This guide describes how to install and configure Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2.0.5) for IBM z/OS on System z.
This guide is intended for anyone responsible for installing, migrating, or upgrading to Oracle Database10g release 2 (10.2.0.5) on a single IBM z/OS on System z.
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The platform-specific documentation for Oracle Database 10g products includes the following manuals:
Oracle Database
Oracle Database Release Notes for IBM z/OS on System z
Oracle Database Installation Guide for IBM z/OS on System z
Oracle Database User's Guide for IBM z/OS on System z
Oracle Database Messages Guide for IBM z/OS on System z
Oracle Database System Administration Guide for IBM z/OS on System z
For information about upgrading from a previous release of Oracle Database, refer to the Oracle Database Upgrade Guide and the Oracle Database System Administration Guide for IBM z/OS on System z.
Other Documentation
In addition to the platform-specific documents, the following product-specific documents are referenced in this guide:
Oracle Books
Oracle Database Administrator's Guide
Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide
Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals
Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects
Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Book Set
Oracle Database Concepts
Oracle Database Data Guard Concepts and Administration
Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide
Oracle Database Performance Tuning
Oracle Database Real Application Clusters Book Set
Oracle Database Recovery Manager Book Set
Oracle Database Reference
Oracle Database SQL Reference
Oracle Database Upgrade Guide
Oracle Database Utilities
Oracle Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration
Oracle Enterprise Manager Book Set
Oracle Net Services Book Set
IBM Books
CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Installation Guide V3R2.0 (GC34-6812)
IMS V10 System Definition Guide (GC18-9998)
Redbooks: Experiences with Oracle Database 10g on z/OS (SG24-7055)
z/OS V1R10.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs (SC26-7394)
z/OS V1R10.0 DFSMS: Using Data Sets (SC26-7410)
z/OS V1R10.0 MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference (SA22-7592)
z/OS V1R10.0 MVS Planning: Workload Management (SA22-7602)
z/OS V1R10.0 MVS Setting Up a Sysplex (SA22-7625)
z/OS V1R10.0 MVS System Commands (SA22-7627)
z/OS V1R10.0 Security Server RACF Command Language Reference (SA22-7687)
z/OS V1R10.0 Security Server RACF Macros and Interfaces (SA22-7682)
z/OS V1R10.0 Security Server RACF Security Administrator's Guide (SA22-7683)
z/OS V1R10.0 Security Server RACF System Programmer's Guide (SA22-7681)
z/OS V1R10.0 UNIX System Services Planning (GA22-7800)
IBM documents are referenced in a shorter form throughout this document. For example, z/OS V1R10.0 MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference (SA22-7592) is referred to as MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference.
Refer to Oracle Database Release Notes for IBM z/OS on System z for important information that was not available when this book was released. The release notes for Oracle Database 10g are updated regularly. You can get the most recent version from Oracle Technology Network at
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html
Refer to Oracle Database Patch Set Notes 10g Release 2 (10.2.0.5) Patch Set 4 for IBM z/OS on System z for other important information. The patch set notes is provided as a readme
file and is included in the distribution files that are obtained from the My Oracle Support Web site.
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