Entries from Oracle E-Business Suite Technology tagged with 'AutoConfig'
Configuring SSL with a Configuration Wizard in EBS R12
E-Business Suite R12.1.1 provides Advanced Configuration wizards that make it easier to deploy features such as SSL and load-balancing. Apps administrators can use these wizards to make configuration changes online through Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) and then run AutoConfig on the applications tier to make the changes effective. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is one of the most commonly used configurations in EBS. I'll walk through the SSL Advanced Configuration Wizard in this article.
New Apps 11i Autoconfig Rollup Patch T Now Available
E-Business Suite 11i Technology Stack latest Rollup(patch 8217898) for Autoconfig is now available for download. This Rollup includes fixes and enhancements to Autoconfig and its configuration templates. You should review the README before applying the patch.
This cumulative patch includes all previously released AutoConfig updates, including the previous Autoconfig Rollup - RUP-S 6372396. RUP T can be applied standalone. It will be included in the next EBS Applications Technology Family Pack - ATG PF-H RUP 7.
15 New Technology Stack Enhancements in EBS 12.1.1
Now that our latest Applications Release 12.1.1 is available, here's a list of new technology stack configuration features you might be interested in learning about. While you're reviewing new R12.1.1 content, please do not miss our newly revamped and user-friendly AutoConfig guide:
- Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Metalink Note 387859.1)
This updated AutoConfig guide has been restructured to present you more in-depth and practical information to get you get started quickly with AutoConfig and all its related utilities. Please check it out and let us know what you think about it!
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About AutoConfig Variables
Luckily, you were not afraid to ask. AutoConfig supports the automated configuration of E-Business Suite technology stack components, but tracking down specific AutoConfig variables in their associated configuration files can be a daunting task. The AutoConfig Search Utility (formally known as the TXK Context Variable Information Utility) scans your AutoConfig infrastructure for a requested string and generates a detailed report about the relevant AutoConfig variables and their usage. The report contains, among other things, the following information about relevant AutoConfig variables:
Power Tools: Configuring EBS R12 Database Tiers with AutoConfig
[Editor's Note: This is the fourth and last of a series of four articles on new AutoConfig features. These articles are written by members of our AutoConfig Development team. This is your opportunity to interact directly with that team with your feedback on this tool.]
The AutoConfig Build Context utility (adbldxml.pl) has traditionally been used by administrators to rebuild the context file in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i. In Apps 11i, the AutoConfig Build Context utility was introduced to allow customers to migrate to AutoConfig easily. Later on, due to numerous changes in the 11i technology stack, it became hard to keep the utility in sync for the Applications tier. So it was not recommended to customers for discretionary use, but instead only when absolutely needed like in case of cross-platform migrations and database upgrades.
Revived for Apps 12
The AutoConfig Build Context utility has been revived and re-introduced in Oracle E-Business Suite R12 for the database tier. It is essential for enabling AutoConfig on the database tier of an R12 E-Business Suite instance in the following scenarios:
- Cross platform migration of DB tier (Metalink Note 456197.1)
- Upgrade of Oracle Applications database Tier from Release 11i to Release 12 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
- Upgrade of an existing 10.2.0.X database to 11g database (Metalink Note 735276.1)
Power Tools: Previewing AutoConfig Changes on All Tiers
[Editor's Note: This is the third of a series of four articles on new AutoConfig features. These articles are written by members of our AutoConfig Development team. This is your opportunity to interact directly with that team with your feedback on this tool.]
When we first launched AutoConfig for E-Business Suite environments, it quickly became clear that your confidence in the tool would depend upon your ability to review its actions before committing to its changes to your environments. The AutoConfig Check Config tool (adchkcfg) is used to identify the potential changes that would take effect on an E-Business Suite instance during the next AutoConfig run.
Until now, that tool has only been reporting expected changes to the file system and the database profile values. The adchkcfg tool has now been enhanced to report information about important non-profile database updates also. The enhanced report will help customers understand potential system configuration changes, thus minimizing custom configuration errors.
What Does the Check Config Report Show?
The Check Config tool generates a report in both HTML and text format. The text report for the database changes can be used for quick reference from the command line.
Here is a screenshot of the new Check Config HTML report (click to enlarge):
Power Tools: Running AutoConfig in Parallel in EBS 12
[Editor's Note: This is the second of a series of four articles on new AutoConfig features. These articles are written by members of our AutoConfig Development team. This is your opportunity to interact directly with that team with your feedback on this tool.]
