Entries from Oracle E-Business Suite Technology tagged with 'upgrades'
Field-Tested Advice for Smooth EBS 11.5.10.2 Upgrades
Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.9 ended in June, 2008. If you are currently running 11.5.9 or earlier and your immediate plans do not involve an upgrade to Release 12, then it's a good idea to move up to the terminal release of Apps 11i: 11.5.10.2. This will ensure you remain supported and can make the most of any technology stack and functional upgrades. A lot of what you do as part of an upgrade to 11.5.10.2 will also ease your transition to Release 12, so this upgrade can be considered as a Release 12 prerequisite exercise, too. Critical patch updates, roll-up patchsets (RUPs) and new technology stack certifications are still being released for Apps 11.5.10.2, and the more up-to-date your system is, the easier it will be to apply these when they come along. This article takes you through some of the most common tips from Oracle Support to ensure a successful upgrade to EBS 11.5.10.2.
Turbocharging Your EBS 12.0 Techstack Upgrade
All three of the major new technology stack components included in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 are also certified with Release 12.0. You could upgrade each of these R12.0 techstack components individually. But now that Release 12.1.1 is out, why bother with that older time-consuming and labour-intensive approach when there's a better way? You can use the EBS 12.1.1 Rapid Install to upgrade just the application and database tier technology stack components in your existing EBS 12.0 instance. Your technology stack components are upgraded to the same versions delivered with EBS 12.1.1 while leaving your EBS 12.0 product code (e.g. Financials, Supply Chain) untouched.
Latest Apps 11i Techstack (ATG RUP 7) Now Available
I'm very pleased to announce that the latest ATG Family Pack H Rollup 7 for the E-Business Suite Release 11i technology stack is now available for download from Metalink.
The official name for this patch is:
- Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H.delta.7 (RUP7) (Patch 6241631)
In other words, this is the seventh consolidated rollup of patches released on top of 11i.ATG_PF.H. For the Oracryptoanalysts out there who like to track nomenclature variants of these things, this patch is also referred to as the Applications Technology Group (ATG) Family Pack H Rollup 7.
This Rollup patch is a collection of technology-stack patches that can safely be applied on top of the ATG Family Pack H. This Rollup patch is cumulative: all previous patches released for Family Pack H since the initial 11.5.10 release are included in this latest patch, including:
- ATG Rollup 6 (Patch 5903765)
- ATG Rollup 5 (Patch 5473858)
- ATG Rollup 4 (Patch 4676589)
- ATG Rollup 3 (Patch 4334965)
Updating the Default JDK Installed in OracleAS 10g
If you run Java-based applications in your organization, you're aware that you may wish to optionally update the Java Development Kit (JDK) libraries periodically to get the latest fixes for security, stability, and performance. This applies to the E-Business Suite, naturally, so we regularly release new certifications for the latest Java releases for EBS.
Perhaps lesser-known is that this also applies to external servers running Oracle Fusion Middleware -- also known as Oracle Application Server 10g. You may have deployed Oracle Application Server 10g on one or more application tier servers to use Discoverer, Single Sign-On, Oracle Internet Directory, Portal, or other Fusion Middleware services with the E-Business Suite.
Apps Technology 12.0.6 Update Now Available
In conjunction with last week's release of the Applications 12.0.6 Release Update Pack, the sixth major update for the Apps Release 12 technology stack is now available for download from Metalink:
- Oracle Applications Technology Update Pack 12.0.6 (Patch 7237006)
Case Study: Oracle's Own Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
I've heard anecdotal reports suggesting that some customers hold off on upgrading to a given E-Business Suite release until we've done so ourselves here at Oracle. Oracle went live on R12.0.3 in January 2008, and a reader reminded me that I haven't highlighted this adequately. Here's a critical presentation from Eugene Weinstein and Sharon Leong at OAUG Collaborate 2008 (Denver) that I've been remiss in profiling:
Eugene and Sharon cover a lot of ground in this technically-oriented presentation, including...
