Install Grid

  1. Use the Grid account to log in to the target VM.

  1. Open /u01/app/12.2.0/grid and execute the gridsetup.sh script.

  1. Select Configure Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a New Cluster, and then click Next.

Figure-1 Selecting a configuration option

 

  1. Select Configure an Oracle Standalone Cluster, and then click Next.

Figure-2 Cluster configuration

 

  1. Uncheck Configure GNS, modify the value of SCAN Name to be the same as the scan name corresponding to the scan IP in /etc/hosts, and then click Next.

Figure-3 Grid Plug and Play Information

 

  1. Click Add.

  1. Add database nodes according to the /etc/hosts file, and then click OK.

Figure-4 Adding cluster node information

 

  1. Click SSH connectivity, enter the Grid password, and then click Setup.

Figure-5 Cluster Node Information

 

  1. Click OK.

  1. Verify interface settings, and then click Next.

Figure-6 Verifying interface settings

 

  1. Select Configure ASM using block devices, and then click Next.

Figure-7 Storage option information

 

  1. Select No, and then click Next.

Figure-8 Grid infrastructure management repository option

 

  1. Configure an ASM disk group.

  1. Select External for the Redundancy parameter.

  1. Set the Allocation Unit Size to 1 MB.

  1. Click Change Discovery Path, enter /dev/oracleasm/disks, and then click OK.

  1. Select the Grid disk.

  1. Uncheck Configure Oracle ASM Filter Driver, and then click Next.

Figure-9 Creating an ASM disk group

 

  1. Set the same password for ASM SYS and ASMSNMP users, and then click Next.

Figure-10 Specifying ASM passwords

 

  1. Select Do not use Intelligent Platform Management Interface(IPMI), and then click Next.

Figure-11 Failure Isolation Support

 

  1. Do not select any options, and then click Next.

Figure-12 Specifying management options

 

  1. Use the default settings for privileged operating system groups, and then click Next.

Figure-13 Privileged operating system groups

 

  1. Enter the Grid installation path, and then click Next.

Figure-14 Specifying installation location

 

  1. Use the default inventory settings, and then click Next.

Figure-15 Creating an inventory

 

  1. Do not select any scripts, and then click Next.

Figure-16 Root script execution configuration

 

  1. Process alarms as follows:

For fixable alarms, click Fix & Check Again and follow the prompts to fix them.

To ignore all alarms, select Ignore All, click Next, and then click Yes.

Figure-17 Performing prerequisite checks

 

  1. View the configuration summary, and then click Install.

Figure-18 Summary

 

  1. Run configuration scrips as the root user on the database nodes one by one.

Figure-19 Executing configuration scripts

 

  1. Click OK after script execution is finished.

  1. Click OK after installation is finished.

Figure-20 Installation finished