Entries from Oracle E-Business Suite Technology tagged with 'networking'
Using Cisco ACE Series Hardware Load-Balancers with EBS 12
Oracle and Cisco Systems jointly certified the Cisco ACE Series Application Control Engine with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. Cisco ACE Series Application Control Engine is a new offering from Cisco Systems that has the potential to improve high availability, performance, security, optimized application deployment and lower the cost of ownership for Oracle E-Business Suite R12. The new ACE platform targets three main aspects, namely manageability, security and performance. The figure below shows the Virtualization and Role-based Admin features of the ACE module.
Advanced Deployment Architectures for Oracle E-Business Suite (OpenWorld 2008 Recap)
I'm (still) highlighting OpenWorld 2008 presentations that cover some of the most popular E-Business Suite technology stack topics. A catalog of all of the Applications Technology track sessions with links to the presentations is available here:
E-Business Suite sysadmins know that there are a lot of different ways to deploy their system in production. You can split EBS services across multiple application tier and database tier server nodes, you can scale up with load-balancers and Real Application Clusters, you can integrate your E-Business Suite instance with optional external services like Oracle Single Sign-On and the Oracle SOA Suite, and much, much more.
The number of architectural options can be pretty bewildering, and it can be difficult to get a high-level overview of the relative benefits of each option. We have lots of detailed documentation and introductory blog articles on, say, implementing RAC, but it's very difficult to get a sense of whether you can combine a reverse proxy in front of a load-balanced cluster with a RAC-enabled database tier (this is feasible, by the way).
In-Depth: Using Third-Party Identity Managers with E-Business Suite Release 12
This article is an updated R12 version of an earlier one written for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i.
Like most of our customers, you probably already have a corporate identity management system in place. And, you've probably not been enjoying the experience of redundantly administering the same user in your corporate identity management system as well as the E-Business Suite. If this describes your environment, this in-depth article about integrating Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory with third-party identity management systems will show you a better way of managing your EBS users.
IPv6 Certified with Oracle E-Business Suite
With the proliferation of web-enabled devices, it's not surprising to hear concerns about the dwindling pool of IP addresses. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has proposed a solution to this problem. From their IPv6 Information page:IPv6 is the "next...
Two Essential Tools for Diagnosing E-Business Suite Network Issues
Network problems seem to be on the rise again, either due to the increase in service demands, integration of different technologies such as Voice Over IP (VoIP), and the inevitable increases in uptake of technologies at new locations. Not only do...
Optimizing R12 Performance via OC4J Load-Balancing
Oracle Application Server provides features that allow customers to load balance their middle tier deployments. OC4J Clustering in OracleAS 10g is one such deployment that is widely used in load balanced configurations. Starting with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0.2 (Release...
Troubleshooting DMZ Setups for Apps
It's possible to expose selected Oracle E-Business Suite applications such as iStore or iRecruitment to users outside of your corporate intranet. As part of our security best practices recommendations, we recommend the use of reverse proxies in demilitarized zones (DMZ)...
WebCache 10g (10.1.2.2) Certified with Apps 11i and 12
Oracle Web Cache 10g (10.1.2.2) is now certified with E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12. E-Business Suite administrators may use the latest version of Oracle Web Cache 10.1.2.2 to provide caching, reverse-proxy, and failover and surge protection for their environments.Supported...
Comparing Bandwidth Requirements between Release 11i and 12
[June 8, 2007 Update: Clarified background on the second set of benchmarks]A few questions have been raised in our new Release 12 Upgrade Forum about the differences in network bandwidth requirements between Release 11i and 12.The usual disclaimers apply: benchmark...
Debugging General Performance Issues with Oracle Apps
Identifying performance bottlenecks can sometimes be a black art with any distributed computing system. It is sometimes difficult to know where to start. This article gives some high-level guidance on the sort of information you may need to gather in order...
Lease Management Modules Supported for DMZs
[Editor Apr 30 Update: Overloaded acronyms... >sigh< Corrected entry from Oracle Learning Management to Oracle Lease Management. Support is only for Release 11i presently.]Two new Oracle Lease Management (OKL) modules in the Financials product family are now certified for external...
What Does "DMZ Certification" Mean?
Depending on whom you ask, the E-Business Suite has somewhere around 200 functional applications products, clustered into larger product families such as Oracle Financials. A subset of those products are specifically certified for deployment in an externally-facing configuration via demilitarized...
Using Port Pools in Release 12
[Editor Update May 21, 2008: Nilesh has moved on to another team within Oracle and, sadly, is no longer an active contributor to this blog. Feel free to direct any questions about his posted articles directly to Steven Chan, instead.]Oracle...
Loopbacks, Virtual IPs and the E-Business Suite
[Editor Mar 27 , 2007Update: Updated with more information about loopback requirements for internal and external applications.][Editor Mar 16 , 2007 Update: Added loopback diagram and updated test section with additional comments.]An area that seems to be perennially troublesome for...
Encrypting Traffic Between 11i Application and Database Tiers
Editor Sep 20 Update: Added discussion of performance impact for this configurationIt's now possible to encrypt the SQL*Net traffic that flows between your E-Business Suite Release 11i application and database tier servers.This long-awaited certification is delivered through an Oracle database...
DMZs, SSL and RAC for OracleAS 10g + Release 11i
I know that many of you have been waiting for this announcement for a long time, so it's a real pleasure (and relief) to be able to tell you that Build 4.0 is finally here.A new version of the OracleAS...
IPv6 and the E-Business Suite
[May 27, 2008 Update: The E-Business Suite is now certified to be IPv6-compatible; see this announcement for details.][May 9, 2007 Update: As of today, this article still represents our latest status on IPv6 certification for the E-Business Suite, for both...
In-Depth: Load-Balancing E-Business Suite Environments
As I watched blood drain from my arm, my thoughts turned to load-balancing and system redundancy. My phlebotomist had just cheerfully informed me the lab's primary testing PC had failed that morning, so there would be an unusual delay in...
Using Third-Party Networking Hardware with Oracle Application Server 10g
If you recall, the E-Business Suite isn't explicitly certified with third-party networking components but is expected to work with them. If you're integrating the E-Business Suite with Oracle Application Server 10g, there's another piece that you can add to the...
New Secure Sockets Layer Features in Release 12
E-Business Suite Release 12 will include a raft of new SSL-related features, including a new mod_ossl plug-in, use of Oracle Wallet Manager, and optional use of Oracle Certificate Authority for PKI deployments.The most significant change for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)...
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