If your E-Business Suite Release 11i or 12 environment is configured to support Daylight Saving Time (DST) or international time zones, it's important to keep...
If your E-Business Suite Release 11i or 12 environment is configured to support Daylight Saving Time (DST) or international time zones, it's important to keep your timezone definition files up-to-date. DSTv17 is now available and certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i. The DSTv17 update includes the timezone information from Olson tzdata 2011j. Is Your Apps Environment Affected? When a country or region changes DST rules or their time zone definitions, your...
If your E-Business Suite Release 11i or 12 environment is configured to support Daylight Saving Time (DST) or international time zones, it's important to keep your timezone definition...
The Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2011 was released on October 18, 2011. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible. The...
The Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2011 was released on October 18, 2011. 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...
The Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2011 was released on October 18, 2011. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible. The Critical Patch Update Advisory is...
[July 30, 2012 update: Corrected Note reference to 823586.1] [Sept. 2, 2011 update: Our Maximum Availability Architecture architects have pointed out two...
[July 30, 2012 update: Corrected Note reference to 823586.1] [Sept. 2, 2011 update: Our Maximum Availability Architecture architects have pointed out two additional considerations that are documented in our existing documentation: 1) Although SCAN listener is supported with EBS 12, if scan_name resolves in DNS to IP1 and IP2, the client-side 10.1.2 network code does not use round robin on the underlyng IPs if the first IP fails. An Autoconfig solution for this is being...
[July 30, 2012 update: Corrected Note reference to 823586.1] [Sept. 2, 2011 update: Our Maximum Availability Architecture architects have pointed out two additional considerations that are documented...
I am pleased to release the replay and presentation for the latest ATG Live Webcast: Tuning All Layers of E-Business Suite (Part 1 of 3) (Presentation) Lester...
I am pleased to release the replay and presentation for the latest ATG Live Webcast: Tuning All Layers of E-Business Suite (Part 1 of 3) (Presentation) Lester Gutierrez, Senior Architect, and Deepak Bhatnagar, Senior Manager, from the E-Business Suite Application Performance team, lead Tuning All Layers of E-Business Suite (Part 1 of 3). This webcast provides an overview of how Oracle E-Business Suite system administrators, DBAs, developers, and implementers can improve...
I am pleased to release the replay and presentation for the latest ATG Live Webcast: Tuning All Layers of E-Business Suite (Part 1 of 3) (Presentation) Lester Gutierrez, Senior Architect, and...
I am pleased to announce that Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.0.6, 12.1.1 and higher) is now certified on AIX version 7.1. This latest generation IBM AIX...
I am pleased to announce that Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.0.6, 12.1.1 and higher) is now certified on AIX version 7.1. This latest generation IBM AIX operating system runs on systems based on previous Power processors (such as Power 5, Power 6) as well as the latest Power 7 processor, collectively known as the IBM AIX on Power Systems (64-bit) platform. New installations of the E-Business Suite R12 on this platform will require version 12.1.1 or higher, including...
I am pleased to announce that Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.0.6, 12.1.1 and higher) is now certified on AIX version 7.1. This latest generation IBM AIX operating system runs on systems based...
[Aug. 8, 2012 Update: Added additional details about logical standby and Oracle Streams] [Aug. 24, 2011 update: Clarified description of AutoConfig dependency...
[Aug. 8, 2012 Update: Added additional details about logical standby and Oracle Streams] [Aug. 24, 2011 update: Clarified description of AutoConfig dependency when enabling EBS failover environments] Oracle Data Guard allows you to create standby databases for disaster recovery. Oracle Data Guard Broker provides an easy interface to configure standby databases and to perform role transitions with a single command for switchover and failover. It logically groups the primary...
[Aug. 8, 2012 Update: Added additional details about logical standby and Oracle Streams] [Aug. 24, 2011 update: Clarified description of AutoConfig dependency when enabling EBS failover environments]...
If your E-Business Suite Release 11i or 12 environment is configured to support Daylight Saving Time (DST) or international time zones, it's important to keep your timezone definition files up-to-date. They were last changed in January 2011 and released as DSTv15. DSTv16 is now available and certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. The DSTv16 update includes the timezone information from Olson tzdata 2011g. Is Your Apps Environment Affected? When a country or...
One of our senior Oracle Support engineers recently asked, "What's the best strategy for applying patches to E-Business Suite environments?" Applying updates...
One of our senior Oracle Support engineers recently asked, "What's the best strategy for applying patches to E-Business Suite environments?" Applying updates and patches is such a major part of an Apps DBA's responsibilities that I assumed that this was already covered in our existing documentation. In looking through our systems administration guides, I was surprised to find that this isn't discussed anywhere. Here's a general best practices patching strategy for all EBS...
One of our senior Oracle Support engineers recently asked, "What's the best strategy for applying patches to E-Business Suite environments?" Applying updates and patches is such a major part of an...
It's deja vu all over again. Since I covered the Error Correction Support (ECS) dates for the 11gR2 Database a few days ago, it's also worth reminding you of...
It's deja vu all over again. Since I covered the Error Correction Support (ECS) dates for the 11gR2 Database a few days ago, it's also worth reminding you of an important support milestone for the 11gR2 Database codeline. Premier Support for Oracle Database 11gR1 (11.1) ends on August 31, 2012. Extended Support for 11.1 continues to the end of August 2015. These support timelines are covered in the Lifetime Support Policy for Oracle Technology Products. The 11.1.0.7...
It's deja vu all over again. Since I covered the Error Correction Support (ECS) dates for the 11gR2 Database a few days ago, it's also worth reminding you of an important support milestone for the...
