Ge ready Get eady for o EBS S Release e ease 12!

Tasks to com mplete now to ease R12 up pgrade process

SROAUG conference July y 13 3, , 2007 Prese enter: Sandra Vucinic VLAD V Group, Inc.

Speakers Ba ackground

Sandra Vucinic

Over 13 years of exper rience with Oracle database, applications, development and administration tools Project roles: Architect, , Oracle Apps DBA, Project Lead Director OAUG Databa Director, ase SIG Board Director, OAUG SysAdm min SIG and Committee Chair, Oracle Tools and Utilitie es Director, OAUG Middlew ware SIG Board Director, SROAUG Boar rd Member OAUG GEO/SI Member, IG Committee Presented at OAUG, NC COAUG, CSOAUG, SROAUG, Apps World and Open World W conferences (50+ sessions) Founded VLAD Group, Inc. in March, 2001

Agenda

Why do we need to upgrade? u EBS Release 11 11.5.10. 5 10.2 2 vs. vs 12 Architecture Tasks to complete to ease R12 upgrade:

Upgrade pg database to 10g g R2 Convert tablespaces to t OATM model Evaluate impact of R1 12 on customizations and extensions Introduce XML Publisher and JDeveloper Integrate Discoverer Server Release 10g with EBS 11i C fi Configure Oracle O l iAS Release R l 10g 10 for f external t l apps nd integrate with EBS 11i (SSO, OID, Portal) an Position for high availability and scalability Evaluate and complet te platform change based on ROI

EBS R12 is ou ut, , but why y do we need to up pgrade?

Evaluate business benefits and cost:

Assess R12 funct tionality and features for in use and futu ure p planed modules Complete ROI an nalysis to understand architectural or d deployment capabilities in R12 and benefits s for system performance, availability scala availability, ability security and ability, manageability Evaluate upgrade e cost cost, resources and timeline impact on o other planed projects

EBS R12 is ou ut, , but why y do we need to up pgrade?

Review existing 11i customizations, extensions and third t party integration and assess R12 impa act Since 11.5.10.2 is i a terminal release of 11i Oracle developm ments priority is R12 EBS 11 11.5.8 5 8 ends on November 2007 EBS 11.5.9 ends on June 2008 EBS 11.5.10 end ds on November 2009

Keep in mind Pre emier Support for:

11i Architectu ure Components

Release 11.5.10.2 CD Release
Client Tier

JInitiator

Web HTTP Servers Middle Tier 1.0.2.2.2

Application Technology Stack

Apache Discoverer Server 4i

Admin Server Forms Server 6i

Concurrent Processing Server Reports Server 6i

9iAS ORACLE_HOME 8.1.7 8.0.6.3 ORACLE_HOME Database Tier

9.2 2.0.8
Data abase 9.2.0.8 or 10gR2 ORACLE_HOME

R12 Architectu A chitecture e Components

Release 12
Client Tier

Native Sun JRE

Web HTTP Servers S Application Technology Stack S

Middle Tier

Instance Home Apache 1.3.34

10.1.3.0.0 ORACLE_HOME

Concurrent Processing g Server Forms Server 10g Reports Server 10g

10.1.2.0.2 ORACLE_HOME Database Tier

10.2 2.1.2
Data abase 10.2.1.2 ORACLE_HOME

Changes from m EBS 11i to R12

New versions of mid ddle tier technology:

Applications server: from version 1.0.2.2.2 to version 10.1.3.0.0 (J (J2EE) ) Apache: from versio on 1.3.19 to version 1.3.34 Forms and Reports: from version 6i to version 10.1.2.0.2 Discoverer: from ver rsion 4i to version 10g (10.1.2.0.2) Se let Cont Servlet Container: ine fr from om JServ JSe to OC4J JDK version - 1.5.0_ _08

Changes from m EBS 11i to R12

New versions of midd dle tier technology:

Technologies T h l i External E t l to t EBS R12 SSO and OID versio on 10.1.2.0.2 Portal version 10 10.1. 14
$INST TOP = $HOME/inst/ap $INST_TOP pps/<context name> pps/<context_name>

Instance Home (INST T_TOP) file system:

JInitiator is not certif fied or supported in R12 New version of datab base - 10g R2 available with Rapid Install

Tablespace model in R12 - OATM

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Upgrade EBS 11i datab base to 10g R2

10g R2 database is part of EBS R12 technology stack 10g R2 is certified to run n with EBS release 11.5.9 (without Demand Planning) and release 11.5.10 The latest certified 10g R2 R database release - 10.2.0.3 with EBS 11i Premier Support ends fo or database version 9i on 7/31/07 Oracle waived an Extend ded Support fee for 9i database from August 1, 2007 to July 31, 2008 To upgrade pg follow Metal link Note: Oracle Applications pp Release 11i with Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10.2.0), Doc ID: 36220 03.1

