We are pleased to announce that Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Release 12.2 is now certified with Oracle Database 23ai (DB 23ai) for on-premises Exadata Database Machine (Exadata) running Exadata Software version 24.1 (ExaOL8X) or later. As anOracle Database 23ai EBS 12.2 on-premises Exadata customer, once your system meets all of the necessary prerequisites you may upgrade to Oracle Database 23ai, specifically Release Update 23.5.

For information about recent or upcoming certifications when running EBS on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) including announcements regarding DB 23ai, 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 23ai 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 Database 23ai?

You can act now to get your EBS environment ready for DB 23ai. 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 Database 23ai?

This section includes a summary of key enhancements when upgrading your EBS database to DB 23ai.

Oracle E-Business Suite Database Parameter Checker

With the certification of Oracle Database 23ai, 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 23ai or 19c database initialization parameters according to recommendations in Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (MOS Note 396009.1).

For more information about EDBPC, see Using the Oracle E-Business Suite Database Parameter Checker (EDBPC) (MOS Note 3015099.1).

AutoUpgrade for Oracle Database Upgrades

Upgrading from DB 19c to DB 23ai 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?

Note: The source of truth for certifications is maintained on My Oracle Support. If in doubt, always check the Certifications database for the final word.

Certified Platforms – On-Premises Exadata Database Machine (Exadata)

This announcement applies to the certification of EBS 12.2 with DB 23ai for the on-premises Exadata Database Machine (Exadata) running Exadata Software version 24.1 (ExaOL8X) or later. All other on-premises platforms are pending certification.

For information regarding certification of EBS 12.2 with DB 23ai 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
  • 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
  • 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 (MOS Note 1577661.1).

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 Database 19c Integrated with Oracle Access Manager for single sign-on

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 23ai for the on-premises 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 23ai for additional on-premises platforms and operating systems. For more information regarding the availability of DB 23ai for on-premises platforms and operating systems, see Table 2 in Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (MOS Note 742060.1).

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.

  • Export/Import
  • 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 23ai  Integrated with GoldenGate 23ai on-premises for reporting

Note: If you are using GoldenGate to replicate your EBS database, you must upgrade to GoldenGate 23ai using the microservices architecture as part of your upgrade to DB 23ai. 

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