Preface

This guide describes installing — or upgrading to — Oracle Argus Safety 7.0.1. Keep this guide; you perform some of these tasks once, but others you repeat as your system changes or grows.

Intended Audience

We wrote this manual assuming your organization has the expertise to perform the job functions listed in this section. If your staff lacks these skills, we recommend that you engage Oracle Consulting.

Oracle Database Administrators

Installing Oracle Argus Safety requires a level of knowledge equivalent to having mastered the material in Oracle's DBA Architecture and Administration course. You must be able to read SQL*Plus scripts and edit them. You must be able to run SQL scripts and review logs for Oracle errors. For ongoing administration, additional training as a DBA is essential.

System Administrators

Installing and maintaining an Oracle Argus Safety network requires mastery of the following skills:

• Microsoft Windows operating systems, in general

  • creating and managing user accounts and groups

  • installing Oracle software

  • managing settings through the Control Panel

  • managing network printers

  • creating services

• UNIX:

  • creating and managing user accounts and groups

  • installing Oracle RDBMS software and patches

  • identifying space on a file system for Oracle database tablespaces

  • setting and using environment variables

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

About This Book

This guide contains these chapters:

Chapter 1, "Introduction"

This section provides an overview of the hardware and software requirements for Oracle Argus Safety.

Chapter 2, "Starting the Installation"

This section provides information about starting the installation.

Chapter 3, "Installing the Argus Safety Database"

This section describes the steps in creating, upgrading, and validating the Argus Safety Database schema.

Chapter 4, "Installing Argus Safety Web"

This section describes how to install Argus Safety Web and Argus Report Server, and how to configure IIS Manager and Load Balancer.

Chapter 5, "Installing Argus Safety Service"

This section provides instructions on installing Argus Safety Service.

Chapter 6, "Installing and Configuring EDI Gateway"

This section describes how to install and configure the EDI Gateway.

Chapter 7, "Installing and Configuring Interchange"

This section describes how to install and configure Interchange.

Chapter 8, "Performing Post-installation Checks"

This section provides checklists and procedures for verifying that Argus Safety is installed correctly.

Chapter 9, "Enabling IIS HTTP Compression"

This section describes how to enable IIS HTTP Compression on Windows 2008 Server.

Chapter 10, "Configuring E-mail"

This section provides information about configuring E-mail.

Chapter 11, "Installing End of Study Unblinding"

This section describes how to install the EOSU Utility.

Chapter 12, "Other Tasks"

This section provides information for performing other installation and configuration tasks.

Chapter 13, "Argus Integrations"

This section provides information about the Argus Integrations.

Appendix A, "Third Party Attributions"

This Appendix provides information about third party software.

Related Documents

This section lists the manuals for Oracle Argus products. You can order printed manuals from the Oracle iStore. From the iStore, search for the part number in parentheses.

Oracle Argus Documentation

The documentation set includes:

• Oracle Argus Safety User's Guide (E20623-01)

• Oracle Argus Safety Administrator's Guide (E20620-01)

• Oracle Argus Safety Database Administrator's Guide (E20619-01)

• Oracle Argus Dossier User's Guide (E20616-01)

• Oracle Argus Affiliate User's Guide (E20618-01)

• Oracle Argus Unblinding User's Guide (E20625-011)

• Oracle Argus Interchange User's Guide (E20617-01)

• Oracle Argus Safety Interchange Administrator's Guide (E20624-01)

• Oracle Argus Interchange UICH DTD 2.1 Mapping Reference Guide (E20630-01)

Revision History

This is the second version of the release notes.

Version #	Description
2	Updated Argus Transaction Server Installation and Interchange Server Requirements.
1	Original Version.

Checking My Oracle Support

The Oracle Argus Safety product suite continues to grow and evolve. To help you use it and stay abreast of updates we provide between releases, it is a good practice to check My Oracle Support for information that enhances our released documentation.

To open the Oracle Argus Safety product page on My Oracle Support, complete the following steps:

1. Open a Web browser to http:/support.oracle.com.

2. Click Sign In and enter your user information.

   The My Oracle Support portal opens, displaying general news from several categories. If you do not yet have an account, click Register here and follow the instructions given on the registration page.

3. Click Knowledge.

4. In the Browse any Product, by Name field, enter Oracle Argus Safety.

5. Click Go. My Oracle Support loads the Oracle Argus Safety Knowledge Browser Product Page.

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