Installation of Oracle9i Database Release 2 on MS Windows

 Here is the Guide of how to install 9i on your PC. Please keep in mind that in order to install Oracle 9i. You must have 1) at least Pentium IV with 800 MHz; 2) at least 512 Mb RAM; 3) at least 10 Gb extra free space. The following is the walk through-on my Windows XP Professional. It should also work on your Windows XP Home edition or Windows 2000, and Windows 2003 Sever. Note: If your PC has low memory (64 MB RAM) and small hard drive size (e.g. less than 10 gb), you should install Oracle 8i instead. For information about how to install Oracle 8i, read the Guide to install Personal Oracle 8i. 

 STEP 1:Download the Oracle9iGo to the website at http://technet.oracle.com/software/content.html. Scroll down to the bottom to see Archived Products, and go to "Oracle9i Database". Choose the windows platform under Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0.1). When you download the 9i, there should be three files at (You have to be an OTN member to download the software. The OTN membership is also free.)

92010NT_Disk1.zip (612,802,971 bytes) 92010NT_Disk2.zip (537,604,934 bytes) 92010NT_Disk3.zip (254,458,106 bytes)

Directions

1. Before downloading, please review the product certification information for this product. 2. Verify that the filesizes listed on this page match the downloaded files on your local disk (you need to have ~ 10 gb hard disk free space). 3. Create directories Disk1, Disk2 and Disk3. (Note: No single space between Disk and 1, or 2 or 3)4. cd to Disk1 and unzip the 92010NT_Disk1.zip here. 5. repeat the above step for Disk2 and Disk3. 6. After unzipping all the 3 disks in their respective directories, cd to Disk1 and run setup.exe to start the installer.

STEP 2:

The Oracle Universal Installer starts and it guide you through the installation process. The following welcome window is what you will see:

Click the Next button in the lower right portion of the window to begin the installation process. NOTE: Your computer should not have any other Oracle products previously installed. If it does, you should deinstall the existing Oracle product. To do this, click the aforementioned Install/Deinstall Products button and follow the prompts for deinstallation. A window will appear, prompting you to select the software to be deinstalled. Select the appropriate software, and click the Next button to begin the deinstallation of the software. When this process is complete, proceed with installation.

STEP 3:

 You'd better change the Name and Path of the Oracle Home if you have some other existing Oracle softwares (e.g. Forms Developer or Oracle 8i). Putting all different Oracle in the same Home and Path will probably misconfigure your Oracle installation. If this is the first Oracle software you install, just take the default. Now, click the Next button in the lower right portion of the window to continue.

STEP 4:

A window listing the products available for installation will appear. Verify that the option to install Oracle9i Database 9.2.0.1.0 is selected and click the Next button in the lower right portion of the window.

STEP 5:

The Oracle Universal Installer will display a window allowing the user to select the desired edition of Oracle9i Database to be installed. The editions displayed will vary based upon the operating system detected by the Oracle Universal Installer. Verify that the Personal Edition is selected and click the Next button in the lower right portion of the window to continue the installation process. If you don't care about the hard disk space (which most people do, check the option Enterprise Edtion (2.86GB).

STEP 6:

A window will be displayed based upon the type of installation selected. The window contains various types of database configuration that can be used based upon the purpose of the database (i.e., the type of data it will contain).check the General Purpose. Click the Next button in the lower right portion of the window to continue.

STEP 7:

Take the default port of 2030 for the Oracle MTS Recovery Service. Click the Next button in the lower right portion of the screen.

STEP 8:

The installer prompts for a name to be assigned to the database that will be created during the installation process. The name should be entered into the Global Database Name textbox in the upper portion of the window. The word "zack" is the name I use for my Global Database Name (you can choose your own preferred one). It will also be used as the SID for the database and will appear in the second textbox in the lower portion of the window. Please note, the domain name "ikegz" is actually my PC name. Yours might be different. You can get your PC name by right clicking your My Compurter icon on your desktop -> Properties. After the Global Database Name has been entered and verified, click the Next button in the lower right portion of the window.

STEP 9:

The Oracle Universal Installer will prompt for the location to store the files for the actual database to be created. A default location will be displayed in the textbox based upon the location of program files previously entered in Step 3. If the default location is acceptable, click the Next button in the lower right portion of the window to continue. Otherwise, enter a different location before continuing the installation process.

STEP 10:

The Oracle Universal Installer next prompts for the correct character set to be used for the database. This option should only be changed if the database will contain data that requires multiple bytes to represent a character (i.e., Chinese). Otherwise, the default character set should be selected. Click the Next button in the lower portion of the window to continue the installation process.

STEP 11:

A summary of the products and settings will be displayed. Click the Install button in the lower right portion of the window to begin the actual installation of the Oracle9i Database software.

STEP 12:

A window will appear that displays the status of the installation process. The installation of the Oracle9i Database software and creation of the database should take about 30 min depending upon the processing speed of the computer. During the installation process, the Oracle Universal Installer will prompt for the correct location of the installation files.

During the installation process, the Database Configuration Assistant will be activated to create the database named in Step 7. The checklist in the upper right portion of the window will display the stage of the database creation process.

STEP 13:

During the database creation process, the Database Configuration Assistant will prompt for the passwords to be assigned to the SYS and SYSTEM accounts. These are higher-level accounts with special privileges. With Oracle9i Release 2, these passwords can no longer be assigned to their respective accounts. After entering passwords for these accounts, make certain to record the passwords since access to these accounts may be needed later to assign privileges or to perform certain tasks in Oracle DBA courses. If you forget the passwords for SYS and SYSTEM, then in DBA classes, you will have to reinstall Oracle 9i. The default user account SCOTT with the default password of “tiger” can be used to perform basic tasks in the Oracle9i Database. Once the SYS and SYSTEM passwords have been entered in the respective textboxes, click the OK button at the bottom of the window.

After clicking the OK button, a list of configuration tools being installed by the Oracle Universal Installer will be displayed.

STEP 14:

Upon completion of the installation and database creation processes, an End of Installation window will appear. At the top of the window, the Oracle Universal Installer will indicate whether or not the installation process was successful. To exit, click the Exit button in the lower left portion of the window. When the dialog box appears to confirm the Exit, click Yes. For information about how to install Oracle 8i, read the Guide to install Personal Oracle 8i.

Tuesday, January 4, 2005 10:20 PM All materials Copyright©Dr. Frank Chao