Re: Oracle/Linux now installed - what next?

If you followed up the installation instructions from Oracle, you should have an user called 'oracle'. Also, you should have the proper settings in your 'lsnrctl' listener in place. Then,

1. Log into Linux as 'oracle' user
2. At the Linux prompt type in 'svrmgrl' then press enter; this will start the Oracle server manager
3. Log into server manager using 'connect internal'; you should get the svrmng> prompt.
4. Start the default database (if you choose to install it) by issuing the command 'startup'. You should see a series of messages showing the progress of the database startup process.
5. Exit server manager by typing 'exit'
6. Back at the linux prompt, start the listener by typing 'lsnctl start listener'
7. At this point your database should beup and running. Run 'sqlplus', log as user 'scott' and password 'tiger' (only if you installed the sample database).
8. Once into sqlplus, issue a sql statment like 'SELECT USER FROM DUAL' and you should get results.

Hope this helps; let me know if you get any messages along the way.

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Josue Batista
ABC Tech Solutions
http://www.abcsolutions.org
[Java/Oracle/Linux] [C/S & Internet Database Apps]

kev wrote in message <3784C23E.451474C9_at_fast.no>...
>Hi,
>
>I've just installed Oracle8 on Red Hat 6 Linux, but am unsure what to do
>now, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of documentation.
>How do I start a database up?
>I've tried to run svrmgrl as a normal user, but it complains about some
>missing library or something.
>So, I tried it as 'oracle' user, and typed "startup", but I got an error
>(something about not having permission).
>How do I make sure a normal user can start svrmgrl and stratup a
>database (or perhaps only a user in 'dba' group can startup a DB?).
>How do I make sure a normal user will have the relevant environment
>variables set, if that's the problem?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>-Kev
>
>
Received on Sat Jul 10 1999 - 19:53:05 CDT