ThatOracleDude: Upgrading OCM 11g to OCM 12c (Series) 4

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In this post, I will be detailing the Oracle 12c database installation process making use of the guest Virtual Machine we have created on post Upgrading OCM 11g to OCM 12c (Series) 2 - Building your Study Lab.

This will most likely be the shortest post of all as most of the foundation work has been done on previous posts. The installation of the database software itself is pretty simple.

Prior to installing the Oracle Database Software, it is recommended that you get familiar with the following topics from the Oracle Database Documentation:

Oracle Database Installation Checklist

Overview of Oracle Database Installation

Oracle Database Preinstallation Tasks

Installing Oracle Database

Let’s get started!

We will be making use of the shared folders we setup earlier to copy the installation files into the VM.

$ cd /media

$ cd sf_Oracle_Software/

$ cd OCM\ 12c\ Upgrade/

$ ls

$ cp -v linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip /u01/app/software/

$ cd /u01/app/software/

$ unzip linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip

$ unzip linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip

$ ll
total 4963016
drwxr-xr-x. 7 oracle oinstall       4096 Jul 7 2014 database
drwxr-xr-x. 7 grid   oinstall       4096 Jul 7 2014 grid
-rwxr-x---. 1 oracle oinstall 1673544724 Dec 3 15:41 linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip
-rwxr-x---. 1 oracle oinstall 1014530602 Dec 3 15:41 linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip
-rwxr-x---. 1 grid   oinstall 1747043545 Nov 25 17:09 linuxamd64_12102_grid_1of2.zip
-rwxr-x---. 1 grid   oinstall 646972897 Nov 25 17:09 linuxamd64_12102_grid_2of2.zip

-- Removing the grid directory to free up some space

$ cd database

$ ./runInstaller

We are installing the database software only as the database creation itself will be covered on a subsequent post.

I am ignoring the Swap Size since this is an installation for a Study Lab.

# /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1/root.sh
Performing root user operation.

The following environment variables are set as:
ORACLE_OWNER= oracle
ORACLE_HOME= /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/dbhome_1

Enter the full pathname of the local bin directory: [/usr/local/bin]:
The contents of "dbhome" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
The contents of "oraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.
The contents of "coraenv" have not changed. No need to overwrite.

Entries will be added to the /etc/oratab file as needed by
Database Configuration Assistant when a database is created
Finished running generic part of root script.
Now product-specific root actions will be performed.