1. Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide
  2. Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  3. Creating Installation Groups and Users for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC
  4. Oracle Home User Configurations for Oracle Installations

5.1.5 Oracle Home User Configurations for Oracle Installations

When the Oracle software installation completes, you will have one of the following configurations:

Installation Type Oracle Home user configuration

Oracle Grid Infrastructure with a domain user specified for the Oracle Home User

The Oracle Home user owns the Oracle Grid Infrastructure Management Repository service. The other services are run under the built-in Administrator account, except for the listeners, which run as LocalService (a built-in Windows account).

Oracle Grid Infrastructure with the Windows built-in Administrator account as the Oracle Home User

The Oracle Grid Infrastructure services are run under the built-in Administrator account, except for the listeners, which run as LocalService.

Oracle RAC with specified Oracle Home User

The Oracle Home User owns all the services run by the Oracle Database software.

Oracle RAC with Built-in Oracle Home user

The services run under the built-in LocalSystem account.

Note:

You cannot change the Oracle Home User after installation to a different Oracle Home User. Only out-of-place upgrade or move allows the Oracle Home User to be changed to or from the built-in Windows account.

Parent topic: Creating Installation Groups and Users for Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC