Preface

This guide describes installing or upgrading to Oracle Argus Safety 8.0. Keep this guide; you would perform some of these tasks only once, while you might need to repeat some others 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 needs help with 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
- installing and configuring OBIEE and OAM
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
- installing and configuring OBIEE and OAM

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

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

Chapter 2, "Starting the Installation"

This chapter provides information about starting the installation.

Chapter 3, "Installing the Argus Safety Database"

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

Chapter 4, "Installing Argus Safety Web"

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

Chapter 5, "Setting up Client Browser"

This chapter describes how to set up Client Browser.

Chapter 6, "Installing Argus Safety Service"

This chapter provides instructions on installing Argus Safety Service.

Chapter 7, "Installing and Configuring EDI Gateway"

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

Chapter 9, "Installing and Configuring Interchange"

This chapter describes how to install and configure Interchange.

Chapter 10, "Performing Post-installation Checks"

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

Chapter 11, "Enabling IIS HTTP Compression"

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

Chapter 12, "Configuring E-mail"

This chapter provides information about configuring E-mail.

Chapter 13, "Enabling and Configuring BIP Periodic Reports"

This chapter provides information about configuring BIP.

Chapter 8, "Configuring Oracle B2B"

This chapter provides information about configuring B2B.

Chapter 14, "Installing End of Study Unblinding"

This chapter describes how to install the EOSU Utility.

Chapter 15, "Other Tasks"

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

Chapter 16, "Argus Integrations"

This chapter provides information about the Argus Integrations.

Chapter 17, "Argus Password Management - Cryptography Tool"

This chapter provides information about the Cryptography Tool.

Appendix A, "Third Party Attributions"

This Appendix provides information about third party software.

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:

Open a Web browser to http:/support.oracle.com.
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.
Click Knowledge.
In the Browse any Product, by Name field, enter Oracle Argus Safety.
Click Go. My Oracle Support loads the Oracle Argus Safety Knowledge Browser Product Page.

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