If you plan to use an Oracle database with IBM® InfoSphere® Master Data Management Collaboration Server, you must install the supported version of Oracle before installing InfoSphere MDM Collaboration Server.
Supported Oracle versions are described in the system requirements on the product support site. See the system requirements for details: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/infosphere/mdm_server_pim/requirements.html and http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27035486 depending on your product version.
After installing the database software, make sure that you apply the latest fix pack.
Use the Oracle database configuration guidelines in the following sections to set up your Oracle database.