Retail Pro 9 Installation and Deployment Quiz

Retail Pro 9 Installation and Deployment Guide

• Pre-installation steps for Retail Pro 9 client include defragging the system, saving installation files locally, excluding Oracle/RetailPro9 folders from anti-virus, mapping drives, sharing the "retailpro9" folder, adding port 1521 to firewall exceptions, and adding oracle.exe to firewall exceptions.
• Retail Pro 9 Maintenance Pack offers bug fixes, new functionality, database changes, layouts, documentation, and new applications.
• Archiving should never be disabled, except during the first time you apply the maintenance pack.
• Retail Pro 9 requires a minimum of 1 GB RAM and 20 GB HD for installation and officially supports Windows XP, Windows 2003 SERVER, Windows VISTA, Windows 2008 SERVER, and Windows 7.
• Pre-installation steps for Retail Pro 9 server include defragging the system, saving installation files locally, and excluding Oracle/RetailPro9 folders from anti-virus.
• Distributed (Classic) Deployment Approach offers high system access/availability and higher performance with fewer users.
• Regionally-Centralized Deployment Approach offers real-time access, less maintenance and administration, and no ECM.
• Disadvantages of the Distributed (Classic) Deployment Approach include not being real-time, requiring ECM, more installations resulting in more maintenance and administration.
• Disadvantages of the Regionally-Centralized Deployment Approach include 1 installation resulting in 1 point of failure, requiring a persistent connection, decreased performance with more users, database maintenance, and requiring users to be out of the system.
• Centralized Deployment Approach offers real-time access, less maintenance and administration, and no ECM.
• Disadvantages of the Centralized Deployment Approach include 1 installation resulting in 1 point of failure, requiring a persistent connection, decreased performance with more users, database maintenance, and requiring users to be out of the system.
• Anti-virus applications should exclude Retail Pro and Oracle folders, and Windows Event Viewer should be set to overwrite as needed. Indexing should be disabled, and exceptions should be made to the Windows Firewall by adding oracle.exe and port 1521 to the exceptions list. DEP settings should be turned on for essential Windows services only, and init.ora file needs to be modified to allocate more memory to Oracle. Before accessing Technician's Toolkit offline, export techtoolkit permissions, move dbsec.dat to the "retailpro9" folder, and archive files store data copied from redo logs, while redo logs store changes to the database.

Test your knowledge on Retail Pro 9 installation and deployment with this informative quiz! Learn about the pre-installation steps for both the client and server, as well as the different deployment approaches and their advantages and disadvantages. Challenge yourself with questions on system requirements, maintenance packs, and anti-virus settings. This quiz is perfect for anyone looking to improve their understanding of Retail Pro 9 installation and deployment.