Highlights of the Installation and Configuration Companion

The Installation and Configuration Companion contains the following topics

•    Quick Start Guides for concise list of steps with links to in depth references.
•    How to obtain access to Oracle Support at a very low cost
•    How to make an EC2 IP/EIP persistant thru server stop/starts
•    How to validate an Amazon Machine Image for an Oracle database
•    How to use YUM during the installation
•    How to create your own server init/rc startup script
•    How to set up ssh, VNC, firewall tunneling and how to solve problems when connecting to your server
•    How to install the Grid Infrastructure (GI) using role separation for security and compliance
•    How to allocate EC2 storage for a production sized OEM repository server, including setting up swap, temp, and an Oracle Fast Recovery Area
•    How to configure Oracle's ASM with GI troubleshooting techniques
•    How to troubleshoot a failed installation and how to start over
•    Bug fixes for: Oracle supplied AMI, Oracle install process, and a fix for ElasticFox enabling it to run in new versions of Firefox
•    How to test a recovery on the EC2 storage and Oracle database levels

An overview of the following important topics

•    EC2 security/firewall setup
•    EC2 storage
•    Setting up EC2 command line tools
•    Extensive list of important ASM and EC2 topics
•    Brief outline of the GI services
•    Brief outline of GI role separation
•    An FDISK primer