Oracle Stack: Oracle IDM 11.1.1.5.0 Installation on OEL 6.3 (64 bit)

Installation Prerequisites

IDM Installation
Oracle Identity and Access Management (11.1.1.5.0) download
Type: Generic
File: ofm_iam_generic_11.1.1.5.0_disk1_1of1.zip

Unzip the file. Four "Disk" directories should have been created. Move those directories in one directory called IDM.

Modify the refhost.xml located in "IDM/Disk1/prereq/linux64" directory.
Below the "<CERTIFIED_SYSTEMS>" tag insert the following lines into the file:

<OPERATING_SYSTEM>
<VERSION VALUE="6.3"/> 
<ARCHITECTURE VALUE="x86"/>
<NAME VALUE="Linux"/>
<VENDOR VALUE="redhat"/>
<GLIBC ATLEAST="2.5-12">
</GLIBC>
<PACKAGES>
<PACKAGE NAME="binutils" VERSION="2.17.50.0.6" />
<PACKAGE NAME="compat-libstdc++-33" VERSION="3.2.3" ARCHITECTURE="x86_64" />
<PACKAGE NAME="compat-libstdc++-33" VERSION="3.2.3" ARCHITECTURE="i686" />
<PACKAGE NAME="elfutils-libelf" VERSION="0.125" />
<PACKAGE NAME="elfutils-libelf-devel" VERSION="0.125" />
<PACKAGE NAME="gcc" VERSION="4.1.1" />
<PACKAGE NAME="gcc-c++" VERSION="4.1.1" />
<PACKAGE NAME="glibc" VERSION="2.5-12" ARCHITECTURE="x86_64" />
<PACKAGE NAME="glibc" VERSION="2.5-12" ARCHITECTURE="i686" />
<PACKAGE NAME="glibc-common" VERSION="2.5" />
<PACKAGE NAME="glibc-devel" VERSION="2.5" ARCHITECTURE="x86_64" />
<PACKAGE NAME="glibc-devel" VERSION="2.5-12" ARCHITECTURE="i686" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libaio" VERSION="0.3.106" ARCHITECTURE="x86_64" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libaio" VERSION="0.3.106" ARCHITECTURE="i686" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libaio-devel" VERSION="0.3.106" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libgcc" VERSION="4.1.1" ARCHITECTURE="x86_64" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libgcc" VERSION="4.1.1" ARCHITECTURE="i686" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libstdc++" VERSION="4.1.1" ARCHITECTURE="x86_64" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libstdc++" VERSION="4.1.1" ARCHITECTURE="i686" />
<PACKAGE NAME="libstdc++-devel" VERSION="4.1.1" />
<PACKAGE NAME="make" VERSION="3.81" />
<PACKAGE NAME="sysstat" VERSION="7.0.0" />
</PACKAGES>
<KERNEL>
<!--
<PROPERTY NAME="semmsl" NAME2="semmsl2" VALUE="250" />
<PROPERTY NAME="semmns" VALUE="32000" />
<PROPERTY NAME="semopm" VALUE="100" />
<PROPERTY NAME="semmni" VALUE="128" />
<PROPERTY NAME="shmmax" VALUE="536870912" />
<PROPERTY NAME="shmmni" VALUE="4096" />
<PROPERTY NAME="shmall" VALUE="2097152" />
<PROPERTY NAME="file-max" VALUE="65536" />
<PROPERTY NAME="ip_local_port_range" ATLEAST="1024" ATMOST="65000" />
<PROPERTY NAME="rmem_default" VALUE="4194304" />
<PROPERTY NAME="rmem_max" VALUE="4194304" />
<PROPERTY NAME="wmem_default" VALUE="262144" />
<PROPERTY NAME="wmem_max" VALUE="262144" />
-->
<PROPERTY NAME="VERSION" VALUE="2.6.18"/>
<PROPERTY NAME="hardnofiles" VALUE="4096"/>
<PROPERTY NAME="softnofiles" VALUE="4096"/>
</KERNEL>
</OPERATING_SYSTEM>

Install the required packages:

yum install glibc-devel.i686

Execute the "runInstaller" script found in "Disk1" directory. You will be prompted to specify Java home (E.g. /home/oracle/java/jrockit64).

The screenshots given below will walk you through the installation process.