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  1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Oracle Tuning Guide
  2. I. Tuning and Optimizing Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Oracle Database 9i and 10g
    1. 1. Introduction
    2. 2. Hardware Architectures and Linux Kernels
      1. 2.1. General
      2. 2.2. 32 bit Architecture and the hugemem Kernel
      3. 2.3. The 64 bit Architecture
    3. 3. Kernel Upgrades
    4. 4. Kernel Boot Parameters
      1. 4.1. General
      2. 4.2. The I/O Scheduler
    5. 5. Memory Usage and Page Cache
      1. 5.1. Checking the Memory Usage
      2. 5.2. Tuning the Page Cache
    6. 6. Swap Space
      1. 6.1. General
      2. 6.2. Checking Swap Space Size and Usage
    7. 7. Setting Shared Memory
      1. 7.1. Setting SHMMAX Parameter
      2. 7.2. Setting SHMMNI Parameter
      3. 7.3. Setting SHMALL Parameter
      4. 7.4. Removing Shared Memory
    8. 8. Setting Semaphores
      1. 8.1. The SEMMSL Parameter
      2. 8.2. The SEMMNI Parameter
      3. 8.3. The SEMMNS Parameter
      4. 8.4. The SEMOPM Parameter
      5. 8.5. Setting Semaphore Parameters
      6. 8.6. An Example of Semaphore Settings
    9. 9. Setting File Handles
    10. 10. Adjusting Network Settings
      1. 10.1. Changing Network Adapter Settings
      2. 10.2. Changing Network Kernel Settings
      3. 10.3. Flow Control for e1000 Network Interface Cards
    11. 11. Setting Shell Limits for the Oracle User
      1. 11.1. Limiting Maximum Number of Open File Descriptors for the Oracle User
      2. 11.2. Limiting Maximum Number of Processes Available for the Oracle User
    12. 12. Enabling Asynchronous I/O and Direct I/O Support
      1. 12.1. Relinking Oracle9i R2 to Enable Asynchronous I/O Support
      2. 12.2. Relinking Oracle 10g to Enable Asynchronous I/O Support
      3. 12.3. Enabling Asynchronous I/O in Oracle 9i and 10g
      4. 12.4. Tuning Asynchronous I/O for Oracle 9i and 10g
      5. 12.5. Verifying Asynchronous I/O Usage
    13. 13. Configuring I/O for Raw Partitions
      1. 13.1. General
      2. 13.2. Basics of Raw Devices
      3. 13.3. Using Raw Devices for Oracle Databases
      4. 13.4. Using Block Devices for Oracle 10g Release 2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
    14. 14. Large Memory Optimization, Big Pages, and Huge Pages
      1. 14.1. Big Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and Huge Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
      2. 14.2. Usage of Big Pages and Huge Pages in Oracle 9i and 10g
      3. 14.3. Sizing Big Pages and Huge Pages
      4. 14.4. Checking Shared Memory Before Starting Oracle Databases
      5. 14.5. Configuring Big Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
      6. 14.6. Configuring Huge Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
      7. 14.7. Configuring Huge Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5
      8. 14.8. Huge Pages and Shared Memory File System in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    15. 15. Growing the Oracle SGA to 2.7 GB in x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Without VLM
      1. 15.1. General
      2. 15.2. Linux Memory Layout
      3. 15.3. Increasing Space for the SGA in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
      4. 15.4. Lowering the Mapped Base Address for Shared Libraries in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
      5. 15.5. Lowering the SGA Attach Address for Shared Memory Segments in Oracle 9i
      6. 15.6. Allowing the Oracle User to Change the Mapped Base Address for Shared Libraries
    16. 16. Growing the Oracle SGA to 2.7/3.42 GB in x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5 Without VLM
      1. 16.1. General
      2. 16.2. Mapped Base Address for Shared Libraries in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5
      3. 16.3. Oracle 10g SGA Sizes in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 or 5
      4. 16.4. Lowering the SGA Attach Address in Oracle 10g
    17. 17. Using Very Large Memory (VLM)
      1. 17.1. General
      2. 17.2. Configuring Very Large Memory (VLM)
  3. II. Installing the Oracle Database 10g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    1. 18. Downloading and Unpacking Oracle 10g Installation Files
    2. 19. Pre-Installation Preparation and Verification
      1. 19.1. Verifying Memory and Swap Space
      2. 19.2. Verifying Temporary(/tmp) Space
      3. 19.3. Verifying Software Packages (RPMs)
      4. 19.4. Verifying Kernel Parameters
    3. 20. Installing Required Software Packages
