-al database server option   Allows standard user authentication for specified users. See -al database server option.

-al database option   Allows standard user authentication for specified users of the specified database. See -al database option.

-gta database server option   Sets which logical processors the database server can use. See -gta database server option.

-uf database server option   The -uf database server option now applies to all operating systems. See -uf database server option.

-ufd database server option   Specifies the action that the database server takes when a fatal error or assertion failure occurs on a database. See -ufd database server option.

-xs database server option   The -xs database server option can be specified multiple times to allow the database server to listen for connections on multiple ports and/or protocols. Previously the -xs database server option could only be specified once, so you had to specify all the ports and protocols within the parameter of the single -xs option. See -xs database server option.