VM Simulation Exadata Storage Server Version 12.1.2.

Stage -1 : Extrace image from V73802-01.zip

unzip V73802-01.zip
tar -pxvf cellImageMaker_12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1-1.x86_64.tar
cd dl180/boot
tar -xvf cellrpms.tbz
unzip cell.bin

mkdir /root/Exadata-12.1
mv cell-12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1-1.x86_64.rpm /root/Exadata-12.1
mv jdk-1.7.0_72-fcs.x86_64.rpm /root/Exadata-12.1
cd /root/Exadata-12.1

[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 Exadata-12.1]# ls -ltr
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 526412011 Dec  7 05:32 cell.bin
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 126699985 Dec  7 07:35 jdk-1.7.0_72-fcs.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root    724678 Apr  7 09:36 net-snmp-5.3.2.2-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
-r--r--r-- 1 root root    197474 Apr  7 09:37 net-snmp-utils-5.3.2.2-20.el5.x86_64.rpm

Stage-2: Pre-requisite 
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 Exadata-12.1]# rpm -ivh net-snmp-5.3.2.2-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
warning: net-snmp-5.3.2.2-20.el5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:net-snmp               ########################################### [100%]
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 Exadata-12.1]# rpm -ivh net-snmp-utils-5.3.2.2-20.el5.x86_64.rpm
warning: net-snmp-utils-5.3.2.2-20.el5.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 37017186
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:net-snmp-utils         ########################################### [100%]
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 Exadata-12.1]# rpm -ivh jdk-1.7.0_72-fcs.x86_64.rpm
warning: jdk-1.7.0_72-fcs.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1e5e0159
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:jdk                    ########################################### [100%]
Unpacking JAR files...
        rt.jar...
        jsse.jar...
        charsets.jar...
        tools.jar...
        localedata.jar...
        jfxrt.jar...
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 Exadata-12.1]#
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 Exadata-12.1]# mkdir /var/log/oracle
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 Exadata-12.1]# chmod 775 /var/log/oracle


++ Update Linux parameters


++ /etc/sysctl.conf

fs.file-max = 65536
fs.aio-max-nr=50000000
net.core.rmem_default=262144
net.core.rmem_max=4194304
net.core.wmem_default=262144
net.core.wmem_max=2097152

sysctl -p
++ /etc/security/limits.conf files 

* soft nofile 65536
* hard nofile 65536

++ /etc/grub.conf
default=1

++ /etc/selinux/config
SELINUX=disabled


++ /etc/modprobe.d/rds.conf

[root@localhost Server]# lsmod | grep rds
[root@localhost Server]# modprobe rds
[root@localhost Server]# modprobe rds_tcp
[root@localhost Server]# modprobe rds_rdma
[root@localhost Server]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/rds.conf
cat: /etc/modprobe.d/rds.conf: No such file or directory
[root@localhost Server]# vi /etc/modprobe.d/rds.conf
1 files to edit
[root@localhost Server]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/rds.conf
install rds /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install rds && /sbin/modprobe rds_tcp && /sbin/modprobe rds_rdma
[root@localhost Exadata-12.1]# lsmod | grep rds
rds_rdma              106305  0
rds_tcp                48097  0
rds                   154921  2 rds_rdma,rds_tcp
rdma_cm                73301  2 rds_rdma,ib_iser
ib_core               107841  7 rds_rdma,ib_iser,rdma_cm,ib_cm,iw_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad

[root@localhost deploy]# cat /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1  exadata_lab_1     localhost.localdomain localhost



Stage -3 :
+++Installing Cell

[root@ZA-FCUBS-TST-DEV-01 ~]# rpm -ivh cell-12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1-1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
Pre Installation steps in progress ...
   1:cell                   ########################################### [100%]
Post Installation steps in progress ...
Set cellusers group for /opt/oracle/cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1/cellsrv/deploy/log directory
Set 775 permissions for /opt/oracle/cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1/cellsrv/deploy/log directory
/opt/oracle/cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1/cellsrv/deploy
Error while deploying WLS. For details look into /opt/oracle/cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1/.install_log.txt
Abort installation.
[root@ZA-FCUBS-TST-DEV-01 ~]#


For the above error Solution

++ Configuring disks.
Create 1Gb disk of around 18 disks.

[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 config]# cd  $T_WORK
-bash: cd: /opt/oracle/cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1/disks: No such file or directory
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 config]# cd  /opt/oracle/cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1/
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1]# mkdir -p disks/raw
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1]# cd 
/opt/oracle/cell12.1.2.1.0_LINUX.X64_141206.1/disks/raw
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 raw]# ls -ltr
total 0
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 raw]# 
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 raw]# fdisk -l 2>/dev/null | grep "1073 MB"
Disk /dev/sdb: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdc: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdd: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sde: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdf: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdg: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdh: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdi: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdj: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdk: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdl: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdm: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdn: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
Disk /dev/sdo: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
[root@ZA-ORA-TMP-01 raw]# 
ln -s /dev/sdb cell12_DISK01
ln -s /dev/sdc cell12_DISK02
ln -s /dev/sdd cell12_DISK03
ln -s /dev/sde cell12_DISK04
ln -s /dev/sdf cell12_DISK05
ln -s /dev/sdg cell12_DISK06
ln -s /dev/sdh cell12_DISK07
ln -s /dev/sdi cell12_DISK08
ln -s /dev/sdj cell12_DISK09
ln -s /dev/sdk cell12_DISK10
ln -s /dev/sdl cell12_DISK11
ln -s /dev/sdm cell12_DISK12
ln -s /dev/sdn cell12_FLASH01
ln -s /dev/sdo cell12_FLASH02
ln -s /dev/sdp cell12_FLASH03
ln -s /dev/sdq cell12_FLASH04
ln -s /dev/sdr cell12_FLASH05
ln -s /dev/sds cell12_FLASH06


++ Fix the xclock
/etc/bashrc
export DISPLAY=:0

Stage -4 : Then
[root@localhost oracle]# service celld status
         rsStatus:               running
         msStatus:               stopped
         cellsrvStatus:          stopped
[root@localhost oracle]# service celld stop
Stopping the RS, CELLSRV, and MS services...
The SHUTDOWN of services was successful.
[root@localhost oracle]#
[root@localhost oracle]# cellcli -e "alter cell startup services rs"
Starting the RS services...
Getting the state of RS services...  running
[root@localhost oracle]# cellcli -e "alter cell startup services ms"
Starting MS services...
The STARTUP of MS services was successful.

++ Edit/create the below file
cd OSSCONF/
vi cellip.ora

cell="exadata_lab_1"
cell="127.0.0.1"
cell="localhost"

Stage -5 :
Then

[root@localhost oracle]# cellcli -e "create cell exadata_lab_1 interconnect1=eth1"
Cell exadata_lab_1 successfully created
Starting CELLSRV services...
The STARTUP of CELLSRV services was successful.
[root@localhost oracle]# 

[root@localhost raw]# cellcli -e create celldisk all
CellDisk CD_DISK01_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK02_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK03_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK04_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK05_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK06_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK07_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK08_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK09_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK10_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK11_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk CD_DISK12_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk FD_00_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk FD_01_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk FD_02_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk FD_03_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk FD_04_cell12 successfully created
CellDisk FD_05_cell12 successfully created
[root@localhost raw]# cellcli -e create griddisk all harddisk prefix=DATA
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK01_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK02_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK03_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK04_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK05_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK06_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK07_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK08_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK09_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK10_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK11_cell12 successfully created
GridDisk DATA_CD_DISK12_cell12 successfully created
[root@localhost raw]#