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Preface

Intended Audience

Documentation Accessibility

1 Introduction to Oracle Universal Installer

System Requirements

2 Using Oracle Universal Installer

Checking Pre-Requisites Before Installation

Installing Oracle Products

Getting Help While Installing Oracle Products

About the ORAPARAM.INI File

Modes of Installation

Installation Media

Installing from a Single CD-ROM

Installing from Multiple CD-ROMs

Installing from the Web

Special Instructions for UNIX Users

Failed to Connect to Server Error

Providing a UNIX Installer Location with Root Privileges

Providing a UNIX Group Name

Deinstalling Oracle Products

Removing Oracle Products and Oracle Homes With OUI

Deinstalling Top Level Products that Have Dependees

Silent Deinstallation

Immediately Displaying the Inventory Dialog Box

Hiding the Inventory Dialog Box

Hiding the Deinstallation Confirmation and Progress Dialog Boxes

Running OUI After Installation

Command Line Arguments

Using OUI Exit Codes

Cloning Considerations

About OUI Log Files

3 Managing Oracle Homes

Introduction to Oracle Homes

Creating Oracle Homes

Removing Oracle Homes

Determining the Default Oracle Home

Multiple Oracle Homes

About the OUI Inventory

Locating the Inventory on Windows Systems

Locating the Inventory on UNIX

Home Selector (Available on Win32 Platforms)

Home Selector Overview

How Home Selector Works

Oracle Home Directory Structure for Windows Platforms

Optimal Flexible Architecture Directory Structure (on UNIX)

ORACLE_BASE Directory

ORACLE_HOME Directory

4 Customizing and Creating Response Files

About Response Files

What Is a Silent Installation?

What Is a Response File?

Why Perform a Silent Installation?

Modifying a Response File

Creating a Response File With Record Mode

Using Record Mode

Response File Format

Variable Values

Variable Lookup Order

Setting the Recommendation Value

Response File Parameters

Installing Using a Response File

Specifying a Response File

Optional Parameters When Specifying a Response File

Setting Response File Variables From the Command Line

Specifying the Value of a Session Variable

Specifying the Value of a Component Variable

5 Cluster Environment Installations

Installing Clusterware

Pre-Installation Tasks

Installing Product Software on a Cluster

Cluster Detection

Availability Checking

Cluster Installation

Cluster Deinstallation

Adding Nodes to a Cluster Installation

Command Line Options for Cluster Installs (UNIX Only)

6 Oracle Internationalization and Translation

Installer/Installation Dialogs Language

Product Language Selections

A Troubleshooting

Debugging Mechanisms in OUI

B Sample Files

Sample Response File

Sample ORAPARAM.INI File

Index