Re: Help installing Oracle 7.3.4 on AIX

Er, just done 5 installs of Oracle 7.3.4 this weekend on AIX 4.1.5. So read up! :-)

>1. What do I need to do to prepare AIX for Oracle?
>

Create a *new* AIX partition (at least 500M) to hold your new release. Do not remove any of the old stuff first. If you have to - because you are short of disk space - do a FULL COLD BACKUP of EVERYTHING. Better still, DO THAT ANYWAY. AND DO IT TWICE TO SEPARATE TAPES.
>2. Can someone give me a general "road-map" of what to expect and what
>I
>should watch out for during the install? There is an installation guide
>on the CD
>itself but I don't get that until tomorrow either. (sigh)

Read the AIX install guide, it is very good. Read it BEFORE you start. And then come up with a proper PLAN. Don't try to do it all on the fly. Read the migration manual, although if you are coming from V6 you may have to imp/exp. Again, check the manuals before you start.

>
>3. I'll give some system specs below but where do I want to install the
>Oracle
>directory structure?

Normal install is a parition mounted as '/u01', but the choice is yours, really Read the manuals on OFA installs. Make yours compliant with it. Make sure you use multiple mount points on different drives, and mirror the redo log (online) and control files across DIFFERENT drives. How you split the rest is up to you, but try separating: SYSTEM, REDO, TEMP, DATA, INDEXES, ARCHIVE LOGS onto separate drives as a minimum.

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>4. Anything else anyone can help me out with.

Yes, get in an Oracle consultant for the day to help you out. No joke. It will be well worth the little outlay, IMHO.

Steve Phelan.

>
>Here's some system background...
>AIX on 2 processor RS/6000
>512MB's
>512MB's Paging size (currently)
>4 - 4.5GB HDDs in addition to 1 - 4.5GB system HDD (mirrored -10 drives
>total)
>
>In addition to the Oracle table space I will need approx 650MB's for the
>3rd
>party app, 650MB's for user data, and 1.5GB's for data.
>
>Thanks in Advance!
>Roger Westbrook
>If possible, please respond to "rwestbrook_at_dollargeneral.com"
>
Received on Fri Apr 24 1998 - 11:05:19 CDT