This guide provides platform-specific information about administering and configuring Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) on the following platforms:
Oracle Solaris
IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)
Linux
HP-UX Itanium
This guide supplements the Oracle Database Administrator's Guide.
This guide is intended for anyone responsible for administering and configuring Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1). If you are configuring Oracle RAC, then refer to Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide.
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For important information, refer to your platform-specific Release Notes, Installation Guides, and Examples Installation Guide in the Oracle Database Documentation Library.
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. |
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}
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| 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
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| vertical line | | A vertical line indicates a choice within braces or brackets:
FILE filesize [K|M]
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The names of some UNIX operating systems have been shortened in this guide. These are:
| Operating System | Abbreviated Name |
|---|---|
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-Bit) Oracle Solaris on x86-64 |
Oracle Solaris
Note: Where the information for Oracle Solaris is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text. |
Linux x86-64 |
Linux
Note: Where the information for Linux is different on a particular architecture, this is noted in the text. |
The documentation for this release includes platform-specific documentation and generic product documentation. Platform-specific documentation includes information about installing, configuring, and using Oracle products on a particular platform. The documentation is available in Adobe portable document format (PDF) and HTML format.
To access all Oracle documentation, see Oracle Technology Network website:
Note:
Platform-specific documentation is current at the time of release. For the latest information, Oracle recommends you to go to Oracle Technology Network website.