CHAPTER 2. Understanding CD-ROM Structure and Content
Delay is preferable to error.
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to George Washington
UTnlike some prior releases, Oracle Server Version 7.3.3 MUST BE INSTALLED in its own directory, separate from that of any prior release. There are two reasons for this requirement:
- Reduces the possibility of installing incompatible versions of products
- Eliminates the possibility of inheriting obsolete files left behind after previous installations
This chapter explains the following topics for understanding the CD-ROM structure and content:
CD-ROM Contents
The Product CD-ROM root directory has a file called AAA_CD_ROM.CONTENTS. This file lists the contents of the CD-ROM.
The Oracle7 Server CD-ROM distribution contains several directories that contain various product bundles.
The following figure shows the directory structure of the Oracle7 CD-ROM disk:
Each product bundle (for example, [SERVER] and [ORADOC]) directory contains OpenVMS BACKUP savesets for each product in the particular bundle.
For example, the [SERVER] product bundle contains the following savesets/products:
| Saveset
| Product
|
| AGENT.BCK
| Intelligent Agent
|
| AROPT.BCK
| Advanced Replication Option
|
| BOOT.BCK
| {Used by ORACLEINS}
|
| CTX.BCK
| ConText Option
|
| DDBEXT.BCK
| Distributed Database Option
|
| NETCONFIG.BCK
| SQL*Net Component
|
| NLS.BCK
| National Language Support
|
| PARREXT.BCK
| Parallel Server Extension
|
| PQOPT.BCK
| Parallel Query Option
|
| PROGINT.BCK
| Oracle Precompilers
|
| RDBMS.BCK
| Oracle7 Server
|
| SDOPT.BCK
| Spatial Data Option
|
| SQLPLUS.BCK
| SQL*Plus
|
| SVRMGR.BCK
| Server Manager
|
| UTIL.BCK
| Utility Component (such as common libraries, etc.)
|
BOOT.BCK Saveset
Each product bundle, except ORACLEDOC, also contains a BOOT.BCK saveset. The BOOT.BCK saveset is used to install the particular product bundle. Prior to invoking the Oracle installation procedure (ORACLEINS.COM), the OpenVMS BACKUP command must be used to restore the BOOT.BCK saveset for the product bundle. ORACLEINS is then invoked to load, configure, and build products selected from the product bundle.
The BOOT.BCK saveset contains the following files:
- Installation command procedures, including ORACLEINS.COM,
- PRODUCTS.TXT file, which lists all the products in this product bundle,
- <product>.DEF files, which define the default configuration for each <product>, and
- <product>.CTL files, which determine product build dependencies.
Product Savesets and README Files
Each product saveset contains various files (object files, object libraries, DCL command procedures, etc.) that are used to build the specific product. Each product saveset might also contain one or more README files that may contain last minute information not included in the installation documentation set. It is recommended that you review the contents of the README files prior to performing an Oracle installation.
You must use the OpenVMS BACKUP command to extract the README files from each of the product savesets. For example, to extract the README files from the RDBMS product saveset into the current default directory, issue the following command:
$ BACKUP/LOG/SELECT=READ*.* -
<ddcn>:[SERVER]RDBMS.BCK/SAVE_SET []
where <ddcn> is a valid CD-ROM device.