Oracle8i Installation Guide Release 2 (8.1.6) for Windows NT A73010-01 |
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This chapter introduces you to Oracle8i for Windows NT.
Specific topics discussed are:
The information in this guide applies to both the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition and Oracle8i (sometimes referred to as the standard edition) database types. Wherever possible, the name Oracle8i for Windows NT is used to describe both types. Specific database type names are used only when necessary to avoid confusion. Unless otherwise noted, the features and functionality described in this guide are common to both Oracle8i Enterprise Edition and Oracle8i (standard edition).
Oracle8i for Windows NT is a development and deployment platform for the Internet. Oracle8i for Windows NT features include the following:
Oracle8i Concepts and Getting to Know Oracle8i for complete descriptions of Oracle8i features
See Also:
Oracle8i server and client software operates on a personal computer (PC) running the following Microsoft operating systems:
This table describes the new components of release 8.1.6 specific to Windows NT.
New Product | Description | See... |
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Oracle Provider for OLE DB |
OLE DB is an open standard data access methodology that utilizes a set of interfaces for accessing and manipulating all types of data. These interfaces are available from various database providers. The Oracle Provider for OLE DB interfaces offer high performance and efficient access to Oracle data by applications, compilers, and other database components. |
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Active Directory support |
Active Directory is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-compliant directory server included with Windows 2000. Active Directory stores all Windows 2000 information, including users, groups, and policies. Oracle8i release 8.1.6 enables users to store database service and Net8 net service names as directory objects in Active Directory. Integration with Active Directory enables:
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Chapter 4, "Using Oracle8i Directory Server Features with Active Directory" of Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT |
Windows native authentication enhancements |
These enhancements provide support for global user authentication and role authorization with Windows native authentication in Windows 2000 domains using Active Directory. |
Chapter 8, "Authenticating Database Users with Windows" of Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT |
Additional Information:
See Getting to Know Oracle8i for the list of new components and features common to all operating systems. |
Your Oracle documentation set is described in Appendix E, "Getting Started with Your Documentation". This appendix provides:
Oracle Corporation recommends that you read or review the following documentation before you begin installing Oracle components. This helps ensure that you make the correct decisions during Oracle component installation.
For Information About... | See... |
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How to obtain customer support |
Oracle Customer Support Guide |
Important last-minute installation and configuration information |
Note: After installation, all README files are accessible from the ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\RELNOTES directory. |
Upgrading or migrating your Oracle database from a previous release |
Note: Oracle Data Migration Assistant automatically prompts you during installation to migrate a pre-8.1.6 database detected on your hard drive. |
Installing Oracle components into multiple homes on a single computer |
Chapter 3 of Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT |
Installing all Oracle components available on the CD-ROM |
Chapter 5, "Installing Oracle Components" of this guide |
Basic database concepts and administration |
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Networking concepts and administration |
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Oracle Enterprise Manager concepts and administration |
The Oracle8i Online Documentation is included on a separate CD-ROM. When you insert your CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, the Autorun window automatically appears. This window provides easy access to the Oracle8i Online Documentation. Follow these instructions to view the documentation.
To view the documentation on the CD-ROM:
The Autorun window appears. If the Autorun window does not appear:
The Autorun window appears.
You can also install your Oracle8i Online Documentation. See "Installing and Viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation" for instructions.
Note:
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