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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips
Betty Lee IBM Oracle International Competency Center
July 2008
Table of contents Disclaimer 1 Abstract2 Introduction 2 Prerequisites 2 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview 3
Architectural Components 3 Desktop Tier 3 Application Tier 3 Database Tier 5
Managed File System 6 Single-node versus multi-node Installation6 About System x and BladeCenter 8
Hardware 9 Software 10
Prerequisites 12 Disk requirements 12 Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages 12 Java Development Kit 50 13 Kernel Settings 13 Setting the shell limits on database tier 14 Networking 14
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations15 Installation Maintenance 15
Database Version 15 Domain Name 15 Running Autoconfig on Database Tier 15 Updating ICX_parameters 16 Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier 16 Updating appswebcfg 18 Starting Application Processes 18 Logging into the Applications 22 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options 23
Initialization Parameters 23 Desktop Clients 24 Upgrade 24 Post Installation Notes 24 Possible Errors 25
During Installation 25 Post-Installation 26
Maintenance 27 Summary 28
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Reference29 About the author 30 Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology 31 Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps 32
Running rapidwiz 32 Starting Rapid Install Wizard 34
Appendix C E-Business Suite Release 12 49 Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager51 Trademarks and special notices52
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Disclaimer This document reflects the understanding of the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ICC) about Oracle solutions running on IBM servers and storage products It was produced and reviewed by the members of IBM Oracle ICC and other IBM team members
The information in this paper is intended to provide guidance for those implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It discusses the findings based on a solution that was created and tested under laboratory conditions at the ICC As a result these findings may not be realized in all customer environments and the implementation suggested in this paper may require additional steps configurations and performance analysis
The information herein is provided ldquoAS ISrdquo with no warranties expressed or implied This information does not constitute a specification or is part of the warranty for any IBM or Oracle products Implementation and certification of the solution rests on the implementation team at the specific installation The users of this guide should always check the latest release information in the product ldquoReadmerdquo documents and its related web pages for updates
If you have questions about the contents of this document please direct them to the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ibmoraclusibmcom) Any feedback with suggestions is very welcome
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Abstract The objective of this paper is to assist those who are installing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the IBM BladeCenterreg running the Linuxreg Operating System The information in this paper is written from experience gained by working on the Oracle Application Standard Benchmark (OASB) kit and generally available documentation from IBM Oracle and other sources
Introduction Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is sold as a ldquoglobal releaserdquo because it offers a global solution for an enterprise to manage globally by helping companies to meet global market needs
All these new functionalities and capabilities offered by Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and the latest System xtrade family of servers from IBM can help customers to improve their ability to manage their business
This paper will discuss briefly the overall components of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 IBM System x and BladeCenter Emphasis will be on providing tips and consideration of installation and implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the Red Hat Linux distribution
For Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM AIXreg 53 please refer to the white paper called ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53rdquo at
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
Prerequisites Fair understanding of Oracle databases Good knowledge of Linux and UNIXreg operating systems
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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is a new release for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i It continues to offer solutions for different type of businesses across the globe and allows them to access the applications via the internet The latest update available for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Release 12 RUP4 for all modules and Release 12 RUP5 for Financials and HRMS modules Please check the Certify page on Oraclersquos Metalink website for updates on newer patches and releases periodically
These terms will be used in this section and their meanings are as follows
Services a process or a group of processes running on a single machine and that offer a particular functionality
Tier a server or a group of services for example application tier or database tier Node a host running one or more servers Sometimes a group of servers that work closely
together is named a cluster
Please refer to Appendix A for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 terminology
Architectural Components
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is composed of primarily three tiers the desktop tier the application tier and the database tier
Desktop Tier
The desktop tier is mainly a client interface which can be a Microsoftreg-Windowsreg based PC or thin client By running a Javatrade applet in a Web browser it will launch HTML-based applications andor Forms-based applications
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 it provides a single sign-on feature which allows a user to sign on one-time only to access HTML-based applications Forms-based applications and Business Intelligence applications
The desktop tier contains the forms client applet and desktop Java client Forms client applet is a collection of Java Archive (JAR) files which consist of all Java classes needed to run the presentation layer of Oracle Application forms The desktop Java client must have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is called J2SE plug-in installed One of the main differences between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is the change from Oracle JInitiator to J2SE Plug-in during the applications launch
Application Tier
The application tier is sometimes referred as middle tier because it manages the communication between the desktop tier and database tier It is comprised of four servers or service groups which include
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1 Web Services
2 Forms Services
3 Concurrent Processing Server
4 Administration (Admin) Server
Another difference between Oracle E-Business 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) 10g is packaged with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and provides Web and Forms services whereas Oracle E-Business Suite 11i had Web server and Forms server as separate processes
Moreover Oracle recommends only one type of platform for the application tier for easier maintenance
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 uses two different OracleAS 10g releases which are installed in separate ORACLE_HOME
1 OracleAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME consists of the latest version of Java Servlet Engine (OC4J) Oracle Process Manager (opmn) Apache and application modules
2 OracleAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME comprises mainly frmweb executable and formsappear
In summary the following table shows the different versions of Oracle Database and OracleAS ORACLE_HOME in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite
11i Release 12
Database Server ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9i Oracle10g Release 2 (102)
