R12 installation 64 bit on OEL 5 update 5(From Scratch to END)

1. Download R12 64 bit software from

https://edelivery.oracle.com (create your account if you using this site first time).
Select product E-business suite on 64 Bit.

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Media Pack for Linux x86-64-bit ; download first 39 cd. and unzip them on the host where you want to perform the installation.

2. Set Up Stage Area Directory

$ cd /u01
$ mkdir StageR12

3. Unzip the Files

$ cd /u01/download

$ unzip -d /u01/StageR12 <ZipFile>

Prerequisites before Starting Installation:-

a. Make sure these package has been installed manually:

openmotif21-2.1.30-11.EL5.i386
xorg-x11-libs-compat-6.8.2-1.EL.33.0.1.i386
These two rpm can be download from here:
http://oss.oracle.com/projects/compat-oracle/files/Enterprise_Linux/
For Update 1 or 2:
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-6.0.1.x86_642
For Update 3:
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-9.0.1.x86_642
For Update 4 (5.4) or higher, see workaround listed below in the 'After Installing or Upgrading' section.
The following packages must be installed from the Oracle Linux 5 or RHEL 5 distribution media:
gcc-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
gcc-c++-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
glibc-2.5-18.i686 (32-bit)
glibc-2.5-18.x86_64
glibc-common-2.5-18.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.5-18.i386 (32-bit)
glibc-devel-2.5-18.x86_64
libgcc-4.1.2-14.el5.i386
libgcc-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-14.el5.i386
libstdc++-devel-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
libstdc++-4.1.2-14.el5.i386
libstdc++-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
make-3.81-1.1.x86_64
gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.i386
gdbm-1.8.0-26.2.1.x86_64
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.i386
libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5.x86_64
libaio-0.3.106-3.2.i386
libaio-0.3.106-3.2.x86_64
libgomp-4.1.2-14.el5.x86_64
sysstat-7.0.0-3.el5.x86_64
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5.x86_64
compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-138.i386
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386


b. Kernel Settings
Edit the /etc/sysctl.conf
Parameter Value
kernel.semmsl 256*
kernel.semmns 32000*
kernel.semopm 100*
kernel.semmni 142*
kernel.shmall 2097152
kernel.shmmax Half the size of the physical memory (in bytes), and at least 2147483648
kernel.shmmni 4096
kernel.msgmax 8192
kernel.msgmnb 65535
kernel.msgmni 2878
fs.file-max 65536
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range 10000 65000**
net.core.rmem_default
262144
net.core.rmem_max 262144
net.core.wmem_default 262144
net.core.wmem_max 262144

c. Verify that the /etc/hosts
There should be information of hostname with IP address.

d. Modifying the Number of Open File Descriptors
Edit /etc/security/limits.conf
* hard nofile 65535
* soft nofile 4096
* hard nproc 16384
* soft nproc 2047

e. OS Library Patch for Oracle HTTP Server (on Oracle Linux 5 and RHEL 5 only)
Download and apply the patch 6078836 from My Oracle Support to fix an issue with the Oracle HTTP Server (missing libdb.so.2) bundled

Create User & Group:-

a) Create group dba and user oracle & .

# groupadd dba
#useradd -g dba oracle




b) Create directory

# mkdir -p /d01/oracle
# chown -R oracle:dba /d01/oracle
# chmod -R 775 /d01/oracle

INSTALLATION PROCESS:-

a. Login as applmgr and change directory to /stage/StageR12/StartCD/Disk1/rapidwiz
b. Run Rapidwiz ...Type './rapidwiz' and press Enter
c.  A screen appears which takes you through the installation steps .....Click Next on first 3 screens.
d. Enter the CSI number, Metalink account and country and click Next else Ignore that.
e. Choose create new configuration and Click Next
f. Choose a port pool and Click Next
g. Choose Database type Vision/fresh, Specify a SID,verify host and domain.....
Give the username as applmgr and group as dba and specify the directory as /oraDB and Click Next
h. Select Suite Licensing and Click Next
i. Click Next on the Next 2 screens to accept license products and country specific functionalities.
j. Choose Database character set as UTF8 and click Next
k. Verify the host,domain and specify the base directory as /oraAPP and instance directory as /oraAPP/inst and Click Next
l. Click Next ...The rapidwiz verifies and validates the system configuration and notifies if there are any errors...All the checks have to return a GREEN
tick mark if passed. Correct the errors if there are any RED cross marks and restart the rapidwiz.
m. Click Next and then Yes on the next screen to start the installation .
n. Once the installation is finished it performs post installation checks and notifies if there are any errors. It should return all GREEN marks if successfully installed
o. Click on Finish and that Ends the Installation Steps

Common Error after Installation:-

a) rw-50015 error - HTTP is not responding

ln -s /usr/lib/libgdbm.so /usr/lib/libdb.so.2

but in my case it just created a broken link.

I had to use this instead:

ln -s /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.2 /usr/lib/libdb.so.2

Restart the Application and database server.

Start rapid installation again with $rapidwiz -restart