4 Configuring Oracle Solaris Operating Systems for Oracle Grid Infrastructure

Complete operating system configuration requirements and checks for Oracle Solaris operating systems before you start installation.

• Guidelines for Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation
  Decide how you want to install Oracle Solaris.
• 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 Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit)
  The kernels and packages listed in this section are supported for this release on SPARC 64-bit systems for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c.
• Operating System Requirements for Oracle Solaris on x86–64 (64-Bit)
  The kernels and packages listed in this section are supported for this release on x86–64 (64-bit) systems for Oracle Database and Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12c.
• Additional Drivers and Software Packages for Oracle Solaris
  Information about optional drivers and software packages.
• Checking the Software Requirements for Oracle Solaris
  Check the software requirements of your Oracle Solaris operating system to see if they meet minimum requirements for installation.
• About Oracle Solaris Cluster Configuration on SPARC
  Review the following information if you are installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure on SPARC processor servers.
• Running the Rootpre.sh Script on x86 with Oracle Solaris Cluster
  On x86 (64-bit) platforms running Oracle Solaris, if you install Oracle Solaris Cluster in addition to Oracle Clusterware, then complete the following task.
• 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).
• Setting Network Time Protocol for Cluster Time Synchronization
  Oracle Clusterware requires the same time zone environment variable setting on all cluster nodes.
• Using Automatic SSH Configuration During Installation
  To install Oracle software, configure secure shell (SSH) connectivity between all cluster member nodes.