Preface

Purpose

This guide and the Oracle9i Installation Guide Release 1 (9.0.1) for UNIX Systems provide instructions for administering and configuring Oracle9i release 1 (9.0.1) on UNIX systems. Documentation for products included with the software is in the Oracle9i Generic Documentation Set.

Audience

This document is intended for anyone responsible for administering and configuring Oracle9i release 1 (9.0.1) on UNIX systems.

Oracle9i Standard Edition and Oracle9i Enterprise Edition

Unless noted otherwise, features and functionality described in this document are common to both Oracle9i Standard Edition and Oracle9i Enterprise Edition.

Terminology

The names for the UNIX operating systems have been shortened for this guide and the Oracle9i Installation Guide Release 1 (9.0.1) for UNIX Systems. The names are as follows:

Operating System	Abbreviated Name
AIX-Based Systems	AIX
HP 9000 Series HP-UX	HP
Linux Intel	Linux
Sun SPARC Solaris	Solaris
Compaq Tru64 UNIX	Tru64

Typographic Conventions

The following typographic conventions are used in this guide:

`monospace`	Monospace type indicates UNIX commands, directory names, usernames, pathnames, and filenames.
italics	Italic type indicates a variable, including variable portions of filenames. It is also used for emphasis and for book titles.
UPPERCASE	Uppercase letters indicate Structured Query Language (SQL) reserved words, initialization parameters, and environment variables.
<cr>	This string indicates a newline character.

Command Syntax

UNIX command syntax appears in monospace font and assumes the use of the Bourne shell. The "$" character at the beginning of UNIX command examples should not be entered at the prompt. Because UNIX is case-sensitive, conventions in this document may differ from those used in other Oracle documentation

backslash \	A backslash indicates a command that is too long to fit on a single line. Enter the line 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: SIZE filesize `[K\|M]`

Accessing Installed Documentation

Oracle9i release 1 (9.0.1) for UNIX systems documentation includes this guide and the Oracle9i Installation Guide Release 1 (9.0.1) for UNIX Systems. You can install documentation in HTML and PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format, which requires Acrobat Reader) formats. UNIX-specific documentation files are located on the Oracle9i CD-ROM. Generic documentation files are located on the Online Generic Documentation CD-ROM. The exact location of the documentation files is determined according to the following rules:

If the ORACLE_DOC environment variable is defined in the environment, then the files are installed in the directory defined by the environment variable.
If the ORACLE_DOC environment variable is not defined but the ORACLE_BASE environment variable is defined, then the files are installed in the $ORACLE_BASE/doc directory.
If neither the ORACLE_DOC environment variable nor the ORACLE_BASE environment variable are defined in the environment, then the files are installed in the $ORACLE_HOME/doc directory.

To access the documentation, navigate to the documentation directory. If you want to access the HTML documentation, use a browser to open the index.htm file. If you prefer paper documentation, open and print the PDF files.

Oracle Product Documentation

Oracle9i product documentation is on the Oracle9i Generic Documentation CD-ROM. Instructions for accessing and installing the documents on the CD-ROM are found in the README file in the top-level directory of the CD-ROM.

Documentation Library

The documentation library on the Generic Documentation CD-ROM includes a web-based search tool that enables you to search through the complete library of Oracle9i documents. You may search for information on a particular product, parameter, filename, procedure, error message, or other area of interest. The tool also makes it possible to construct a "virtual book" that consists of topics and procedures relevant for your needs drawn from the complete documentation library. The library also includes a comprehensive Master Index, as well as lists of SQL and PL/SQL keywords, initialization parameters, catalog views, and data dictionary views.

Oracle Services and Support

The Oracle corporate web page is located at:

http://www.oracle.com

Oracle Corporation offers a wide range of services to help facilitate corporate system solutions, including Oracle Education courses, Oracle Consulting services, and Oracle Worldwide Customer Support from the website. In addition, Oracle Corporation provides free trial software, updates on Oracle products and service, and technical brochures and data sheets.

Oracle Support Services

Technical Support registration and contact information worldwide is available at:

http://www.oracle.com/support

At the Oracle support site, templates are available to help you prepare information about your problem before you call so that you may be helped more quickly. You must also provide your CSI number (if applicable) or complete contact details, including any special project information.

Oracle MetaLink

Oracle MetaLink is Oracle Corporation's web service for technical information. Members of Oracle MetaLink can search for updates, alerts, patches, and other information about products, releases, and operating systems, or set preferences to be notified automatically of new information. MetaLink offers a variety of services to assist in setting up and administrating Oracle products, including procedures, scripts, commentary, and tuning and configuration best-practices bulletins. In addition, it offers forums for information sharing among Oracle customers, and direct communication with Oracle Support. Oracle MetaLink is available to Product Support Customers at no extra cost. Sign up for free membership for this service at:

http://www.oracle.com/support/metalink

Use your Support Access Code (SAC) number to register. Products and Documentation

Products and Documentation

For U.S.A. customers, Oracle Store is at:

http://oraclestore.oracle.com

Links to Stores in other countries are provided at this site.

Product documentation can be found at:

http://docs.oracle.com

Customer Service

Global Customer Service contacts are listed at:

http://www.oracle.com/support/

Education and Training

Training information and worldwide schedules are available at:

http://www.oracle.com/education/

Oracle Technology Network

http://otn.oracle.com/index.html

OTN delivers technical papers, code samples, product documentation, an Oracle on-line community and self-service developer support. It also offers the Oracle key developer products to enable rapid development and deployment of applications built on Oracle technology.

Documentation Accessibility

Oracle Corporation strives to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to the disabled community with good usability. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers.

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the Java code examples in this document. The conventions for writing Java code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

For additional information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program web site at:

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Support for Hearing and Speech Impaired Customers

Oracle Corporation provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For technical questions, call:

1.800.446.2398
For non-technical questions, call:

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