      1. 20.1. 10g R2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 x86-64 version
      2. 20.2. 10g R2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86)
      3. 20.3. 10g R1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86-64)
      4. 20.4. 10g R1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86)
      5. 20.5. Oracle 10g R1 and R2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86)
      6. 20.6. Oracle 10g R1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86_64)
      7. 20.7. Oracle 10g R1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (x86)
      8. 20.8. Verifying and Updating the redhat-release File
    4. 21. Sizing Disk Space for Oracle 10g
    5. 22. Setting Shell Limits for Your Oracle User
    6. 23. Creating Oracle User Accounts
    7. 24. Creating Oracle Directories
      1. 24.1. Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) for 10g R1 (10.1.0.2)
    8. 25. Setting Oracle Environments
    9. 26. Installing Oracle Database 10g
      1. 26.1. Installing Oracle 10g on a Remote Linux Server
      2. 26.2. Installing Oracle 10gR2 Cluster Ready Services (CRS) with MPIO
      3. 26.3. Starting Oracle Universal Installer
      4. 26.4. Using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI)
      5. 26.5. Updating after the Oracle Universal Installer
    10. 27. Oracle Post Installation Tasks
      1. 27.1. Startup and Shutdown of the Oracle 10g Database
      2. 27.2. Shutdown of other Oracle 10g Background Processes
    11. 28. Tips and Hints for Oracle 10g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    12. 29. Oracle 10g and Linux Installation Errors and Troubleshooting
  4. III. Installing the Oracle9i 32 bit Database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    1. 30. Preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux for an Oracle Database Installation
      1. 30.1. Unpacking and Downloading the Oracle9i Installation Files
      2. 30.2. Setting Swap Space
      3. 30.3. Setting Shared Memory
      4. 30.4. Examining Temporary(/tmp) Space
      5. 30.5. Sizing Oracle Disk Space
    2. 31. Verifying Required Packages(RPMs)
      1. 31.1. Required Packages for Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1
      2. 31.2. Required Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
      3. 31.3. Required Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    3. 32. Setting Up a Working Environment for Oracle
      1. 32.1. Creating Oracle User Accounts
      2. 32.2. Creating Oracle Directories
      3. 32.3. Setting Oracle Environment Variables
    4. 33. Starting runInstaller
    5. 34. Installing Oracle9i R2 (9.2.0.1.0) on Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1
    6. 35. Installing Oracle9i R2 (9.2.0.4.0) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
      1. 35.1. Installing Oracle9i R2 (9.2.0.1.0) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
      2. 35.2. Patching Oracle9i to 9.2.0.4.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
      3. 35.3. Patching Oracle Intelligent Agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    7. 36. Installing Oracle9i R2 (9.2.0.6.0) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
      1. 36.1. Installing Oracle9i R2 (9.2.0.4.0) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
      2. 36.2. Patching Oracle9i R2 to 9.2.0.6.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    8. 37. Starting and Shutting down the Oracle9i Database
      1. 37.1. sqlplus
      2. 37.2. Using the Oracle binaries dbstart and dbstop
    9. 38. Oracle Installation Errors
  5. 39. Reference List
  6. A. Revision History
  7. Legal Notice

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GFS and Oracle 10gR2 RAC Installation (PDF)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 Release Notes
Upgrading from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS To Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
An Overview of Red Hat Advanced Server V2.1 Reliability, Availability, Scalability, and Manageability (RASM) Features
Linux Virtual Memory in Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 and Oracle's Memory Usage Characteristics
Oracle9iR2 on Linux: Performance, Reliability and Manageability Enhancements on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
Understanding Virtual Memory.
Understanding the Linux Kernel
High Memory In The Linux Kernel
Optimizing Linux I/O
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  • 38. Oracle Installation Errors
  • A. Revision History

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