MaintenanceStrategiesfor

OracleEBusinessSuite

September28
October2,2014
SanFrancisco

ElkePhelps
SeniorPrincipalProductManager
OracleEBusinessSuiteApplicationsTechnology
September30,2014

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ProgramAgenda
1

DefineYourPreventiveMaintenanceStrategy

FindtheUpdatesYouNeed

UsetheRightToolsandFeatures

CreateYourDeploymentStrategy

SummarizeKeyConcepts

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PreventiveMaintenanceStrategy

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Step1.DefineYourPreventiveMaintenanceStrategy

KeepingYourEnvironmentHealthy

KeepingYourEnvironmentUpToDate

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Step1.DefineYourPreventiveMaintenanceStrategy

KeepingYourEnvironmentHealthy

Keeping YourEnvironmentUpToDate

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DefineYourPreventiveMaintenanceStrategy
EnvironmentHealth
Filesystem

Database
GenerateStatistics

Logfilecleanup

RecompileInvalids

Patchingcleanup

RebuildIndexes

Preupgradebinaryremoval

ReorganizeTables

Spacewatcher

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DefineYourPreventiveMaintenanceStrategy
ArchiveandPurge

Defineretentionrequirements
Deployarchive/purgeroutines
UsethePurgePortal
SystemAdministratorResponsibility OracleApplicationsManager Purging/CriticalActivities

Purgesystemdata
Examples:ConcurrentRequests,Workflow

Purgetransactionaldata

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KeepingYourEnvironmentHealthy

Keeping YourEnvironmentUpToDate

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KeepingYourEnvironmentUpToDate
1

OracleEBusinessSuite

TechnologyStack

SecurityPatches

InterimPatches

R11i/R12MinimumRequirementsforSupport

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OracleEBusinessSuiteSupportTimelines
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
11i

Extended

12.0Premier

ESS

Extended
12.1 Premier

Extended
12.2Premier

YouAreHere

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Extended

GracePeriodsforDatabasePatchsets
ErrorCorrectionSupportwindowsdatabasepatchsets arelimited

Majorrelease

11.2

Secondpatchset

11.2.0.3

Dontbothertrackingreleasedatesanddoingthe
math.Justread:

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ErrorCorrectionSupportdatesfordatabasepatchsets

Thirdpatchset

11.2.0.4

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EBSSupporttimelines
...donotoverride Oracle
Databasetimelinesfor
releasesoroptions:

...donotoverride Fusion
Middlewaretimelinesfor
externalcomponents:

override Fusion
Middlewaretimelinesfor
internalEBScomponents:

10gR2

Discoverer

OracleHTTPServer

RealApplicationClusters

SingleSignOn

Forms&Reports10g

AdvancedCompression,etc

Portal,etc

OracleContainersforJava(OC4J)

JavaJDK

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WhereCanYouFindAuthoritativeDates?
UnderstandWhereYouArewithRegardstoSupportPolicies

www.oracle.com/us/support/lifetimesupport
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WhereCanYouFindAuthoritativeDates?
UnderstandWhereYouArewithRegardstoSupport

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WhereCanYouFindAuthoritativeDates?
UnderstandWhereYouArewithRegardstoSupport

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WhereCanYouFindAuthoritativeDates?
UnderstandWhereYouArewithRegardstoSupport

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Step2.FindtheUpdatesYouNeed

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KeepingYourEnvironmentUpToDate
1

OracleEBusinessSuite

TechnologyStack

SecurityPatches

InterimPatches

R11i/R12MinimumRequirementsforSupport

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FindtheUpdatesYouNeed
OracleEBusinessSuite

ReleaseUpgrade
ReleaseUpdatePack(RUP)
FamilyPack
RecommendedPatchCollections(RPCs)for12.1.3
Recommendedpatches
Recommendedperformancepatches

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FindtheUpdatesYouNeed
TechnologyStack
Desktopclient

JavaRuntimeEnvironment(JRE)

Applicationtier
JavaDevelopmentKit(JDK)
R12.1,R12.2:FormsandReports(Developer)
OracleHTTPServer(OHS)
R12.1:OracleApplicationServer(OAS);R12.2:OracleWebLogicServer(WLS)

Databasetier
DaylightSavingsTime(DST) alltechnologystackcomponents
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FindtheUpdatesYouNeed
SecurityPatches(CriticalPatchUpdatesorCPUs)

OracleEBusinessSuite
TechnologyStack
Desktopclient
Applicationtier
Databasetier

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FindtheUpdatesYouNeed
InterimPatches

Asneeded,pertestresultsortoresolveproductionissues

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FindtheUpdatesYouNeed
R11i/R12SupportRequirements

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Patch10123716,PatchWizardreport

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?
Navigation
Tabs

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?

Recorded
Webcast

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?
EBSPatchesTab

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?
EBSPatchesTab

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?
EBSPatchesTab LatestReleases

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WhereCanIFindUpdates?
OracleApplicationsManager PatchWizard

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?
EBSTechnologyStackPatchesTab

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?
CriticalPatchUpdatesTab

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New

WhereCanIFindUpdates?
SupportPolicy&MinimumPatchLevelsTabs

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Step3.UsetheRightToolsandFeatures
Tools,FeaturesandTipsforOptimizingMaintenance

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Tip#1:
ApplyPatchesLikeaMasterAppsDBA

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ApplyPatcheswithNonInteractiveMode
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Userinteractionisnotrequiredduringpatchapplication
AutoPatchinformationisprovidedinadefaultfile
Delaysbetweensuccessivetasksarereduced

Createthedefaultsfile
ExecuteAutoPatchusingdefaultsfile option
Typeabortwhenpromptedforpatchdirectory
Verifydefaultsfile exists

ExecuteADPatchusingnoninteractive and
defaultsfile options
Afterdefaultsfile created,executeAutoPatchas
follows:
adpatch interactive=n \
defaultsfile= \
APPL_TOP/admin/prod_def.txt

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ApplyPatcheswithInputFile
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
PotentialerrorsenteredduringADOnlinePatchinginput
reduced

Createtheinputfile andexecuteasfollows:
adop inputfile=[path\filename]

Noneedtorememberpatchingoptionsenteredwith
commandline
Fileisuniquetoeachpatchingcycle

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ApplyPatchesUsingAdditionalOptions
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Example:
adpatch \

OptionscanbeusedwithAutoPatchtooptimize
deployment
Manysystemtaskscanbedeferredtotheendofpatching
cycle

options=nocompiledb, \
nogenerate, nocompilejsp

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ApplyPatchesUsingAdditionalOptions
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2
WhattoKnow
OptionscanbeusedwithAutoPatchtooptimize
deployment
ManydeferredsystemtasksareexecutedintheAD
OnlinePatchingFINALIZEorCUTOVERphase

R12.2:WhattoDo
Example:
adop phase=apply \
options=nocompiledb, noautoconfig
adop phase=finalize
adop phase=cutover
Fulllistofoptionsforallphases:
adop examples

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Tip#2:
ApplyMultiplePatchesataTime

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MergeOracleEBusinessSuitePatches
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Multiplepatchescanbemergedintoasinglepatch
AutoPatchoverheadiseliminated

Createmergedpatch
1. Reviewpatchreadmes
2. Createdirectories
3. Unzippatches
4. RunADMergePatch
admrgpch source_dir target_dir
5.Checklogfiles

Afterpatchesaremerged,executeAutoPatchtoapplythe
mergedpatchasfollows:
adpatch

Whenprompted,enterthemergedpatchname

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ApplyMultipleOracleEBusinessSuitePatchesataTime
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Multiplepatchescanbeappliedinasingleexecutionof
ADOnlinePatching
Inputfilemaybeusedwitheachpatchingcycle

Usetheadop patches orinputfile toapply

multiplepatchesatatime.Forexample:
adop \
phase=prepare,apply,finalize \
patches=1234, 5678

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Tip#3:
DontApplyMLSPatchesifYouDontNeedTo

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UseLightweightMLS
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2

AlanguageenabledasLightweight
MLSeliminatesrequiredNLSpatch

MixingLightweightMLSandFull
MLSisnotsupported

Diskspaceusedfortranslationsis
reduced

AhybridofLightweightMLSand
FullMLSformultiplelanguagesis
supported

BaselanguagemustbeEnglish
UserInterfaceisEnglish
Dataenteredinrelevantlanguage
Reportscanbegeneratedwiththe
languagedataentered

ConvertingtoLightweightMLS
fromfulltranslationmodeis
availablewithRelease12.2.2and
higher

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RelatedSessions
Thursday,October2, 2014
2:30pm
3:15pm

CON7701 OracleEBusinessSuiteInternationalizationandMultilingualFeatures
MaherAlNubani,Sr.DevelopmentDirector,ATG Development

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Tip#4:
UseOracleApplicationsManager(OAM)for
PatchResearch

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PatchResearchwithOracleApplicationsManager(OAM)
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2
Verifyifapatchhasalready
beenapplied
Reviewpatchworkerlogs
fromrecent

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Tip#5:
StreamlineTechnologyStackUpdates

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StreamlineTechnologyStackUpdates
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1:ApplicationTier
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Applicationtiertechnologystackupdatescanbeapplied
whileEBSpatchesarebeingapplied
Parallel executionoftechnologystackpatchesandEBS
patchescanreduceoverallmaintenancewindow

Executetechnologystackupdates.Forexample:
opatch apply
ExecuteAutoPatchtoapplyEBSpatchesinparallel.For
example:
adpatch

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StreamlineTechnologyStackUpdates
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:ApplicationTier
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Applicationtiertechnologystackupdatescanbeapplied
tothePATCHfilesystemwhileEBSisonline
Sequential executionoftechnologystackpatchesand
EBSpatchesisperformed

PreparethePATCHfilesystem.
ApplytechnologystackpatchestoPATCHfilesystem.
ApplyEBSpatches(optional).
CoordinatetimeforCUTOVERandcompletetheonline
patchingcycle.
Synchronizethetechnologystackpatchesbetweenthe
RUNandPATCHfilesystems.

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StreamlineTechnologyStackUpdates
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:ApplicationTier
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow

Forexample:
Step1.SynchronizeRUNandPATCHfilesystem.
OnRUNfilesystem:
SequentialexecutionoftechnologystackpatchesandEBS
adop phase=prepare
patchesisperformed
Step2.then,Step3.(optional)

Applicationtiertechnologystackupdatesshouldbe
appliedtothePATCHfilesystemwhileEBSisonline

PATCHFilesystem
WebLogicServer(WLS)
OracleHTTPServer(OHS)
Developer10.1.2
APPL_TOP
COMMON_TOP
INST_TOP

Step 2. $bsu.sh
and/or
$opatch apply

Step 3. $adop apply

(optional)

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StreamlineTechnologyStackUpdates
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:ApplicationTier
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow

Forexample:
Step1.SynchronizeRUNandPATCHfilesystem.
OnRUNfilesystem:
SequentialexecutionoftechnologystackpatchesandEBS
adop phase=prepare
patchesisperformed
Step2.SetORACLE_HOME forWLS/OHSforPATCH
filesystem.
OnPATCHfilesystem:

Applicationtiertechnologystackupdatesshouldbe
appliedtothePATCHfilesystemwhileEBSisonline

bsu.sh
and/or

opatch apply

Step3.ApplyEBSpatches(optional).
OnPATCHfilesystem:
adop phase=apply inputfile=myinputfile

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StreamlineTechnologyStackUpdates
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:ApplicationTier
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Applicationtiertechnologystackupdatesshouldbe
appliedtothePATCHfilesystemwhileEBSisonline

Forexample(continued):

Step4.ExecuteFINALZE,CUTOVERandCLEANUPphase.
OnPATCHfilesystem:
SequentialexecutionoftechnologystackpatchesandEBS
patchesisperformed
adop phase=finalize
adop phase=cutover

OnRUNfilesystem:
adop phase=cleanup

Step5.Synchronizetechnologystack.
OnRUNfilesystem:
adop phase=fs_clone

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StreamlineTechnologyStackUpdates
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2:DatabaseTier
R12.1,R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Databasebinariescanbestagedonproduction
environmentpriortoexecutingdatabaseupgrade

InstallOracleDatabasesoftwarepriortodowntime
requiredforexecutingdatabaseupgrade.

DatabasebinariescanbestagedwhileOracleEBusiness
Suiteisupandrunning(online)

Forexample:
RunInstaller

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Tip#6:
ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteR12.1,R12.2:UseaSharedApplicationTierFilesystem

ExpandsconceptofSharedAPPL_TOP
Eliminatespatchsynchronizationrequirements
Reducesdiskspacerequirements
EnablestheuseofDistributedAD

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1:DistributedFilesystem

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1:SharedApplicationTierFilesystem

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:DistributedFilesystem

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:SharedApplicationTierFilesystem

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1:UseDistributedAD
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
AvailablewithSharedApplicationTierFilesystem
Patchworkersruninparallelonprimaryandsecondary
nodes
TimetocompleteADtasksreduced
Betterutilizationofsystemresources

OnPrimaryNode:ExecutetheAutoPatchwith
distributedoption.Forexample:
adpatch workers=8 \
localworkers=3
Onremotenodes:StartAdController withdistributed
option.Forexample:
adctrl distributed=y

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:UseDistributedAD
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
WithOnlinePatching,expeditingpatchapplicationisno
longertheobjective.

Donothing!

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1:ExecuteAutoConfiginParallel
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
AutoConfigparallelexecutionavailableforallOracleE
BusinessSuiteRelease12releases
Maintenancedowntimeisreduced

ExecuteAutoConfigoneachnodewithparalleloption.
Forexample:
adconfig.pl -parallel

45%reductioninAutoconfig executiontime

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ExpediteMultiNodeMaintenance
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:ExecuteAutoConfiginParallel
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow

ExecuteAutoConfigoneachnodewithparalleloption.

