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Oracle® Life Sciences Data Hub Installation Guide
Release 2.4

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2 System Requirements and Technology Stack

This section contains the following topics:

See also Appendix A, "Architecture Overview."

2.1 System Requirements

This section includes some general requirements for your Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub (Oracle LSH) installation. Additional details are available in the documentation for each product you must install.

2.1.1 Operating Systems

To get the most current information on the Oracle LSH technology stack, see My Oracle Support article 180430.1, Oracle Life Sciences Applications Supported Technology Stacks.

2.1.1.1 Database Tier

The Oracle LSH database tier can be installed on the following platforms:

  • Linux x86 (32-Bit)

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 5

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 6

  • Linux x86-64 (64-Bit)

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 5

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 6

  • AIX 6.1 (64-Bit)

  • Oracle Solaris 10 on SPARC (64-Bit)

  • Oracle Solaris 11 on SPARC (64-Bit)

2.1.1.2 Application Tier

The Oracle LSH application tier can be installed on the following platforms:

  • Linux x86 (32-Bit)

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 5

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 6

  • Linux x86-64 (64-Bit)

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 5

    • Red Hat Enterprise AS/ES 6

  • HP Itanium 11i v3 (11.31) (64-bit)

  • AIX 6.1 (64-Bit)

  • Oracle Solaris 10 on SPARC (64-Bit)

  • Oracle Solaris 11 on SPARC (64-Bit)

2.1.1.3 Clients

Oracle LSH supports the following combinations of operating systems and browsers for clients:

  • Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 8 or 9 or Firefox 10

  • Windows 8 with Internet Explorer 10

For Oracle JRE, Oracle LSH supports the same versions as Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3. To get the latest information:

  1. Go to My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com and sign in.

  2. Click the Certifications tab.

  3. In the Search area, enter Oracle E-Business Suite for Product and 12.1.3 for Release, and click Search.

  4. In the Search Results page, expand Management and Development Tools.

  5. Check the Oracle JRE versions displayed and click the link to see more.

2.1.2 Hardware

Oracle Applications 12.1.1 and Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 can be installed on the same or different servers.

In addition, you need one computer running on Windows for use in installing TMS. You will not need this computer for Oracle LSH after installing TMS except to install any TMS patches that may be required in the future. See Chapter 4, "Installing the Oracle TMS Database Tier." You need at least one Windows computer if you plan to use Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) to define Business Areas and create data visualizations (OBIEE Answers); see Section 6.5, "Integrating Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Editions (OBIEE) for Visualizations." You can use the same Windows computer for OBIEE and TMS.

Note:

Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub does not support a Windows server for either SAS or Informatica.

In an installation where the application and database tiers are installed on different computers, those computers are typically connected by a local area network (LAN), while the application-tier computer is connected to clients in a wide area network (WAN).

Oracle LSH uses Oracle XML Publisher (which is bundled with Oracle Applications) to generate PDF-format Report Sets. If you plan to use this feature and if your Report Sets are very large, you may want to dedicate one node to Oracle XML Publisher processing.

For system hardware requirements see the documentation for each component; see Section 1.4, "Assemble the Documentation."

In addition:

  • The TCP/IP network connection to the server should be at least at 1 GB.

  • Be sure to allow for growth in database storage capacity.

  • Oracle recommends installing a test environment as similar as possible to the production environment, including all operating system and other patches and updates.

2.2 Technology Stack

To get the most current information on the Oracle LSH technology stack, see My Oracle Support article 180430.1. At the time of publication of this document, the required technology stack for Oracle LSH consists of the following products:

  • Oracle Applications 12.1.3 and required patches. See Section 3.1, "Install Oracle Applications 12.1.1."

    Note:

    Oracle LSH Release 2.4 has been tested ONLY on Release 12.1.3 of Oracle Applications. Do NOT install more recent releases unless explicitly instructed to do so by an Oracle LSH-specific note or alert on My Oracle Support.
  • JDK Java Developer Kit 1.6 is shipped and installed with Oracle Applications 12.1.3.

  • Oracle Database 11.2.0.4

  • XML DB, which is included with the 11.2.0.4 database, is required for Oracle LSH.

  • Oracle Warehouse Builder 11.2.0.4 OWB is required for Oracle LSH's execution system and is bundled with Oracle Database 11.2.0.4.

  • Oracle Thesaurus Management System 5.0.1 Database Tier is used internally for Oracle LSH's classification system.

  • Oracle Reports 10.1.2.3.0 is required for Oracle LSH Programs of type Oracle Reports. It is bundled with Oracle Applications 12.1.1.

  • A zip utility is required for the Oracle LSH Distributed Processing Server.

  • WinZip or 7-Zip is required on clients used by Oracle LSH developers who launch integrated development environments (IDEs) such as SAS or the Oracle BI Administration Tool on their PC. Neither of these utilities is included on the media pack.

    For WinZip, use Pro 11.2 SR-1, WinZip 8.1, or any other WinZip version that includes WZUNZIP.exe.

  • Internet Explorer 8 or 9 or Firefox 10

    Note:

    For Internet Explorer, only Native mode is supported. View Compatibility mode should be disabled.

2.3 Integrated External Systems

Oracle LSH includes adapters to support integration with the following external systems.

  • Oracle Clinical 4.6, or Oracle Clinical 4.5.1 or 4.5.3 with patch 4.5.1.14 or its successor 4.5.1.75, applied. Both patches are compatible with 4.5.3 as well as 4.5.1.

  • SAS 9.1.3, SAS 9.2, SAS 9.3 Optional and licensed separately.

  • Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1 with HotFix 11 or Informatica PowerCenter 9.0.1 with HotFix 2 can be used to develop and run Oracle LSH Programs of type Informatica. Optional and licensed separately.

  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) 11.1.1.3.0, 11.1.1.5.0, 11.1.1.6.4, 11.1.1.7, or 11.1.1.7.131017 can be used to create OBIEE visualizations of Oracle LSH data. Optional and licensed separately. The OBIEE Presentation Server, OBIEE Server, and the OBIEE Administrator's Tool are required if you are using OBIEE. The latter two run on Windows only.

  • Oracle BI Publisher 10.1.3.4.1 can be used to create Oracle LSH reporting Programs of type BI Publisher. Optional and licensed separately.

2.4 Character Encoding Settings

The data loaded into Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub (LSH) may originate in many systems, and these systems may use different encodings for special characters, including characters used in languages other than English. Special characters encoded in a coding system other than the one used by Oracle LSH may not be stored or displayed correctly in Oracle LSH.

If your data includes special characters, follow the steps in the sections listed here to adjust the many settings that determine the encoding used by various processes.

Make changes only after carefully analyzing the potential impact on your own data.