| Oracle Procedural Gateway® for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Microsoft Windows Part Number B16211-01 |
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| Oracle Procedural Gateway® for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Microsoft Windows Part Number B16211-01 |
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The Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC provides Oracle applications with seamless access to IBM mainframe data and services through Remote Procedure Call (RPC) processing.
Refer to the Oracle Database Installation Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2) for Microsoft Windows and to the certification matrix on the OracleMetaLink Web site for the most up-to-date list of certified hardware platforms and operating system versions. The OracleMetaLink Web site can be found at:
Read this guide if you are responsible for tasks such as:
determining hardware and software requirements
installing, configuring, or administering an Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC
developing applications that access remote host databases through the gateway using either the SNA communication protocol or the TCP/IP for IMS Connect communication protocol.
determining security requirements
determining and resolving problems
Before using this guide to administer the gateway, you should understand the fundamentals of the Windows operating system, SNA Server, the Procedural Gateways, PL/SQL and the Oracle Integrating Server.
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The Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows is included as part of your product shipment. Also included is:
Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Messages Guide for UNIX and Microsoft Windows
Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for Microsoft Windows
You might also need Oracle server and Oracle Net documentation. The following is a useful list of the Oracle publications that may be referenced in this book:
Oracle Database Installation Guide for Microsoft Windows (32-Bit)
Oracle Database Administrator's Guide
Oracle Database Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals
Oracle Database Concepts
Oracle Database Error Messages
Oracle Database Net Services Administrator's Guide
Other related publications are listed in "Documentation Requirements". Refer to the Oracle Technical Publications Catalog and Price Guide for a complete list of documentation provided for Oracle products.
Examples of input and output for the gateway and Oracle environment are shown in a special font:
C:\> mkdir \ORACLE\your_name
All output is shown as it appears. For input, the list of conventions and their meanings are as follows:
example text: Words or phrases, such as mkdir and ORACLE, must be entered exactly as spelled and in the letter case shown. In this example, mkdir must be entered in lowercase letters and ORACLE in uppercase letters.
italic text: Italicized uppercase or lowercase, such as your_name, indicates that you must substitute a word or phrase, such as the actual directory name.
BOLD text or bold italic TEXT: Bold words or phrases refer to a file or directory structure, such as a directory, path, or file ID.
... : Ellipses indicate that the preceding item can be repeated. You can enter an arbitrary number of similar items.
{ }: Curly braces indicate that one of the enclosed arguments is required. Do not enter the braces themselves.
|: Vertical lines separate choices.
[ ]: Square brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none. Do not enter the brackets themselves.
Other punctuation, such as commas, quotation marks or the pipe symbol (|) must be entered as shown unless otherwise specified. Directory names, file IDs and so on appear in the required letter case in examples. The same convention is used when these names appear in text, and the names are highlighted in bold. The use of italics indicates that those portions of a file ID that appear in italics can vary.
Gateway commands, file IDs reserved words, MS-DOS commands, keywords and environment variables appear in uppercase in examples and text. Reserved words must always be entered as shown; they have reserved meanings within the Oracle system.
SQL*Plus Prompts
The SQL*Plus prompt, SQL>, appears in SQL statement and SQL*Plus command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, SQL>, in your response.
MS-DOS Prompts
The MS-DOS prompt, C:\>, appears in MS-DOS command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, C:\>, in your response.
PGAU Prompts
The PGAU prompt, PGAU>, appears in PGAU command examples. Enter your response at the prompt. Do not enter the text of the prompt, PGAU>, in your response.
Directory Names
Throughout this document, there are references to the directories in which product-related files reside. %ORACLE_HOME% is used to represent the Oracle home directory. This is the default location for Oracle products. If you have installed into a location other than %ORACLE_HOME%, replace all references to %ORACLE_HOME% with the drive and path specification you have used.
Storage Measurements
Storage measurements use the following abbreviations:
K, for kilobyte which equals 1024 bytes
M, for megabyte which equals 1 048 576 bytes
G, for gigabyte which equals 1 073 741 824 bytes
Documentation for Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC for Windows
Documentation for this product includes this guide and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for Microsoft Windows and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Messages Guide for UNIX and Microsoft Windows.
To access the documentation in HTML and PDF formats, use a browser to open the top level of the Gateway Documentation library on the installation media. This level contains links to product and Windows-specific documentation.
Oracle Product Documentation
Oracle product documentation is on the Oracle Database Generic Documentation library included in the installation media. Instructions for accessing and installing the documents on the installation media are found in the README file on the top level directory of the installation media.
