Preface

Oracle Streams Replication Administrator's Guide describes the features and functionality of Oracle Streams that can be used for data replication. This document contains conceptual information about Oracle Streams replication, along with information about configuring and managing an Oracle Streams replication environment.

This Preface contains these topics:

• Audience

• Documentation Accessibility

• Related Documents

• Conventions

Audience

Oracle Streams Replication Administrator's Guide is intended for database administrators who create and maintain Oracle Streams replication environments. These administrators perform one or more of the following tasks

• Plan for an Oracle Streams replication environment

• Configure an Oracle Streams replication environment

• Configure conflict resolution in an Oracle Streams replication environment

• Administer an Oracle Streams replication environment

• Monitor an Oracle Streams replication environment

• Perform necessary troubleshooting activities for an Oracle Streams replication environment

To use this document, you must be familiar with relational database concepts, SQL, distributed database administration, general Oracle Streams concepts, Advanced Queuing concepts, PL/SQL, and the operating systems under which you run an Oracle Streams environment.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

For more information, see these Oracle resources:

• Oracle Streams Concepts and Administration

• Oracle Database Concepts

• Oracle Database Administrator's Guide

• Oracle Database SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference

• Oracle Database PL/SQL Language Reference

• Oracle Database Utilities

• Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity User's Guide

• Oracle Streams online Help for the Oracle Streams tool in Oracle Enterprise Manager

Many of the examples in this book use the sample schemas of the sample database, which is installed by default when you install Oracle Database. Refer to Oracle Database Sample Schemas for information about how these schemas were created and how you can use them yourself.

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: