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Introduction

This chapter briefly describes the Oracle9i for Windows documentation set and shows how the three books in the set relate to common database administration tasks.

This chapter contains these topics:

• Document Plan

• Task Mapping

Document Plan

The documentation for Oracle9i for Windows is divided into three parts. This manual contains information with the widest possible relevance. Whatever your database management role, you will probably find something of interest here. The other two manuals concentrate on tasks usually associated with the different realms of management required by a large database with many users. The three manuals are titled:

• Oracle9i Database Getting Started for Windows

• Oracle9i Database Administrator's Guide for Windows

• Oracle9i Network, Directory, and Security Guide for Windows

Task Mapping

We recognize that this division cannot be perfect for everyone. What one organization calls database administration, another will call a network problem; and only parts of this manual or its companions are relevant to particular tasks. So in this first chapter we provide a table that maps specific tasks to specific chapters and appendixes in the three manuals.

Table 1-1 lists common database tasks, grouped into three categories:

• Database Administration

• Network and Security

• Application Development

For each task, the columns labeled Getting Started, Administrator, and Network/Security show the chapters and appendixes in each of the three manuals which contain information relevant to that task.

Table 1-1  Where to Find Task Information

Task Category	Getting Started	Administrator	Network/Security
Database Administration
Back Up and Recover	2, 4, 5, 9	6
Create or Delete Database	3, 5	1
Create Objects	5
Export, Import, or Load Data	5	1
Find Files (Directory Structure)	2, 4, 5, 6, 9	1, 2	4
Install or Configure	2, 5, 6, 9	1, 2, 5, 7	1, 2, 4
Manage Processes	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, A	4
Manage Resources	2, 3, 5, 6, A	3, 5, 7, A
Manage Services	2, 5, 6, 7, A	1, 3, 5
Migrate or Upgrade	5, 6
Monitor Performance	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, A	4, 5
Startup or Shutdown	2, 5, 9, A	1, 3
Network and Security
Accounts and Groups	2, 3, 5, 9		1, 2, 3, 4
Authenticate Users	2, 4, 5, 9		1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Connectivity Information	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, A	3, 5	1, 2, 4, A
Create Users	2, 3, 5		1, 2, 3, 4
Application Development
Application Programmatic Interfaces	4, 5, 10
External Procedures	10
Microsoft Transaction Server	2, 4, 10
Oracle Real Application Clusters	2, 7, 9	A