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Installation and Configuration 5-45 I Oracle8i Parallel Server Manager I Oracle8i Enterprise Manager NOTE: If the Oracle Universal Installer does not offer the option to install Oracle8i Parallel Server, it could mean that the OSDs did not install successfully or that the OracleCMService is not running. After installing Oracle software, the Oracle8i documentation instructs you to install vendor-supplied operating system dependent modules (OSDs). You have already completed this step. Configuring Oracle Software Configuring Oracle software includes configuring Oracle8i Parallel Server, Oracle8i Parallel Server Manager, Oracle8i Enterprise Manager, and administering multiple instances. Use the Oracle8i Parallel Server Setup and Configuration Guide and the Oracle8i Enterprise Edition for Windows 2000 to configure the Oracle software. Installing Object Link Manager IMPORTANT: Before installing and configuring an Oracle database, you must install Object Link Manager on all cluster nodes. Object Link Manager maintains the symbolic links between disk partitions and Oracle data files. Failure to install Object Link Manager can result in the Oracle database not starting or, if it starts, in not finding the correct data. Windows 2000 Advanced Server assigns disk numbers to drives in the shared storage subsystems based on the order in which the shared storage subsystems are powered on. The order in which disks are brought online directly affects the disk numbers assigned to the disk, which in turn affects the ability of Oracle8i Server to find Oracle data files. If shared storage subsystems are powered off and then powered on in a different order than they were when the cluster was initially configured, the order and numbering of the shared disk drives will change for all nodes in the cluster.