Preface

This guide and Oracle Database Installation Guide provide instructions for installing and configuring Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) on OpenVMS systems. Unless noted otherwise, all sections of this document apply to both OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS Itanium.

Refer to Oracle Database Installation Guide and to the certification matrix (MetaLink Note 62150.1) on the OracleMetaLink Web site for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system versions. You can visit the OracleMetaLink Web site at

https://metalink.oracle.com

Audience

This document is intended for anyone responsible for administering Oracle Database 10g release 2 (10.2) for hp OpenVMS Alpha systems or hp OpenVMS Itanium systems.

Documentation Accessibility

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TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

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Related Documents

For more information refer to the following documents:

• Oracle Database Administrator's Reference

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Net Services Reference

• Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide

Information about migrating from a previous version of Oracle Database is provided in Oracle Database Upgrade Guide.

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

• Oracle Database Installation Guide

• Oracle Database Release Notes

Refer to Oracle Database 10g Release Notes for your platform 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/technology/documentation/index.html

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: