Steven Chan • October 29, 2009
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0 originally shipped with OracleAS 10.1.3 Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) for running its Java-based content. Regular readers of this blog know that we certified
OracleAS 10.1.3.4 with Apps 12 at the end of 2008, with additional operating system platforms following shortly afterwards.
We've now certified Oracle Application Server 10g 10.1.3.5 OC4J with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. You can upgrade to OracleAS 10.1.3.5 OC4J directly from OracleAS 10.1.3, 10.1.3.3, or 10.1.3.4. This certification allows you to upgrade the OC4J components in your R12 techstack to get take advantage of the latest performance and stability improvements in this incremental patchset. To make sure that there's no misunderstanding about what can be upgraded, the full name of this patchset is:
It's important to note that either OracleAS 10.1.3.3, 10.1.3.4, or 10.1.3.5 are mandatory prerequisites if you plan to upgrade your Release 12 application tier to the latest certified version of Java 6.
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Steven Chan • October 27, 2009
At OpenWorld a few weeks ago, I got the strong impression that the majority of you have heard that Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i
will end in November 2010. If the standing-room only R12 upgrade sessions were any indication, it seems that many of you are now planning your Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 upgrades or migrations.
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 was released in early May 2009. Our next upcoming release will be EBS 12.1.2. The Release Content Documents (RCD) for Apps 12.1.2 have now been published -- in advance of the actual General Availability of R12.1.2 -- here:
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Steven Chan • October 26, 2009
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 is now certified with Oracle Database Server 11gR1 version 11.1.0.7 on Microsoft Windows x64 (Windows Server 2003).
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Steven Chan • October 23, 2009
Secure Enterprise Search 10.1.8.4 was certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0 earlier this year. Our Applications Technology Group has just released their certification of Secure Enterprise Search 10.1.8.4 with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i.
If you missed that earlier announcement, here's a recap of the basics. Secure Enterprise Search (SES) provides new search capabilities for EBS: Apps users can search for E-Business Suite data using a unified search engine, with search results displayed based upon their Applications responsibilities. Searches can be performed on structured and unstructured data. Notably, search results respect multi-level security, including:
- Role-based access control (RBAC) functional and data security
- Product-specific security policies
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Steven Chan • October 22, 2009
This
is the second of a series of regular updates on our Windows 7
certification projects for the E-Business Suite.
Microsoft Windows 7 was officially released today. Here's a recap of
our plans for certifying the Oracle E-Business Suite with Microsoft's
latest operating system. As always, the answers to these questions may
change as we move through the certification cycle. You're welcome to monitor or subscribe to this
blog for later updates.
Our Progress on Windows 7We're certifying Windows 7 with the
E-Business Suite right now. We've already tested several of the Win7
betas and release candidates, and those tests have gone very
smoothly. At this point, E-Business Suite product teams need to complete their certification tests with Windows 7 desktop clients. Once those tests are completed, we'll release our certification.
For the
usual reasons that regular
readers could have predicted, I can't share any specific schedules
or date estimates here. I can provide an interim update on the
following Win7 questions:
- Which EBS releases will be certified with Windows 7?
- Which browsers will be certified?
- Will Oracle JInitiator be certified for EBS on Windows 7?
- Which Windows 7 editions will be certified?
- What about Windows 7E?
- What about Windows XP Mode?
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Steven Chan • October 21, 2009
The Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2009 was released on October 20, 2009. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.
The
Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant information. It includes a list of products affected, pointers to obtain the patches, a summary of the security vulnerabilities, and links to other important documents.
Supported Products that are not listed in the "Supported Products and Components Affected" Section of the advisory do not require new patches to be applied.
Also, it is essential to review the Critical Patch Update supporting documentation referenced in the Advisory before applying patches, as this is where you can find important pertinent information.
The Critical Patch Update Advisory is available at the following location:
The next four Critical Patch Update release dates are:
- January 12, 2010
- April 13, 2010
- July 13, 2010
- October 12, 2010
Steven Chan • October 20, 2009
Our recent article about our internal use of automated regression testing tools within E-Business Suite Development prompted many questions about the Oracle Application Testing Suite. I'm pleased to announce that the Oracle Application Testing Suite 9.0 is supported for use with the E-Business Suite.
The
Oracle Automated Testing Suite (OATS) is built on the foundation of the e-TEST suite of products
acquired from Empirix in 2008. The testing suite is comprised of:
- Oracle Load Testing for scalability, performance, and load testing
- Oracle Functional Testing for automated functional and regression testing
- Oracle Test Manager for test process management, test execution, and defect tracking
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Steven Chan • October 19, 2009
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.1.1) is now certified on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) running on x86/x86-64 hardware. Note that MS Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit) and MS Windows Server 2008 R2 are
not covered by this announcement.
The following editions of MS Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) are certified for Oracle E-Business Suite:
- Windows Server 2008 Standard (x86)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (x86)
- Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (x86)
- Windows Web Server 2008 (x86)
- Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V (x86)
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V (x86)
- Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V (x86
Oracle E-Business Suite does not support Hyper-V or Server Core in Windows Server 2008.
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Steven Chan • October 16, 2009
[
Oct 19 2009 Update: If you registered for OpenWorld, here's a link to the OpenWorld On Demand page where you can download or listen to the live recording of this session as well as the presentation materials.]
Every year I provide an OpenWorld update on the various ways that E-Business Suite users can use different Oracle Application Server 10g components. This presentation covers many of the topics that I visit regularly on this blog, neatly summarizing them in a single package with the latest Fusion Middleware certified versions (and desupport notices) in one place:
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Steven Chan • October 11, 2009
OpenWorld 2009 has kicked off with a bang. As in previous years, I was invited to share our latest E-Business Suite technology stack certification roadmap with the
OAUG EBS Technology Stack Special Interest Group (SIG) members.
Most of what I covered in this SIG discussion will be familiar to regular readers of this blog. Even if you've been keeping up with this blog's announcements, the convenient thing about this Roadmap presentation is that it summarizes our latest techstack certifications, desupport notices, support policy updates, and other important topics from the last year in a single, cohesive presentation.
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Steven Chan • October 8, 2009
[
Oct 11 Update: Added detailed list of supported database options and features]
I'm very pleased to announce that the 11gR2 Database version 11.2.0.1 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i version 11.5.10.2.
Existing Apps 11i environments currently running Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2.0), Oracle 10g Release 10 (10.1.0), Oracle 10g Release 2 (10.2.0), or Oracle 11g Release 1 (11.1.0) may be upgraded to the 11gR2 Database.
We're still working on the 11gR2 certification with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. You're welcome to monitor or subscribe to this blog for updates, which I'll post as soon as soon as they're available.
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Steven Chan • October 6, 2009
I'm very pleased to announce that
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is now certified as a client browser for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i.
IE 8 Support Requires Forms6i Patchset 19If you're running either Forms6i Patchset 18 or earlier in your EBS 11i environment, you will need to apply
Forms6i Patchset 19 to get support for Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8).
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Steven Chan • October 2, 2009
[
Oct 19, 2009 Update: Here's a link to Nadia's presentation (PDF, 7.5 MB).
If you registered for OpenWorld, here's a link to the OpenWorld On Demand page where you can download or listen to the live recording of this session as well as the presentation materials.]]
As I've noted before, the
San Francisco Oracle OpenWorld conference is our biggest event of the year. It's always entertaining to watch the frenzy of activity in the immediately preceding months and weeks. It's an exciting time.
We've been getting questions about how Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i customers can take advantage of some of the standalone solutions from Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. There are many significant functional innovations and new capabilities in R12.1, but some of you have indicated that you don't have the time or the budget to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i yet.
Nadia Bendjedou has an OpenWorld 2009 session in which she'll be covering options for how Apps 11i users can take advantage of Apps 12.1 standalone applications:
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Steven Chan • October 1, 2009
Our Applications Platforms Group continues to round out our E-Business Suite certification matrix for Oracle Database Vault 11gR1. Oracle DB Vault 11gR1 11.1.0.7 is now certified with E-Business Suite for the following Windows platforms:
- Microsoft Windows Server (32-bit)
- Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)
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Steven Chan • September 30, 2009
Platform migration is the process of moving a database from one
operating-system platform to a different operating-system platform. There are two supported methods for doing this:
- Export the data from the database on the old
platform, create a new database on the new platform, and import the
data into the new database.
- Use the Transportable Database feature
You can expect a 50% or greater reduction in the time it takes
to complete a platform migration using Transportable Database when compared to traditional export/import methods.
Transportable Database 10gR2 was certified for the E-Business Suite last year. I'm pleased to announce that our Applications Platforms Group has certified this for the next database release -- Transportable Database 11gR1 -- with the E-Business Suite.
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