Preface

This guide explains how to perform administrative tasks for Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) for IBM z/OS.

Audience

This guide is intended for anyone responsible for performing tasks such as:

• Administering Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) for IBM z/OS (OS/390)

• Maintaining z/OS data sets and Oracle system files

• Managing backups, recovery, memory, and storage on z/OS

• Diagnosing and reporting errors

• Issuing OSDI subsystem commands

This guide provides information only for Oracle products and their interactions with z/OS. A thorough understanding of the fundamentals of z/OS is necessary before attempting to use this software.

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Product Name

The complete name for the product described in this book is Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) for IBM z/OS (OS/390). To maintain readability and conciseness in this document, the product is referred to as Oracle Database for z/OS, and the platform is referred to as z/OS.

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:

dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s6 of=/dev/rst0 bs=10b count=10000

.DEFINE {macro1}

cvtcrt termname [outfile]

CHKVAL fieldname value1 value2 ... valueN

library_name

FILE filesize [K|M]

Accessing Documentation

The documentation for this release includes platform-specific documentation and generic product documentation.

Platform-Specific Documentation

Platform-specific documentation includes information about installing and using Oracle products on particular platforms. The platform-specific documentation for this product is available in both Adobe portable document format (PDF) and HTML format on the product disc. To access the platform-specific documentation on disc:

1. Use a Web browser to open the welcome.htm file in the top-level directory of the disc.

2. For DVD only, select the appropriate product link.

3. Select the Documentation tab.

If you prefer paper documentation, then open and print the PDF files.

Product Documentation

Product documentation includes information about configuring, using, or administering Oracle products on any platform. The product documentation for Oracle Database 10g products is available in both HTML and PDF formats in the following locations:

• In the doc subdirectory on the Oracle Database 10g DVD

  To access the documentation from the DVD, use a Web browser to view the welcome.htm file in the top-level directory on the disc, then select the Oracle Database 10g Documentation Library link.

• Online on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Web site:

  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

Related Documentation

The platform-specific documentation for Oracle Database 10g products includes the following manuals:

• Oracle Database

  • Oracle Database Release Notes for IBM z/OS (OS/390)

  • Oracle Database How To Get Started for IBM z/OS (OS/390)

  • Oracle Database Installation Guide for IBM z/OS (OS/390)

  • Oracle Database User's Guide for IBM z/OS (OS/390)

  • Oracle Database Messages Guide for IBM z/OS (OS/390)

  • Oracle Database System Administration Guide for IBM z/OS (OS/390)

• Other Documentation

  In addition to the platform-specific documents, the following product-specific documents are referenced in this guide.

  Oracle Books

  • Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

  • Oracle Database Advanced Security Administrator's Guide

  • Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

  • Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Large Objects

  • Oracle Database Backup and Recovery Book Set

  • Oracle Database Concepts

  • Oracle Database Data Guard Concepts and Administration

  • Oracle Database Globalization Support Guide

  • Oracle Database Performance Tuning

  • Oracle Database Real Application Clusters Book Set

  • Oracle Database Recovery Manager Book Set

  • Oracle Database Reference

  • Oracle Database SQL Reference

  • Oracle Database Upgrade Guide

  • Oracle Database Utilities

  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Advanced Configuration

  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Book Set

  • Oracle Net Services Book Set

  IBM Books

  • IMS V8 Install. Vol. 2: System Definition and Tailoring (GC27-1298)

  • z/OS V1R3.0 DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs (SC26-7394)

  • z/OS V1R3.0 DFSMS: Using Data Sets (SC26-7410)

  • z/OS V1R4.0 MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference (SA22-7592)

  • z/OS V1R4.0 MVS Planning: Workload Management (SA22-7602)

  • z/OS V1R4.0 MVS Setting Up a Sysplex (SA22-7625)

  • z/OS V1R4.0 UNIX System Services Planning (GA22-7800)

  IBM documents are referred in a shorter form throughout this document. For example, z/OS V1R4.0 MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference (SA22-7592) is referred to as MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference.

Refer to Oracle Database Release Notes for IBM z/OS (OS/390) for important information that was not available when this book was released. The release notes for Oracle Database 10g are updated regularly. You can get the most recent version from Oracle Technology Network at

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html

Typographic Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: