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Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Accessing Documentation
Related Documentation
Conventions
What's New in Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2)
Oracle Database 11g Release 3 (11.2.0.3) Enhancements
Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2.0.2) New Features
Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2.0.1) New Features
Deprecated in Oracle Database 11
g
Release 2 (11.2)
Desupported in Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2)
1
Overview of Oracle Database Installation
1.1
New Oracle Products and Features Installed with This Release
1.2
Planning Your Installation
1.3
Installation Considerations
1.3.1
Installation Differences Between Windows and UNIX Systems
1.3.2
Recommended File System
1.3.3
Managing User Accounts with User Account Control
1.3.4
Hardware and Software Certification
1.3.4.1
Third-Party Database Certification for Oracle SQL Developer
1.3.5
Multiple Oracle Homes Support
1.3.5.1
Installing Oracle Database on a System with Existing Oracle Software
1.3.6
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
1.3.7
Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services
1.3.8
Oracle Universal Installer Overview
1.3.9
Oracle Base Directory
1.3.10
Oracle Home Directory
1.3.10.1
Contents of the Oracle Home Environment
1.3.10.2
Multiple Oracle Home Components
1.3.11
Installing Oracle Database Vault in an Oracle Data Guard Environment
1.3.12
Oracle Database Vault Default Audit Policy and Initialization Parameters
1.4
Migration Considerations
1.5
Oracle Database Installation Methods
1.5.1
Interactive Installation Types
1.5.2
Automated Installation Methods Using Response Files
1.6
Software Updates Option
1.7
Oracle Database Editions
1.8
Database Configuration Options
1.8.1
Preconfigured Database Types
1.8.2
Installation Choices That Affect Database Creation
1.8.3
Creating a Database After Installation
1.9
Database Storage Options
1.9.1
File System
1.9.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management
1.9.2.1
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Components
1.10
Database Management Options
1.10.1
Management Options for Preconfigured Databases
1.10.2
Management Options for Custom Databases
1.10.3
Features Provided by Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
1.11
Database Backup and Recovery Options
1.11.1
Enabling Automated Backups
1.11.2
Backup Job Default Settings
1.12
Email Notification Options
1.13
Upgrade Considerations
1.13.1
Upgrading Your Operating System Before a Database Upgrade
1.13.1.1
Upgrading the Operating System
1.13.1.2
Migrating to a New Computer
1.13.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Is Installed with Oracle Grid Infrastructure
1.13.3
Daylight Saving Time Upgrade
1.13.4
Policies for Client and Application Software Installations
1.13.5
Downgrading a Database
2
Oracle Database Preinstallation Requirements
2.1
Oracle Database Hardware Requirements
2.1.1
Hardware Component Requirements for Windows 32-Bit
2.1.2
Hardware Component Requirements for Windows x64
2.1.3
Hard Disk Space Requirements
2.1.4
Verifying Hardware Requirements
2.2
Oracle Database Software Requirements
2.3
Windows Certification and Web Browser Support
2.3.1
Remote Desktop Services
2.3.2
Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server
2.3.3
Web Browser Support
2.3.4
Default Share Configuration Requirement
2.4
Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
2.5
Confirming Host Name Resolution
2.6
Checking the Network Setup
2.6.1
Installing Oracle Database on Computers with Multiple IP Addresses
2.6.2
Installing Oracle Database on Computers with Multiple Aliases
2.6.3
Installing Oracle Database on Nonnetworked Computers
2.6.4
Installing a Loopback Adapter
2.6.4.1
Checking if a Loopback Adapter Is Installed on Your Computer
2.6.4.2
Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, or Windows XP
2.6.4.3
Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
2.6.4.4
Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
2.6.4.5
Installing Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2
2.6.4.6
Removing a Loopback Adapter
2.7
Individual Component Requirements
2.7.1
Configuring Disk Storage for Oracle Data Files and Recovery Files
2.7.1.1
Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Data Files
2.7.1.2
Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Database Recovery Files
2.7.1.3
Configuring Disk Storage
2.7.2
Creating Directories for Oracle Data Files or Recovery Files
2.7.2.1
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Data Files on a File System
2.7.2.2
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Recovery Files on a File System
2.7.2.3
Creating Required Directories
2.7.3
Stopping Existing Oracle Services
2.7.4
Oracle Database Security Strong Authentication Requirements
2.7.5
Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements
2.7.6
Oracle-Managed Files Requirements
2.7.7
Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC)
2.7.8
