Preface

This guide provides platform-specific information about administering and configuring Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2) on the following platforms:

AIX Based Systems
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris Operating System

This guide supplements the Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone responsible for administering and configuring Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2). If you are configuring Oracle RAC, then refer to Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

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

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Access to Oracle Support Services

To reach Oracle Support Services, use a telecommunications relay service (TRS) to call Oracle Support at 1.800.223.1711. An Oracle Support Services engineer will handle technical issues and provide customer support according to the Oracle service request process. Information about TRS is available at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/trs.html, and a list of phone numbers is available at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/trsphonebk.html.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
`monospace`	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.

Command Syntax

UNIX command syntax appears in monospace font. The dollar character ($), number sign (#), or percent character (%) are UNIX command prompts. Do not enter them as part of the command. The following command syntax conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Description
backslash \	A backslash is the UNIX command continuation character. It is used in command examples that are too long to fit on a single line. Enter the command 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
italic	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: FILE filesize [K\|M]

Terminology

The names of some UNIX operating systems have been shortened in this guide. These are:

Operating System	Abbreviated Name
AIX Based Systems	AIX
HP-UX PA-RISC (64-bit) HP-UX Itanium	HP-UX Note: Where the information for HP-UX is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text.
Linux x86 Linux x86-64	Linux Note: Where the information for Linux is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text.
Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-Bit)	Solaris Note: Where the information for Solaris is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text.

Accessing Documentation

The documentation for this release includes platform-specific documentation and generic product documentation. Both the documents include information on installing, configuring and, using Oracle products on a particular platform. The documentation is available in both Adobe portable document format (PDF) and HTML format.

To access the platform-specific documentation on installation media:
1. Use a Web browser to open the welcome.htm file in the top-level directory of the installation media.
2. For DVDs only, select the appropriate product link.
3. Select the Documentation tab.
To access the product documentation, see Oracle Technology Network Web site:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html

Note:

Platform-specific documentation is current at the time of release. For the latest information, Oracle recommends you to go to Oracle Technology Network Web site.

Third Party Software Notices

This program contains third party software from HP. The Oracle program license that accompanied this product determines your right to use the Oracle program, including the HP software. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Oracle program license, the HP software is provided "AS IS" and without intellectual property indemnities, warranties, or support of any kind from Oracle or HP.

This program also contains third party software from International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The Oracle program license that accompanied this product determines your right to use the Oracle program, including the IBM software.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Oracle program license, the IBM software is provided "AS IS" and without intellectual property indemnities, warranties, or support of any kind from Oracle or IBM.