Contents

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Preface

Purpose

Audience

Oracle8i and Oracle8i Enterprise Edition

Typographic Conventions

Command Syntax

Accessing Online Documentation

Related Documentation

Oracle Services and Support

1 System Requirements

Installation Overview

Product Installation Categories and Installation Types

System Installation Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Disk Space Requirements

Operating System Software Requirements

Online Documentation Requirements

Additional Product-Specific Installation Requirements

Solaris and Installation-Specific Issues and Restrictions

New ORACLE_HOME

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

Character Mode

Upgrading and Migrating

File Systems

Optimal Flexible Architecture

Solaris 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5

Very Large Files

Oracle Parallel Server Restriction

2 Pre-Installation

UNIX System Configuration

Setup Tasks to Perform as the root User

Setup Tasks to Perform as the oracle User

Setup Tasks for Oracle Products

Oracle Options

Tools and Precompilers

Networking and System Management Products

Understanding Net8 Configuration

Server Network Configuration

Client Network Configuration

Identifying Your Database Environment

Selecting a Database Creation Method

3 Installation

Using Oracle Universal Installer

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition

Oracle8i Client

Oracle8i Management Infrastructure

Run the root.sh Script

Reviewing a Log of an Installation Session

Installing Oracle Parallel Server

Re-Installing Oracle Parallel Server

Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation

Installing Legato Storage Manager Manually

Updating Legato Storage Manager

Removing Legato Storage Manager Version 5.5

Non-Interactive Installation and Configuration

Preparing the Response File

Specifying a Response File

Error Handling

Validation of Values from Response File

4 Post-Installation

Configuration Tasks to Perform as the root User

Configuration Tasks to Perform as the oracle User

Post-Installation for Oracle Products

Net8

Oracle Internet Directory

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle Options

Recovery Manager

Multi-Threaded Server

Oracle Parallel Server Management

Oracle Precompilers

Oracle Supported Protocols

Legato Storage Manager

Oracle Configuration Assistants

Net8 Configuration Assistant

Oracle Data Migration Assistant

Oracle Database Configuration Assistant

Oracle Enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant

Accessing Installed Documentation

Oracle Information Navigator

De-installing Oracle Software

A Oracle8i Products

Determining Which Products are Installed

Oracle8i Enterprise Edition

Oracle8i Client

Oracle8i Management Infrastructure

Product Descriptions

Index