{"id":2493,"date":"2017-03-09T15:32:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T18:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dbarj.com.br\/?p=2493\/"},"modified":"2017-06-14T11:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T14:02:30","slug":"ocm-12c-preparation-download-the-exam-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbarj.com.br\/en\/2017\/03\/ocm-12c-preparation-download-the-exam-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"OCM 12c Preparation &#8211; Download the Exam Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The exam environment keep changing over the time and I believe that Oracle will soon update the Linux and Database release to the latest.<\/p>\n<p>As Mar\/2017, the exam environment in <a href=\"http:\/\/education.oracle.com\/pls\/web_prod-plq-dad\/db_pages.getpage?page_id=609&amp;get_params=dc:D91805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official OCM website<\/a>\u00a0is the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exam Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oracle Linux Release 6.5 64 bit<\/li>\n<li>Oracle Database 12<em>c<\/em>\u00a0Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0\u00a0 64 bit<\/li>\n<li>Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12<em>c\u00a0<\/em>Release 1 (12.1.0.2)<\/li>\n<li>Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12<em>c<\/em>\u00a0Rel 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find the download links below. Note that for some of them, you will need Oracle Support access.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oracle Linux Release 6.5 (64 bits)<\/strong> -&gt; Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edelivery.oracle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/edelivery.oracle.com\/<\/a>\u00a0and filter until you find &#8220;Oracle Linux (6.5.0.0.0) for x86 64 bit&#8221;. Download the FULL DVD zip, file name is\u00a0V41362-01.iso.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2.0 (64-bit)<\/strong> -&gt; After 12.2 release, the 12.1.0.2 is not available anymore on OTN (oracle website) for Linux systems. However you can still download it either from:\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edelivery.oracle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/edelivery.oracle.com\/<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; For DB installation, look for &#8220;<strong>Oracle Database (12.1.0.2.0) for Linux x86-64<\/strong>&#8220;. Download both files,\u00a0 V46095-01_1of2.zip and\u00a0V46095-01_2of2.zip.\u00a0For Grid instalattion, look for &#8220;<strong>Oracle Database Grid Infrastructure (12.1.0.2.0) for Linux x86-64<\/strong>&#8220;.\u00a0Download both files, V46096-01_1of2.zip and V46096-01_2of2.zip.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Look for Patch 21419221. Download all files 1 and 2 for DB and 5 and 6 for GRID.\u00a0File name is p21419221_121020_Linux-x86-64_Xof10.zip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>12.1.0.2 GI \/ DB\u00a0PSU<\/strong>\u00a0-&gt;\u00a0 Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/<\/a>\u00a0and look for <a href=\"https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/epmos\/faces\/DocumentDisplay?id=1924126.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Document 1924126.1<\/a>\u00a0Download the latest &#8220;Non Exadata Real Application Clusters (RAC)&#8221; 12.1.0.2 Patch. Today\u00a0it is the &#8220;<strong>12.1.0.2.170117 Database Proactive Bundle Patch (Jan 2017)<\/strong>&#8220;. It&#8217;s mandatory to have at least the 12.1.0.2.GIPSU:160719 applied as it brings the patch\u00a022810422 correction (Linux Add ACFS support for UEKR4).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud\u00a0Control Release 1 (12.1.0.4.0) (64-bit)<\/strong> -&gt; Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/oem\/enterprise-manager\/downloads\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/oem\/enterprise-manager\/downloads\/index.html<\/a> and in &#8220;Previous Enterprise Manager Release Software&#8221;, download the\u00a0Release 4 for x86_64.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OEM 12.1.0.4 OMS PSU<\/strong>\u00a0-&gt;\u00a0 Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/<\/a>\u00a0and look for <a href=\"https:\/\/support.oracle.com\/epmos\/faces\/DocumentDisplay?id=822485.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Document 822485.1<\/a>\u00a0Download latest OMS PSU. Today\u00a0it is the &#8220;<strong><span id=\"kmPgTpl:r1:ot71\" class=\"kmContent\">12.1.0.4.160119<\/span> Enterprise Manager Base Platform Patch Set Update (PSU)<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oracle Documentation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Download the offline documentation for Oracle Database 12cR1 at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/database\/enterprise-edition\/documentation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/database\/enterprise-edition\/documentation\/index.html<\/a>. File name is E50529-01.zip.<\/li>\n<li>Download the offline documentation for Enterprise Manager 12.1 at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/oem\/enterprise-manager\/documentation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/oem\/enterprise-manager\/documentation\/index.html<\/a>. File name is E24628-01.zip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. My recommendation is to also download Virtualbox to emulate this scenario (I use the 5.1.14 version). Now you are ready to start your studies.<\/p>\n<p>They also mention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mozilla Browser, Text (emacs, gedit) and vi editors<\/li>\n<li>Shell environment: bash, csh<\/li>\n<li>Use either CLI or GUI environment and tools when available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All those tools are already present in Oracle Linux 6.5. Make sure you know how to use them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE May\/2017:<\/span><\/strong> If you can&#8217;t find the environment software to download, now in the official website they say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Use the latest software available from OTN; it is not necessary to build a practice environment on the exact OS and database software versions used in the OCM exam.\u00a0 Later releases of Oracle server support nearly all features and functions of earlier ones; for any software version, relevant parameter values, naming differences and obsolete features may be found in the product documentation, which is available from OTN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<br>\r\nClick here to go back to the <a title=\"OCM 12c Preparation\" href=\"\/?page_id=2255\">Main OCM 12c Preparation<\/a> page.\r\n<br><br>\r\nHave you enjoyed? 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