Oracle EXADATA X6-2 Installation And Configuration Manual page 306

Note:
For Oracle RAC, you must shut down the entire cluster, and then restart the
cluster after the database and cell software have been installed, and the cell
configuration files are in place.
The recommended procedure is to install Oracle software on Oracle Exadata
Database Machine using Oracle Exadata Deployment Assistant. If you choose to
install the software manually, then do the following:
Note:
Disk space for unused system partitions must be reclaimed before installing
software. Use the following script to reclaim the disk space:
/opt/oracle.SupportTools/reclaimdisks.sh -free -reclaim
If a RAID rebuild or reconstruction (that is, a disk replacement or expansion) is
in progress, wait until it is finished before running the
The reason is that the
RAID rebuild or reconstruction is complete.
Install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster as described in Oracle Grid
1.
Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide for Linux.
Install Oracle Database as described in Oracle Real Application Clusters
2.
Installation Guide for Linux and UNIX.
Apply the latest patches for Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata Storage Server
3.
Software.
After the cells are configured as described in Oracle Exadata System Software User's
Guide, and the database and Oracle ASM instances are installed, the instances must
be configured to use the cells as part of an Oracle ASM disk group. The required
configuration involves updating the initialization parameter file of both the database
and Oracle ASM instances. Additionally, Oracle ASM disk groups must be created to
access storage cells.
You can update the initialization parameter file of the Oracle ASM or the database
instance while the instance is running, but the instance must be restarted if you
manually update the initialization parameter file. If you update an initialization
parameter dynamically using the SQL
there is no need to restart the instance.
In addition, for the database, you can configure a new Database Resource Manager
(DBRM) plan, rather than using the default plans.
Related Topics:
• Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (My
Oracle Support Doc ID 888828.1)
Loading the Configuration Information and Installing the Software
script is blocked from running until the
reclaimdisks.sh
or
ALTER SYSTEM ALTER SESSION
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script.
reclaimdisks.sh
commands, then
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