Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Consolidated Upgrade Patch 2 (CUP2) is now available in My Oracle Support. This patch includes fixes and performance improvements for the scripts used to upgrade an EBS 11i environment to 12.1.1.

This patch is mandatory for customers who are upgrading to Release 12.1.1 from the following releases:

  • Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i version 11.5.9 (base, CU1, CU2)
  • Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i version 11.5.10 (base, CU1, CU2)

This patch includes all of the upgrade-related fixes released previously in the Consolidated Upgrade Patch 1 (CUP1, Patch 7303029) and many additional upgrade related fixes released since March 2010. 

You can download it here:

Link to download EBS CUP2 patch 16791553

  What is Oracle E-Business Suite Consolidated Upgrade Patch 2 for Release 12.1.1? The Consolidated Upgrade Patch 2 (CUP2) for Release 12.1.1 combines critical upgrade error corrections and upgrade performance improvements from Release 11i into a consolidated suite-wide patch. Who should use it? Customers who are upgrading to Release 12.1.1 from Release 11.5.9 (base, CU1, CU2) or Release 11.5.10 (base, CU1, CU2) should apply Release 12.1.1 CUP2. How does it differ from the Family Consolidated Upgrade Patch (FCUP) in Release 11i? In Release 11i, Family Consolidated Upgrade Patches (FCUP) were the release vehicles used to ship consolidated upgrade-related patches from all products within a product family.  In R12, the term Consolidated Upgrade Patch (CUP) has been coined to ship critical upgrade error corrections and upgrade performance improvements across all the product families in Oracle E-Business suite. How do you apply Release 12.1.1 CUP2? For instructions on applying this patch, see the “Notes for Upgrade Customers” section in: Can this patch be applied by customers who are upgrading to Release 12.1.1 from an earlier version of Release 12? No.  Release 12.1.1 CUP2 is applicable only if you are upgrading your E-Business Suite Release 11i instance to Release 12.1.1.  If your Oracle E-Business Suite instance is already at Release 12 or higher (e.g. Release 12.0.4, 12.0.6), you should not apply Release 12.1.1 CUP2. Can I apply Release 12.1.1 CUP2 to Release 12.1.1? No.  If your environment is already at the Release 12.1.1 level, you do not need this patchset.  You should apply Release 12.1.1 CUP2 only while upgrading a Release 11i Oracle E-Business Suite instance to Release 12.1.1 Is Release 12.1.1 CUP2 mandatory for upgrading to Release 12.1.1 if I have done multiple test upgrades and am close to “Go-Live”? If you have already performed multiple test upgrades without Release 12.1.1 CUP2 and are close to completing User Acceptance Testing prior to your actual production upgrade, it is not mandatory to apply the patch. Oracle will continue to provide patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 environments that do not have the Release 12.1.1 CUP2 patchset. How is the Consolidated Upgrade Patch (CUP) different from other release vehicles? With the introduction of this patchset, there are now five types of release vehicles for the E-Business Suite:
  1. Rapid Install
  2. Maintenance Pack
  3. Product Family Release Update Pack
  4. E-Business Suite Release Update Pack
  5. Consolidated Upgrade Patch
Rapid Install With Rapid Install (RI), you can install a fully configured Oracle E-Business suite system, lay down the file system and configure server processes for an upgraded system, or install a new database tier or application tier technology stack. Release 12 Rapid Install versions are
  • Release 12.0.0
  • Release 12.0.4
  • Release 12.1.1
Maintenance Pack A Maintenance Pack (MP) is an aggregation of patches for all products in Oracle E-Business Suite. It is a feature-rich release which combines new functionalities along with error corrections, statutory/regulatory updates, and functionality enhancements, etc. The Release 12.1.1 Maintenance Pack can be used to upgrade an existing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0.x environment to Release 12.1.1 Product Family Release Update Pack Product Family Release Update Pack (RUP) is an aggregation of patches on a given codeline created for all products in a specific product family for a specific point release. RUPs are generally cumulative in nature. Examples of Product Family Release Update Packs released in Release 12.0:
  • R12.ATG_PF.A.Delta.4
  • R12.FIN_PF.A.Delta.5
  • R12.ATG_PF.A.Delta.6
  • R12.HR_PF.A.Delta.7
Examples of Product Family Release Update Packs released in Release 12.1:
  • R12.AD_PF.B.Delta.2
  • R12.ATG_PF.B.Delta.2
  • R12.CC_PF.B.Delta.2
  • R12.SCM_PF.B.Delta.2
E-Business Suite Release Update Pack An E-Business Suite Release Update Pack (RUP) is an aggregation of product or product family RUPs on a given codeline created across Oracle E-Business Suite after the initial release. Like product family Release Update Pack, E-Business suite Release Update Pack is cumulative in nature. Examples of E-Business Suite Release Update Packs
  • Release 12.0.4
  • Release 12.0.6
  • Release 12.1.2
Consolidated Upgrade Patch A Consolidated Upgrade Patch is a collection of critical fixes that improve the performance and stability of the upgrade process from Release 11i to Release 12.1.1.
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