47: Installation Under Processing.
Step 48: Run both script one by one via "root" user.
Step 49: 1st script is running.
Step 50: 2nd script is running.
Step 51: Installation Under Processing.

Step 52: Installation Done. you can close the window.
Step 53: Verity it. is every this alright.