HP OpenVMS and Installation-Specific Issues and Restrictions
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Oracle9
i
Installation Guide Release 2 (9.2.0.2) for HP Alpha OpenVMS
HP OpenVMS and Installation-Specific Issues and Restrictions
The following issues and restrictions can affect the installation or use of Oracle9
i
on
HP OpenVMS Alpha
.
Re-installing Oracle9
i
Release 2 (9.2.0.2)
If you re-install Oracle9
i
server into an ORACLE_HOME where Oracle9
i
server
Release 2 (9.2.0.2) is already installed, then you must also re-install any product
options, such as Oracle Partitioning, that were enabled before you began the
re-installation
New ORA_ROOT
Do not install Oracle9
i
Release 2 (9.2.0.2) into the root directory of an existing Oracle
installation containing any Oracle Software.
Oracle Corporation recommends that you install Oracle9
i
Release 2 (9.2.0.2)
products into a new ORA_ROOT.
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
The JRE that is shipped with Oracle9
i
is used by Oracle Java applications such as
the Oracle Universal Installer and is the only Java application that is supported to
run with these applications
.
Customers must not modify this JRE, unless it is done
through a patch provided by Oracle Support Services.
The inventory can contain multiple versions of the JRE, each of which can be used
by one or more products or releases
.
The Oracle Universal Installer creates the
oraInventory
directory the first time that it is run in order to keep an inventory
of products that it installs (as well as other installation information) on your system.
Character Mode
Installation cannot be performed using character mode with the Oracle Universal
Installer (OUI)
.
For non-interactive installations, use the
Silent Mode Installation
,
which is described in
Chapter 1, "Oracle9i Installation Planning"
on page 1-16
.
The
Oracle Universal Installer can be run in the interactive mode directly from your
system X-Windows console or via an X-Terminal or PC X-Terminal on a remote
system.
