Oracle8i Client Installation Guide
Release 2 (8.1.6) for Windows

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Installation Requirements

This chapter describes installation requirements.

Specific topics discussed are:

Oracle8i Client

Oracle8i Client consists of the following installation types:

The system requirements for Administrator, Programmer, and Application User are described below. The requirements for Custom depend upon the components selected for installation.

See Also:

"Oracle8i Client Components" for a list of individual components installed with each installation type 

Requirement  Administrator  Programmer  Application User 

Operating System 

Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, and Windows 98 

Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, and Windows 98 

Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95, and Windows 98 

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 

3.0 (with year 2000 fixes), 5.0, or above 

3.0 (with year 2000 fixes), 5.0, or above 

3.0 (with year 2000 fixes), 5.0, or above 

Minimal Processor 

Pentium 166 

Pentium 133  

Pentium 133  

Recommended Processor 

Pentium I 266 

Pentium 166 

Pentium 166 

RAM  

64 MB 

32 MB (64 MB recommended) 

32 MB (64 MB recommended) 

Hard disk 

201 MB (plus an additional 18 MB on the system drive)

(Includes 200 MB for running the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console, integrated applications, and DBA Applications.) 

100 MB (plus an additional 16 MB on the system drive) 

46.6 MB (plus an additional 15 MB on the system drive) 

Mandatory Individual Component Requirements

This table identifies mandatory individual component requirements that must be met before installation. See Appendix A, "Individual Components Available for Installation" for the installation types with which these components can be installed. Appropriate documentation for preinstallation procedures is also identified. This table does not include Oracle Enterprise Manager component preinstallation requirements. That information is described in "Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements".

Product  Description  See Also... 

Active Directory integration with Oracle8i 

The user performing the Oracle8i installation must perform pre-installation requirements for integration to be successful.  

Chapter 4 of the Oracle8i Client Administrator's Guide for Windows 

Oracle Advanced Security authentication 

You must satisfy specific hardware and software requirements to use authentication support with Oracle components. 

Chapter 1 of the Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide 

Oracle AppWizard for Microsoft Visual C++ 

Install Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or 6.0 first. 

Chapter 1 of the Oracle AppWizard for Microsoft Visual C++ User's Guide 

Recovery Manager 

To back up to nondisk media, Recovery Manager requires a media management layer such as Legato Storage Manager. Legato Storage Manager requires the following system configuration:

  • Minimum Processor: Intel 80486.

  • Recommended Processors: Pentium 133 or Pentium 166

  • RAM: 32 MB

  • Hard disk: 64 MB

  • Backup for Windows NT and Windows 95/98: Additional 5% of total backup data or 100 MB for online indexes

 

Legato Storage Manager Administrator's Guide 

Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements

The first tier of Oracle Enterprise Manager (Oracle Enterprise Manager Client) is installable through the Administrator and Custom installation types described in Appendix A, "Individual Components Available for Installation".

The system requirements for the Administrator installation type were described earlier in "Oracle8i Client". In addition to those system requirements, review the following requirements before beginning installation of Oracle Enterprise Manager:

Compatibility of Different Oracle Enterprise Manager Releases

The Oracle Enterprise Manager Console, DBA Management Pack, separately licensable packs, Oracle Management Server, and repository must all be of the same release. For example, you cannot use a:

The following release 2.1 components must use a release 2.1 Oracle Management Server and repository:

If the existing Oracle Management Server and repository are of a previous release, then migrate or upgrade them to the most recent release. In the case of migrating or upgrading an Oracle Management Server and repository to release 2.1, ensure that all Oracle Enterprise Manager components to use with the repository are also release 2.1. For example, do not upgrade the Oracle Management Server and repository to release 2.1 if you are still using Diagnostics Pack release 2.0 or Change Management Pack release 2.0. If you upgrade your Oracle Management Server and repository to release 2.1 before obtaining the release 2.1 pack software, you cannot use the older pack components.

See Also:

Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide for more information on migrating and upgrading 

Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Browser Requirements

You can also run the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console from a Web browser. The following table describes the system requirements. See Appendix A, "Individual Components Available for Installation" for the installation types with which you can install Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site.

Requirement  Description 

Minimal Processor 

Pentium I 266 

Recommended Processor 

Pentium II 300 

Minimal RAM  

64 MB 

Recommended RAM  

128 MB 

Hard disk 

105 MB  

Web browser 

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer release 4.x or higher

  • Netscape Communicator release 4.0.5 or higher

 

Web server1 

  • Oracle Applications Server release 4.0.8 for Windows NT

  • Internet Information Server (IIS) release 4.0 for Windows NT

 
1 Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Site provides a default Web server listener (Oracle Applications Listener release 4.0.8.1 for Windows NT). If this listener is installed, the Web site is automatically configured. You must manually start the listener (OracleHOME_NAMEAppServerListener) from the Windows NT Control Panel. See the Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Guide for more information.

Repository Migration and Backup Requirements

If upgrading an Oracle Enterprise Manager release 2.0 repository to release 2.1 or migrating a release 1.x repository to release 2.1, back up or export the existing repository before performing a repository upgrade or migration.

See Also:

 

Networking Protocol Vendor Requirements

The table below lists the supported vendor for each networking protocol:

Net8 Protocol Feature  Platform  Supported Vendor 

TCP/IP protocol 

Windows NT and Windows 95/98 

Microsoft TCP/IP 

SPX protocol 

Windows NT and Windows 95/98 

  • Microsoft NW Link for Windows NT, Windows 95/98

  • Novell NetWare Client 32 release 4.1

  • Novell IntranetWare Client release 4.1 for Windows NT

  • Novell IntranetWare Client release 2.2 for Windows 95

Note: For Microsoft NW Link, Client Service for NetWare must be installed. 

Named Pipes 

Windows NT and Windows 95/98 

Microsoft NETBEUI 

Logical Unit Type 6.2 (LU6.2) protocol 

Windows NT 

Microsoft SNA Server, release 3.0 

Host naming method 

Windows NT 

Microsoft TCP/IP 

NDS naming method

 

Windows NT and Windows 95 

  • Novell NetWare Client 32 release 4.1

  • Novell IntranetWare Client release 4.1 for Windows NT

  • Novell IntranetWare Client release 2.2 for Windows 95

Note: An Oracle Server release 7.2.2 or above for NetWare release 4.1 is required. 

NDS authentication method 

Windows NT and Windows 95 

  • Novell NetWare Client 32 release 4.1

  • Novell IntranetWare Client release 4.1 for Windows NT

  • Novell IntranetWare Client release 2.2 for Windows 95

Note: An Oracle Server release 7.2.2 or above for NetWare release 4.1 is required. 

Windows native authentication method 

Windows NT and Windows 95/98 

Microsoft 


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