The following is a “general purpose” procedure for 12cR1 binary instillation on AIX environment. you still need to refer to Oracle official documentation for further details and clarification.

******** Pre-requisites:

1. Operating System:

Oracle recommends that you install on AIX 6.1 Technology Level 9 or later.

AIX 7.1 Technology Level 1 Service Pack 3 (“7100-01-03-1207”) or later, 64-bit kernel

Note: You can install on AIX 7.1 Technology Level 1, but Oracle recommends that you install on AIX 7.1 Technology Level 3 or later.

2. User Profile , make sure that your profile is referencing to the right new Oracle Home.

3. check your Oracle Inventory file and the correct path.

Instillation Process:

Start the installation by running ./runInstaller from the installation directory

Choose “YES”

choose “skip software updates”