Oracle VM with SLES 11 SP1

Oracle VM Manager(3.0.1) Installation

on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SP1 (x86_64)

http://www.suse.com

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Introduction
This documentation provides the details for install Oracle VM Manager(3.0.1) on SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1. It is not a replacement of official Oracle Installation
manual but provided to help you to get Oracle VM Manager installed on SLES 11 SP1 with
minimal efforts. Here, x86_64 version of both Oracle VM Manager and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server is used. Similar steps applies to other platforms(x86, ia64, etc.). If you
encounter any problem or have general question, please post your query to
suse-oracle@listx.novell.com.

Hardware Requirements

Requirement Minimum
Memory 2 GB
Processor Speed 1.83 GHz*1
Swap Space 2 GB
Hard Disk Space 4 GB

Software Requirements
SuSE
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 (x86_64)
(http://www.novell.com/products/server/eval.html)

Oracle
• Oracle VM 3.0.1 Media Pack (X86_64)
(https://edelivery.oracle.com/oraclevm)

Test Machine Hardware information

Dell Vostro 1720 Laptop
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU T5870@2.00GHz
Memory: 4GB
Hard Disk: 160GB

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Oracle VM Manager Installation Process

1. Install SUSE Linux Operating System

Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1(x86_64) with default packages along with “C/C++
Compiler and Tools” is sufficient for Oracle VM Manager installation.

Screenshot: From SLES 11 SP1 (x86_64) server.

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(Note: Oracle VM Manager uses Oracle Database 11g Express Edition (Oracle XE) as the
management data repository. Oracle XE requires the libaio package be installed. You must install libaio
release 0.3.96 or above.)

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2. Edit "/etc/hosts" - Make sure that your server's Static IP address is listed.

Screenshot: /etc/hosts info

3. Installing Oracle VM Manager

3-1. Log in to the Oracle VM Manager host as the root user.

3-2. You can install Oracle VM Manager from a CDROM drive or from an ISO file from the hard drive.

• To install Oracle VM Manager from a CDROM, burn the Oracle VM Manager ISO file to a
CDROM. Insert and mount the Oracle VM Manager CDROM using the following commands:

# mkdir mount-point
# mount /dev/cdrom mount-point

Where mount-point refers to the directory on which you mount the ISO file.

• To install Oracle VM Manager from a hard drive, locate the folder that contains the ISO file.
Mount the ISO file to an existing directory using the following commands:

# mkdir mount-point
# mount -o loop,ro OracleVM-Manager-version.iso mount-point

Where mount-point refers to the directory on which you mount the ISO file. For example:

# mkdir /OVMCD
# mount -o loop,ro OracleVM-Manager-3.0.1.iso /OVMCD

You can find all the mounted files under the directory /OVMCD.

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3-3. Enter the directory that you mounted in the previous step and execute the createOracle.sh script
as the root user:

(Note: Before to run the script please execute the following command.

#ln -s /usr/bin/cut /bin/cut

#ln -s /usr/sbin/iptables /sbin/iptables
#ln -s /usr/sbin/iptables-save /sbin/iptables-save
)

# ./createOracle.sh

The createOracle.sh is an Oracle VM Manager installation environment configuration script that

automatically:
• Creates the operating system dba group
• Creates the oracle user and adds it to the dba group
• Creates the /u01 directory
• Sets the required parameters in the /etc/security/limits.conf file
• Opens the required ports in the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file

3-4. Starting the installation by execute runInstaller script.

# sh runInstaller.sh

Install flow:

1). On the command prompt, select an installation type.

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(Note: Oracle installer will verifying installation prerequisites. Currently, due to SLES 11 SP1 does not
in the platforms list that supported by Oracle VM Manager 3.0.1. So we need to make some changes in
the following script.

Screenshot: /tmp/ovmm-installer.selfextract_XXXXXX/ovm/installer/prerequisites.py

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2). Back to the Oracle installer and enter 2 to install Oracle VM Manager for standard.

(Note: Here displayed "Verifying LinuxVersion Failed...", ignore and continue the installation.

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3). The installer starting "Oracle Database Repository" setup. Enter 1 to install Oracle Database 11g
XE.

4). Enter the Oracle Database SYSTEM password and confirm.

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5). Enter the Oracle Application Express (APEX) port, default is 8080.

6). Enter the Oracle Database listener port, default is 1521.

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7). Enter the oracle VM Manager database schema, default is ovs.

8). Enter the oracle VM Manager database schema password and confirm.

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9). The installer starting "Oracle Weblogic Server 11g" setup. Enter the Oracle Weblogic Server 11g
user, default is weblogic.

10). Enter the Oracle Weblogic Server 11g user password and confirm.

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11). The installer starting "Oracle VM Manager application" setup. Enter the username for the Oracle
VM Manager administration user, default is admin.

12). Enter the admin user password and confirm.

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13). The installer will prompt "Start installing the configured components". Enter 1 to continue.

14). Installation process to continue. There are nine steps, monitoring the process.

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15). Oracle VM Manager installation complete. The installation Summary will be displayed as shown
below.

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3-5. Check for Oracle VM Manager from browser.

1). Access to Oracle VM Manager UI URL: http[s]://hostname:port/ovm/console, the Login Page as

shown below.

Log in with the user 'admin', and the password you set during the installation. The Oracle VM Manager
Home page displayed as shown below.

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2). Access to Oracle Database XE 11.2 Home page, by click "oraclexe-gettingstarted.desktop" created
during the installation on your desktop.

Login as a database user which has been granted the DBA database role(for example, SYSTEM).

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Welcome: "SYSTEM" to Oracle Database XE 11.2 -- Storage page viewing.

Sessions page viewing.

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Parameters page viewing.

Application Express page viewing.

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Change the display language, looks good.

Environment:
Oracle VM 3.0.1 Media Pack (x86_64) - - Oracle VM Manager 3.0.1
OS : SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x86_64)

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