Step-by-step – Oracle 12c R2 Database Linux Mint 18 Installation

Setting Up Parameters

7. 7. Setting Up Parameters

   Next the Parameters Configuration SetUp
   First, Edit /etc/sysctl.conf file with:

   sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf

   Add or amend the following lines:

   #### Oracle 12c R2 Kernel Parameters ####
   fs.suid_dumpable = 1
   fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
   fs.file-max = 6815744
   kernel.shmall = 818227
   kernel.shmmax = 4189323264
   kernel.shmmni = 4096
   kernel.panic_on_oops = 1
   # semaphores: semmsl, semmns, semopm, semmni
   kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
   net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
   net.core.rmem_default=262144
   net.core.rmem_max=4194304
   net.core.wmem_default=262144
   net.core.wmem_max=1048576
   

   The Values of ‘shmall‘ and ‘shmmax‘ Need to be Customized following your System Memory Size.
   Here above is a Valid Setup for a 8Gb RAM Size!
   If you need to Change first Check your Phisical Memory Size with:

   cat /proc/meminfo | grep MemTotal

   Find in the Output the Current dimension.
   Eg. for a 16Gb machine will be shown a:

   MemTotal:       16364532 kB

   Then ‘shmall‘ should be Set as:

   [RamKb] / 10

   And instead ‘shmmax‘ as:

   [RamKb] * 1024 / 2

   For further Instructions See: Oracle Documentation…
   Finally, Check If Exists these lines below that Gives an Error:

   #net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0
   #net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0
   #net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0
   

   Comment out as here Above!

   Again Edit /etc/security/limits.conf file:

   sudo nano /etc/security/limits.conf

   Add the following lines:

   #### oracle User Settings 4 Oracle 12c R2 ####/noracle       soft  nproc  1847/noracle       hard  nproc  16384/noracle       soft  nofile 1024/noracle       hard  nofile 65536/noracle       soft  stack  10240
   

   Finally, to Achieve this same Setup ReLoad the New Kernel Parameters:

   sudo /sbin/sysctl -p