Re: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......

Ah ha! OL8.0 and OL8.1 are supported, only OL8.2 is (not yet) supported!

That makes sense. I'll try on OL8.1.

Thanks Ross!

-Mark

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 6:31 PM Ross Ohnesorg <Ross.Ohnesorg_at_cabelas.com> wrote:

> That seems inconsistent given the following:
>
>
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/cwlin/supported-oracle-linux-8-distributions-for-x86-64.html#GUID-F4902762-325B-4C89-B85B-F52BA482190F
>
>
>
> And clusterware is certified on Linux 8 (originally seen on Mike’s blog
> https://mikedietrichde.com/2020/05/14/of-course-oracle-clusterware-is-certified-on-ol8-rhel8-as-well/)
>
>
>
> https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/CertifyDrillDownNDetails?_afrLoop=497335891494200&detailsCtx=st%255EANY%257Cpa%255Evi%255E880939%257Eplvi%255E916412%257E%257Cpb%255E%257C&searchCtx=st%255EANY%257Cpa%255Epi%255E948_Oracle%2BClusterware%257Evi%255E880939%257Epli%255E35_Linux%2Bx86-64%257Eplvi%255E916412%257Epln%255ELinux%2Bx86-64%2BOracle%2BLinux%2B8.x%257E%257C&drillDownCtx=st%255EANY%257Cpb%255Epi%255E35_Linux%2Bx86-64%257E%257C&_afrWindowMode=0
>
>
>
> And RAC
>
> https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/CertifyDrillDownNDetails?_adf.ctrl-state=pcm0ii9c0_373&searchCtx=st%255EANY%257Cpa%255Epi%255E563_Oracle%2BReal%2BApplication%2BClusters%257Evi%255E880937%257E%257C&drillDownCtx=st%255EANY%257Cpb%255Epi%255E35_Linux%2Bx86-64%257Evi%255E916412%257E%257C&detailsCtx=st%255EANY%257Cpa%255Evi%255E880937%257Eplvi%255E916412%257E%257Cpb%255Evi%255E%257E%257C&_afrLoop=497167522050764
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ross
>
>
>
> *From: *<oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> on behalf of "Mark J. Bobak" <
> mark_at_bobak.net>
> *Reply-To: *"mark_at_bobak.net" <mark_at_bobak.net>
> *Date: *Friday, June 19, 2020 at 16:03
> *To: *Dimensional DBA <dimensional.dba_at_comcast.net>
> *Cc: *"Tiwari, Yogesh" <Yogesh.Tiwari_at_fidelity.co.in>, "k.hadd" <
> kouss.hd_at_gmail.com>, ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject: *Re: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......
>
>
>
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>
> Well, I guess it's officiel. Although 19.7 Database is supported on
> OL8.2, GRID is not.
>
>
>
> Quote from my SR:
>
> "AFD or GI or ACFS is not supported yet on 8.2".
>
>
>
> Guess it's back to OL7 for me, for now.
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 3:24 PM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks. Yeah, that document seems to only apply to 11.2.0.4 and 12.1.0.2.
>
>
>
> I have opened an SR with Oracle. I'll report back here if/when I get a
> definitive answer.
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 10:29 AM <dimensional.dba_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Oracle has had this same problem on each new version of the OS. I am still
> looking for existing patch for RHEL8/UEL8.
>
> There was a different patch for RHEL7/18
>
>
>
> *From:* dimensional.dba_at_comcast.net <dimensional.dba_at_comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2020 7:24 AM
> *To:* 'mark_at_bobak.net' <mark_at_bobak.net>; 'Tiwari, Yogesh' <
> Yogesh.Tiwari_at_fidelity.co.in>
> *Cc:* 'kouss.hd_at_gmail.com' <kouss.hd_at_gmail.com>; 'ORACLE-L' <
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> *Subject:* RE: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......
>
>
>
> *AFD-620: AFD is not supported on this operating system version: 'unknown'
> (ASMCMD-9524) (Doc ID 1951850.1)*
>
>
>
> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Mark J. Bobak
> *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2020 7:19 AM
> *To:* Tiwari, Yogesh <Yogesh.Tiwari_at_fidelity.co.in>
> *Cc:* kouss.hd_at_gmail.com; ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......
>
>
>
> Well, I got the asmcmd afd_label command to work.
>
> Now I'm getting:
>
> - AFD-620: AFD is not supported on this operating system version:
> 'unknown'
>
>
>
> I ran orachk -u -o pre and it passed with flying colors. No critical,
> error, warning, or info messages.
>
>
>
> But I'm stuck w/ AFD-620....
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 1:17 AM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for all the replies. Special thanks to Scott Canaan, for
> his private reply. He has the solution to the problem I was facing. All
