Our Applications Technology Group has released new versions of Application Management Pack 3.1 and Application Change Management Pack 3.1 for Oracle E-Business Suite:
Application Management Pack (AMP) and Application Change Management Pack (ACMP) extend Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10g to monitor and manage Oracle E-Business Suite components and the changes the system undergoes. Application Change Management Pack provides features to monitor and manage Oracle E-Business Suite changes. Application Change Management Pack provides a centralized view to monitor and orchestrate changes (both functional and technical) across multiple Oracle E-Business Suite systems. Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite extends Enterprise Manager Grid Control to monitor and manage Oracle E-Business Suite systems.
What’s new in this release? Application Change Management Pack 3.1 has been enhanced to provide more control and flexibility in managing Oracle E-Business Suite changes:
Change Approval Framework: Changes orchestrated through Application Change Management Pack can now be controlled through the new change approval framework in Release 3.1. Users can now be segregated as approvers across Oracle E-Business Suite systems and modules using Customization Manager, Patch Manager or Setup Manager. Built-in notification capabilities enable approvers and requestors to be informed about the status of relevant change requests. It also provides an implicit audit trail mechanism.
Integrated Custom Application Management: An integrated custom applications management feature enables users to easily register new custom applications across multiple Oracle E-Business Suite systems. Administrators can track and validate existing custom applications using a common framework.
Prerequisite Patch Analysis: Oracle E-Business Suite patches can now be analyzed for prerequisites prior to target system deployment. The analysis verifies whether the prerequisites are already available. If not, they can be added to the automated patch job. Offline Transformation: Users have the new ability to download Oracle E-Business Suite setup data to Microsoft Excel. Setup Data can be edited and new data can be entered via Excel worksheets. Data is validated within Microsoft Excel and in Setup Manager.
Built-in Intelligence: Release 3.1 has additional enhancements, including:
- Automated file driver metadata generation for new files and $Header handling
- Customization Package impact analysis report
- Advanced filtering options for setup migration
Improved Usability: Release 3.1 contains usability and reporting enhancements to ensure better integration with third-party systems like source-control systems.
What’s New in Application Management Pack 3.1? This new release of Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite Version 3.1 offers the following new capabilities:
Smart Clone: Next Generation hot-cloning technology built on Enterprise Manager Grid Control. Smart Clone provides flexibility for administrators to incorporate their own custom database cloning techniques into AMP’s cloning routines. Smart Clone supports cloning of single or multi-node Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10 CU2 systems deployed on Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Shared APPL_TOP. Some of the key cloning scenarios supported include RAC to RAC, RAC to Non-RAC, and Scale Down (Multi-Node to Single Node).
Concurrent Processing Dashboard: Administrators now have the ability to monitor and manage Concurrent Managers and concurrent programs through Application Management Pack Release 3.1. The new dashboard displays the efficiency of Concurrent Managers in processing concurrent requests. Administrators can create a watch list of specific concurrent managers and specific concurrent programs.
End-to-End Tracing: Administrators can analyze Oracle E-Business Suite’s database load from Application Management Pack 3.1. Administrators can trace Application Web User Sessions down to Database Sessions. Top database sessions can also be traced back to individual application users.
Prerequisites
- Operating system: Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX
- Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10gR5
- Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10 CU2 + 11i.ATG_PF.H.RUP6; or, Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.0.4 + R12.ATG_PF.A.delta.6; or, Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1
Both Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite and Application Change Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite are separately-licensed products. Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite is a mandatory prerequisite for Application Change Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite.
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