3
Understanding CD-ROM Structure and Content

Unlike some prior releases, Oracle Server Release 3 (8.1.7) 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:

• CD-ROM Contents

• BOOT.BCK Saveset

• Product Savesets and README Files

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 Oracle8i Enterprise Edition CD-ROM distribution contains several directories that contain various product bundles.

The following figure shows the directory structure of the Oracle8 CD-ROM disk:

Each product bundle (for example, [SERVER] and [ORACLEDOC]) directory contains Alpha OpenVMS BACKUP savesets for each product in the particular bundle.

For example, the [SERVER] product bundle contains the following savesets/products:

Saveset	Product
APACHE.BCK	Oracle HTTP Server powered by Apache
BOOT.BCK	{Used by ORACLEINS Files}
CTX.BCK	IntermediaText Option (Formerly known as ConText)
DBJAVA.BCK	JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
DDBOPT.BCK	Distributed Database Option
*DPOPT.BCK	Data Partitioning Option
JAVAVM.BCK	Jserver 8.1.7
NETCONFIG.BCK	SQL*Net Component
NLS.BCK	National Language Support or Multilingual Option
*OBJOPT.BCK	Object Option
OEMAGENT.BCK	Intelligent Agent
*ORDIMG.BCK	Image Cartridge
*ORDTS.BCK	Time Series Cartridge
*ORDVIR.BCK	Virage Cartridge
OWM.BCK	Oracle Wallet Manager
*PQOPT.BCK	Parallel Query Option
PROGINT.BCK	Oracle Precompilers
*PSOPT.BCK	Parallel Server Option
RDBMS.BCK	Oracle8 Server
*SDOPT.BCK	Spatial Data Option
SQLJ.BCK	SQLJ and JPublisher
SQLPLUS.BCK	SQL*Plus
SVRMGR.BCK	Server Manager
UTIL.BCK	Utility Component (such as common libraries, etc.)
* These products can only be installed with the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition.

BOOT.BCK Saveset

Each product bundle, except ORACLEDOC, contains a BOOT.BCK saveset. The BOOT.BCK saveset is used to install the particular product bundle. Before you invoke the Oracle installation procedure (ORACLEINS.COM), you must use the Alpha OpenVMS BACKUP command to restore the BOOT.BCK saveset for the product bundle. Then invoke ORACLEINS to load, configure, and build products selected from the product bundle.

If you are using Oracle Universal Installer, BOOT.BCK is copied and restored automatically.

The BOOT.BCK saveset contains the following files:

• Installation command procedures, including ORACLEINS.COM

• PRODUCTS.TXT file, lists all the products in this product bundle

• <product>.DEF files, define the default configuration for each <product>

• <product>.CTL files, determine product build dependencies

• JRE 1.1.8 from Compaq

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.

Use the Alpha 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.