CanbeexecutedontheRUNfilesystem.
Caution:ChangeswillnotbepropagatedtothePATCH
filesystemifthereisanactiveOnlinePatchingcycle

Forexample:
adconfig.pl -parallel

CanbeexecutedonthePATCHfilesystemONLYduringan
activeonlinepatchingcycle

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12:45pm
1:30pm

CON7688 AdvancedArchitecturesforOracleEBusinessSuite
Noby Joseph,PrincipalSoftwareEngineer,ATG Development
Elke Phelps,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development

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Tip#7:
ApplyPatchesBeforeTakingProductionDown

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ApplyPatchestoaCopyofProduction
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1:UseaStagedApplicationsSystem(APPL_TOP)
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Patchesareappliedtoacopyofproduction(staged
environment)

Cloneproduction(stagedarea)

Patchesareappliedwhileproductionisonline

Takeproductionoffline,thenupdatetheproduction
databaseasfollows:
adpatch options=nocopyportion,\
no generateportion
UpdateproductionAPPL_TOP
Synchronizepatchhistory

Databaseupdatesappliedtoproductionrequires
downtime

Applypatchestostagedarea

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ApplyPatchestoaCopyofProduction
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:OnlinePatching
WhattoKnow
Patchesareappliedtoproduction
UsersremainonlineduringapplicationofEBSpatches
Briefdowntimeduringcutoverphase

R12.2:WhattoDo
UseADOnlinePatchingtoapplypatchestoproduction.
Forexample:
adop inputfile=myinputfile.txt
AfterPREPARE,APPLYandFINALZEphases,patchescan
bepromotedtoproductionwiththeOnlinePatching
CUTOVERoverphase.

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RelatedSessions
Tuesday,September30, 2014
5:00pm
5:45pm

CON7702 OnlinePatchingwithOracleEBusinessSuite12.2
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Tip#8:
ApplyPatcheswiththe
OracleEBusinessSuitePlugInfor
EnterpriseManagerCloudControl

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ApplyPatcheswithOracleEBusinessSuitePlugIn
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1:PatchManager
DeployEBSpatches
Deploycustom patches
Checkprerequisites
Orderand/ormergepatches

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ApplyPatcheswithOracleEBusinessSuitePlugIn
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:PatchManagerandOnlinePatching
DeployEBSandcustom
patches
Add/removepatches
Checkprerequisites
Orderand/ormergepatches

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ApplyPatcheswithOracleEBusinessSuitePlugIn
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:PatchManagerandOnlinePatching
Defineoptionsforallphases
ofOnlinePatchingcycle
Defineandsendpatch
activitynotifications

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ApplyPatcheswithOracleEBusinessSuitePlugIn
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2:PatchManagerandOnlinePatching

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ApplyPatcheswithOracleEBusinessSuitePlugIn
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1and12.2:CustomizationManager
CreateADcompliant
customizationpackages
Applycustompatcheswith
PatchManger
Validatecustomizations
adheretoEBSdevelopment
standards
Interfacewithversion
controlsystems
Validatethecustomfiles
basedonasetofstandards
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1:15pm
2:00pm

CON7697 OracleEnterpriseManager12cCloudControlforManagingOracle
EBusinessSuite12.2
AngeloRosado,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development

MW2018

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Tip#9:
UsetheBestToolsandConfigurationto
OptimizeMaintenance

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ExecuteAutoConfigPerformanceProfiler
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2
R12.1,R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
AnHTMLreportthatincludestimingrequirementsfor
AutoConfigexecution
Theoutputmaybereviewedandlongrunningstepsmay
betuned

ExecutethePerformanceProfilerasfollows:
adconfig.pl contextfile=$CONTEXT_FILE \
-profile
ReviewtheHTMLoutput:
cfgcheck.html

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OracleApplicationsManagerTimingReports
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2:AnalyzePatchWorkers
Reviewpatchtiming
information
Reviewjob executionand
performance
Reviewdetailedrun
information

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IdentifyLongRunningWorkerJobs
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2
R12.1,R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
AnalyzelongrunningjobsandtasksinAD_TASK_TIMING
CheckMyOracleSupportforknownissuesand
workaroundsforlongrunningjobs

ForExample:
SQL*Plus> select product, job_name,
2>start_time, end_time,
3>elapsed_time*24 as hours, arguments
4>from ad_task_timing
5>where (elapsed time*24) > 1
6>order by hours desc
7>/

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ReviewPerformancewithDatabaseDiagnosticTools
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2

AutomaticWorkloadRepository(AWR)
Createsnapshotsduringpatchexecution
Generatereport
Analyzeresultsandresearchanyidentifiedissues

ActiveSessionHistory(ASH)
Samplecurrentstateofallactivesessions
Maybeusedtoanalyzespecificpatchworker

