Oracle Database Online Documentation 11g Release 2 (11.2)

Installing and Upgrading

Installation guides for Oracle Database 11g and accompanying products on various platforms are collected here.

Essentials

Describes Oracle Database licensing. If you have a question about your licensing needs, please contact your Oracle sales representative, or refer to the resources listed in "Related Documents" for more information.
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Describes last-minute features and changes not included in the Oracle Database Documentation Library for Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2)
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Describes how to manage Oracle and third-party software using the Oracle Universal Installer and OPatch. This guide provides instructions for installing, setting up, and starting the Oracle Universal Installer software. It also provides instructions on cloning and patching Oracle software.
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Guides you through the process of planning and performing upgrades for Oracle Database. In addition, this manual provides information about compatibility, upgrading applications, and important changes in the new Oracle Database release, such as initialization parameter changes and data dictionary changes.
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Linux Installation Guides

Contains important information not included in the Oracle Database documentation for Linux.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Linux x86 systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Linux x86-64 systems.
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Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database and Grid Infrastructure for a Single Server on Linux.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Linux x86 systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Linux x86-64 systems.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on Linux.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Z/Linux systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Z/Linux systems.
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Describes how to install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster software, which includes Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), on systems running Linux.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on systems running Linux and UNIX.
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This document contains important information that was not included in the platform-specific or product-specific documentation for this release.
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This guide provides instructions about installing and configuring Oracle Database Client for Linux on POWER Systems.
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Microsoft Windows Installation Guides

Contains important information not included in the Oracle Database documentation for Windows.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Windows 32-bit systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Windows x64 systems.
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Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database and Grid Infrastructure for a Single Server on Windows.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Windows 32-bit systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Windows x64 systems.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on Windows.
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Describes how to install the software for Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a cluster, which includes Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), on systems running Microsoft Windows.
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Describes how to install Oracle Real Application Clusters on the Microsoft Windows platform.
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Solaris Installation Guides

Contains important information not included in the Oracle Database documentation for Solaris.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Solaris SPARC systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Solaris x86-64 systems.
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Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database and Grid Infrastructure for a Single Server on Solaris.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on Solaris SPARC systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on Solaris x86-64 systems.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on Solaris.
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Describes how to install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster software, which includes Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), on systems running Oracle Solaris.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on systems running Linux and UNIX.
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HP-UX Installation Guides

Contains important information not included in the Oracle Database documentation for HP.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on HP Itanium systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on HP-UX PA-RISC systems.
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Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database, and Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a standalone server on HP-UX systems.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on HP-UX systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on HP Itanium systems.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on HP-UX PA-RISC systems.
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Describes how to install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster software, which includes Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), on systems running HP-UX.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on systems running Linux and UNIX.
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AIX Installation Guides

Contains important information not included in the Oracle Database documentation for AIX.
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database on AIX systems.
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Provides configuration information for network and system administrators, and database installation information for database administrators (DBAs) who install and configure Oracle Database and Grid Infrastructure for a Single Server on IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit).
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Describes how to quickly install Oracle Database Client on AIX systems.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database Client on AIX.
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Describes how to install Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Cluster software, which includes Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Automatic Storage Management (Oracle ASM), on systems running IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit).
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) on systems running Linux and UNIX.
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Fujitsu BS2000/OSD Installation Guides

Explains how to install, upgrade, and manage Oracle Database on Fujitsu BS2000/OSD systems.
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This guide describes the installation, maintenance, and use of Oracle Database on Fujitsu BS2000/OSD systems.
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Apple Mac OS X

These Release Notes contain important information not included in the Oracle documentation for Apple Mac OS X (Intel).
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This guide provides instructions about installing and configuring Oracle Database Client for Apple Mac OS X (Intel).
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HP OpenVMS Itanium

Contains information that was not included in the platform-specific or product-specific documentation for this release.
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Describes how to install and configure Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) on HP OpenVMS Itanium.
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Explains how to configure and manage Oracle Database on HP OpenVMS Itanium systems.
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Supplementary Installation Guides

Products installed separately from the database.

Assists in determining hardware and software requirements, installing, configuring, or administering an Oracle Database Gateway for APPC, developing applications that access remote host databases through the gateway using either the SNA communication protocol or the TCP/IP for IMS Connect communication protocol, determining security requirements, and determining and resolving problems.
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Assists Oracle database administrators who are responsible for installing, configuring the components of the Oracle Database Gateway for IMS, VSAM, and Adabas and for diagnosing gateway errors.
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Assists Oracle database administrators who are responsible for installing and configuring Oracle Database Gateways.
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Describes installing the software and configuring Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB). Part II of this guide provides procedures for administering OWB.
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Describes how to install and configure the products available on the Oracle Database Examples installation media.
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