Notes on installing Oracle 10g on AIX 5.3

A simple record of the Oracle 10g Installation Process on AIX 5.3:

Check hardware configuration

Check memory:

# Lsattr-El sys0-a realmem
Realmem 2097152 Amount of usable physical memory in Kbytes False

Check swap space

# Lsps-
Page Space Physical Volume Group Size % Used Active Auto Type
Hd6 hdisk0 rootvg 512 MB 1 yes lv

Check the temporary file directory (at least MB of free space should be available)

Df-k/tmp
Filesystem 1024-blocks Free % Used Iused % Iused Mounted on
/Dev/hd3 65536 63984 3% 16 1%/tmp

Check operating system bits

# Getconf HARDWARE_BITMODE
64

Check the OS Version Number

# Oslevel-r
5300-06

Check the installed software package:

# Lslpp-l bos. adt. base bos. adt. lib bos. adt. libm bos. perf. perfstat bos. perf. libperfstat bos. perf. proctools bos. adt. prof bos. cifs_fs.rte
Fileset Level State Description
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Path:/usr/lib/objrepos
Bos. adt. base 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Base Application Development
Toolkit
Bos. adt. lib 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Base Application Development
Libraries
Bos. adt. libm 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Base Application Development
Math Library
Bos. adt. prof 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Base Profiling Support
Bos. cifs_fs.rte 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Runtime for SMBFS
Bos. perf. libperfstat 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Performance Statistics Library
Interface
Bos. perf. perfstat 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Performance Statistics
Interface
Bos. perf. proctools 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Proc Filesystem Tools
Path:/etc/objrepos
Bos. cifs_fs.rte 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Runtime for SMBFS
Bos. perf. libperfstat 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Performance Statistics Library
Interface
Bos. perf. perfstat 5.3.0.60 COMMITTED Performance Statistics
Interface
For the missing package, use the installp-a-d/dev/cd0 package name for installation, and put it in the AIX installation light backup.

Check the patch package

#/Usr/sbin/instfix-I-k "IY58143 IY59386 IY60930 IY66513 IY70159"
All filesets for IY58143 were found.
All filesets for IY59386 were found.
All filesets for IY60930 were found.
All filesets for IY66513 were found.
All filesets for IY70159 were found.
#/Usr/sbin/instfix-I-k "IY68989"
All filesets for IY68989 were found.

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