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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Accessing Documentation
Related Documentation
Conventions
Changes in This Release for Oracle Database Installation Guide
Changes in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1)
1
Oracle Database Installation Checklist
1.1
Hardware Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
1.2
Operating System Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
1.3
Oracle User Environment Configuration Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
1.4
Storage and Recovery Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
1.5
OUI Checklist for Single Instance Oracle Database Installation
1.6
Planning Checklist for Oracle Database Installation
2
Overview of Oracle Database Installation
2.1
New Oracle Products and Features Installed with This Release
2.2
Planning Your Installation
2.3
Installation Considerations
2.3.1
Installation Differences Between Windows and UNIX Systems
2.3.2
Recommended File System
2.3.3
Hardware and Software Certification
2.3.3.1
Third-Party Database Certification for Oracle SQL Developer
2.3.4
Multiple Oracle Homes Support
2.3.4.1
Installing the Software on a System with an Existing Oracle Installation
2.3.5
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
2.3.6
Oracle Cluster Synchronization Services
2.3.7
Oracle Universal Installer Overview
2.3.8
Oracle Base Directory
2.3.9
Oracle Home Directory
2.3.9.1
Contents of the Oracle Home Environment
2.3.9.2
Multiple Oracle Home Components
2.3.10
Oracle Inventory Directory
2.3.11
Installing Oracle Database Vault in an Oracle Data Guard Environment
2.3.12
Oracle Database Vault Default Audit Policy and Initialization Parameters
2.3.13
Consider Memory Allocation and Automatic Memory Management
2.4
Oracle Database Installation Methods
2.4.1
Interactive Installation Types
2.4.2
Automated Installation Methods Using Response Files
2.5
Oracle Database Editions
2.6
Database Security Notification Options
2.7
Database Configuration Options
2.7.1
Preconfigured Database Types
2.7.2
Installation Choices That Affect Database Creation
2.7.3
Creating a Database After Installation
2.7.3.1
Creating an Oracle Database on Direct NFS
2.8
Database Storage Options
2.8.1
File System
2.8.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management
2.8.2.1
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Components
2.9
Database Management Options
2.9.1
Management Options for Preconfigured Databases
2.9.2
Management Options for Custom Databases
2.9.3
Features Provided by Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express 12c
2.10
Database Backup and Recovery Options
2.10.1
Configuring Recovery
2.11
Upgrade Considerations
2.11.1
Upgrading Your Operating System Before a Database Upgrade
2.11.1.1
Upgrading the Operating System
2.11.1.2
Migrating to a New Computer
2.11.2
Upgrading Oracle Automatic Storage Management
2.12
Migration Considerations
3
Oracle Database Preinstallation Tasks
3.1
Oracle Database Hardware Requirements
3.1.1
Hardware Component Requirements for Windows x64
3.1.2
Hard Disk Space Requirements
3.1.3
Verifying Hardware Requirements
3.2
Oracle Database Software Requirements
3.3
Windows Certification and Web Browser Support
3.3.1
Remote Desktop Services
3.3.2
Installation Requirements for Web Browsers
3.3.3
Default Share Configuration Requirement
3.4
Reviewing Operating System Security Common Practices
3.5
Confirming Host Name Resolution
3.6
Individual Component Requirements
3.6.1
Configuring Disk Storage for Oracle Data Files and Recovery Files
3.6.1.1
Choosing a Storage Option for Oracle Database and Recovery Files
3.6.1.2
Configuring Disk Storage
3.6.2
Creating Directories for Oracle Data Files or Recovery Files
3.6.2.1
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Data Files on a File System
3.6.2.2
Guidelines for Placing Oracle Recovery Files on a File System
3.6.2.3
Creating Required Directories
3.6.3
Oracle Database Security Strong Authentication Requirements
3.6.4
Oracle Enterprise Manager Requirements
3.6.5
Oracle-Managed Files Requirements
3.6.6
Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC)
3.6.7
Oracle Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Writer
4
Configuring Users, Groups and Environments for Oracle Database
4.1
Creating Required Operating System Groups and Users
4.1.1
About the Oracle Installation User
4.1.2
Creating Oracle Home User
4.1.3
Understanding the Oracle Inventory Directory and the Oracle Inventory Group
4.1.4
Operating System Groups Created During Oracle Database Installation
4.1.5
Operating System Groups and Users for Job Role Separation
4.1.5.1
About Job Role Separation Operating System Privileges Groups and Users
