Preface

This guide provides platform-specific information about administering and configuring Oracle Database 19c on Microsoft Windows 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.

See Also:

• Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows for information about Oracle Database preinstallation requirements

• Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows for information about Oracle Database Client preinstallation requirements

• Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation and Upgrade Guide for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit) for information about Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC preinstallation requirements

This Preface contains these topics:

• Audience
  
• Documentation Accessibility
  
• Accessing Documentation
  
• 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

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers that have purchased support have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Accessing Documentation

The Oracle Database Online Documentation Library for Windows is not shipped with Oracle Database for Windows. Everything in the library is available for download from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

You must register online before using OTN; registration is free and can be done at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/index.html

Related Documents

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

• Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows

• Oracle Database Concepts

Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Database. See 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:

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.