RAC Attack - Oracle Cluster Database at Home/RAC Attack 12c/OS Installation

Click on Start to boot the virtual machine. If asked to select a start-up disk, choose Oracle_Linux_6_64.iso and click Start again. RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-select boot iso The Oracle Linux install screen will automatically come up. Hit enter to begin the install. RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-boot menu Skip the CD testing by pressing the right arrow key and press enter. RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-media test From this point on you can use the mouse to navigate. To unlock the mouse and keyboard from the VM, hit the right Ctrl key. Click Next. On OS X you unlock the mouse with the command or apple key. If your screen isn't big enough, the Next button will be hidden on the bottom-right corner of the screen!! To avoid repetitive scrolling of the window, switch to Scale Mode view using the hotkey right Ctrl+C (apple key+C on OS X) 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-splash start Leave English (English) selected and click Next. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-choose language Leave U.S. English selected and click Next (unless you have another preferred keyboard layout). 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-choose keyboard Leave Basic Storage Devices selected and click Next. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-install device Click Yes, discard any data for the warning box stating The storage device below may contain data. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-storage device warning In the hostname field, type collabn1.racattack. Click Configure Network in the bottom left corner. Highlight System eth0 and click the Edit... button. Click the Connect automatically checkbox. Click the IPv4 Settings tab. Click the Method: dropdown and select Manual. Click Add and type 192.168.78.51 for the address. Leave Netmask at 24. In the DNS servers: box, type 192.168.78.51, 192.168.78.52. In the Search domains: box, type racattack. Click the Apply button. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-eth0 ipv4 settings Highlight System eth1 and click the Edit... button. Click the Connect automatically checkbox. Click the IPv4 Settings tab. Click the Method: dropdown and select Manual. Click Add and type 172.16.100.51. Change Netmask to 24. Click the Apply button. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-eth1 ipv4 settings Highlight System eth2 and click the Edit... button. Click the Connect automatically checkbox. Click the IPv4 Settings tab. Click the Method: dropdown and select Automatic (DHCP) addresses only. Click the Apply button. Click Close to close the network configuration menu and click Next. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-eth2 ipv4 settings Leave the timezone settings as they are and click Next. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-time zone Enter the Root Password as racattack and click Next. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-root password Click Use Anyway when warned about the weak password. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-root password confirm Click Use All Space for the installation type and click Next. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-use all disk space Click Write changes to disk when warned about Writing storage configuration to disk. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-write changes to disk confirm Leave Basic Server as the default installation type. Click Next. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-default installation type The operating system will take a while to install. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-install progressing When the installation is complete, click Reboot. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-complete congrats The reboot no longer shows messages, just a progress bar. You can see the progress by hitting F8 while the server is booting. The system should boot to a command line login prompt. 800px|RA-Oracle_Linux_6_64bit-Install_OS-post install reboot progress VirtualBox VM Settings Linux Post Installation