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New Features in This Release

This chapter describes the new features in this release, and where to find information on Oracle Parallel Server for Windows NT.

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• New Features In This Release

• Where to Find Information on Oracle Parallel Server for Windows NT

New Features In This Release

This table describe the new products and features of Oracle Parallel Server release 8.1.6 specific to Windows NT.

New Feature	Description	See...
Oracle Parallel Server is now automatically installed with the Typical or Custom install type on Windows NT.	During installation, software components are installed on the node from which the Oracle Universal Installer is run and pushed to the selected nodes in the cluster.	Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide, Chapter 2, "Pre-Installation". Oracle8i Installation Guide for Windows NT
Create logical partitions and symbolic links utility	Oracle Object Link Manager (GUIORACLEOBJMANAGER.EXE) includes ORACLEOBJSERVICE, a Windows NT service that monitors symbolic link changes and updates all nodes.	This guide, Chapter 3, "Creating Raw Devices".
Manage raw devices (from the MS-DOS command prompt)	DELETEDISK.EXE reformats an entire disk LETTERDELETE.EXE removes all drive letters LOGPARTFORMAT.EXE initializes all space in a logical partition to zero IMPORTSYMLINKS.EXE reads a .TBL file and marks the hard disk partitions with the symbolic link names EXPORTSYMLINKS.EXE exports the current symbolic links to a file	This guide, Chapter 3, "Creating Raw Devices", and Chapter 4, "Managing Raw Devices".
Add and remove logical drives utility	The create logical drives (CRLOGDR) utility adds and removes logical drives and their associated symbolic drives from the end of the extended partition.	This guide, Chapter 4, "Managing Raw Devices".

Where to Find Information on Oracle Parallel Server for Windows NT

The following table describes where to find the information necessary to set up and configure Oracle Parallel Server on Windows NT.

To find information on...	See...
Oracle Parallel Server documentation	Oracle8i Parallel Server Documentation Online Roadmap.
Installing and configuring Cluster Manager (CM) software Operating System Dependent (OSD) layer, required DLLs and their registry entries*	Your hardware vendor documentation.
Setting up raw devices on various configurations Backing up raw devices	This guide, Chapter 3, "Creating Raw Devices".
Managing raw devices (exporting current symbolic links, removing drive letters, etc.)	This guide, Chapter 4, "Managing Raw Devices".
Other pre-installation tasks	Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide
Installing Oracle8i Enterprise Edition and the Oracle Parallel Server Option on Windows NT	Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide, Chapter 3, "Installing and Creating an Oracle Parallel Server Database". Oracle8i Installation Guide for Windows NT
Migrating or Upgrading to Release 8.1	This guide, Chapter 2, "Migrating or Upgrading to Release 8.1" Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide, Chapter 3, "Installing and Creating an Oracle Parallel Server Database". Oracle8i Migration
Co-existence of different Oracle Parallel Server versions in the same cluster	This guide, Chapter 2, "Migrating or Upgrading to Release 8.1".
Configuration tasks common to all operating systems	Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide
Implementing parallel processing	Oracle8i Parallel Server Administration, Deployment, and Performance Guide

*The OSD layer on Windows NT consists of three required software components, CM, Inter-Process Communication (IPC) and IO, and an optional component, START, developed by your vendor.