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Oracle® Thesaurus Management System Installation Guide
Release 4.6.1

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1 Preparing to Install Oracle Thesaurus Management System

This chapter describes Oracle Thesaurus Management System's network architecture, hardware, and software requirements and the dependencies among the components. Before you begin installing or upgrading Oracle Thesaurus Management System (TMS), check that your environment meets the requirements.

This chapter includes the following topics:

About the TMS Network Architecture

The network architecture for TMS consists of three tiers: the database tier, the application tier, and the client tier.

Figure 1-1 illustrates the basic network architecture for TMS.

Figure 1-1 Oracle TMS Network Architecture

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Description of "Figure 1-1 Oracle TMS Network Architecture"

The database tier in a TMS environment includes the Oracle Database 11g and the TMS database(s). In past releases, the database tier was called the back end.

The application tier has two TMS components:

The client tier includes one or more clients, which communicate users' keystrokes and mouse movements to the application tier. In addition, you set up a client on each Server.

Planning a TMS Database Tier Installation

This section describes the hardware and software requirements for the TMS database tier.

Database Tier Operating System Requirements

The database tier for Oracle Thesaurus Management System supports these operating systems:

  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 x86-64 (64-bit versions only, US English)

  • Oracle Solaris (SPARC) 9 and 10 (64-bit versions only, US English)

  • HP-UX Itanium 11.31 (64-bit versions only, US English)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (32-bit version only, US English) with Service Pack 1 or 2.

Database Tier System Resource Requirements

Ensure that the Oracle TMS database tier has these system resources:

  • At least 4 GB free space in the tmp directory.

  • At least 4 GB of physical memory.

  • Swap space equal to three times the amount of physical memory. (If the system's physical memory exceeds 1 GB, two times is usually sufficient.)

Prerequisite Tasks for Oracle Database 11g

To ensure that your Database Server platform meets the minimum requirements for installing Oracle Database 11g, perform the following preparatory tasks:

  1. Create the software owner and groups:

    • Create a UNIX user to own the Oracle software. Typically, the user name is oracle.

    • Create two groups: one is the Oracle Inventory group; the other is the operating system DBA group. Typically, the group names are oinstall and dba, respectively.

  2. Create mount points owned by the oracle user:

    • Create a software mount point of at least 10 GB.

    • Create mount points to hold the database files, control files, and log files, respectively.

  3. UNIX only. Create the following directory for the oratab file:

    /var/opt/oracle

    Ensure that the oracle user has write permissions on this directory.

  4. Test permissions. Ensure that the oracle user can write to the new mount points and all subdirectories.

  5. UNIX only. Configure kernel resources. See Oracle 11g's operating-specific instructions for setting kernel parameters.

  6. Download and install the latest operating system patches required for Oracle, if necessary. Review Oracle 11g's latest platform-specific install bulletins.

Database Tier Character Set Requirements

See Choosing a Character Set.

UNIX Database Server Requirements

In addition to the required system resources and character sets, the supported UNIX operating systems have the following additional requirements. (See Windows Database Server Requirements for Windows-specific requirements.)

Compatibility with Oracle9i Database on UNIX Database Servers

On UNIX platforms, you can have an Oracle Thesaurus Management System installation on the same computer as an older TMS release installation because it installs against the Oracle Database 11g Oracle Home instead of the Oracle9i Database Oracle Home. However, you can only use one copy of TMS against one Oracle Database 11g Oracle Home.

Windows Database Server Requirements

In addition to the required system resources and character sets, the Windows operating system has the following additional requirements. (See UNIX Database Server Requirements for UNIX-specific requirements.)

Compatibility with Oracle9i Database on Windows Database Servers

A Windows Database Server does not support multiple TMS code environments. Therefore, you cannot have Oracle9i Database and Oracle Database 11g on the same Windows computer.

Access on Windows Platforms

You must have the Windows Administrator user ID and password for the operating system.

Processors on Windows Platforms

TMS supports only Database Server computers with Intel processors.

Windows Database Server Requires Separate Oracle Home

A Windows Database Server cannot share a computer with the Forms Server or Reports Server components. The Database Server DLLs are incompatible with the Forms and Reports Servers DLLs.