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ModifyResourcesDuringMaintenanceWindows
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2

Servers
Increasecapacity(existinghardware)
Leasehardware
Addvirtualservers
Increasefilesystemspace

Database
ModifySGA
Turnoffarchivelogging
Increasetablespaceallocation
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Thursday,October2, 2014
10:45am
11:30am

CON7693 GettingOptimalPerformancefromOracleEBusinessSuite
Samer Barakat,Director,ApplicationsPerformance

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Tip#10:
EnsurethatMaintenancesDoesNot
BreakAnything

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ExecutePatchingToolsUsingTestMode
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1
R12.1:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Reviewtheeffectsofapatchpriortoapplication
Providesalistofeachfilethatwillbecopied,relinked,
executedorgenerated

Forexample:
adpatch apply=n

Systemmustbeinmaintenancemodeuponexecution

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ExecutePatchingToolsUsingTestMode
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2
R12.2:WhattoDo

WhattoKnow
Reviewtheeffectsofapatchpriortoapplication
Providesalistofeachfilethatwillbecopied,relinked,
executedorgenerated

Forexample:
adop phase=prepare,apply apply=n \
inputfile=myinputfile

SystemmusthaveanactiveOnlinePatchingCycleto
execute

OracleEBusinessSuitePatchingProcedures,PartNo.E1214804
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ExecuteConfigurationCheckUtility
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2
WhattoKnow
ReviewtheaffectsofexecutingAutoConfig
HTMLfileisgeneratedbytheCheckConfig Utility

R12.1,R12.2:WhattoDo
Forexample:
AD_TOP/bin/adchkcfg.sh
ReviewtheHTMLoutputgeneratedinthefollowing:
cfgcheck.html

MOSDocID387859.1
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ReviewPatchImpactwithPatchWizard
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2
Direct,IndirectandCustomizationImpactAnalysis
Performpatchimpact
analysisonrecommended
patchandprerequisites

Analyzeimpactto
customizations

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RegisterCustomizationsinOracleApplicationsManager
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1,12.2
Registercustomizedfiles
Analyzeimpactto
customizedfiles

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3:30pm
4:15pm

CON7700 MigratingandManagingCustomizationsforOracleEBusinessSuite12.2
SantiagoBastidas,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development
KevinHudson,Sr.Director,ATG Development

MW2018

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OracleApplicationTestingSuite
Overview
OracleFunctionalTestingSuitefor
OracleApplications

FunctionalandRegressionTesting
WebandOracleApplicationTestingAccelerators
OracleFlowBuilderandStarterPack

OracleLoadTestingSuite
forOracleApplications

LoadandPerformanceStyleTesting
WebandOracleApplicationTestingAccelerators
SmartIntegrationwithEMDiagnostics

OracleTestManager

TestPlanning,RequirementsandTestCases
DefectsTracking
Reporting

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OracleFunctionalTestingSuiteforOracleApplications
OracleFlowBuilderandEBSPrebuiltTestContent
Your
Flows

UseFlowBuildertoGenerateTestScripts

Your
Data

StartwithEBSPreBuiltTestContent
AddYourFlows&Data
ExtendwithMoreComponents

EBSQualityAssuranceTeam
ReducedAutomationTimeby60%

OracleFunctionalTestingSuite
forOracleApplications

CreateandMaintainYourTestScripts

EBSPreBuilt
TestContent
FlowBuilder

Generate

Frameworktocombine
flowsanddatatogenerate
testscripts

OpenScript
Record&Playback
+AdvancedScripting

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Manually

Test
Automation
Scripts

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Wednesday,October1, 2014
CON7168 TestingOracleEBusinessSuite: BestPracticesfromOracleDevelopment
11:30AM
Prasanti Madireddi,SeniorDirector
12:15PM
ChristianHambach,DirectorKPMGLLP

MW3006

Thursday,October2, 2014

11:30am
12:30pm

HOL9483 PlanandCreateAutomatedOracleEBusinessSuiteTestsUsingOracle
FlowBuilder
Prasanti Madireddi,Senior Director,OracleEBusinessSuiteQA,Oracle
MazenArar,SeniorDirector,Oracle

1:15pm
2:00pm

CON8478 BestPracticesforPatchingandMaintainingOracle EBusinessSuite

JasonBrincat,SeniorPrincipal TechnicalSupportEngineer,Oracle
BillBurbage,SeniorPrincipalTechnicalSupportEngineer,Oracle

Hotel
Nikko
Carmel

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Step3.DevelopYourDeploymentStrategy

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HowYouDocumenttheDeploymentProcesses
DefinetheDeploymentSchedule

DocumentyourServiceLevelAgreement(SLA)
UnplannedDowntime,PlannedDowntime(maintenance)