Oracle Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Writer
2.7.9
Preinstallation Requirement for Oracle Database Vault
3
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
3.1
Requirements for Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation
3.1.1
Memory Requirements
3.1.2
Disk Space Requirements
3.2
Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM Support
3.3
Managing Disk Groups for Older Database Versions
3.4
Upgrading Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instances
3.5
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation Considerations
3.6
Preparing Disks for an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation
3.6.1
General Steps for Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.6.2
Step 1: Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.6.3
Step 2: Creating DAS or SAN Disk Partitions for an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instance
3.6.4
Step 3: Manually Configuring Disks for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
3.7
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure Using a Software-Only Installation
3.7.1
Installing the Software Binaries
3.7.2
Configuring the Software Binaries
3.8
Installing and Configuring the Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
3.8.1
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure with a New Database Installation
3.8.2
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for an Existing Database
3.9
Modifying Oracle Grid Infrastructure Binaries After Installation
3.10
Manually Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Groups
3.11
Testing the Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation
4
Installing Oracle Database
4.1
Preinstallation Considerations for Installing Oracle Database
4.1.1
Installation Consideration on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Later
4.1.2
Performing Multiple Oracle Database Installations
4.1.3
Installing on Systems That Already Have Oracle Components
4.1.4
Installing with Minimum Memory Requirements
4.2
Reviewing Component-Specific Installation Guidelines
4.2.1
Selecting the Database Character Set
4.2.2
Using an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Group
4.3
Accessing the Installation Software
4.3.1
Installing from a Remote DVD Drive
4.3.1.1
Step 1: On the Remote Computer, Share the DVD Drive
4.3.1.2
Step 2: On the Local Computer, Map the DVD Drive
4.3.2
Installing on Remote Computers Through Remote Access Software
4.3.2.1
Installing on Remote Computers from a Hard Drive
4.3.2.2
Installing on Remote Computers from a Remote DVD Drive
4.3.3
Downloading Oracle Software
4.3.3.1
Downloading the Installation Archive Files from Oracle Technology Network
4.3.3.2
Downloading the Software from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud
4.3.3.3
Extracting the Installation Files
4.3.4
Copying the Oracle Database Software to a Hard Disk
4.4
Database Security Options
4.5
Installing the Oracle Database Software
4.6
Cloning an Oracle Home
4.6.1
Cloning an Oracle Home
4.6.2
Configuring Oracle Configuration Manager in a Cloned Oracle Home
5
Oracle Database Postinstallation Tasks
5.1
Installing the Latest Patch Set Release
5.2
Validating Invalid PL/SQL Modules
5.3
Configuring the Secure Sockets Layer
5.4
Postinstallation Tasks for Oracle SQL Developer
5.5
Configuring Oracle Components
5.5.1
Direct NFS Client
5.5.1.1
Enable Direct NFS Client
5.5.1.2
Disable Direct NFS Client
5.5.1.3
ORADNFS
5.5.2
Configuring Oracle Messaging Gateway
5.5.3
Configuring Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows
5.5.4
Configuring Oracle Counters for Windows Performance Monitor
5.5.5
Configuring Oracle Label Security
5.5.6
Configuring Oracle Database Vault
5.5.7
Configuring Oracle Net Services
5.5.8
Installing Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Bases
5.5.9
Installing the Oracle Text Filtering Component
5.5.10
Configuring or Reinstalling Oracle XML DB
5.5.11
Configuring PL/SQL External Procedures
5.5.12
Configuring Shared Server Support
5.5.13
Setting Credentials for the Job System to Work with Oracle Enterprise Manager
5.5.14
Configuring Oracle Database to Communicate with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.5.15
Configuring Databases to Use Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
5.5.16
Installing Oracle Database Examples
5.6
Creating a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
5.6.1
About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
5.6.2
Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
5.7
Enabling and Disabling Database Options
6
Getting Started with Oracle Database
6.1
Checking the Installed Oracle Database Contents and Directory Location
6.2
Logging in to Enterprise Manager Database Control
6.2.1
Understanding Database Control Login Privileges
6.3
Managing Oracle Automatic Storage Management
6.3.1
Starting and Stopping Oracle Automatic Storage Management
6.3.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Utilities
6.4
Starting and Stopping an Oracle Database
6.4.1
