12c Management Agent Silent Installation

Grid Control hostname: grid.

The managed host: standby (this was the purpose, in my case, a standby server).

 Put the proper settings into /etc/hosts files, on both machines.

On the grid:

cd /u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms

cd bin

./emcli login -username=sysman -password=pass

Login successful

Synchronize EMCLI

./emcli sync

Synchronized successfully

Check the platforms for which the Management Agent software is available on the OMS host

 ./emcli get_supported_platforms

Getting list of platforms …

Check the logs at /u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms/bin/agent.log

About to access self-update code path to retrieve the platforms list..

Getting Platforms list  …

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Version = 12.1.0.1.0

 Platform = Linux x86-64

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Platforms list displayed successfully.

Download the Management Agent software from Oracle Software Library to a temporary directory on the OMS host

 ./emcli get_agentimage -destination=/u01/app/oracle/agent_software -platform=”Linux x86-64″ -version=”12.1.0.1.0″

Platform:Linux x86-64

Destination:/u01/app/oracle/agent_software

 === Partition Detail ===

Space free : 14 GB

Space required : 1 GB

Check the logs at /u01/app/oracle/agent_software/get_agentimage_2012-04-15_22-50-00-PM.log

Setting property ORACLE_HOME to:/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms

calling pulloneoffs with arguments:/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms/sysman/agent/12.1.0.1.0_AgentCore_226.zip12.1.0.1.0linux_x64

Check this logs for more information: /u01/app/oracle/Middleware/oms/sysman/prov/agentpush/logs

[oracle@gridcontrol agent_software]$ cd /u01/app/oracle/agent_software
[oracle@gridcontrol agent_software]$ ll
total 285476
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 292032498 Jun 23 06:49 12.1.0.1.0_AgentCore_226.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall      1806 Jun 23 06:49 get_agentimage_2015-06-23_06-48-39-AM.log
[oracle@gridcontrol agent_software]$

Transfer the downloaded zip file to the host where you would like to install the 12c management agent

scp  12.1.0.1.0_AgentCore_226.zip oracle@standby:/u01/app/oracle/agent_software

Unzip the file on the target host

Check the directory contents

[oracle@standby ~]$ cd /u01/app/oracle/agent_software
[oracle@standby agent_software]$ ll
total 571528
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 292032498 Jun 23 14:34 12.1.0.1.0_AgentCore_226.zip
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall   7630039 Jun 23 13:48 12.1.0.1.0_PluginsOneoffs_226.zip
-rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle oinstall 284323730 Feb 11  2012 agentcoreimage.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall         0 Jun 23 15:08 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_08_19.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall    137910 Jun 23 15:08 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_08_19.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall         0 Jun 23 15:11 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_11_20.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall    125429 Jun 23 15:11 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_11_20.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall         0 Jun 23 15:12 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_12_06.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall    125429 Jun 23 15:12 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_12_06.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall         0 Jun 23 15:13 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_13_03.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall     70832 Jun 23 15:13 agentDeploy_2015-06-23_15_13_03.log
-rwxrwxr-x 1 oracle oinstall     17998 Feb 11  2012 agentDeploy.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle oinstall       145 Feb 11  2012 agentimage.properties
-rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle oinstall      4039 Jun 23 15:13 agent.rsp
drwxr-xr-x 7 oracle oinstall      4096 Jun 23 13:48 plugins
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall       223 Jun 23 13:48 plugins.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall    145976 Feb 11  2012 unzip

Edit the response file agent.rsp (mind the proper password)

OMS_HOST=”grid”

EM_UPLOAD_PORT=”4900″

AGENT_REGISTRATION_PASSWORD=”password”

AGENT_INSTANCE_HOME=”/u01/app/oracle/agent12g/agent_inst”

AGENT_PORT=”3872″

ORACLE_HOSTNAME=”standby”

Run the agent deployment script

> ./agentDeploy.sh AGENT_BASE_DIR=/u01/app/oracle/agent12g RESPONSE_FILE=/u01/app/oracle/agent_software/agent.rsp 

After tons of feedback, assuming that all is ok:

>  su -

>  /u01/app/oracle/agent12g/core/12.1.0.1.0/root.sh

Finished product-specific root actions.

/etc exist

Finished product-specific root actions.

Check the status of the agent on the target host where it has been deployed

>cd /u01/app/oracle/agent12g/core/12.1.0.1.0/bin

> ./emctl status agent

........................... bla bla ............

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Agent is Running and Ready

Enjoy!