> the buttons were greyed out on the gridSetup.sh window. Turns out, I was
> missing a font. I installed it, and the problem was resolved.
> Specifically, I did:
>
> sudo dnf install dejavu-sans-fonts
>
> to get past that problem.
>
>
>
> Now, I'm trying to get an AFD label on the initial disk that I need to
> install/create ASM/Grid, and that's not working. It just quietly returns
> without an error.
>
>
>
> As to why I'm doing this, well, as I *rarely* get a chance to do upgrades,
> and one is coming up soon, I was hoping to get on the latest version of O/S
> and Oracle, so, Oracle Linux 8.2 and Oracle 19.7. I so rarely get a chance
> to do the upgrade, when I do, I try to make the most of it. :-)
>
>
>
> If anyone has thoughts on getting asmcmd afd_label GRID01 /dev/nvme1n1p1
> to work correctly, I'd appreciate it. As I said, right now, I'm not
> getting an error, it just quietly returns and doesn't do anything.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 11:21 PM Tiwari, Yogesh <
> Yogesh.Tiwari_at_fidelity.co.in> wrote:
>
> Interestingly, if you inspect installer tracefile. One of check is, if
> CV_ASSUME_DISTID is >= 8
>
>
>
> Here’s what I created to run it on OL8 (inspired from Oracle maintained
> vagrant setup), and used "CV_ASSUME_DISTID" => "8.2".
>
>
>
> https://github.com/yogiboy/spinup_oracle
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/github.com/yogiboy/spinup_oracle__;!!N4fOi5Mv!P6pJI46EkkO3TlRnQdyUEBFgBb5RoUioIVPVfZ7KUyKYR8RVvEPqwhUliGaie_NhhA4$>
>
>
>
> Nonetheless, as Mladen said, it is *NOT* worth your time. We never had to
> do this hack in previous Oracle releases either. Until, Oracle fixes this,
> I told our management - forget engineering, I wont even download it in
> corporate LAN. 😝
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Yogi *
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> *On
> Behalf Of *k.hadd
> *Sent:* 19 June 2020 07:34
> *To:* Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net>
> *Cc:* ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......
>
>
>
> Did you try this ,
>
> export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OEL7.6
>
> I have silent scripts from Tim Hall that I adapted for Centos 8 and even
> RHEL8.1 for installing 19.3 it worked the same .
>
> you can check the below if you have all the rpms .
>
> https://github.com/brokedba/vagrant/blob/master/database/cent8_19/scripts/install_os_packages.sh
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_brokedba_vagrant_blob_master_database_cent8-5F19_scripts_install-5Fos-5Fpackages.sh&d=DwMFaQ&c=SsZxQMfaWJ1sSVfloc5FVGba8BA_qR4Jzdt8ol2oSPA&r=z73EKtGMkOyHMZwSjVYW8xqUyA1Kkf-CJ-c3rGZxafU&m=wii9hBStF1ZOuhE_Twr_Rzt57SnmzDiFLj9OGqPnEaU&s=yIgLm8CGojpl_ibGj5uQVG5CAkpFxEOwFCrG2AyGXiU&e=>
>
>
> https://github.com/brokedba/vagrant/blob/master/database/cent8_19/scripts/oracle_software_installation.sh
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_brokedba_vagrant_blob_master_database_cent8-5F19_scripts_oracle-5Fsoftware-5Finstallation.sh&d=DwMFaQ&c=SsZxQMfaWJ1sSVfloc5FVGba8BA_qR4Jzdt8ol2oSPA&r=z73EKtGMkOyHMZwSjVYW8xqUyA1Kkf-CJ-c3rGZxafU&m=wii9hBStF1ZOuhE_Twr_Rzt57SnmzDiFLj9OGqPnEaU&s=PU7nDPzUV-QI0i3o4NgtxXQ4y-_HVxfBKN83v4Z8kJ4&e=>
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>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 6:42 PM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I'm trying to set up my first Oracle GI 19.7 on Oracle Linux 8.2. I had
> no problem installing OL8.2 and UEK6 (which is the default kernel for
> OL8.2). I also installed the oracle-database-preinstall-19c package, no
> problem.
>
>
>
> My understanding is that 19c is supported on OL8.1+, but only with the
> 19.7 patchset. Apparently, you're supposed to be able to run giidSetup.sh,
> and it will work for installation, but you shouldn't attempt to use it till
> you've patched it to 19.7.
>
>
>
> Well, when I run gridSetup.sh, (19.3) I first get a warning about O/S
> compatibility. I click through it, and I get the first window, but, it's
> totally blank, and the buttons at the bottom are all greyed out except for
> 'Help' and 'Cancel'.
>
>
>
> Anyone run into this? Any ideas? I've been searching Google and MOS, but
> without any luck, so far.
>
>
>
> Help? Anyone have any experience with this?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>

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