This guide and Oracle Database Installation Guide for HP OpenVMS provide instructions for installing and configuring Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) on HP OpenVMS systems. Unless noted otherwise, all sections of this document apply to both HP OpenVMS Alpha and HP OpenVMS Itanium.
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For more information refer to the following documents:
Information about migrating from a previous version of Oracle Database is provided in Oracle Database Upgrade Guide.
The platform-specific documentation for Oracle Database 10g products includes the following manuals:
Refer to Oracle Database 10g Release Notes for your platform 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
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