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1 Introducing Oracle8i for Windows NT

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition and Oracle8i

Oracle8i for Windows NT Overview

Supported Operating Systems

New on Windows NT in this Release

What Documentation Do I Read First?

Viewing Documentation on the CD-ROM

2 Installation Overview

What Is Oracle Universal Installer?

What Top-Level Components are Available for Installation?

Licensing Information

Installing Components with Oracle Universal Installer

How Do I Get Started?

3 Installation Requirements

Top-Level Component System Requirements

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition or Oracle8i

Oracle8i Client

Oracle8i Management Infrastructure

Migrating and Upgrading Requirements

Oracle7 and Oracle8 Migration and Upgrade Requirements

Migrating from Releases Prior to 7.1.3.3.6

Using Oracle Command Line Tools with the Migration Utility

Required Oracle7 Server SQL*Net Patch Releases

Oracle Parallel Server Migration and Upgrade Requirements

Mandatory Individual Component Requirements

Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements

Compatibility of Different Oracle Enterprise Manager Releases

Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Browser Requirements

Repository Migration and Backup Requirements

Paging Service Agent Extensions Requirements

Networking Protocol Vendor Requirements

4 Selecting Database Creation and Net8 Configuration Methods

Understanding Your Methods Before Installation

Identifying Your Database Environment

Selecting a Database Creation Method

Selecting a Net8 Configuration Method

Server Network Configuration

Client Network Configuration

5 Installing Oracle Components

Installation Differences Between Windows NT and UNIX

Preinstallation Tasks

Installing Oracle Components

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition or Oracle8i

Typical or Minimal

Custom

Oracle8i Client

Administrator, Programmer, or Application User

Custom

Oracle8i Management Infrastructure

Oracle Management Server

Oracle Internet Directory

Custom

Reviewing a Log of an Installation Session

Installing Oracle Components in Non-Interactive Mode

Copying and Modifying a Response File

Running Oracle Universal Installer and Specifying a Response File

Customizing Installations with Oracle Software Packager

Installing and Viewing the Oracle8i Online Documentation

6 Reviewing Your Installed Starter Database Contents

User Names and Passwords

Database Identification

Tablespaces and Data Files

Initialization Parameter File

Redo Log Files

Control Files

Rollback Segments

Data Dictionary

7 Post-installation Configuration Tasks

Setting NTFS File System and Windows NT Registry Permissions

NTFS File System Security

Windows NT Registry Security

Validating Invalid PL/SQL Modules with the UTLRP.SQL Script

Configuring Additional Components

8 Deinstalling Oracle Components and Services

Deinstalling Oracle Components with Oracle Universal Installer

Task 1: Deinstall Database and Net8 Services and Registry Entries

Task 2: Deinstall Components with Oracle Universal Installer

Manually Removing All Oracle Components and Services from Your Computer

Removing Components on Windows NT

Removing Components on Windows 95 or Windows 98

A Individual Components Available for Installation

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition or Oracle8i Components

Oracle8i Client Components

Oracle8i Management Infrastructure Components

B Individual Component Descriptions

Component Descriptions

C National Language Support

NLS_LANG Parameters

Commonly Used Values for NLS_LANG

NLS_LANG Settings in MS-DOS Mode and Batch Mode

D Installing and Removing Legato Components

Legato Storage Manager

Updating Legato Storage Manager

Installing Legato Storage Manager Manually

Removing Legato Storage Manager

LSM Administrator GUI

Updating LSM Administrator GUI

Removing LSM Administrator GUI

Installing LSM Administrator GUI

E Getting Started with Your Documentation

Documentation Formats

What Documentation Did I Receive?

Online Documentation Set

Oracle8i for Windows, Release 8.1.6

Oracle Enterprise Manager, Release 2.1.0

Oracle8i Generic Documentation Master Index, Release 8.1.6

Oracle8i Server and Data Warehousing, Release 8.1.6

Oracle8i Server Application Development, Release 8.1.6

Oracle8i Server Networking and Security, Release 8.1.6

Oracle8i Parallel Server, Release 8.1.6

SQL*Plus, Release 8.1.6

Oracle8i interMedia, Spatial, Time Series, and Visual Information Retrieval Options, Release 8.1.6

Oracle8i Java Developer's Documentation, Release 8.1.6

Oracle WebDB, Release 2.2

Glossary

Index