Our last article discussed ways of tuning your AutoConfig runs via profiling reports that identify bottlenecks during template instantiation. This article discusses another method of speeding up your AutoConfig runs. In an R12 E-Business Suite instance, AutoConfig can now be run simultaneously across multiple nodes. This new feature significantly lowers maintenance downtime for multi-node installations. One beta customer of this feature improved the time it takes them to run AutoConfig across their dozen mid tiers by 45%.
How Does AutoConfig's Parallel Mode Work?
Executing AutoConfig in 'parallel mode' engages a locking mechanism so that processes running on individual nodes are synchronized. This mechanism prevents any conflicting updates to the database or the file system. The following figure illustrates AutoConfig running in parallel across multiple nodes:
Power Tools: Optimizing AutoConfig Performance Through Profiling
[Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of four articles on new AutoConfig features. These articles are written by members of our AutoConfig Development team. This is your chance to get the inside track on these advanced features and provide your feedback directly to our developers.]
Ever wonder what's taking up the time during a given AutoConfig run in your E-Business Suite environment? Want to optimize the performance of your techstack configuration customizations? The AutoConfig Performance Profiler gathers data about an AutoConfig run and generates a consolidated AutoConfig profile report in HTML format. The report lists all product tops processed by AutoConfig along with the total instantiation and execution time of the templates within them. A beta customer of this feature helped us fix an indexing issue to allow AutoConfig to run in one third of the time.
The generated performance report allows you to drill down on each product top and view the following:
- Source and target location of individual templates
- Time consumed to instantiate or execute each template
- Execution report for each template
Here's a screenshot of the first few lines of the report:
New AutoConfig Patchset RUP 12.0.6 Now Available
The latest update of the R12 E-Business Suite Technology Stack (Autoconfig Templates & Engine Patchset) is now released and is available for download from Oracle Metalink. The official name for this patch is:
- R12.TXK.A.DELTA.6 (7237313)
New Apps 11i AutoConfig + Templates Rollup Patch S Now Available
[June 18, 2008 Update: Mentioned the Oracle Diagnostics regression fix][May 6, 2008 Update: Clarified that Developer 6i patchset 18 was recommended in Jan2007 CPU] [Editor's Note: Ivo Dujmovic leads the hard-working Applications Technology Integration development team responsible for the E-Business...
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...
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...
New AutoConfig Rollup Patch Q Now Available
The latest AutoConfig Rollup Patch Q (Patch 5985992) is now released and is generally available for download from Oracle Metalink.The official name for this patch is:TXK AutoConfig Rollup Patch Q (Jul/Aug 2007, Patch 5985992)This Rollup patch is cumulative: it includes...
New AutoConfig Rollup Patch P Now Available
The latest AutoConfig Rollup Patch P (Patch 5759055) is now available for download from Metalink. The official name of this patch is:TXK (FND & ADX) AutoConfig Rollup Patch P (Mar/Apr 2007) (Patch 5759055)This patch is cumulative: it includes all E-Business...
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options in Release 12
The AutoConfig utility provided with E-Business Suite Release 12 automates a wide variety of deployment options. However, there are a number of optional configurations that AutoConfig doesn't automate yet. In this initial release, implementation of some of these optional configurations...
New AutoConfig Rollup Patch O Now Available
As befits the holiday season, here's a little gift to you from the Applications Technology Group: the latest AutoConfig Rollup Patch O (that's the letter O and not the number zero) is now available for download.This new TXK (FND &...
AutoConfig Template Rollup Patch N Now Available
Editor Dec 21 Update: AutoConfig Rollup O is now available for download. It includes AutoConfig Rollup N.AutoConfig continues to be updated, so those of you who are using it in your E-Business Suite environments will be pleased to hear that...
Update: AutoConfig and Rollup Patches
[Editor: This is an a elaborated and expanded version of a comment from one of our Applications Technology Group architects from the now-massive AutoConfig Comment thread]Just to update folks and clarify some delivery questions around AutoConfig and its templates:In previous...
Managing E-Business Suite Configurations with AutoConfig
Work is its own reward. You can expect great rewards this year.~ Paraphrased from Dilbert, Scott AdamsHistorically, one of the biggest challenges facing any E-Business Suite system administrator was managing the countless configuration files for technology stack components. In the...
AutoConfig Template Rollup Patch M Now Available
This one's hot off the presses, also. One of the major products from our team is AutoConfig, which I plan to devote a few future posts to. For now, those of you who are already using AutoConfig in your E-Business...
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