In my previous post I had five lines added to /etc/yum.conf.
[local]
name="media"
baseurl=file:///media/Enterprise%20Linux%20dvd%2020090127/Server
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///media/Enterprise%20Linux%20dvd%2020090127/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
The ones except gpgkey are self-explanatory. The parameter gpgkey is used to point to a file that contains the public key for the packages you install so that yum can verify the package's authenticity if needed. The file I use is the key file that contains the public key to verify the oracle-validated rpm.
oracle-validated rpm is used to install the necessary packages for Oracle installations, it also updates the kernel parameters and creates a default oracle user. Using it is an easy way to prepare your server for Oracle installations, the other option is to check the installation prerequisites from the documentation and install the packages, update the kernel parameters and create the user yourself.
MOS Note 579101.1 explains how to install the oracle-validated rpm.
I tried to install this rpm without checking the note and I did not use the gpgkey parameter in /etc/yum.conf initially. This is what you get if you do not set it.
[root@oeltest tmp]# yum install oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.i386.rpm
Loaded plugins: security
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Examining oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.i386.rpm: oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.i386
Marking oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.i386.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package oracle-validated.i386 0:1.0.0-18.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: compat-db for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: compat-gcc-34 for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: compat-gcc-34-c++ for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: elfutils-libelf-devel for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: gcc for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: gcc-c++ for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: gdb for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-devel for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: libXp for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: libaio-devel for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: libstdc++-devel for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: sysstat for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: unixODBC for package: oracle-validated
--> Processing Dependency: unixODBC-devel for package: oracle-validated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kernel-headers.i386 0:2.6.18-128.el5 set to be updated
---> Package libaio-devel.i386 0:0.3.106-3.2 set to be updated
---> Package compat-gcc-34-c++.i386 0:3.4.6-4 set to be updated
---> Package gdb.i386 0:6.8-27.el5 set to be updated
---> Package libXp.i386 0:1.0.0-8.1.el5 set to be updated
---> Package compat-db.i386 0:4.2.52-5.1 set to be updated
---> Package unixODBC-devel.i386 0:2.2.11-7.1 set to be updated
---> Package gcc.i386 0:4.1.2-44.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libgomp >= 4.1.2-44.el5 for package: gcc
---> Package compat-gcc-34.i386 0:3.4.6-4 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-headers.i386 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package sysstat.i386 0:7.0.2-3.el5 set to be updated
---> Package elfutils-libelf-devel.i386 0:0.137-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: elfutils-libelf-devel-static-i386 = 0.137-3.el5 for package: elfutils-libelf-devel
---> Package unixODBC.i386 0:2.2.11-7.1 set to be updated
---> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-34 set to be updated
---> Package libstdc++-devel.i386 0:4.1.2-44.el5 set to be updated
---> Package gcc-c++.i386 0:4.1.2-44.el5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package libgomp.i386 0:4.3.2-7.el5 set to be updated
---> Package elfutils-libelf-devel-static.i386 0:0.137-3.el5 set to be updated
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=================================================================================================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=================================================================================================================================================================================
Installing:
oracle-validated i386 1.0.0-18.el5 oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.i386.rpm 15 k
Installing for dependencies:
compat-db i386 4.2.52-5.1 local 1.7 M
compat-gcc-34 i386 3.4.6-4 local 4.1 M
compat-gcc-34-c++ i386 3.4.6-4 local 11 M
elfutils-libelf-devel i386 0.137-3.el5 local 24 k
elfutils-libelf-devel-static i386 0.137-3.el5 local 66 k
gcc i386 4.1.2-44.el5 local 5.2 M
gcc-c++ i386 4.1.2-44.el5 local 3.4 M
gdb i386 6.8-27.el5 local 3.3 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-34 local 2.0 M
glibc-headers i386 2.5-34 local 612 k
kernel-headers i386 2.6.18-128.el5 local 926 k
libXp i386 1.0.0-8.1.el5 local 22 k
libaio-devel i386 0.3.106-3.2 local 11 k
libgomp i386 4.3.2-7.el5 local 67 k
libstdc++-devel i386 4.1.2-44.el5 local 2.9 M
sysstat i386 7.0.2-3.el5 local 170 k
unixODBC i386 2.2.11-7.1 local 830 k
unixODBC-devel i386 2.2.11-7.1 local 743 k
Transaction Summary
=================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 19 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 37 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2.6 GB/s | 37 MB 00:00
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1e5e0159
Public key for oracle-validated-1.0.0-18.el5.i386.rpm is not installed
The error indicates that yum cannot verify this rpm so it does not install it. When you update /etc/yum.conf with the gpgkey parameter the error goes away.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Do not forget to set gpgkey when installing the oracle-validated rpm
How to use the Oracle Enterprise Linux installation media as the yum repository
If you are using Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5, the installation media comes with a yum repository on it. The repository is in the directory /media/Enterprise Linux dvd 20090127/Server/repodata for OEL 5.3 (the location may change).
It is possible to use that repository when installing new packages or components locally without accessing a remote repository or without having the need to copy the rpms to a local directory. If you did a base installation the yum package is already installed, if not you need to install it first. After yum is in place edit /etc/yum.conf to insert lines related to the repository on the installation media.
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
# Note: yum-RHN-plugin doesn't honor this.
metadata_expire=1h
# Default.
# installonly_limit = 3
# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
[local]
name="media"
baseurl=file:///media/Enterprise%20Linux%20dvd%2020090127/Server
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///media/Enterprise%20Linux%20dvd%2020090127/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
You need to add only the last 5 lines, the other ones are already there.
After this you can use yum to add packages or components when needed. An example to install the oracle-validated rpm from this repository will be in my next post.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Starting a vm in VirtualBox hangs
When trying to start a new vm in Oracle VM VirtualBox 3.2.10 it hot hung at progress 0%. There is no way to cancel the startup without killing the process from the host OS.
The first thing to look at is the VBox.log file which resides under C:\Documents and Settings\
I had these lines at the bottom of the log file.
00:00:04.228 AIOMgr: Endpoint for file 'E:\vm\OELTest\OELTest_boot.vdi' (flags 000c0723) created successfully
00:00:04.228 AIOMgr: I/O manager 0x3f3f898 encountered a critical error (rc=VERR_INVALID_PARAMETER) during operation. Falling back to failsafe mode. Expect reduced performance
00:00:04.228 AIOMgr: Error happened in D:\tinderbox\win-3.2\src\VBox\VMM\PDMAsyncCompletionFileNormal.cpp:(1631){pdmacFileAioMgrNormal}
00:00:04.228 AIOMgr: Please contact the product vendor
This seems like the problem is related to the virtual disk I created as the root disk. I am using the SATA interface and in the virtual machine storage settings there is an option named "Use host I/O cache" which is unchecked in my case. Checking it and starting up the vm again resolves the issue.
There are lots of Google results when you search for messages in the log file but the issue has been explained in http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/7363.
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