2 Overview of Oracle Database Client Installation

Describes the different types of Oracle Database Client installations that you can perform and issues to consider before you install the software.

• Installation Overview
  Review the Oracle Database Client installation process.
• Oracle Database Client and Oracle Database Interoperability
  Learn about interoperability between different versions of Oracle Database Client and Oracle Database.
• Recommended File System
  Oracle strongly recommends that you install the Oracle Database Client home (Oracle database binaries, trace files, and so on) on Oracle ACFS, NTFS, or ReFS; the database files themselves must be placed on Oracle ASM if using Oracle ACFS; otherwise they can be placed on NTFS, or ReFS.
• Managing User Accounts with User Account Control
  To ensure that only trusted applications run on your computer, the Windows operating systems supported for Oracle Database Client provide User Account Control.
• Oracle Database Client Installation Types
  You can choose one of the following installation types when installing Oracle Database Client:
• Simplified Patching of Timestamp with Time Zone Data Type
  Oracle Database simplifies the patching process of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE data type values.
• Unsupported Oracle Database Client Components
  The following 32-bit Oracle Database Client components are not supported on Windows: