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Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c is used to manager all aspects of an Oracle hardware/software environment. Here are my notes from the recent installation I performed.

Here's a link to the version requirements but the shortlist is:

Oracle Linux 6.5 or older (I actually installed on OL6.9)
Oracle Database 12.1.02 for embeded
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12.3.2
OCDoctor 4.67 or newer

Required Files:

OCDoctor.zip (OCDoctor 4.67)
enterprise-controller.Linux.i686.12.3.2.1113.tar.zip (Oracle Enterprise Manager 12.3.2)
linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip (Oracle Database 12c)
linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip (Oracle Database 12c)

Required YUM Prerequisites:

yum install xinetd expect tftp-server dhcp gettext perl-XML-Parser perl-libintl gcc httpd keyutils compat-libstdc++-33 elfutils-libelf-devel gcc-c++ libstdc++-devel sysstat ksh libaio-devel openssl098e.i686 compat-expat1.i686 libuuid.i686 audit-libs.i686 cracklib.i686 db4.i686 pam.i686 compat-libstdc++-33.i686 glibc zlib expat.i686 libxml2.i686 libaio.i686 libstdc++.i686 glibc-devel.i686 openssh-clients nfs-utils perl-CGI nano

Required System Changes:

Disable SELinux

vi /etc/selinux/config
change SELINUX=enforcing to SELINX=disabled
reboot

Set local hostname to match eth0 IP

vi /etc/hosts
add new line SERVERIP SERVERNAME SERVERNAME.DOMAIN.LOCAL (replace server IP and server name and domain as appropriate)

Copy both Oracle Database zip files to /var/tmp/downloads

Installation Process:

From the directory where you extracted the OCDoctor archive run:

./OCDoctor.sh --ec-prereq (this will notify you of any missing dependencies to run the install)
once all prerequisites are met you can proceed to the installation of ops center

From the directory where you extracted the enterprise controller archive run:

cd xvmoc_full_bundle
./install
Enter your Oracle registered e-mail address when prompted
Enter your My Oracle Support password when prompted
You should now start to see different items (1-21) stating [Completed] and a few that show [Not Completed] until it finishes.

Once everything has completed you should see this prompt or similar:

Oracle Ops Center Setup:

After you complete the command line portion of the installation it's time to configure everything via the web interface. Start by using the following information to login to your new server.