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Contents Preface ............................................................................................................................................................... xiii Audience..................................................................................................................................................... xiii Documentation Accessibility................................................................................................................... xiii Accessing Documentation....................................................................................................................... xiv Related Documents .................................................................................................................................. xiv Conventions .............................................................................................................................................. xiv Changes in This Release for Oracle Database Platform Guide...................................... xv Changes in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1).................................................................................. xv 1 Oracle Database Architecture on Windows 1.1 Overview of Oracle Database on Windows Architecture..................................................... 1-1 1.1.1 Oracle Automatic Storage Management .......................................................................... 1-1 1.1.2 Oracle Automatic Storage Management File Access Control ....................................... 1-2 1.1.2.1 Creation of New User Groups and Users for Separation of Database Administration Duties 1-2 1.1.2.2 About Disk Group User Replacement....................................................................... 1-3 1.1.2.3 About Changing File Access Control While the File is Open ................................ 1-3 1.1.3 Thread-Based Architecture................................................................................................. 1-3 1.1.4 File I/O Enhancements....................................................................................................... 1-5 1.2 Overview of Oracle Database Scalability on Windows......................................................... 1-6 1.2.1 Large User Populations....................................................................................................... 1-6 1.3 Oracle Database Integration with Windows........................................................................... 1-6 1.3.1 Oracle PKI Integration with Windows ............................................................................. 1-6 1.3.2 Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server ........................................................... 1-6 1.3.3 Oracle Fail Safe Integration with Windows..................................................................... 1-7 1.4 Other Sources of Information.................................................................................................... 1-7 2 Database Tools on Windows 2.1 Choosing a Database Tool ......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1.1 Database Tools and Operating System Compatibility ................................................... 2-1 2.1.2 Preferred Database Tools.................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Starting Database Tools.............................................................................................................. 2-3 2.2.1 Starting Database Tools in Multiple Oracle Homes ....................................................... 2-4 2.2.1.1 Starting Tools from Multiple Oracle Homes ............................................................ 2-4 iii 2.2.2 Running Tools with Windows User Account Control ................................................... 2-4 2.2.3 Starting Database Tools from the Start Menu ................................................................. 2-5 2.2.4 Starting Database Tools from the Command Line.......................................................... 2-6 2.2.5 Starting Windows Tools ..................................................................................................... 2-8 2.3 Using the Oracle Home User Control Tool............................................................................. 2-9 2.4 Using SQL*Loader ...................................................................................................................... 2-9 2.4.1 Windows Processing Options......................................................................................... 2-10 2.4.1.1 Default (No Processing Option) or "str terminator_string"................................. 2-10 2.4.2 Control File Conventions................................................................................................. 2-10 2.5 Using Windows Tools ............................................................................................................. 2-11 2.5.1 Using Event Viewer to Monitor a Database ................................................................. 2-11 2.5.2 Using Microsoft Management Console to Administer a Database ........................... 2-11 2.5.3 Using Registry Editor to Modify Configuration Information.................................... 2-12 2.5.4 Using Task Manager to Monitor Applications and Processes ................................... 2-12 2.5.5 Using Local Users and Groups to Manage Users and Groups .................................. 2-13 3 Supporting Oracle Home User on Windows 3.1 Managing Oracle Home User...................................................................................................