DefineSLAforproductionandnonproductionenvironments
Publishyourschedule
Daily,Weekly,Monthly,Yearly

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HowYouDocumenttheDeploymentProcesses
CreateYourMaintenancePlanTemplate

Documentyourstandardsandprocesses
Oraclepatchesandupdates
Yourcustomizationinventoryanddeploymentprocess
DevelopingandDeployingCustomizationsinOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2,
MOSDocID1577661.1

Testplans(functionalregression,load/stresstests,customizations)

Incorporaterecommendedtips,featuresandtools

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HowYouDocumenttheDeploymentProcesses
CreateaDeploymentPlanfromYourMaintenancePlanTemplate

Documentallsteps,issuesandissueresolutions/workarounds
Optimizetheplan
Scriptmanualsteps
Identifytasksthatcanbeexecutedinparallel
Identifyandperformtasksthatcanbeperformedwhilesystemisonline

Capturetimingestimatesforeachstep
Practice,practice,practice(especiallyimportantformajorupgrades)
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HowYouDocumenttheDeploymentProcesses
DefineYourDeploymentLifecycle

Definenumberofiterationsandflow.
Forexample:
Dev QA Prod
Dev Test QA Prod

ExecuteTestPlan
Test,Test,Test

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Summary

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WhatDoYouNeedtoRemember?
Step1.Createa
PreventiveMaintenance
Strategy
Performnecessaryactions
tokeepyoursystemhealthy
Understandsupportpolices
WhereAreYou?

Applyupdatesonaregular
basis

Step2.FindtheUpdates
YouNeed
MyOracleSupport,Note
1633974.2
PatchWizard
OracleEBusinessSuite
TechnologyBlog
Upgraderecommendations
Certificationannouncements

Step3.Createa
DeploymentStrategy
DefineyourSLA
Unplannedandplanned
downtime

Defineyourdeployment
plantemplate
Createamasterdeployment
plan
Optimizetheplan
Practice,practice,practice

Definethedeployment
lifecycle
Test
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WhatDoYouNeedtoRemember?
UsetheRightTips,ToolsandFeatures

Tip#1:UsePatchingToolsLikea
MasterAppsDBA
Tip#2:ApplyMultiplePatchesata
Time
Tip#3:DontApplyMLSPatchesif
YouDontHaveTo
Tip#4:UseOracleApplications
Manager(OAM)forPatchResearch
Tip#5:StreamlineTechnology
StackUpdates

Tip#6:ExpediteMultiNode
Maintenance
Tip#7:ApplyPatchesBeforeTaking
DownProduction
Tip#8:ApplyPatcheswiththeOracle
EBusinessSuitePlugIn
Tip#9:UsetheBestTools&
ConfigurationtoOptimize
Maintenance
Tip#10:EnsurethatMaintenance
DoesntBreakAnything

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References

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MyOracleSupportReferences
Title

DocID

ReleaseScheduleofCurrentDatabaseReleases

742060.1

PatchRequirementsforSustainingSupportforOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease11.5.10

883202.1

OracleEBusinessSuiteErrorCorrectionSupportPolicy(V.4)

1195034.1

HowtoFindEBusinessSuite&EBusinessSuiteTechnologyStackPatches

1633974.2

HowtoFindEBusinessSuiteRecommendedPatches

1400757.1

ADCommandLineOptionsforReleaseR12

1078973.1

HowtoMergePatchesUsingadmrgpch

228779.1

UsingLightweightMLSWithOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1.3andhigher

1077709.1

OracleEBusinessSuite12.2PatchingTechnologyComponentsGuide

1355068.1

ADCommandLineOptionsforReleaseR12(DocID

1078973.1

SharingTheApplicationTierFileSysteminOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2

1375769.1

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MyOracleSupportReferences
Title

DocID

UsingAutoConfigtoManageSystemConfigurationsinOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12

387859.1

UsingaStagedApplicationsSystem(APPL_TOP)toReducePatchingDowntimeinOracleE
BusinessSuiteRelease12

734025.1

GettingStartedwithOracleApplicationManagementPackforOracleEBusinessSuite,
Release12.1.0.3.0

1623105.1

UsingAutoConfigtoManageSystemConfigurationsinOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12

387859.1

DevelopingandDeployingCustomizationsinOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.2

1577661.1

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OracleEBusinessSuiteGuides
Title

PartNo.

