Preface

This manual, in conjunction with the Oracle Database User's Guide for Fujitsu Siemens BS2000/OSD forms the system-specific component of a set of manuals which document installation, maintenance, and use of the Oracle Database release 10.2 and related products. This manual provides information for those responsible for installing and administering Oracle Database 10g release 2 for BS2000/OSD and describes:

• How Oracle Database 10g release 2 operates under BS2000/OSD

• How you install or upgrade Oracle Database 10g release 2

• How you create an Oracle Database 10g release 2

The Oracle Database User's Guide for Fujitsu Siemens BS2000/OSD, provides information for BS2000/OSD end-users of Oracle products. You need to use the Oracle Database User's Guide for Fujitsu Siemens BS2000/OSD for certain topics that are applicable both to users and database administrators.

The preface contains the following topics:

• Audience

• Using Oracle Database Documentation

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions Used in this Manual

Audience

This manual is written for people who are responsible for installing and maintaining the Oracle Database 10g release 2, and for assuring its smooth operation. These people are usually system programmers who may have Database Administrator (DBA) responsibilities.

The reader is assumed to have a fundamental knowledge of BS2000/OSD. No attempt is made to document features of BS2000/OSD, except as they affect or are affected by the Oracle Database 10g release 2.

Using Oracle Database Documentation

The Oracle Database products that run under BS2000/OSD are identical, in the way in which they are supported, to the Oracle Database products that run under any other operating system. However, because of the diversity of operating systems, the use of applications may differ slightly between different operating systems. As a result of this, Oracle provides two types of documentation:

This manual is written for users of Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) for BS2000/OSD, providing them with BS2000/OSD-specific information on using Oracle Database products. It does not describe how to use a product unless its use is different than that described in the generic documentation. System programmers and database administrators responsible for installing the Oracle Database, or administering the Oracle Database, or both, should read this manual as well as the Oracle Database User's Guide for Fujitsu Siemens BS2000/OSD. There are places where the information in these manuals overlap and is presented differently depending on the target audience.

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. 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. Accessibility 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. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/.

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.

TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398. Outside the United States, call +1.407.458.2479.

Related Documents

For more information, refer to the following resources:

• Fujitsu Siemens Computers documentation

• Oracle Database User's Guide for Fujitsu Siemens BS2000/OSD

Printed documentation is available for sale in the Oracle Store at

http://oraclestore.oracle.com/

To download free release notes, installation documentation, white papers, or other collateral, please visit the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). You must register online before using OTN; registration is free and can be done at

http://www.oracle.com/technology/membership/

If you already have a user name and password for OTN, then you can go directly to the documentation section of the OTN Web site at

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

Conventions Used in this Manual

The following conventions are observed in this manual.

Typographic Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this manual:

Command Syntax

set echo off

DEFINE { macro1 | macro2 }

Punctuation

The following symbols should always be entered as they appear in the command format: