3 Configuring Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure on HP-UX Itanium

Complete operating system configuration requirements and checks for HP-UX Itanium operating systems before you start installation.

• Guidelines for HP-UX Itanium Operating System Installation
  Be aware of these operating system guidelines before proceeding with an Oracle installation.
• Reviewing Operating System and Software Upgrade Best Practices
  These topics provide general planning guidelines and platform-specific information about upgrades and migration.
• Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
  Secure operating systems are an important basis for general system security.
• About Installation Fixup Scripts
  Oracle Universal Installer detects when the minimum requirements for an installation are not met, and creates shell scripts, called fixup scripts, to finish incomplete system configuration steps.
• About Operating System Requirements
  Depending on the products that you intend to install, verify that you have the required operating system kernel and packages installed.
• Operating System Requirements for HP-UX Itanium Systems
  The compilers and patches listed in this section are supported for this release on HP-UX Itanium systems for Oracle Database, Oracle Database Client, and Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c.
• Additional Drivers and Software Packages for HP-UX Itanium Systems
  You are not required to install additional drivers and packages, but you may choose to install or configure these drivers and packages.
• Checking the Software Requirements on HP-UX Itanium
  Check your software to see if they meet the minimum version, compiler, and patch requirements for installation:
• Enabling the Name Service Cache Daemon
  To allow Oracle Clusterware to better tolerate network failures with NAS devices or NFS mounts, enable the Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd).
• Using Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation
  To install Oracle software, configure secure shell (SSH) connectivity between all cluster member nodes.
• Setting Network Time Protocol for Cluster Time Synchronization
  Use either the Oracle Cluster Time Synchronization or network time protocol (NTP) option for time synchronization.