OracleEBusinessSuiteMaintenanceGuideRelease12.2

E2295413

OracleDatabasePerformanceTuningGuide11gRelease2

E1663806

OracleEBusinessSuitePatchingProcedures

E1214804

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EBusinessSuiteTechnologyStackBlog
blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan
DirectfromEBSDevelopment
Latestnews
Certificationannouncements
Primers,FAQs,tips
Desupport reminders
Latestupgraderecommendations
StatementsofDirection
SubscribeviaemailorRSS

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10:15am
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CON7689 StandardsBasedDesktopIntegrationinOracleEBusinessSuite
GustavoJimenez,Sr. Manager,ATGDevelopment

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2:45pm
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CON7687 Installation,Cloning,andConfigurationofOracleEBusinessSuite12.2
MaxArderius,Manager,ATGDevelopment

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4:00pm
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CON7528 MobilizeOracleEBusinessSuitewithOracleMobilePlatform
JeffCroxen,Sr.Manager,DeloitteConsultingLLP
Srikant Subramaniam,Director,ProductManagement,Oracle
RajeshGhosh,Director,ATGDevelopment,Oracle

MW3018

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CON7720 AdvancedManagementwithOracleApplicationManagementSuitefor
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Henrik S.Christensen,ITSystemsArchitect,FLSmidth &Co.
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11:45am
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CON7691 OracleEBusinessSuiteIntegrationBestPractices
Veshaal Singh,Sr.Director,ATG Development

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CON7685 CustomerSuccessStories:UpgradingtoOracleEBusinessSuite12.2.3
VijayChatla,Manager,EnterpriseDBSystemsandApplications,AAITextron
KenTurner,GEApplianceERPOperationsLeader,GE
TerriNoyes,Sr.Director,ATG Development,Oracle

MW2018

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10:45am
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GEN6832 GeneralSession:OracleEBusinessSuite StrategyandRoadmap

CliffGodwin,Sr.VicePresident,Oracle

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CON8412 OracleWebLogic ServerManagementandOperationsinOracleEBusiness

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Tahir Ahmad,Sr.Director,TechnologyIntegration
MikeLehmann,VicePresident,Fusion MiddlewareProductManagement

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12:00pm
12:45pm

CON7692 MaintenanceStrategiesforOracleEBusinessSuite
Elke Phelps,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development

MW2018

12:00pm
12:45pm

CON7694 OracleEBusinessSuiteTechnology:StrategyandRoadmap
LisaParekh,VicePresident,TechnologyIntegration

MW
3004/3006

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RelatedSessions
Tuesday,September30, 2014

3:45pm
4:30pm

CON7167 OracleEBusinessSuite12.2:CustomerPanel
JohnFelix,Sr.LeaderR12.2.2Rollout,GE
RamanBukkapatnam,DirectorEnterprisePlatforms/Applications,Starbucks
AndrewHolden,Altron TMTExecutive:SharedServices,AlliedElectronicsCorp.Ltd.
StevenChan,Sr.Director,ATG Development,Oracle

MW2018

5:00pm
5:45pm

CON7702 OnlinePatchingwithOracleEBusinessSuite12.2
KevinHudson,Sr. Director,ATG Development

MW2018

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10:15am
11:00am

CON7683 OracleEBusinessSuite12.2:DevelopmentPanel
GeorgeBuzsaki,VicePresident,ApplicationArchitecture
StevenChan,Sr.Director,ATG Development
LisaParekh,VicePresident,TechnologyIntegration
Veshaal Singh,Sr.Director,ATG Development

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11:30am
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CON7721 SimplifiedandTouchFriendlyUserInterfaceinOracleEBusinessSuite
Ganapathi Subramanian,Sr.Manager,ATGDevelopment

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12:45pm
1:30pm

CON7688 AdvancedArchitecturesforOracleEBusinessSuite
Noby Joseph,PrincipalSoftwareEngineer,ATG Development
Elke Phelps,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development

MW2018

2:00pm
2:45pm

CON7723 PlanningandPreparingforYourUpgradetoOracleEBusinessSuite12.2
AnneCarlson,Sr.Director,ProductStrategy

MW2018

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RelatedSessions
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3:30pm
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MW2018

4:45pm
5:30pm

CON7690 WebServicesandSOAIntegrationOptionsforOracleEBusinessSuite
RajeshGhosh,Director,ATGDevelopment

MW2018

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RelatedSessions
Thursday,October2, 2014
9:30am
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CON7724 TechnicalUpgradeBestPracticesforOracleEBusinessSuite
Udayan Parvate,Sr.Director,ReleaseEngineering
Samer Barakat,Director,ApplicationsPerformance

MW2018

10:45am
11:30am

CON7693 GettingOptimalPerformancefromOracleEBusinessSuite
Samer Barakat,Director,ApplicationsPerformance

MW2018

12:00pm
12:45pm

CON7722 PersonalizeandExtendOracleEBusinessSuiteforDesktopsandTablets
MaherMuhanna,Manager,ATGDevelopment

