Preface

This guide provides information about administering and configuring Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) on the following platforms:

AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit)
hp-ux PA-RISC (64-Bit)
Linux x86
Linux x86-64
Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit)

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone responsible for administering and configuring Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2). If you are configuring Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), then refer to Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide.

Documentation Accessibility

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TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

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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.

Command Syntax

UNIX command syntax appears in monospace font. The dollar character ($), number sign (#), or percent character (%) are UNIX command prompts. Do not enter them as part of the command. The following command syntax conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Description
backslash \	A backslash is the UNIX command continuation character. It is used in command examples that are too long to fit on a single line. Enter the command as displayed (with a backslash) or enter it on a single line without a backslash: dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6 of=/dev/rst0 bs=10b \ count=10000
braces { }	Braces indicate required items: .DEFINE {macro1}
brackets [ ]	Brackets indicate optional items: cvtcrt termname [outfile]
ellipses ...	Ellipses indicate an arbitrary number of similar items: CHKVAL fieldname value1 value2 ... valueN
italics	Italic type indicates a variable. Substitute a value for the variable: library_name
vertical line \|	A vertical line indicates a choice within braces or brackets: FILE filesize [K\|M]

Terminology

The names of some UNIX operating systems have been shortened in this guide. These are:

Operating System	Abbreviated Name
AIX 5L Based Systems (64-Bit)	AIX
Apple Mac OS X	Mac OS X
hp-ux PA-RISC (64-bit) hp-ux Itanium	HP-UX Note: Where the information for HP-UX is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text.
hp Tru64 UNIX	Tru64 UNIX
Linux Itanium Linux on POWER IBM zSeries Based Linux Linux x86 Linux x86-64	Linux Note: Where the information for Linux is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text.
Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit) Solaris Operating System (x86) Solaris Operating System (x86-64)	Solaris Note: Where the information for Solaris is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text.

Accessing Documentation

The documentation for Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) includes platform-specific documentation and generic product documentation.

Platform-Specific Documentation

Platform-specific documentation includes information about installing and using Oracle products on particular platforms. The platform-specific documentation for this product is available in both Adobe portable document format (PDF) and HTML format on the product disc. To access the platform-specific documentation on disc:

Use a Web browser to open the welcome.htm file in the top-level directory of the disc.
For DVDs only, select the appropriate product link.
Select the Documentation tab.

If you prefer paper documentation, then open and print the PDF files.

Product Documentation

Product documentation includes information about configuring, using, or administering Oracle products on any platform. The product documentation for Oracle Database 10g products is available in both HTML and PDF formats in the Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2) Online Documentation Library. This library is on the Oracle Technology Network Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html

Third Party Software Notices

This program contains third party software from HP. The Oracle program license that accompanied this product determines your right to use the Oracle program, including the HP software. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Oracle program license, the HP software is provided "AS IS" and without intellectual property indemnities, warranties, or support of any kind from Oracle or HP.

This program also contains third party software from International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The Oracle program license that accompanied this product determines your right to use the Oracle program, including the IBM software.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Oracle program license, the IBM software is provided "AS IS" and without intellectual property indemnities, warranties, or support of any kind from Oracle or IBM.