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Oracle E-Business Suite11.5.10.2 to Release 12.1.3: ATechnical Perspective

Michael Brown

Technical Manager

Colibri Limited

[email protected]

blog.michael-brown.org

2011 Michael Brown and Colibri Limited


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Who Am I?

Over 18 years experience with Oracle Database

Over 15 years experience with E-Business Suite

Chair, OAUG Database SIG

Co-Founder AppsPerf

Oracle ACE

Technical Manager, Colibri Limited



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What are We Talking About

Technical upgrade considerations.

Why 12.1.3

How to get there



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Technical

What our the Guidelines from the BusinessOutage Limits?

Multiple Outages?

Changes that would preclude upgrade?

Customizations that mustbe kept?

Testing Plans?

Training Plans?



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Why 12.1.3?

Support



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Support Dates

11.5.10.2 Nov 2010 Nov 2013 Indefinite

12.0.4 Jan 2012 N/A N/A

12.0.6 Jan 2012 Jan 2015 Indefinite

12.1.1 July 2010 N/A N/A

12.1.2 Jan 2012 N/A N/A12.1.3 May 2014 May 2017 Indefinite



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Why 12.1.3?

Support

Error FixesTested Mix



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What the Upgrade is NOT


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Starting Point

Database 11.1.0.7 or 11.2.0.2

EBS Be on at least the minimum baseline

AD.I.6

ATG RUP 6



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Plan Your Upgrade

Platform New Hardware?

New OS?

How are you migrating?

How Many Test Upgrades Repeat until two identical successful upgrades

Is the development team getting prepared?

Is the functional team planning adequate testing?



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Plan Your Upgrade

Start an Upgrade Notebook

All MOS Notes Oracle updates notes, make sure you have the version

you are using

All decisions

Who and Why

Every Issue

Timings

If electronic, keep on shared drive

internal or dropbox.com (or evernote or ...)



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Database

Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-BusinessSuite Release 12.1.1 Upgrade (761570.1)

5 possible paths to follow in the upgrade

From our starting point, using Path E



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Get 12.1.1

edelivery.oracle.comDon't wait until last minute

Access Issues

Large Download

Media Pack Search Product Pack

E-Business Suite

Platform



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Get 12.1.1

edelivery.oracle.comOracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Media Pack forPlatform

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 (withNLS Supplement) Media Pack forPlatform

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 UpdateMedia Pack for Platform



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Get 12.1.1

Rapid Install Start Here

Rapid Install RDBMS

Rapid Install Tools

Rapid Install APPL_TOP

Appropriate NLS Supplement Media



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Get 12.1.1

Optional Rapid Install Documentation Libraryhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/

applications-167706.html

Optional Rapid Install DatabasesOnly if you want to see a clean (non upgrade) install orVision



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Staging Area

12.1.1 Install AreaOracle E-Business Suite Installation Guide: Using RapidInstall

Patches

Split out by stages and function

Scripts

init.oraDatabase Initialization Parameters for Oracle

Applications Release 12 (396009.1)



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Prepare for the Test Upgrade

Create a clone to upgradeDedicated Environment

Multiple Iterations

Clone from here to all your other 12.1.3 instances youneed to meet the functional requirements

At some point this may come after some or all of thePrep the Source steps



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Prep the Source

Apply TUMS Patch 7705743

creates $AD_TOP/patch/115/sql/adtums.sql

When run produces tumsr12.html

Put copy of Oracle E-Business Suite UpgradeGuide Release 11i to 12.1.1to Upgrade Notebook

Mark steps to skip from tumsr12.html



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Prep the Source

Multi-Org

Identify impacted customizations including eventtriggers in custom schemas

OATM

Convert Alerts to Workflow Notification Mailer

Database Upgrade

Platform Migration



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Prep the Source

Data Fixes

May already know

May learn during the upgrade

Migrate as much back to production aspossible

Anything not migrated becomes steps(and time) in the actual upgrade



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Install 12.1.1



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Install 12.1.1



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Install 12.1.1

Apply EBS CUP7303029

adpatch preinstall=y

R12.1:Oracle Financials Pre-Upgrade Patch Supplement List for EBS CUP (1127593.1)

Search MOS for issues with 7303029, 74621070and 9179588



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Whether for test upgrades or the real thing, this isthe Everyone, out of the poolpoint

Keep timing information on every step as much as

possible

alias adpatch='time adpatch'

alias opatch='time opatch'



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Shutdown 11.5.10.2 applications tier

Migrate the DatabaseGo back to required database steps on your path from

761570.1

one off patches

Install new init.ora 11.1.0.x and 11.2.0.1 must set

_disable_fast_validate=TRUE



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Disable custom triggers, custom constraints andcustom indexes

SELECT 'alter trigger '||owner||'.'||trigger_name|| 'disable;'

FROM DBA_TRIGGERS

WHERE TRIGGER_NAME LIKE 'CUST_PREFIX_%'



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Drop MRC Schemacd $APPL_TOP/admin

sqlplus system @addromrc.sql APPLSYS FORCE

Ensure Tablespaces are Adequately Sized

It Depends

Use autoextend in first passes to find what you need



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It Depends




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It Depends




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Apply the merged ad_rcu1 patchcd merge_dest

sqlplus '/ as sysdba' @admin/adgrants.sql APPS

adpatch

u_ad_rcu1.drv

Build the master drivercd $AU_TOP/patch/115/driver

admrgpch -d . -preinstall -master u6678700.drv



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adpatch options=nocopyportion, nogenerateportionu_merged.drv

make sure you turn on e-mail notifications probably toSMS

adctrl

JVM issues

_disable_fast_validate not true in 11.1 or 11.2.0.1



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Upgrade-Post Upgrade

Complete the post upgrade steps that are relevantto your environment

Skip patching products

Apply Autoconfig to database tier



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Upgrade

12.1.3Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Readme (1080973.1)

9239089 R12.AD.B.Delta.3

Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA Readme,Release 12.1.3 (107769.1)

9239090 12.1.3 Update

9239095 12.1.3 Online Help



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12.1.3Two mandatory post upgrade patches

9817770

9966055

Apply autoconfig to database tier

Take product specific actions

Apply JRE plugin patch

4377566



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Post Upgrade

Apply additonal patches

Upgrade Java (JRE, JDK and JRE plug in) 1.6.0_24 is current

Skip 1.6.0_18-1.6.0_23



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Post Upgrade

Take tablespaces out of autoextendAdd any space required to keep your normal free spacethresholds

Record the growth

Apply updated customizationsTriggers

Constraints and Indexes

Code



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Questions

[email protected]

http://blog.michael-brown.org

http://www.colibrilimited.com


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