MW2018

12:00pm
12:45pm

CON7696 ManagingOracleEBusinessSuiteSecurity
ErikGraversen,Sr.PrincipalSoftwareEngineer,ATG Development
Elke Phelps,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development

MW3006

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RelatedSessions
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1:15pm
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CON7697 OracleEnterpriseManager12cCloudControlforManagingOracle
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MW2018

2:30pm
3:15pm

CON7701 OracleEBusinessSuiteInternationalizationandMultilingualFeatures
MaherAlNubani,Sr.DevelopmentDirector,ATG Development

MW2018

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Monday,
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Sep30
10:45am
11:30am

GEN6832 GeneralSession:OracleEBusinessSuite StrategyandRoadmap

CliffGodwin,Sr.VicePresident,Oracle

MW2008

Tuesday
Sep30
12:00pm
12:45pm

CON7694 OracleEBusinessSuiteTechnology:StrategyandRoadmap
LisaParekh,VicePresident,TechnologyIntegration

MW
3004/3006

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RelatedSessions
12.2Panels
Tuesday
Sep30
3:45pm
4:30pm

CON7167 OracleEBusinessSuite12.2:CustomerPanel
JohnFelix,Sr.LeaderR12.2.2Rollout,GE
RamanBukkapatnam,DirectorEnterprisePlatforms/Applications,Starbucks
AndrewHolden,Altron TMTExecutive:SharedServices,AlliedElectronicsCorp.Ltd.
StevenChan,Sr.Director,ATG Development,Oracle

CON7683 OracleEBusinessSuite12.2:DevelopmentPanel
Wednesday
GeorgeBuzsaki,VicePresident,ApplicationArchitecture
Oct 1
StevenChan,Sr.Director,ATG Development
10:15am
LisaParekh,VicePresident,TechnologyIntegration
11:00am
Veshaal Singh,Sr.Director,ATG Development

MW2018

MW2018

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4:00pm
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KenTurner,GEApplianceERPOperationsLeader,GE
TerriNoyes,Sr.Director,ATG Development,Oracle

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12:00pm
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CON8412 OracleWebLogic ServerManagementandOperationsinOracleEBusiness

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CON7688 AdvancedArchitecturesforOracleEBusinessSuite
Oct1
Noby Joseph,PrincipalSoftwareEngineer,ATG Development
12:45pm
Elke Phelps,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development
1:30pm

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KevinHudson,Sr. Director,ATG Development

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Oct2
1:15pm
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BusinessSuite12.2
AngeloRosado,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG Development

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Wednesday
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CON7723 PlanningandPreparingforYourUpgradetoOracleEBusinessSuite12.2
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9:30am
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CON7724 TechnicalUpgradeBestPracticesforOracleEBusinessSuite
Udayan Parvate,Sr.Director,ReleaseEngineering
Samer Barakat,Director,ApplicationsPerformance

MW2018

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Wednesday
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MaherMuhanna,Manager,ATGDevelopment

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5:30pm

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MeettheExperts&Demos

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MeettheExperts ToolsandTechnology
MaxArderius,Manager,ATGDevelopment
Samer Barakat,Director,ApplicationsPerformance
StevenChan,Sr.Director,ATGDevelopment
KevinHudson,Sr.Director,ATGDevelopment
LisaParekh,VicePresident,TechnologyIntegration
Elke Phelps,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG
Development
Veshaal Singh,Sr.Director,ATGDevelopment

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1:30pm 2:15pm
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MeettheExperts PlanningyourUpgrade

MTE8624 Monday,Sep29,2014
5:15pm 6:00pm
Moscone West Overlook3C

JohnAbraham,Director,ProductManagement
MaxArderius,Manager,ATGDevelopment
Samer Barakat,Director,ApplicationsPerformance
NadiaBendjedou,Sr.Director ProductStrategy
GeorgeBuzsaki,VP,ApplicationArchitecture
AnneCarlson,Sr.Director,ProductStrategy
KevinHudson,Sr.Director,ApplicationsTechnology
HyunKim,GroupManager,ReleaseEngineering
JeanneLowell,VicePresident,ProductStrategy
Udayan Parvate,Sr.Director,ReleaseEngineering
Elke Phelps,Sr.PrincipalProductManager,ATG
Development

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Demos
Kiosk3744 AdvancedArchitectureand
TechnologyStackforOracleEBusiness
Suite
Kiosk3727 EndtoEndManagementof
OracleEBusinessSuite
Kiosk3750 NewUserInterface
CapabilitiesinOracleEBusinessSuite
Kiosk3726 OracleEBusinessSuite:
TechnicalUpgradeBestPractices
Moscone West ExhibitionHall
Mon,Sep29:9:45am 6:00pm
Tue,Sep30:9:45am 6:00pm
Wed,Oct01:9:45am 3:45pm
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