In this article we will look at Installing Oracle 12C database on Solaris x86 64bit version. This article assumes that you already had Solaris 10 installed on Virtualbox. Preparing System for Installation The first step toward Oracle installation is to perform the pre-installation tasks. Configuring hosts file The first step is to properly name your host machine. The hostname should properly be provided with IP address for installation to continue. Ideally, your /etc/hosts file should look something like this. 192.168.34.47 sol10.cm 127.0.0.1 localhost Kernel Parameters The default installation of Solaris 10 is normally good enough for oracle database installation. You just have to configure one parameter. Use the command below to set the required kernel parameters. Remember that you will have to use the root login to run the commands. # projadd -K "project.max-shm-memory=(privileged,4G,deny)" user.oracle To confirm that parameter has be...
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