Preface

Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide explains how to install, configure, and manage Oracle Parallel Server in an Oracle8i environment.

This preface includes the following topics:

• Intended Audience

• Prerequisites

• Related Documents

• Conventions

• Your Comments Are Welcome

  See Also: Oracle8i Parallel Server Documentation Online Roadmap for further information about using Oracle Parallel Server online documentation Oracle8i Parallel Server Concepts for information on feature changes from one release of Oracle Parallel Server to another

Intended Audience

The information in this guide is intended primarily for network or database administrators (DBAs) responsible installation and configuration of Oracle Parallel Server.

The information in this guide is intended primarily for network administrators and database administrators responsible for the installation and configuration of Oracle Parallel Server"

Prerequisites

This guide assumes you are familiar with:

• The target operating system and have installed and tested it for the cluster and network hardware

• Object relational database management concepts

How this Book is Organized

This guide is divided into five parts:

Part I: Introduction to Installing Oracle Parallel Server
Chapter 1, "Introduction to the Installation and Configuration Process"	Describes the main features and components of Oracle Parallel Server
Part II: Installing and Configuring Oracle Parallel Server
Chapter 2, "Pre-Installation"	Describes the specific hardware and software, raw device, and pre-installation requirements for installing Oracle Parallel Server
Chapter 3, "Installing and Creating an Oracle Parallel Server Database"	Describes how to install the components needed for Oracle Parallel Server
Chapter 4, "Additional Configuration Issues"	Describes how to configure clients and the initialization files
Chapter 5, "Configuring High-Availability Features"	Describes how to configure Transparent Application Failover (TAF) and primary and secondary instances
Part III: Installing and Using Oracle Parallel Server Management
Chapter 6, "Installing and Configuring Oracle Parallel Server Management"	Describes the tasks to install and configure Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Performance Manager for parallel server management
Chapter 7, "Administering Oracle Parallel Server with Oracle Parallel Server Management"	Describes Oracle Parallel Server initialization files and administration of Oracle Parallel Server with the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console
Chapter 8, "Monitoring Performance with Oracle Performance Manager"	Describes how to use Oracle Performance Manager to generate metric charts for Oracle Parallel Server databases
Part IV: Adding Instances and Nodes
Chapter 9, "Adding Instances and Nodes"	Describes how to add nodes to an existing cluster, and how to migrate from an single-instance database to multiple instances
Part V: Reference
Appendix A, "Directory Structure"	Describes the directory structure for Oracle Parallel Server
Appendix B, "Oracle Parallel Server Management on UNIX Reference"	Provides reference information for Oracle Parallel Server Management on UNIX
Appendix C, "Troubleshooting"	Describes how to troubleshoot common Oracle Parallel Server configuration issues

Related Documents

For more information, see the following user guides:

Installation Guides

• Oracle8i Installation Guide for Sun Solaris, HP 9000 and AIX-based systems

• Oracle8i Installation Guide for Windows NT

• Oracle Diagnostics Pack Installation

Operating System-Specific Administrative Guides

• Oracle8i Administrator's Reference for Sun Solaris, HP 9000 or AIX-based systems

• Oracle Parallel Server Administrator's Guide for Windows NT

• Oracle8i Administrator's Guide for Windows NT

Oracle Parallel Server Documentation

• Oracle8i Parallel Server Administration, Deployment, and Performance

• Oracle8i Parallel Server Concepts

• Oracle8i Parallel Server Documentation Online Roadmap

Oracle Parallel Server Management

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide

• Getting Started with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack

Generic Documentation

• Oracle8i Concepts

• Net8 Administrator's Guide

• Getting to Know Oracle8i

• Oracle8i Reference

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this book:

Convention	Meaning
UPPERCASE	Calls attention to SQL commands, keywords, and initialization parameters.
bold	Boldface test indicates a term defined in the glossary.
lowercase courier	Indicates file names, directories and commands.
constant width	This typeface is used for user input and code examples.
Italic	Terms in italics indicate a variable or special emphasis. Italic is also used for book titles.
$ORACLE_HOME on UNIX and ORACLE_HOME on Windows platforms	In this Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)-compliant release, all subdirectories are no longer under a top level ORACLE_HOME directory. There can be an ORACLE_BASE directory, which may contain multiple Oracle home directories.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose a choice of optional items from which you can choose one or none.
{ }	Curly brakets enclose required items.
...	Horizontal ellipsis points in code samples mean that parts of the sample have been omitted.

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