Cloud Control 12c R1 Installation on Oracle Linux 5.7 & 6.1

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is the new name for what was previously know as Enterprise Manager Grid Control. Depending on the source of the material, you may still see the product described as Grid Control. This article (read it in full on Oracle-Base.com) describes the installation of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 1 on Oracle Linux 5.7 and

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control is the new name for what was previously know as Enterprise Manager Grid Control. Depending on the source of the material, you may still see the product described as Grid Control. This article (read it in full on Oracle-Base.com) describes the installation of Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c Release 1 on Oracle Linux 5.7 and 6.1. (x86_64).

Software

Download the following software:

Note. Previous versions of the database can be used to hold the repository, but anything earlier than 11.2.0.2 will require additional patches.

OS Installation

Install Oracle Linux (OL) 5.7 or 6.1 in the same way you would for a regular Oracle Database installation. You can see examples of these types of installations below. Remember to check the relevant database installation article (listed below) for the specific package group selection.

During this installation I used a virtual machine with 6G RAM and 30G disk space. The swap size was set at 8G and the firewall and SELinux were disabled.

To read about the Database installation, Cloud Control 12c Instalation and Startup/Shutdown, please visit Oracle-Base.com.