(Note: Oracle AI Database 26ai has replaced Oracle Database 23ai (DB 23ai). For more information on this change and what it means to you, see EBS 12.2 and Oracle AI Database 26ai.)

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We are pleased to announce that Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Release 12.2 is now certified with Oracle AI Database 26ai (DB 26ai) for on-premises Linux x86-64. As an EBS 12.2 on-premises Linux customer, once your environment meets all of the necessary prerequisites you may upgrade to Oracle AI Database 26ai, specifically Release Update 23.26.1.

For information about recent or upcoming certifications when running EBS on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) including announcements regarding DB 26ai, go to our sister blog Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Cloud Blog.

What’s the Latest Information Regarding Support for EBS Databases?

Most EBS customers have by now completed upgrades to Oracle Database 19c (DB 19c). If you are still running an older Oracle Database release, you should make plans to upgrade to DB 19c as soon as possible.

DB 19c is the only database release with a direct upgrade path to DB 26ai and provides you Error Correction Support. For the latest support information, see the following:

What Can You Do Now to Get Your EBS Environment Ready for Oracle AI Database 26ai?

You can act now to get your EBS environment ready for DB 26ai. See the blog article Updated: EBS 12.2 Planned Certification with DB 23ai – Summary Part 7 of 7 for more information.

Note: The referenced summary blog article includes links to all seven blog articles in the series.

What’s New for EBS with Oracle AI Database 26ai?

This section includes a summary of key enhancements when upgrading your EBS database to DB 26ai.

Oracle E-Business Suite Database Parameter Checker

With the certification of Oracle AI Database 26ai, a new utility called Oracle E-Business Suite Database Parameter Checker (EDBPC) is now available. EDPBC can be run to confirm that you have correctly set your EBS DB 26ai or 19c database initialization parameters according to recommendations in Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (MOSFS Article ID KA1002).

For more information about EDBPC, see Using the Oracle E-Business Suite Database Parameter Checker (EDBPC) (MOSFS Article ID KA1180).

AutoUpgrade for Oracle Database Upgrades

Upgrading from DB 19c to DB 26ai is achieved using the Oracle Database AutoUpgrade utility as documented in the applicable EBS-provided upgrading My Oracle Support (MOS) knowledge document applicable to your environment. For general information regarding the AutoUpgrade utility, see Using AutoUpgrade for Oracle Database Upgrades.

Note: The Database Upgrade Assistant (DBUA) used to upgrade EBS databases to Database 11gR2, 12cR1, and 19c is now desupported.

What’s Included with this Certification Announcement?

Certified Platforms – On-Premises Linux x86-64 

This announcement applies to the certification of EBS 12.2 with DB 26ai for the on-premises Linux x86-64 as follows:

  • Application and Database Tier
    • Oracle Linux 8
    • Red Hat 8
    • SLES 15 SP5
  • Database only
    • Oracle Linux 9
    • Red Hat 9

We previously announced certification of DB 26ai with on premises Exadata. All other on-premises platforms are pending certification.

For information regarding certification of EBS 12.2 with DB 26ai when running on a database cloud service, go to our sister blog Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Cloud.

Certified Database Features and Options

This list includes items that have been explicitly certified by EBS development.

  • Active Data Guard for operational reporting
  • Data Guard Using Logical Host Names
  • Data Guard Using Physical Server Names
  • Data Masking using the EM 13cR5 Data Masking and Subsetting Pack and the EBS 12.2 Data Masking Template
  • Database Network Access Control Lists 
  • Database Vault using EBS_SYSTEM
  • Export/Import
  • In Place Standby Upgrade
  • Multitenant architecture (CDB architecture) with a single Pluggable Database (PDB) (single tenant)
  • Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC)
  • Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with Online Tablespace Encryption Conversion
  • Unified Auditing

Supported Database Features and Options

This list includes items that are supported but not explicitly certified by EBS. Our general policy is that the Oracle Database generic documentation applies to these features and options, even if we haven’t certified them specifically.

  • Advanced Compression
  • Database In-Memory
  • Database Partitioning
  • Native PL/SQL Compilation
  • Oracle Label Security (OLS)
  • SecureFiles
  • Virtual Private Database (VPD)*

*Note: There are special considerations for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 and the required edition-based redefinition database feature. For VPD, refer to Developing and Deploying Customizations in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 (MOSFS Article ID KA1068).

Certified Integrations

This list includes items that have been explicitly certified by EBS development. 

  • Oracle APEX
  • Oracle EBS Application Management Pack Release 13.5.1.0.0
  • Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway (ISG)
  • Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 with Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 14c with Oracle Internet Directory (OID) 14c or OAM 12c with OID 12c or Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) 12c for single sign-on.
    • Note: At the time this blog post was published OUD 14c certification was pending.

What Remains to be Certified?

This section includes all items that are pending certification. You may subscribe to this blog for the latest in certification announcements. 

Pending Certifications – On-Premises Platforms

This announcement applies to the certification of EBS 12.2 with DB 26ai for on-premises Linux x86-64. For additional details see Certified Platforms – On-Premises Linux x86-64  in this blog article. We previously announced certification of EBS 12.2 with Exadata Database Machine (Exadata) running Exadata Software version 24.1 (ExaOL8X) or later. All other on-premises operating systems and platforms are pending certification.

EBS certification is dependent upon the availability of DB 26ai for additional on-premises platforms and operating systems. For more information regarding the availability of DB 26ai for on-premises platforms and operating systems, see Table 2 in Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (MOSFS Article ID PNEWS1360).

Pending Certifications – Database Features and Options

The following list includes items that require explicit certification for database migration processes and that we currently plan to certify in the future.

  • Transportable Database 
  • Transportable Tablespaces 

Pending Certifications – Integrations

This list includes items that require explicit certification and that we currently plan to certify in the future. 

  • Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 with Database 26ai  Integrated with GoldenGate 26ai on-premises for reporting

Note: If you are using GoldenGate to replicate your EBS database, you must upgrade to GoldenGate 26ai using the microservices architecture as part of your upgrade to DB 26ai. 

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