Preface

This guide explains how to install and configure Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Database with Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) on Microsoft Windows clusters running Windows 2000 (32-bit) with Service Pack 1 or higher, Windows Server 2003 x64, or Windows Server 2003 for 64-bit Itanium 2 Systems.

This preface contains these topics:

• Intended Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Intended Audience

Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows provides information for a database administrator who is installing Oracle Clusterware or RAC on a Windows cluster. The guide provides the network, cluster, and individual computer requirements for installing and configuring the software as well as the steps to complete an installation. In some cases, this book may help a network administrator or system administrator who is responsible for providing the required network and hardware configuration.

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible, with good usability, to the disabled community. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at

http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

TTY Access to Oracle Support Services

Oracle provides dedicated Text Telephone (TTY) access to Oracle Support Services within the United States of America 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For TTY support, call 800.446.2398.

Related Documents

For more information, refer to the following Oracle resources:

Oracle Real Application Clusters Documentation

• Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

Installation Guides

• Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)

• Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)

• Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64)

• Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64)

• Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium

• Oracle Database Quick Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium

• Oracle Diagnostics Pack Installation

• Oracle Universal Installer and OPatch User's Guide

Operating System-Specific Administrative Guides

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows (x64)

• Oracle Database Platform Guide for Microsoft Windows (64-Bit) on Intel Itanium

Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters Management

• Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide

• Oracle Database 2 Day DBA

• Getting Started with the Oracle Diagnostics Pack

Generic Documentation

• Oracle Database New Features

• Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Reference

Most Oracle error message documentation is only available in HTML. If you only have access to the Oracle Documentation media, then browse the error messages by range. Once you find a range, use your browser's "find in page" feature to locate a specific message. When connected to the Internet, you can search for a specific error message using the error message search feature of the Oracle online documentation. However, error messages for Oracle Clusterware and Oracle RAC tools are included in Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: