Summary
This chapter walked through the preparations and procedures for installing Oracle. It covered the operating system setup for both Windows and Linux, storage planning, an introduction to ASM, and other preinstallation considerations. As you saw, with proper planning and preparation, the actual installation of Oracle is straightforward.
Several options and configurations are possible with the Oracle database. Getting it installed is just a first step. Setting up a database environment that is easy to maintain, secure, stable, and robust comes next.
There are some shared areas such as/tmp that will cause issues to running or installing Oracle software if they fill up. So carefully place files here, or be sure to purge out old installation ...
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