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23 02 2009

Oracle 10g/11g installation on Windows 2008 Server

Posted by: andreiash in Database, Oracle

oracle_10g-databaseoracle_11g_databasewindows-2008-logoI ran a migration workshop last week and had a partner who tried to install Oracle on a Windows 2008 Server.
Here are the today’s certification status:
- Oracle DB 10gR2 is certified
- Oracle DB 11gR1 is NOT certified yet, but projected
- Hyper-V and Server Core in Windows 2008 are not supported by Oracle

According to the last statement of direction, the timeframe for certification/support of 11g on Windows Server 2008 is 1st quarter 2009.

However, probably most of you know the difference between compatible and supported. In the end we’ve got both 10gR2 and 11gR1 successfully installed.

Last but not least I want to share a specific issue that appeared (Metalink note 729744.1): when trying to run DBCA to create the database, it get stucked at 2% and throws a strange ORA-12560 error. This is due to the AD controller installed on the same machine.
You’ll hit this issue when trying to install any OTN-downloaded version (10.2.0.3, 11.1.0.6).

How to overcome this:

  1. save the AD settings, uninstall it, install Oracle Database and reinstall AD.
  2. install on a non-controller machine
  3. (recommended) install the Oracle DB software.
    - If 10gR2 install 10.2.0.4 Patch 14 or patch 7677780 and then use DBCA to create the database
    - If 11gR1 install 11.1.0.7 Patch and then use DBCA to create the database (I didn’t test this version, but should work).

Good luck! … and please share with me your experience

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    6 Responses to “Oracle 10g/11g installation on Windows 2008 Server”
    1. mrzli says:
      June 5th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

      It’s now solved with patch 7677780 (for 32-bit) and patch 7677781 (for 64-bit).

    2. andreiash says:
      June 5th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

      Thanks! Hrvoje, do I know you? If yes, I am glad that you are on Oracle now :)

    3. Fahad says:
      July 12th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

      thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    4. andreiash says:
      July 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

      you’re welcome!

    5. naug says:
      December 15th, 2009 at 1:19 am

      Sorry to say, 11.1.0.7 also has this ‘feature’.

    6. andreiash says:
      December 16th, 2009 at 6:52 am

      you shouldn’t be sorry.
      At the moment when I wrote the article 11.1.0.7 as standalone install kit for Win2008 was not released.

      But it’s good you figure it out.

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