I’m 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:

If you’re looking for a good overview of how Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 environments can be cloned, you should check out the following presentation from Max Arderius, Development Manager in the Applications Technology Group, and Biju Mohan, Product
Manager in the Applications Technology Group:

Graphic showing differences between Rapid Clone and automated cloning via Applications Management Pack AMP

Max and Biju cover the following topics:


  • Lifecycle Management tools for E-Business Suite environments

  • Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 filesystem architecture for both the database and application tiers

  • Managing E-Business Suite environments with Applications Management Pack (AMP)

  • Apps 12 installation techniques, including fresh installs, upgrades, and technology stack refreshes

  • Cloning techniques

    • Rapid Clone vs. automated via Applications Management Pack

    • How Rapid Clone works, from preparation of the source system, copying, and configuration of the target system

    • Other useful Rapid Clone configuration commands

    • Applications Management Pack cloning, including Source-Image-Target, Image-to-Target, and data scrambling

  • Roadmap for new cloning features for Rapid Clone and Applications Management Pack

    • Hot cloning!

    • AMP RAC cloning

    • Other AMP and Change Management Pack planned features

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