Preface

This document provides an overview of the types of configurations for your Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) system. This document also describes the system requirements and procedures for installing and configuring your BRM system.

Audience

This document is intended for system administrators and those involved in planning BRM systems.

Accessing Oracle Communications Documentation

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https://edelivery.oracle.com

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this document:

Version	Date	Description
E16706-01	November 2011	Initial release.
E16706-02	March 2012	Documentation updates for Pipeline Configuration Center (PCC). Added "Installing Pipeline Configuration Center".
E16706-03	May 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 1. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16706-03	August 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 2. Updated the third-party vendor information in "BRM Software Compatibility".
E16706-04	October 2012	Documentation updates for PCC. Updated the following information in "Installing Pipeline Configuration Center": Added Configuring a Connection from PCC to BRM. Added Securing the Infranet.properties File. Updated Table 13-2, "PCC Software Requirements". Made minor text changes.
E16706-05	December 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 3. Updated "Other Compatible Software". Added "About Using Virtual Columns". Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16706-06	March 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 4. Replaced multidatabase information with multischema information (except in the account synchronization chapters). See especially "Installing a Multischema System".
E16706-07	July 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Added "Creating an Acknowledgment Queue for Account Migration Manager". Replaced multidatabase information with multischema information in the account synchronization chapters (see Part IV, "Installing Account Synchronization"). Updated "Other Compatible Software".
E16706-08	August 2013	On HP-UX IA64, BRM 7.5 is certified as of BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Documentation added for HP-UX IA64. Added "HP-UX IA64". Updated "Installing the Third-Party Software". Updated "Installing BRM". Updated "Installing BRM Client and Server Applications on UNIX". Updated "Installing Paymentech Manager". Updated "Troubleshooting the BRM Installation". Updated "Installing Multiple BRM Instances on One System for Testing". Updated "Installing Pipeline Manager". Updated "Installing and Configuring Account Synchronization".
E16706-09	October 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 6. Added Oracle Database 12c Release 1 in the following sections: Solaris AIX Linux Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16706-10	February 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 7. Added Oracle Database 12c Release 1 in the following section: HP-UX IA64 Added Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 in the following section: Windows Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16706-11	May 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 8. Updated "Other Compatible Software".
E16706-12	August 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 9. Added documentation for RADIUS Manager. Updated "Other Compatible Software".
E16706-13	October 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 10. Updated the following sections: Windows Other Compatible Software Setting Up Schema Qualifications Starting and Using a BRM Client Application Running Payment Tool on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Starting Customer Center Uninstalling Customer Center from a Client System Starting Pricing Center Uninstalling Pricing Center from a Client System Uninstalling Pricing Center from Windows Installing Customer Center SDK Operating System Security PCC System Requirements Uninstalling BRM Client Applications Installing Pipeline Manager Creating Additional Account Synchronization Queues Updated step 4 in "Running pin_multidb.pl -i".
E16706-14	January 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 11. Added "About Oracle Exalogic and Oracle Exadata". Made multiple updates in "Installing Pipeline Configuration Center".
E16706-15	June 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 12. Updated the following sections: Creating the BRM User for Oracle Other Compatible Software Setting Up Schema Qualifications
E16707-16	August 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Maintenance Patch Set 1. Updated the partitioning and purging information in Chapter 7, "Installing BRM". Updated the following sections: A BRM Production System Other Compatible Software Setting Up Schema Qualifications Installing Customer Center SDK Installing the Localization SDK on Windows Installing the Customer Center Files Starting Pricing Center from Java Web Start System Requirements Installing Tax Calculation Managers in a Multischema Environment What's Next? Reinitializing Optional Component Data Only
E16706-17	December 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 14. Updated the following sections: Other Compatible Software Before Installing BRM Client Applications
E16706-18	April 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 15. Updated the following sections: Linux Other Compatible Software Granting Execute Permission for billing_updates Added the following section: Using Localized PCC
E16706-19	August 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 16. Updated the following sections: Linux Other Compatible Software Using Localized PCC
E16706-20	December 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 17. Updated the following sections to add information about Solaris 11: Solaris Installing BRM Installing the Third-Party Software Installing Pipeline Manager
E16706-21	April 2017	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 18. Updated the "Other Compatible Software" section to add information about the latest certified Perl version.
E16706-22	May 2017	Updated the "Other Compatible Software" section to include information on the Perl versions that are not supported.
E16706-23	August 2017	Updated the "Other Compatible Software" section to include information about the new HttpClient version. Updated the Database Servers section in the following sections to include information on Oracle Real Application Clusters 12c R1: Solaris AIX Linux HP-UX IA64
E16706-24	December 2017	Updated the "Other Compatible Software" section to include information on Vertex Communications Tax Q Series.
E16706-25	April 2018	Updated the "Other Compatible Software" section to include information on Perl and Xalan.
E16706-26	November 2018	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 22. Updated the following chapter: Installing Pipeline Configuration Center Updated the following section: Other Compatible Software
E16706-27	December 2019	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 23. Updated the following chapter: Installing Pipeline Configuration Center Updated the following section: Other Compatible Software