4.1.5.2
Oracle Software Owner For Each Oracle Software Product
4.1.5.3
Standard Oracle Database Groups for Job Role Separation for Oracle Database
4.1.5.4
Extended Oracle Database Groups for Job Role Separation
4.1.5.5
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Groups for Job Role Separation
4.2
Stopping Existing Oracle Services
4.3
Configuring User Accounts
4.3.1
Configuring Environment Variables for the Software Installation Owner
4.3.2
Managing User Accounts with User Account Control
5
Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
5.1
Requirements for an Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server Installation
5.1.1
System Requirements
5.1.2
Memory Requirements
5.1.3
Disk Space Requirements
5.2
Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM
5.2.1
About Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM
5.2.2
Oracle ACFS and Oracle ADVM Support on Windows
5.2.3
Restrictions and Guidelines for Oracle ACFS
5.3
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Storage Configuration
5.3.1
Managing Disk Groups for Older Database Versions
5.3.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation Considerations
5.3.3
Configuring Storage for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.3.3.1
Identifying Storage Requirements for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.3.3.2
Creating DAS or SAN Disk Partitions for an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instance
5.3.3.3
Configuring Disks Manually for Oracle Automatic Storage Management
5.4
Configuring Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Groups Manually Using Oracle ASMCA
5.5
Testing the Oracle Automatic Storage Management Installation
5.6
Upgrading Existing Oracle Automatic Storage Management Instances
5.7
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server Using a Software-Only Installation
5.7.1
Installing the Software Binaries
5.7.2
Configuring the Software Binaries
5.8
Installing and Configuring Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server
5.8.1
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server with a New Database Installation
5.8.2
Installing Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server for an Existing Database
5.9
Modifying Oracle Grid Infrastructure for a Standalone Server Binaries After Installation
6
Installing Oracle Database
6.1
Preinstallation Considerations for Installing Oracle Database
6.1.1
Installation Consideration on Windows
6.1.2
Performing Multiple Oracle Database Installations
6.1.3
Installing on Systems That Already Have Oracle Components
6.1.4
Installing with Minimum Memory Requirements
6.2
Reviewing Component-Specific Installation Guidelines
6.2.1
Selecting the Database Character Set
6.2.2
Using an Oracle Automatic Storage Management Disk Group
6.3
Accessing the Installation Software
6.3.1
Installing from a Remote DVD Drive
6.3.1.1
Step 1: On the Remote Computer, Share the DVD Drive
6.3.1.2
Step 2: On the Local Computer, Map the DVD Drive
6.3.2
Installing on Remote Computers Through Remote Access Software
6.3.2.1
Installing on Remote Computers from a Hard Drive
6.3.2.2
Installing on Remote Computers from a Remote DVD Drive
6.3.3
Downloading Oracle Software
6.3.3.1
Downloading the Installation Archive Files from Oracle Technology Network
6.3.3.2
Downloading the Software from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud
6.3.3.3
Extracting the Installation Files
6.3.4
Copying the Oracle Database Software to a Hard Disk
6.4
Installing the Oracle Database Software
6.5
Cloning an Oracle Home
6.6
Configuring Oracle Configuration Manager in a Cloned Oracle Home
7
Oracle Database Postinstallation Tasks
7.1
Installing the Latest Patch Set Release
7.2
Validating Invalid PL/SQL Modules
7.3
Configuring the Secure Sockets Layer
7.4
Configuring Oracle Components
7.4.1
Configuring Direct NFS Client
7.4.1.1
About Direct NFS Client Storage
7.4.1.2
About the Oranfstab File for Direct NFS Client
7.4.1.3
Mounting NFS Storage Devices with Direct NFS Client
7.4.1.4
Specifying Network Paths for a NFS Server
7.4.1.5
Enabling Direct NFS Client
7.4.1.6
Performing Basic File Operations Using the ORADNFS Utility
7.4.1.7
Monitoring Direct NFS Client Usage
7.4.1.8
Disabling Direct NFS Client
7.4.1.9
Enabling HCC on Direct NFS Client
7.4.2
Configuring Oracle Messaging Gateway
7.4.3
Configuring Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows
7.4.4
Configuring Oracle Label Security
7.4.5
Configuring the OraClrAgnt Service for Oracle Database Extensions for .NET
7.4.6
Configuring Oracle Database Vault
7.4.7
Configuring Oracle Net Services
7.4.8
Installing Oracle Text Supplied Knowledge Bases
7.4.9
