Re: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......

Thanks. Yeah, that document seems to only apply to 11.2.0.4 and 12.1.0.2.

I have opened an SR with Oracle. I'll report back here if/when I get a definitive answer.

-Mark

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 10:29 AM <dimensional.dba_at_comcast.net> wrote:

> Oracle has had this same problem on each new version of the OS. I am still
> looking for existing patch for RHEL8/UEL8.
>
> There was a different patch for RHEL7/18
>
>
>
> *From:* dimensional.dba_at_comcast.net <dimensional.dba_at_comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2020 7:24 AM
> *To:* 'mark_at_bobak.net' <mark_at_bobak.net>; 'Tiwari, Yogesh' <
> Yogesh.Tiwari_at_fidelity.co.in>
> *Cc:* 'kouss.hd_at_gmail.com' <kouss.hd_at_gmail.com>; 'ORACLE-L' <
> oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject:* RE: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......
>
>
>
> *AFD-620: AFD is not supported on this operating system version: 'unknown'
> (ASMCMD-9524) (Doc ID 1951850.1)*
>
>
>
> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Mark J. Bobak
> *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2020 7:19 AM
> *To:* Tiwari, Yogesh <Yogesh.Tiwari_at_fidelity.co.in>
> *Cc:* kouss.hd_at_gmail.com; ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......
>
>
>
> Well, I got the asmcmd afd_label command to work.
>
> Now I'm getting:
>
> - AFD-620: AFD is not supported on this operating system version:
> 'unknown'
>
>
>
> I ran orachk -u -o pre and it passed with flying colors. No critical,
> error, warning, or info messages.
>
>
>
> But I'm stuck w/ AFD-620....
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 1:17 AM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for all the replies. Special thanks to Scott Canaan, for
> his private reply. He has the solution to the problem I was facing. All
> the buttons were greyed out on the gridSetup.sh window. Turns out, I was
> missing a font. I installed it, and the problem was resolved.
> Specifically, I did:
>
> sudo dnf install dejavu-sans-fonts
>
> to get past that problem.
>
>
>
> Now, I'm trying to get an AFD label on the initial disk that I need to
> install/create ASM/Grid, and that's not working. It just quietly returns
> without an error.
>
>
>
> As to why I'm doing this, well, as I *rarely* get a chance to do upgrades,
> and one is coming up soon, I was hoping to get on the latest version of O/S
> and Oracle, so, Oracle Linux 8.2 and Oracle 19.7. I so rarely get a chance
> to do the upgrade, when I do, I try to make the most of it. :-)
>
>
>
> If anyone has thoughts on getting asmcmd afd_label GRID01 /dev/nvme1n1p1
> to work correctly, I'd appreciate it. As I said, right now, I'm not
> getting an error, it just quietly returns and doesn't do anything.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 11:21 PM Tiwari, Yogesh <
> Yogesh.Tiwari_at_fidelity.co.in> wrote:
>
> Interestingly, if you inspect installer tracefile. One of check is, if
> CV_ASSUME_DISTID is >= 8
>
>
>
> Here’s what I created to run it on OL8 (inspired from Oracle maintained
> vagrant setup), and used "CV_ASSUME_DISTID" => "8.2".
>
>
>
> https://github.com/yogiboy/spinup_oracle
>
>
>
> Nonetheless, as Mladen said, it is *NOT* worth your time. We never had to
> do this hack in previous Oracle releases either. Until, Oracle fixes this,
> I told our management - forget engineering, I wont even download it in
> corporate LAN. 😝
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Yogi *
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> *On
> Behalf Of *k.hadd
> *Sent:* 19 June 2020 07:34
> *To:* Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net>
> *Cc:* ORACLE-L <oracle-l_at_freelists.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Installing Oracle 19c (19.7) on Oracle Linux 8.2......
>
>
>
> Did you try this ,
>
> export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OEL7.6
>
> I have silent scripts from Tim Hall that I adapted for Centos 8 and even
> RHEL8.1 for installing 19.3 it worked the same .
>
> you can check the below if you have all the rpms .
>
> https://github.com/brokedba/vagrant/blob/master/database/cent8_19/scripts/install_os_packages.sh
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_brokedba_vagrant_blob_master_database_cent8-5F19_scripts_install-5Fos-5Fpackages.sh&d=DwMFaQ&c=SsZxQMfaWJ1sSVfloc5FVGba8BA_qR4Jzdt8ol2oSPA&r=z73EKtGMkOyHMZwSjVYW8xqUyA1Kkf-CJ-c3rGZxafU&m=wii9hBStF1ZOuhE_Twr_Rzt57SnmzDiFLj9OGqPnEaU&s=yIgLm8CGojpl_ibGj5uQVG5CAkpFxEOwFCrG2AyGXiU&e=>
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> https://github.com/brokedba/vagrant/blob/master/database/cent8_19/scripts/oracle_software_installation.sh
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_brokedba_vagrant_blob_master_database_cent8-5F19_scripts_oracle-5Fsoftware-5Finstallation.sh&d=DwMFaQ&c=SsZxQMfaWJ1sSVfloc5FVGba8BA_qR4Jzdt8ol2oSPA&r=z73EKtGMkOyHMZwSjVYW8xqUyA1Kkf-CJ-c3rGZxafU&m=wii9hBStF1ZOuhE_Twr_Rzt57SnmzDiFLj9OGqPnEaU&s=PU7nDPzUV-QI0i3o4NgtxXQ4y-_HVxfBKN83v4Z8kJ4&e=>
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> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 6:42 PM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I'm trying to set up my first Oracle GI 19.7 on Oracle Linux 8.2. I had
> no problem installing OL8.2 and UEK6 (which is the default kernel for
> OL8.2). I also installed the oracle-database-preinstall-19c package, no
> problem.
>
>
>
> My understanding is that 19c is supported on OL8.1+, but only with the
> 19.7 patchset. Apparently, you're supposed to be able to run giidSetup.sh,
> and it will work for installation, but you shouldn't attempt to use it till
> you've patched it to 19.7.
>
>
>
> Well, when I run gridSetup.sh, (19.3) I first get a warning about O/S
> compatibility. I click through it, and I get the first window, but, it's
> totally blank, and the buttons at the bottom are all greyed out except for
> 'Help' and 'Cancel'.
>
>
>
> Anyone run into this? Any ideas? I've been searching Google and MOS, but
> without any luck, so far.
>
>
>
> Help? Anyone have any experience with this?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> -Mark
>
>

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