Oracle Database 11g Requirements

Oracle Thesaurus Management System requires Oracle Database 11g Release 11.1.0.6.0 plus Patch Set 1 (11.1.0.7.0), Enterprise Edition.

Required Reading

Installing Oracle Database 11g to be compatible with your operating system and Oracle TMS requires information from different sources. Before you start the Oracle TMS installation, review the following documents:

  • Oracle Database 11g Release 11.1.0.6.0 plus Patch Set 1 (11.1.0.7.0) installation documentation

  • Latest platform-specific Oracle Database 11g installation bulletin that is available on My Oracle Support

  • Latest supported component versions and alerts related to Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Health Sciences applications that are available on My Oracle Support

Oracle Text Option

Choose to install the Oracle Database 11g Text Option. Oracle Database 11g includes the Oracle Text Option, but note that installing and using it requires purchasing a separate license.

Planning a TMS Application Tier Installation

The application tier includes the Forms Server and Reports Server components. Oracle AS10gR2 includes the Forms Server and Reports Server components in the same installation. You can add extra Reports Servers by installing Oracle AS10gR2 on additional computers.

Application Tier Operating System Requirements

For Oracle Thesaurus Management System 4.6.1, the Forms Server and Reports Server support the following operating system only:

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server US English with Service Pack 1 or 2

Forms Server and Reports Server Requirements

The Forms Server, which is the TMS forms application, brokers transactions between clients and the Database Server. The Reports Server schedules TMS jobs and outputs to screen or printers.

The Forms Server and the Reports Server components have the same platform requirements. For installation instructions, see Chapter 4, "Installing the Application Tier."

Permanent IP Address

Each server computer must have a permanent IP address. During installation, the Oracle Installer prompts you for site information. Be prepared to enter the computer's permanent IP address or the computer's network name when you install the Forms Server or the Reports Server.

Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 Forms and Reports Services

Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (Oracle AS10gR2) includes the Application Server, Oracle Forms, and the Reports Server. This guide includes only the instructions necessary to set up Oracle AS10gR2 to run Release 4.6.1 of Oracle Thesaurus Management System. For other uses with the product, see the Oracle AS10gR2 documentation.

Java Runtime Environment

The Java Runtime Environment, or JRE (also known as Java Virtual Machine or JVM), is the Java applet browser plug-in required to run a TMS session. Oracle AS10gR2 includes JVM, so you do not have to download it separately.

The TMS launch page includes a test for the JRE and provides a link to download the JRE.

Internet Explorer Requirements

The Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 browser versions are the only supported browsers for TMS.

Planning a TMS Client Installation

A client is the browser interface to the Forms Server. It displays data and transmits user actions to and from the Forms Server.

This section describes the requirements for a client.

Client Tier Operating System Requirements

TMS supports the following Microsoft operating systems for the client:

  • Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4

  • Windows 2003 Server with Service Pack 1 or 2

  • Windows XP with Service Pack 1, 2, or 3

  • Windows Vista with Service Pack 1

Client Tier Application Requirements

To access Oracle Thesaurus Management System, clients must have these applications:

  • Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer, Release 6, 7, or 8.

  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) plug-in. TMS supports JRE Version 1.6, Update 15 or later.

    The installation of the application tier includes the JRE so you do not have to download it separately. (In addition, the Oracle Health Sciences Web launch page includes a test for the plug-in and provides a link to download the JRE.)

  • An intranet or internet connection.

Choosing a Character Set

Oracle Health Sciences supports certain character sets for each product or each combination of integrated products.

TMS supports the following character sets:

If you are only installing TMS, Oracle recommends that you use the UTF8 character set.

Use the same character set on the database tier and the application tier. If you select US7ASCII for the database tier and UTF8 for the application tier, TMS stores some special characters incorrectly in the database.

The supported character sets for different product combinations are as follows:

Note:

If you create a database as UTF8, be careful to also set NLS_CHARACTERSET to UTF8 and NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET to AL16UTF16 (not the default value AL32UTF8).

Note:

Do not choose the default character set (AL32UTF8) when creating new databases using the Assistant.

See the Oracle Clinical Installation Guide for information on character sets with installations of multiple HSGBU products.