Starting and Stopping the Database with Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control
6.4.2
Starting and Stopping the Database with Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows
6.4.3
Starting and Stopping the Database from the Microsoft Windows Services Utility
6.5
Accessing Oracle Database with SQL*Plus
6.6
Accessing Oracle Database with Oracle SQL Developer
6.7
Reviewing User Accounts and Passwords
6.7.1
Reviewing Administrative Accounts
6.7.2
Unlocking and Resetting User Passwords
6.7.2.1
Using Enterprise Manager Database Control to Unlock and Change Passwords
6.7.2.2
Using SQL*Plus to Unlock and Change Passwords
6.8
Identifying Databases
6.9
Locating the Server Parameter File
6.10
Identifying Tablespaces and Data Files
6.11
Locating Redo Log Files
6.12
Locating Control Files
6.13
Understanding Oracle Database Services on Windows
7
Removing Oracle Database Software
7.1
About the Deinstallation Tool
7.2
Downloading the Deinstall Tool for Use with Failed Installations
7.3
Example of Running the Deinstall Command
7.4
Example of a Deinstallation Parameter File for an Oracle Database
7.5
Example of a Deinstallation Parameter File for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
A
Installing Java Access Bridge
A.1
Setting Up Java Access Bridge
A.2
Configuring Oracle Components to Use Java Access Bridge
B
Optimal Flexible Architecture
B.1
Overview of the Optimal Flexible Architecture Standard
B.1.1
Advantages of Multiple Oracle Homes and OFA
B.2
Changes to the Optimal Flexible Architecture for Oracle Database
B.3
Directory Tree Differences by Release
B.3.1
Top-Level Oracle Directory
B.3.2
Database File Names
B.3.3
Database File Name Extensions
B.4
Optimal Flexible Architecture Directory Naming Conventions
B.4.1
ORACLE_BASE Directory
B.4.2
ORACLE_HOME Directory
B.4.3
Automatic Diagnostic Repository (ADR) Directory
B.4.4
ADMIN Directory
B.4.5
ORADATA Directory
B.4.6
RECOVERY_AREA Directory
B.5
Optimal Flexible Architecture and Multiple Oracle Home Configurations
B.5.1
Specifying an ORACLE_HOME Directory
B.5.2
Installing a Default Optimal Flexible Architecture Database: Example 1
B.5.3
Installing a Nondefault Optimal Flexible Architecture Database: Example 2
B.6
Comparison Between Optimal Flexible Architecture on Windows and UNIX
B.6.1
Directory Naming
B.6.2
ORACLE_BASE Directory
B.6.3
Support for Symbolic Links on Windows
B.7
Optimal Flexible Architecture Structure File Mapping
C
Installing and Configuring Oracle Database Using Response Files
C.1
How Response Files Work
C.1.1
Reasons for Using Silent Mode or Response File Mode
C.1.2
General Procedure for Using Response Files
C.2
Preparing a Response File
C.2.1
Editing a Response File Template
C.2.2
Saving a Response File
C.3
Running Oracle Universal Installer Using the Response File
C.4
Running Net Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
C.5
Running Oracle Database Configuration Assistant Using a Response File
C.5.1
Silent Mode of Database Configuration Assistant
C.5.2
Progress Only Mode of Database Configuration Assistant
C.5.3
Running Database Configuration Assistant in Response File Mode
C.6
Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
C.6.1
About the Postinstallation Configuration File
C.6.2
Running Postinstallation Configuration Using a Response File
D
Configuring Oracle Database Globalization Support
D.1
Installing and Using Oracle Components in Different Languages
D.1.1
Configuring Oracle Components to Run in Different Languages
D.1.1.1
Determining the Operating System Locale
D.1.1.2
Configuring Locale and Character Sets Using the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
D.1.1.3
NLS_LANG Settings in Console Mode and Batch Mode
D.1.2
Installing Translation Resources
D.2
Running Oracle Universal Installer in Different Languages
E
Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
E.1
About Managing Ports
E.2
Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLs
E.3
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
E.4
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Management Agent Port
E.5
Changing the Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control Ports
E.6
Changing the Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Port
F
Troubleshooting the Oracle Database Installation
F.1
Verifying Requirements
F.2
Encountering Installation Errors
F.3
Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session
F.4
Silent Mode Response File Error Handling
F.5
Troubleshooting Host Name Changes and CSS
F.6
Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants
F.6.1
Configuration Assistant Failures
F.6.2
Irrecoverable Errors
F.7
Troubleshooting Inventory Issues
F.8
Troubleshooting Screen Display Issues
F.9
Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation
G
Frequently Asked Questions About Installation
G.1
Installing Oracle Database or Oracle Database Client
G.2
Installing Oracle Database Tools
G.3
Installing Oracle Database with Oracle Applications
G.4
Installing Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Tools (Gateways)
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