C.2 Installing the Sentinel Database

After the Oracle database is configured, you must install the Sentinel database. The database is installed to a single-cluster node as if it is a non-RAC Oracle instance.

You can run the Sentinel installer from any machine with the Oracle client installed, as long as the system has the proper Oracle environment variables set for the oracle user (ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_BASE). If the machine is a Sentinel server, you can install the Sentinel components as mentioned in Step 9.

  1. Log in to the installation server as the root user.

  2. Insert and mount the Sentinel installation CD or fileset.

  3. Browse to the CD:

    For GUI mode, double-click:

    ./setup.sh

    For textual (headless) mode, run:

    ./setup.sh –console

  4. Select the language and click OK.

  5. Read the Welcome screen, then click Next.

  6. Read and accept the End User License Agreement, then click Next.

  7. Accept the default installation directory or click Browse to specify a different location, then click Next.

  8. Specify the type of installation, select Custom (default), then click Next.

  9. In the Feature Selection window, deselect the options that are not required, select Database, then click Next.

  10. Select the target database server platform:

    1. Select Oracle 10g or Oracle 11g from the drop-down list.

    2. Select Add database objects to an existing database.

  11. Click Next.

  12. Provide the authentication information for creating the Sentinel Application Database User and the Sentinel Administration User, then click Next.

    A summary of the Database parameters is displayed.

  13. Click Next.

    The Installation Summary is displayed.

  14. Click Install.

  15. After the installation is complete, click Finish.

  16. Install the rest of the Sentinel system components, including Collector Services, DAS, and the Communication Server.

    For more information on installing these components, see Section 3.0, Installing Sentinel 6.1 SP2.