Installing the Oracle Text Filtering Component
7.4.10
Configuring or Reinstalling Oracle XML DB
7.4.11
Configuring PL/SQL External Procedures
7.4.12
Configuring Shared Server Support
7.4.13
Setting Credentials for the Job System to Work with Oracle Enterprise Manager
7.4.14
Configuring Oracle Database to Communicate with Oracle Automatic Storage Management
7.4.15
Installing Oracle Database Examples
7.4.16
Creating the OraMTS Service for Microsoft Transaction Server
7.5
Creating a Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
7.5.1
About the Fast Recovery Area and the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
7.5.2
Creating the Fast Recovery Area Disk Group
7.6
Enabling and Disabling Database Options
7.7
Changing the Oracle Home User Password
7.8
Postinstallation Tasks for SQL Developer
8
Getting Started with Oracle Database
8.1
Checking the Installed Oracle Database Contents and Directory Location
8.2
Logging In to Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express 12c
8.3
Managing Oracle Automatic Storage Management
8.3.1
Starting and Stopping Oracle Automatic Storage Management
8.3.2
Oracle Automatic Storage Management Utilities
8.4
Starting and Stopping an Oracle Database
8.4.1
Starting and Stopping the Database with Oracle Administration Assistant for Windows
8.4.2
Starting and Stopping the Database from the Microsoft Windows Services Utility
8.5
Accessing Oracle Database with SQL*Plus
8.6
Accessing Oracle Database with Oracle SQL Developer
8.7
Reviewing User Accounts and Passwords
8.7.1
Reviewing Administrative Accounts
8.7.2
Unlocking and Resetting User Passwords
8.7.2.1
Using Enterprise Manager Database Express 12c to Unlock Accounts and Reset Passwords
8.7.2.2
Using SQL*Plus to Unlock and Change Passwords
8.8
Identifying Databases
8.9
Locating the Server Parameter File
8.10
Identifying Tablespaces and Data Files
8.11
Locating Redo Log Files
8.12
Locating Control Files
8.13
Understanding Oracle Database Services on Windows
9
Removing Oracle Database Software
9.1
About the Deinstallation Tool
9.2
Example of Running the Deinstallation Tool
9.3
Example of Running the Deinstallation Command
9.4
Example of a Deinstallation Response File for an Oracle Database
9.5
Example of a Deinstallation Response File for Oracle Grid Infrastructure
A
Installing Java Access Bridge
A.1
Overview of Java Access Bridge 2.0.2
A.2
Setting Up Java Access Bridge 2.0.2
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 Networks for Oracle Database
D.1
Installing Oracle Database on Computers with Multiple IP Addresses
D.2
Installing Oracle Database on Computers with Multiple Aliases
D.3
Installing Oracle Database on Nonnetworked Computers
D.4
Installing a Loopback Adapter
D.4.1
Checking if a Loopback Adapter is Installed on Your Computer
D.4.2
Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows Server 2008
D.4.3
Installing a Loopback Adapter on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
D.4.4
Installing Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter on Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2
D.4.5
Removing a Loopback Adapter
E
Configuring Oracle Database Globalization Support
E.1
Installing and Using Oracle Components in Different Languages
E.1.1
Configuring Oracle Components to Run in Different Languages
E.1.1.1
Determining the Operating System Locale
E.1.1.2
Configuring Locale and Character Sets Using the NLS_LANG Environment Variable
E.1.1.3
NLS_LANG Settings in Console Mode and Batch Mode
E.1.2
Installing Translation Resources
E.2
Running Oracle Universal Installer in Different Languages
F
Managing Oracle Database Port Numbers
F.1
About Managing Ports
F.2
Viewing Port Numbers and Access URLs
F.3
Port Numbers and Protocols of Oracle Components
F.4
Changing the Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Port
G
Troubleshooting the Oracle Database Installation
G.1
Verifying Requirements
G.2
Encountering Installation Errors
G.3
Reviewing the Log of an Installation Session
G.4
Silent Mode Response File Error Handling
G.5
Troubleshooting Host Name Changes and CSS
G.6
Troubleshooting Configuration Assistants
G.6.1
Configuration Assistant Failures
G.6.2
Irrecoverable Errors
G.7
Troubleshooting Inventory Issues
G.8
Troubleshooting Screen Display Issues
G.9
Cleaning Up After a Failed Installation
G.10
Continuing Installations or Upgrades After Server Restarts
H
Frequently Asked Questions About Installation
H.1
Installing Oracle Database or Oracle Database Client
H.2
Installing Oracle Database Tools
H.3
Installing Oracle Database with Oracle Applications
H.4
Installing Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Tools (Gateways)
Glossary
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