Oracle® Clinical Installation Guide Release 4.6.2 E18817-04 |
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This Oracle Clinical Installation Guide describes installing — or upgrading to — Oracle Clinical Release 4.6.2. You perform some of these tasks once. Others you repeat as your system changes or grows.
This preface contains the following topics:
The audience for this installation guide is database administrators (DBAs) and system administrators. Installing Oracle Clinical requires the skills listed below. If you want assistance with your installation, engage Oracle Consulting.
Installing Oracle Clinical requires a level of knowledge equivalent to having mastered the material in the Oracle Architecture and Administration course for DBAs. You must be able to read and edit SQL*Plus scripts, run SQL scripts, and review logs for Oracle errors. For ongoing administration, additional training as a DBA is essential.
Installing and maintaining an Oracle Clinical network requires expertise in the following skill areas:
UNIX operating systems
Creating and managing user accounts and groups
Installing Oracle database software and patches
Identifying space on a file system for Oracle database tablespaces
Setting and using environment variables
Microsoft Windows operating systems
Creating and managing user accounts and groups
Installing Oracle software
Managing settings through the Control Panel and Administrative Tools
Managing network printers
Creating services
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Your source for the latest information about Oracle Clinical is Oracle Support's self-service Web site My Oracle Support (formerly MetaLink).
Before you install and use Oracle Clinical, always visit the My Oracle Support Web site for the latest information, including alerts, White Papers, installation verification (smoke) tests, bulletins, and patches.
You must register at My Oracle Support to obtain a user name and password account before you can enter the Web site.
To register for My Oracle Support:
Open a Web browser to https://support.oracle.com
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Click the Register link to create a My Oracle Support account. The registration page opens.
Follow the instructions on the registration page.
To sign in to My Oracle Support:
Open a Web browser to https://support.oracle.com
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Click Sign In.
Enter your user name and password.
Click Go to open the My Oracle Support home page.
There are many ways to find information on My Oracle Support.
The fastest way to search for information, including alerts, White Papers, installation verification (smoke) tests, and bulletins is by the article ID number, if you know it.
To search by article ID:
Sign in to My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com
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Locate the Search box in the upper right corner of the My Oracle Support page.
Click the sources icon to the left of the search box, and then select Article ID from the list.
Enter the article ID number in the text box.
Click the magnifying glass icon to the right of the search box (or press the Enter key) to execute your search.
The Knowledge page displays the results of your search. If the article is found, click the link to view the abstract, text, attachments, and related products.
You can use the following My Oracle Support tools to browse and search the knowledge base:
Product Focus — On the Knowledge page under Select Product, type part of the product name and the system immediately filters the product list by the letters you have typed. (You do not need to type "Oracle.") Select the product you want from the filtered list and then use other search or browse tools to find the information you need.
Advanced Search — You can specify one or more search criteria, such as source, exact phrase, and related product, to find information. This option is available from the Advanced link on almost all pages.
Be sure to check My Oracle Support for the latest patches, if any, for your product. You can search for patches by patch ID or number, or by product or family.
To locate and download a patch:
Sign in to My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com
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Click the Patches & Updates tab. The Patches & Updates page opens and displays the Patch Search region. You have the following options:
In the Patch ID or Number field, enter the number of the patch you want. (This number is the same as the primary bug number fixed by the patch.) This option is useful if you already know the patch number.
To find a patch by product name, release, and platform, click the Product or Family link to enter one or more search criteria.
Click Search to execute your query. The Patch Search Results page opens.
Click the patch ID number. The system displays details about the patch. In addition, you can view the Read Me file before downloading the patch.
Click Download. Follow the instructions on the screen to download, save, and install the patch files.
The Oracle Web site contains links to all Oracle user and reference documentation. You can view or download a single document or an entire product library.
To get user documentation for Oracle Health Sciences applications, go to the Oracle Health Sciences documentation page at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/hsgbu-clinical-407519.html
Note:
Always check the Oracle Health Sciences Documentation page to ensure you have the latest updates to the documentation.To get user documentation for other Oracle products:
Go to the following Web page:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/index.html
Alternatively, you can go to http://www.oracle.com
, point to the Support tab, and then click Documentation.
Scroll to the product you need and click the link.
Click the link for the documentation you need.
This section lists the documents in the Oracle Clinical documentation set, followed by their part number. The most recent version of each guide is posted on the Oracle Web site; see "Finding Oracle Health Sciences Documentation".
Oracle Clinical Installation Guide (Part E18817)
Oracle Clinical Administrator's Guide (Part E18818)
Oracle Clinical Getting Started (Part E18819)
Oracle Clinical Creating a Study (Part E18820)
Oracle Clinical Conducting a Study (Part E18821)
Oracle Clinical Application Programming Interface Guide (Part E18866)
Oracle Clinical Remote Data Capture Onsite Administrator's Guide (Part E18823)
Oracle Clinical Remote Data Capture Onsite User's Guide (Part E18822)
Oracle Clinical Remote Data Capture Classic Data Entry User's Guide (Part E18824)
The release notes and the release content document are also posted in the Oracle Health Sciences documentation library.
In addition, Oracle Clinical customers can request a copy of the Oracle Clinical Stable Interface Technical Reference Manual from Oracle Support.
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