Before You Begin

This guide provides operating system-specific information on using Oracle Parallel Server for Windows NT.

Topics discusses are:

Intended Audience

This guide is for network administrators and database administrators who install, configure, and use Oracle Parallel Server on Windows NT clusters.

Prerequisites

This guide assumes that you are familiar with:

Windows NT and have installed and tested it for your personal computer (PC) and network hardware
Object relational database management concepts

Structure

This guide contains the following chapters and appendices.

Chapter 1 Overview of Oracle Parallel Server

Describes the main features and components of Oracle Parallel Server.

Chapter 2 System Requirements

Describes the specific hardware and software requirements for installing Oracle Parallel Server.

Chapter 3 Performing Pre-Installation Tasks

Guides you through necessary pre-installation tasks

Chapter 4 Installing Oracle Parallel Server

Describes how to install how to install the components needed for Oracle Parallel Server.

Chapter 5 Configuring Oracle Parallel Server

Describes how to configure an Oracle Parallel Server.

Chapter 6 Installing and Configuring Oracle Parallel Server Manager

Describes the tasks to install and configure Oracle Enterprise Manager and Performance Manager for parallel server management.

Chapter 7 Administering Multiple Instances

Describes Oracle Parallel Server initialization files and Oracle Parallel Server Manager.

Chapter 8 Adding Instances and Nodes

Describes how to add a third or fourth node to an existing cluster, and how to migrate from an single-instance database to multiple instances.

Chapter 9 Backing Up and Recovering an Oracle Parallel Server Database

Describes NT Backup Manager and the NT Recovery Manager.

Appendix A Directory Structure

Describes the directory structures for Oracle Parallel Server.

Appendix B Troubleshooting

Describes how to resolve Oracle Parallel Server problems.

Glossary

Provides brief descriptions of terms used throughout this manual.

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this guide:

Convention Example Meaning

All uppercase plain

ORANT\DATABASE\INITORCL.ORA

Indicates command names, SQL reserved words, and keywords, as in ALTER DATABASE. All uppercase plain is also used for directory names and file names

Italic

Italic used to indicate a variable:
filename.ORA
Italic used for emphasis:
The WHERE clause may be used to join rows in different tables.

Indicates a value that you must provide. For example, if a command asks you to type filename, you must type the actual name of the file.
Italic is also used for emphasis in the text and to indicate the titles of other guides.

C:\>

C:\ORANT\DATABASE

Represents the Windows NT command prompt of the current hard disk drive. Your prompt reflects the subdirectory in which you are working. Referred to as the MS-DOS command prompt in this guide.

Backslash (\) before a directory name

\DATABASE

Indicates that the directory is a subdirectory of the root directory.

ORACLE_HOME

Go to the ORACLE_HOME\DATABASE directory.

SVRMGR> @%ORACLE_HOME%\RDBMS80\ADMIN\CATALOG.SQL

Oracle home is represented as the hard drive letter and the top level directory where your Oracle software is installed. In this guide, the convention ORACLE_HOME is used to indicate your Oracle home directory, which may be:

C:\ ORANT for Windows NT
C:\ ORAWIN95 for Windows 95

or whatever you may have called your Oracle home.
In Server Manager commands, you may see %ORACLE_HOME%. Server Manager is able to locate your Oracle Home directory using the %ORACLE_HOME% variable. This convention can be used in Server Manager, SQL*Plus, Export, and Import.

HOME_NAME

OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener80

Represents the Oracle home name if you use multiple Oracle homes. This convention is not applicable for the first Oracle home.
The home name can be up to sixteen alphanumeric characters. The only special character allowed in the home name is the underscore.

HOMEID

HOME0, HOME1, HOME2

epresents a unique registry subkey for each Oracle home directory in which you install products. A new HOMEID is created and incremented each time you install products to a different Oracle home directory on one machine. Each HOMEID contains its own configuration parameter settings for installed Oracle products.

Symbols

period .
comma ,
hyphen -
semicolon ;
colon :
equal sign =
backslash \
single quote `
double quote "
parentheses ()

Symbols other than brackets and vertical bars must be entered in commands exactly as shown.

Convention	Example	Meaning
All uppercase plain	ORANT\DATABASE\INITORCL.ORA	Indicates command names, SQL reserved words, and keywords, as in ALTER DATABASE. All uppercase plain is also used for directory names and file names
Italic	Italic used to indicate a variable: filename.ORA Italic used for emphasis: The WHERE clause may be used to join rows in different tables.	Indicates a value that you must provide. For example, if a command asks you to type filename, you must type the actual name of the file. Italic is also used for emphasis in the text and to indicate the titles of other guides.
C:\>	C:\ORANT\DATABASE	Represents the Windows NT command prompt of the current hard disk drive. Your prompt reflects the subdirectory in which you are working. Referred to as the MS-DOS command prompt in this guide.
Backslash (\) before a directory name	\DATABASE	Indicates that the directory is a subdirectory of the root directory.
ORACLE_HOME	Go to the ORACLE_HOME\DATABASE directory. SVRMGR> @%ORACLE_HOME%\RDBMS80\ADMIN\CATALOG.SQL	Oracle home is represented as the hard drive letter and the top level directory where your Oracle software is installed. In this guide, the convention ORACLE_HOME is used to indicate your Oracle home directory, which may be: C:\ ORANT for Windows NT C:\ ORAWIN95 for Windows 95 or whatever you may have called your Oracle home. In Server Manager commands, you may see %ORACLE_HOME%. Server Manager is able to locate your Oracle Home directory using the %ORACLE_HOME% variable. This convention can be used in Server Manager, SQL*Plus, Export, and Import.
HOME_NAME	OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener80	Represents the Oracle home name if you use multiple Oracle homes. This convention is not applicable for the first Oracle home. The home name can be up to sixteen alphanumeric characters. The only special character allowed in the home name is the underscore.
HOMEID	HOME0, HOME1, HOME2	epresents a unique registry subkey for each Oracle home directory in which you install products. A new HOMEID is created and incremented each time you install products to a different Oracle home directory on one machine. Each HOMEID contains its own configuration parameter settings for installed Oracle products.
Symbols	period . comma , hyphen - semicolon ; colon : equal sign = backslash \ single quote ` double quote " parentheses ()	Symbols other than brackets and vertical bars must be entered in commands exactly as shown.

Before You Begin

Intended Audience

Prerequisites

Structure

Related Documents

Conventions