Oracle 11g Installation and Set Up For Windows VistaThis is a step-by-step guide to installing Oracle 11g on Windows Vista and is a supplement to Oracle's installation guide. The installation process has been simplified greatly over recent years and is now mainly automated but you do still need to know what you are doing and this guide will help you achieve that.
 From the download page, select the appropriate Window's version (32 or 64 bit) and save the file to disk. The zipped file is 1.9 Gigabytes so the download may take a while. Step 2 - Extract the Installer and Other FilesHaving downloaded the file, navigate to the folder where the zip file was saved and double cick on the zip file (called something like win32_11gR1_database_1013.zip) and extract all the files to a new folder.Step 3 - Run the InstallerOnce you've extracted the files, you're ready to start the installation. Go to the folder into which you extracted the files, navigate to the database sub-folder, and double click setup.exe to start the Oracle 11g Universal Installer (so called because the same installation program is used across all platforms). This program may take a while to start because it's a Java program to make it platform independent, so don't panic if nothing happens for a while! Step 4 - Select Installation MethodWhen the installer starts the first thing you'll see is this screen asking you to choose an installation method. Selecting basic installation minimises the amount of work you have to do and, therefore, your choices. It also means you can't use ASM (automatic storage management). This option is great though if you just want to install the database for personal use on a laptop or desktop pc. You probably wouldn't want to pick this option for a production install, but then again you probably wouldn't be running Oracle on Vista if it were a production system! Step 5 - Prerequisite ChecksAfter you've selected the installation method the installer ensures that your system meets the minimum requirements for installation, including a network check. If this check fails you need to cancel the installation and install the loop back adaptor. Step 6 - Installation, setup and configurationOnce all the prerequisites are met, the rest is all done for you provided, of course, you've chosen the basic install.During this step the Oracle 11g Universal Installer stores all the files in the right places then configures and creates and opens a starter database for you.  This step may take some time, but the progress bar will give you some idea of how the installation is progressing. Once the database has been created it's your to do with as you wish. We did find though that 11g on (32 bit) Vista was very sluggish even with 3GB of RAM, so much so that we resorted to creating a virtual Linux environment and installing Oracle 11g in that. Slash costs, boost productivity and reduce system downtime with expert Oracle consulting services from Smartsoft. Take advantage of our consultants' skills honed to a fine edge over many years with myriad clients in a variety of industries. Use their in-depth knowledge and wide experience to maximise the benefits and minimise the costs of your Oracle systems. Tell us what you need and see how we can help.
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