This guide provides platform-specific information about administering and configuring Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) on Microsoft Windows 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
See Also:
Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows for information about Oracle Database preinstallation requirements
Oracle Database Client Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows for information about Oracle Database Client preinstallation requirements
Oracle Grid Infrastructure Installation Guide for information about Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle RAC preinstallation requirements
Note:
Windows Multilingual User Interface Pack is supported on all Windows operating systems.
In the 12.1 release, only the database client is supported on 32-bit Windows operating systems.
This Preface contains these topics:
This guide is intended for database administrators, network administrators, security specialists, and developers who use Oracle Database for Windows.
To use this document, you need:
Oracle-certified Windows operating system software installed and tested
Knowledge of object-relational database management concepts
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The Oracle Database Online Documentation Library for Windows is not shipped with Oracle Database for Windows. Everything in the library is available for download from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/documentation/index.html
For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Database documentation set:
Many books in the documentation set use the sample schemas of the seed database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Database. See Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.
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