Oracle server under RHEL 4

[James Bourne]

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Paul B. Henson wrote:

FYI, we have several 10g boxes currently including RAC and stand alone so
hopefully this helps.

> 1) In general, when deploying a Red Hat server, do you do a default install
> including all RPMs, or do you do a custom install including only those that
> you actually need for the server's purpose?

Always custom then build up the package set from there.  The install is
using a base kickstart template file that we then add the required packages
or configs to.

> 2) If you support Oracle software, in that specific case do you do a
> default install including all RPMs or a custom install?

Custom, taking into account oracles preinstall tasks from the Oracle
Database Installation Guide.  We exclude the obvious: control-panel and
xscreensaver are not required.

oracle installer (used by our DBA) requires motif and a the graphical libs..

> 3) If the answer to question 2 is a default install, would you prefer a
> custom install with a minimal number of packages if Oracle made it easier
> to know what the dependencies were?
>
> 4) If you have an active Oracle support contract, and prefer to install a
> minimal number of packages, would you be willing to open a support request
> referencing mine to help convince Oracle to provide a better list of
> dependencies?

I could ask those who have the power to talk to (the) oracle to open it and
reference your ticket.  No promises but I would try.

Regards
James

> Thanks much...

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