New Whitepaper: Best Practices for Adopting E-Business Suite Release 12
A colleague has just pulled off an impressive feat that I wouldn't have attempted myself: she's collected practical tips and advice on how to do Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 implementations and upgrades. She's consolidated input from Oracle's Support, Consulting, IT, and Development groups into a new whitepaper:
- Best Practices for Adopting Oracle E-Business Suite, Release 12 (Metalink Note 580299.1)
OLAP + Data Mining Prerequisites for Apps + 10.2.0.3 DB Upgrades
There are a variety of reasons to upgrade your E-Business Suite Release 11i environment to the 10.2.0.3 database. You might be upgrading because Premier Support for the 9iR2 database ended in July 2007. You might be upgrading in preparation for...
Release Update Packs 12.0.5 for Financials and HRMS Now Available
[July 2, 2008 Update: Removed references to specific numbers of issues fixed.] This announcement isn't really directly-related to the E-Business Suite technology stack, but it can't hurt to highlight this news here since it affects so many of our readers. ...
Five Key Resources for Upgrading to E-Business Suite Release 12
[July 16, 2008: Added two more vital resources to this list, instantly rendering the title of this article inaccurate.] [May 14, 2008 Update: It turns out that the original diagram from Eugene's presentation could use some refining. Diagram replaced with...
Preparing for Apps 11i AutoConfig Updates
E-Business Suite Release 11i uses the Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2.2.2-based components in its Applications tier. This includes an 8.0.6 ORACLE_HOME for the Developer 6i Forms and Reports run-time and an 8.1.7 ORACLE_HOME for the Apache and JServ-based run-time components. AutoConfig...
What Happened to E-Business Suite Release 12.0.5?
[May 29, 2008 update: They don't meet the definition of a Release Update Pack that's been used for R12 so far, but two 12.0.5 product family updates for the Financials and HRMS product families are now available. See this article...
Apps Management Pack 2.0 Available for HP-UX
The latest Applications Management Pack version 2.0 was initially released for a selected set of operating system platforms. This eagerly awaited upgrade to our popular Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10gR3 plug-in is now also available for two new platforms: ...
Apps Release 12.0.4 Rapid Install Now Available
Climbing back into the blogging saddle after a five weeks abroad feels distinctly odd. Here's something noteworthy from my beleaguered inbox:Ever since the initial release of E-Business Suite Release 12.0, we've been putting out quarterly Release Update Packs (RUP) that...
Latest Apps Management Pack 2.0.1 Now Available
Our hardworking E-Business Suite Applications Technology Group recently released Application Management Pack version 2.0.1 for Oracle E-Business Suite. This upgrade includes some important new features and a large number of bug fixes. This update is available for download via Patch...
RapidClone Updates Available for Apps 11i and 12
Our ever-handy RapidClone utility allows you to create a standalone copy of an existing Oracle Applications system. There are many scenarios where it's useful to clone an Applications environment, including:Standard cloning - Making a copy of an existing Oracle Applications...
New AutoConfig Patchset Available for Apps 12
The fourth update to the Release 12 Autoconfig Templates and Engine is now available for download now via:R12 TXK.A.Delta.4 Patchset (Patch 6329757)This patchset is cumulative and includes all previous R12 AutoConfig updates such as TXK.A.Delta.3 (patch number 6077487) released with...
Apps Technology 12.0.4 Update Now Available
In conjunction with this week's release of the Applications 12.0.4 Release Update Pack, the fourth major update for the Apps Release 12 technology stack is now available for download from Metalink:Oracle Applications Technology Software Update 12.0.4 (Patch 6272680)Family Pack Updates...
Apps Release 12.0.4 Release Update Pack Now Available
The fourth major update for Apps Release 12 is now available for download from Metalink:Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 Release Update Pack (Patch 6435000)A RUP by Any Other Name...To revisit oft-confused terminology once again: In Release 11i, we have these things...
Best Practices for Upgrading to Release 12
If you've been considering the best way to upgrade your E-Business Suite Release 11i environment to Release 12, I strongly recommend that you check out Eugene Weinstein and Nigel Cooper's excellent OpenWorld 2007 presentation:Upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12: ...
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