Preface

Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide describes how to use Oracle Net Services. This guide describes the Oracle Net Services product and its components, as well as Oracle Net Services administrative and deployment topics.

• Audience
  
• Documentation Accessibility
  
• Diversity and Inclusion
  
• Related Documentation
  
• Conventions
  

Audience

Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide is intended for the following readers:

• Network administrators

• Directory server administrators

• Database administrators

• Decision makers

This guide is especially targeted for network administrators who are responsible for ensuring connectivity. For network administrators, Oracle recommends:

• For a conceptual understanding of Oracle Net Services, read all of Understanding Oracle Net Services

• For essential configuration instructions, read all of Configuration and Administration of Oracle Net Services

• For troubleshooting, read Testing and Troubleshooting Oracle Net Services

For directory administrators, Oracle recommends:

• For understanding how Oracle Net Services uses a directory server, read Managing Network Address Information in Understanding Oracle Net Services

• For instructions about configuring naming information in a directory server, and exporting existing naming data to a directory server, read Configuring Naming Methods in Configuration and Administration of Oracle Net Services

For database administrators, Oracle recommends:

• For a general understanding of networking, read Introducing Oracle Net Services and Quick Start to Oracle Net Services

• For an overview of communication layers, read Understanding the Communication Layers

• For understanding how to configure Oracle database server features that require listener and shared server configuration, read Configuring and Administering Oracle Net Listener, Configuring a Shared Server Architecture , and Optimizing Performance

For decision makers, Oracle recommends

• For an understanding of how Oracle Net Services fits into the overall network architecture and for explaining the basics of Oracle Net Services, read Introducing Oracle Net Services, Managing Network Address Information , and Quick Start to Oracle Net Services

Oracle recommends that all readers look over Understanding Oracle Net Services, to ensure that they have the background required to benefit from the rest of the guide.

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

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Diversity and Inclusion

Oracle is fully committed to diversity and inclusion. Oracle respects and values having a diverse workforce that increases thought leadership and innovation. As part of our initiative to build a more inclusive culture that positively impacts our employees, customers, and partners, we are working to remove insensitive terms from our products and documentation. We are also mindful of the necessity to maintain compatibility with our customers' existing technologies and the need to ensure continuity of service as Oracle's offerings and industry standards evolve. Because of these technical constraints, our effort to remove insensitive terms is ongoing and will take time and external cooperation.

Related Documentation

For additional information, see the following Oracle resources:

• Oracle Database Net Services Reference

• Oracle Database documentation set for the current release

• Oracle Database Global Data Services Concepts and Administration Guide

Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Database. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

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