3 Prepare the application server
- Required privileges for the database server
You must have access to a user account that allows the user to start and stop the Oracle database. - Required privileges for the application server
You must have access to the following accounts on the application server: - Set the default file creation umask
You modify the default file creation umask so that, by default, users in your group have read-only access to files you create. Users outside your group have no access to the files you create. - Unpack the installation files into the installation directory
The installation directory stores Oracle Empirica Signal components during the installation process. - Add the database TNSNAMES entry
You add an entry to thetnsnames.orafile on the application server to configure the connection to the Oracle database. - Set up the application database account (installation only)
Perform these steps using the non-privileged user account on the application server. - Set up the Topic Workflow database account (optional, installation only)
You create a Topic Workflow tablespace and user account to enable the Oracle Empirica Topics feature. - Set up the test data database account (installation only)
This procedure is optional. - Apply upgrade scripts to Oracle Empirica Signal 8.x or 9.0.x schemas (upgrade only)
Perform these steps using the non-privileged user account on the application server. - Upgrade Signal Management configuration schemas (upgrade from 8.1.x only)
Upgrade these configuration schemas. - Install MGPS (new installations and upgrade from 8.0 and 8.1.x)
Install the MGPS program that supports Multi-item Gamma Poisson Shrinker (MGPS) data mining. For more information, see the User Guide and Online Help. - Install the RGPS add-on package to the R library (new installations and upgrade from 8.0.x, 8.1, or 8.1.0.1)
If you have R version 3.3 installed, you can optionally install the RGPS add-on package to enable Regression-adjusted Gamma Poisson Shrinker (RGPS) computations in Multi-item Gamma Poisson Shrinker (MGPS) data mining runs. For more information, see the User Guide and Online Help. - Install and configure the X Windows Virtual Frame Buffer (Xvfb) (new installation)
You install X Windows Virtual Frame Buffer (Xvfb) to enable graphs in Oracle Empirica Signal. - Modify the default Oracle WebLogic Server configuration files (skip for 9.0.x upgrade)
Perform these steps using the non-privileged user account on the application server. - Configure the Oracle Empirica Signal and Oracle Empirica Topics Oracle WebLogic Server instances (skip for 9.0.x upgrade)
You must configure the Oracle WebLogic Server instances. - Start the Oracle WebLogic Server and the Node Manager (skip for 9.0.x upgrade)
Perform these steps using the non-privileged user account on the application server.