5.11 Installing Oracle Database on AIX 6.1
You must install Oracle Database Patch 6613550, Oracle Database 10.2.0.1, and Oracle Database Patch set 10.2.0.3 to proceed with the installation on AIX 6L. The following section lists all the installation steps:
1. Download patch 6613550:
a. Log on to OracleMetaLink. You must have a valid OracleMetaLink Support Identifier (CSI) for it. Refer to
https://metalink.oracle.com/ for more information.
b. Enter 6613550 in the Quick Find field, click Go.
c. Download patch 6613550 into a temporary directory on your computer.
d. Switch user to root:
e. $ su -
f. password:
g. #
h. Unzip the files of this patch into /temp folder:
i. cd /temp
j. Run the rootpre.sh script as follows:
k. # ./rootpre.sh
2. Set the LANG parameter to C for the remaining steps, as follows:
o Bourne shell (sh), or Korn shell (ksh), or Bash shell (bash):
o $LANG=C
o C shell (csh):
o % setenv LANG C
3. Install Oracle Database 10.2.0.1:
. Run Oracle Universal Installer with -ignoreSysPrereqs option:
a. $ ./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs
b. In the Select Installation Type screen, select Enterprise Edition installation type.
c. In the Product-specific Prerequisites Checks page, check the following errors as user specified to continue with the installation:
Checking operating system requirements
Checking recommended operating system patches
d. In the Select Configuration Option screen, select Install Database Software only option.
4. To install Patch Set Release 10.2.0.3, run Oracle Universal Installer with -ignoreSysPrereqs option as follows:
5. $ ./runInstaller -ignoreSysPrereqs
You must refer to patch set release note for preinstall, install, postinstall, and other known issues. Refer to metalink note 316900.1 for more information.
6. Create a database:
. Run Oracle Database Configuration Assistant as follows:
a. $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbca
b. Select General Purpose Database to create a starter database.
Note:
If Lang=Ja_JP, then Enterprise Manager Database Control fails to configure. To reconfigure Enterprise Manager Database Control, use the following steps:
• % export LANG=C
• % emca -deconfig dbcontrol db
• % emca -repos drop
• % emca -repos create
• % export ORACLE_HOSTNAME=hostname
• % emca -config dbcontrol db
• % emctl start dbconsole
This issue is tracked with the Oracle bugs 4711923, 6278227, 4997291.