On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 14:36 +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to install Oracle in command line mode in an SSH > console? Sure - google "oracle database silent install"... I've done this successfully at a couple of sites - at one site, where frequent scratch-and-start-over was needed, I wrapped it up in a script, to be run as root: (part of larger script; setting of variables, creation of database, etc skipped) (beware of broken lines) ######### install_grid() { #Install CRS / Oracle ClusterWare echo "Installing CRS" su - ${TARGET_USER} -c "unset DISPLAY;${STAGE_ROOT}/grid/runInstaller -silent -responseFile=${STAGE_ROOT}/grid/response/crs_install.rsp ORACLE_BASE=${TARGET_ORABASE} ORACLE_HOME=${GRID_OH} oracle.install.option=CRS_SWONLY oracle.install.asm.OSDBA=${ASM_DBA} oracle.install.asm.OSOPER=${ASM_OPER} oracle.install.asm.OSASM= ${ASM_ASM} -waitforcompletion" >> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 sh ${GRID_OH}/root.sh >> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 #Configure Oracle Restart (single node) ${GRID_OH}/perl/bin/perl -I${GRID_OH}/perl/lib \ -I${GRID_OH}/crs/install ${GRID_OH}/crs/install/roothas.pl >> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 } install_db_oh() { #Install Database OH echo "Installing database OH" su - ${TARGET_USER} -c "unset DISPLAY; ${STAGE_ROOT}/database/runInstaller -silent -responseFile= ${STAGE_ROOT}/database/response/db_install.rsp ORACLE_BASE= ${TARGET_ORABASE} ORACLE_HOME=${DB_OH} oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=EE oracle.install.db.DBA_GROUP= ${DB_DBA} oracle.install.db.OPER_GROUP=${DB_OPER} -waitforcompletion DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true" >> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 sh ${DB_OH}/root.sh >> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1 } install_grid install_db_oh ####### (You may need to add "-ignoreSysPrereqs" and/or "-ignorePrereq" depending on your server-setup - OUI is sometimes too strict on requirements, IMHO. If you *do* use them, be sure you know that you can safely do so) Works quite well, even over a satellite link... --Kjetil