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Convert tablespaces to o OATM model

OATM is the new Table espace model certified with EBS 11i. Available out out-of-the-bo of the bo ox with 11 11.5.10 5 10 Rapid Install Reduces number of tab blespaces from 2 per product to 12 tab tablespaces espaces ( (incl c ud uding g 3 systems syste s tablespaces: undo, sys stem and temp) for all modules Supports locally manag ged tablespaces Database objects mapped to tablespaces bases on: object size size, life span span, a access methods and locking granularity

Tasks to comp plete on EBS 11i p to ease R12 upgrade:

Convert tablespaces s to OATM

Eases maintenance and reduces space usages Supports RAC (Real Application Clusters) OATM Migration Util lity is available on earlier 11i releases To migrate to OATM M as a standalone patch 3381489 with 3381489, ith a pre erequisite i it of f AD.H AD H minipack i i k and a minimum data abase version 9.2.0.4.

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Evaluate impact of R12 on customizations and extensions Catalog all customizations deployed in production Technologies T h l i disabled di bl d in i Release R l 12: 12

mod_plsql O l Reports Oracle R t Server S r Reports R t Oracle Graphics Integration with Oracle Forms Oracle Applications Framework pages in AK repository

Review Metalink Note: Preparing Custom Development for Next EBS Release Release, Doc ID: 374398.1

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Introduce XML Publisher and JDeveloper to developers

In R12 HTML reports sho ould be converted to XML Publisher so start early Publisher, Reports Server only acce essible from Concurrent Manager a age in R12 Any Reports integrated Oracle O Graphics need to be reimplemented with XML Publisher P Use JDeveloper release 10.1.3 for OA - Framework Personalization Oracle JDeveloper 10 0g with OA Extension - Patch 5856648 available on n Metalink

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Integrate Discoverer Se erver Release 10g with EBS 11i Supported version of Discoverer for EBS 11i and R12 10.1.2.0.2 10 1 2 0 2 Discoverer Server 4i desupported on 10/31/06 Implement I l t Di Discovere er 10g 10 on a separate t server. Conflict betw ween 4i and 10g Visibroker releases For implementation steps and tasks review Metalink Note: Disco overer 10 10.1.2 1 2 with Oracle Applications 11i, Doc c ID: 313418.1

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Configure Oracle iAS Relea ase 10g for external apps (SSO OID, (SSO, OID Portal) and int tegrate with EBS 11i Supported version of SS SO and OID for EBS 11i and R12 10.1.2.0.2 10 1 2 0 2

For implementation step ps and tasks review Metalink Note: Installing Oracle Applica ation Server 10g with Oracle EBusiness Suite Release 11i, Doc ID: 233436.1.

Supported version of Po ortal for EBS 11i and R12 10 1 4 0 0 10.1.4.0.0

For implementation step ps and tasks review Metalink Note: Using Oracle Portal 10g with Oracle E E-Business Business Suite 11i , Doc ID: 305918.1.

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Position for high availabilit ty and scalability

For scalability and to reduce maintenance cost implement shared appl tier in your multi-node m 11i environment: Review O Oracle a Metalink a Note: o Sharing S a g the Application pp a o Tier File System in Oracle Ap pplications 11i, Doc ID: 233428.1 for implementation step ps and tips

For hi F high h availability il bilit con nsider id implementing i l ti RAC for f your 10g R2 EBS 11i da atabase

If you plan to use ASM feature f of 10g R2 database, database review Metalink Note: Configur ring Oracle Applications Release 11i with 10g R2 RAC and AS SM, Doc ID: 362135.1

Tasks to complete on EBS 11i to ease R12 upgra ade:

Evaluate and complete e platform change based on ROI analysis l i

Upgrade to R12 may re equire a new hardware Evaluate existing hardw ware and complete capacity planning for R12 ahead d of time If determined a new hardware is needed, evaluate options and consider migration m to Linux OS Proven migration proce ess to Linux:

To migrate 9i database e review Metalink Note: 230627.1 To migrate EBS 11i rev view Metalink l k Note: 238276.1

Special p thanks to Steven Chan C

from Oracle for his contr ributions, continuing support and for sharing his EBS experiences e and knowledge in Oracles blog:

http://blogs.oracle.com/schan

Ques stions

Thank You
Sandra Vucinic - sa andrav@vladgroup.com (858) 2 205 8674 205-8674 www.vlad dgroup.com