New in IMPAX 6.5 Server

Some highlights of IMPAX 6.5 Server include the following.

Functionality

No direct attached archives are supported for IMPAX servers; as a result, both the Archive Manager and Media Manager have been removed from the Administration Tools, and Scavenger Manager is no longer supported.
Only disk backups are supported for Oracle for Windows databases. If required, site-specific third-party add-on backup tools can be used to extend these disk backups to tape or enterprise mechanisms already in use at the site.
As of IMPAX 6.5.1, a hierarchical cache structure is supported for image and web caches, permitting larger cache volumes. The old flat cache structure continues to be supported; only new images arriving in the system or existing images retrieved from archive are written to cache using the hierarchical structure. However, the cache migration tool allows a site to migrate its existing caches if it would like to immediately take advantage of the hierarchical structure. This tool is included in the standard IMPAX install packages.
Using the Source Manager in the Administration Tools, it is now possible to create two or three layouts for each modality type and use the Demographics Layout Toggle to determine what information to display in the IMPAX Client.
Using the Network Management manager in the Administration Tools, it is now possible to deselect support for series-level queries if the remote station does not support relational and series-level queries.
Using the Source Manager in the Administration Tools, it is now possible to configure HIS stations to receive Study Observed Notifications, preserving and synchronizing Study Instance UIDs from a third-party PACS in a multiple cluster configuration.
The creation of cc conflict jobs and tx objects is now disabled by default in IMPAX 6.5.
It is now possible to configure the priority of cc object jobs.
To enhance the display performance of mammography features, a Breast Box detection algorithm used for the Same Size and Image Scale to Fit features has been moved from the Client to the Server. Details are provided in “Same Size scaling for breast images” (topic number 96684) and “Scaling breast images to fit the viewport” (topic number 96681), both in the IMPAX 6.5.1 Client Knowledge Base: Extended.
Study comments can no longer be viewed or modified through the Study Manager - Study Information, because modifying them here would make voice comments inaccessible for that study and cause private study comments to become available to everyone. Instead, study comments can be viewed and modified in the Text area of IMPAX Client.

Installs and upgrades

For IMPAX AS300 upgrades, SQL Server 2008 is supported.
If migrating an IMPAX AS300 Database Server from SQL Server 2005 to Oracle on Windows, consult your Agfa Professional Services representative.
Although Windows 2008 is supported for new IMPAX AS300 installations, it cannot be used for upgrades. Windows 2003 must continue to be used for upgrades, even when replacing existing servers with new ones.
IMPAX 5.2, 5.3, 6.3, and later servers on Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 can be upgraded to IMPAX 6.5; existing IMPAX AS3000 installations on Solaris 9 must upgrade to Solaris 10. For more information, refer to the IMPAX 6.5.1 AS3000 Upgrade and Migration Guide—IMPAX 5.2 or 5.3 to IMPAX 6.5.1 or the IMPAX 6.5.1 AS3000 Upgrade and Migration Guide—IMPAX 6.2 or later to IMPAX 6.5.1.
From IMPAX 6.5 on Solaris 10 onward, Solaris Live Upgrade partitioning requirements have been met, facilitating upgrades with Live Upgrade to subsequent versions or updates of Solaris. For more information, refer to the IMPAX 6.5.1 AS3000 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Important platform updates

New IMPAX standalone installations are supported only on Windows 7. Using VMware Player, the IMPAX Server and Application Server components are installed under Windows 2008 Server with Oracle Database 10g for Windows (10.2.0.4). For upgrades, Windows XP and SQL Server 2005 or 2008 can be used, if the hardware meets the minimum requirements. Only in-place upgrades are supported, not replacement upgrades. For more information, see the IMPAX 6.5.1 Standalone Installation and Configuration Guide and the IMPAX 6.5.1 Standalone Upgrade Guide.
For new IMPAX single-server installations, using VMware ESX 4i, IMPAX servers must run on Windows 2008 Server; for new installs, only Oracle Database 10g for Windows (10.2.0.4) is supported.