Sample plan: Install Oracle Database 11g on Linux

This sample automation plan provides a template for you to automate the deployment of Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition on Linux. You can use this sample plan as a template by copying it and then making changes to the copy as required. All sample plans are read-only. To use a sample plan, you must copy it, re-name it, and then update the placeholder Fixlets with Fixlets, Tasks, or Baselines as per your requirements.

The plan creates the oracle user, then installs Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition, then creates the database, then install the Oracle Database 11g client, then configures the client.

To view a demo of this plan running, see this You Tube link Automate deployment of Oracle Database 11g. For more detailed information about deploying middleware, see Prerequisites.

Procedure

To use this sample plan, you must first create a package for the Oracle binaries for the database and the client and upload them to IBM BigFix Software Distribution. This sample plans supports Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Complete the following steps to run this plan. Before running this plan, you must upload the binaries for Oracle Database 11g and the Oracle client to IBM BigFix Software Distribution.

Procedure

  1. Open the Server Automation domain.
  2. From the navigation tree, click Automation Plans.
  3. In the Automation Plans dashboard, enter 314 and press Enter. This is the ID of the sample plan.
  4. Select the plan from the list of plans.
  5. Copy the plan and then save the copy.
  6. To run the copied plan, click Take Action. The following table describes the parameters and targets for each step in the plan.
    Table 1. Plan steps for deploying Oracle Database 11g

    Step Parameters and targets
    Create the oracle user on Linux Target the computer on which you are deploying Oracle Database 11g and enter a password for the oracle user.
    Install Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition on Linux You can use the same target and the previous step. On the Parameters tab, select the binary for Oracle Database 11g that you uploaded to IBM BigFix Software Distribution.
    Create an Oracle 11g Database on Linux You can use the same target as the previous step. On the Parameters tab, enter the system password.
    Install Oracle 11g Client on Linux Target the computer on which you want to install the Oracle 11g client. On the Parameters tab, select the binary for the Oracle Client 11g.
    Configure Oracle Client 11g on Linux Target the computer on which you are installing the Oracle 11g Client in the previous step. On the Parameters tab, enter the Client Service Name and the host IP address.
  7. Click OK to run the plan.