Preface

This guide provides platform-specific information about administering and configuring Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) on the Microsoft Windows 32-Bit and 64-bit platforms:

• Windows XP Professional

• Windows Server 2003 - all editions

• Windows Server 2003 R2 - all editions

• Windows Vista - Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions

• Windows Server 2008 - all editions. The specific operating system components that are not supported are Hyper-V and Server Core.

• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

• Windows 7

Note:

Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported on all Windows operating systems.

This Preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

This guide is intended for database administrators, network administrators, security specialists, and developers who use Oracle Database for Windows.

To use this document, you need:

• Oracle-certified Windows operating system software installed and tested

• Knowledge of object-relational database management concepts

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to all users, including users that are disabled. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/support/contact.html or visit http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/support.html if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Database documentation set:

• Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows

• Oracle Database Concepts

Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas, which are installed by default when you select the Typical Installation option with an Oracle Database installation. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information on how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.