OracleAS Tools Developer ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1012)
OracleAS Java or Web ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1013)
Table 1 Different versions of ORACLE_HOME under Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Another name change for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that the Self-Service applications are now referred as HTML-based applications It uses the Oracle Applications Framework as the development platform
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 the Reports Server is obsolete all reports are run by rwrun executable in Concurrent Processing server
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Table of contents Disclaimer 1 Abstract2 Introduction 2 Prerequisites 2 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview 3
Architectural Components 3 Desktop Tier 3 Application Tier 3 Database Tier 5
Managed File System 6 Single-node versus multi-node Installation6 About System x and BladeCenter 8
Hardware 9 Software 10
Prerequisites 12 Disk requirements 12 Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages 12 Java Development Kit 50 13 Kernel Settings 13 Setting the shell limits on database tier 14 Networking 14
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations15 Installation Maintenance 15
Database Version 15 Domain Name 15 Running Autoconfig on Database Tier 15 Updating ICX_parameters 16 Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier 16 Updating appswebcfg 18 Starting Application Processes 18 Logging into the Applications 22 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options 23
Initialization Parameters 23 Desktop Clients 24 Upgrade 24 Post Installation Notes 24 Possible Errors 25
During Installation 25 Post-Installation 26
Maintenance 27 Summary 28
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Reference29 About the author 30 Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology 31 Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps 32
Running rapidwiz 32 Starting Rapid Install Wizard 34
Appendix C E-Business Suite Release 12 49 Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager51 Trademarks and special notices52
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Disclaimer This document reflects the understanding of the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ICC) about Oracle solutions running on IBM servers and storage products It was produced and reviewed by the members of IBM Oracle ICC and other IBM team members
The information in this paper is intended to provide guidance for those implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It discusses the findings based on a solution that was created and tested under laboratory conditions at the ICC As a result these findings may not be realized in all customer environments and the implementation suggested in this paper may require additional steps configurations and performance analysis
The information herein is provided ldquoAS ISrdquo with no warranties expressed or implied This information does not constitute a specification or is part of the warranty for any IBM or Oracle products Implementation and certification of the solution rests on the implementation team at the specific installation The users of this guide should always check the latest release information in the product ldquoReadmerdquo documents and its related web pages for updates
If you have questions about the contents of this document please direct them to the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ibmoraclusibmcom) Any feedback with suggestions is very welcome
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Abstract The objective of this paper is to assist those who are installing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the IBM BladeCenterreg running the Linuxreg Operating System The information in this paper is written from experience gained by working on the Oracle Application Standard Benchmark (OASB) kit and generally available documentation from IBM Oracle and other sources
Introduction Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is sold as a ldquoglobal releaserdquo because it offers a global solution for an enterprise to manage globally by helping companies to meet global market needs
All these new functionalities and capabilities offered by Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and the latest System xtrade family of servers from IBM can help customers to improve their ability to manage their business
This paper will discuss briefly the overall components of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 IBM System x and BladeCenter Emphasis will be on providing tips and consideration of installation and implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the Red Hat Linux distribution
For Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM AIXreg 53 please refer to the white paper called ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53rdquo at
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
Prerequisites Fair understanding of Oracle databases Good knowledge of Linux and UNIXreg operating systems
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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is a new release for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i It continues to offer solutions for different type of businesses across the globe and allows them to access the applications via the internet The latest update available for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Release 12 RUP4 for all modules and Release 12 RUP5 for Financials and HRMS modules Please check the Certify page on Oraclersquos Metalink website for updates on newer patches and releases periodically
These terms will be used in this section and their meanings are as follows
Services a process or a group of processes running on a single machine and that offer a particular functionality
Tier a server or a group of services for example application tier or database tier Node a host running one or more servers Sometimes a group of servers that work closely
together is named a cluster
Please refer to Appendix A for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 terminology
Architectural Components
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is composed of primarily three tiers the desktop tier the application tier and the database tier
Desktop Tier
The desktop tier is mainly a client interface which can be a Microsoftreg-Windowsreg based PC or thin client By running a Javatrade applet in a Web browser it will launch HTML-based applications andor Forms-based applications
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 it provides a single sign-on feature which allows a user to sign on one-time only to access HTML-based applications Forms-based applications and Business Intelligence applications
The desktop tier contains the forms client applet and desktop Java client Forms client applet is a collection of Java Archive (JAR) files which consist of all Java classes needed to run the presentation layer of Oracle Application forms The desktop Java client must have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is called J2SE plug-in installed One of the main differences between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is the change from Oracle JInitiator to J2SE Plug-in during the applications launch
Application Tier
The application tier is sometimes referred as middle tier because it manages the communication between the desktop tier and database tier It is comprised of four servers or service groups which include
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1 Web Services
2 Forms Services
3 Concurrent Processing Server
4 Administration (Admin) Server
Another difference between Oracle E-Business 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) 10g is packaged with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and provides Web and Forms services whereas Oracle E-Business Suite 11i had Web server and Forms server as separate processes
Moreover Oracle recommends only one type of platform for the application tier for easier maintenance
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 uses two different OracleAS 10g releases which are installed in separate ORACLE_HOME
1 OracleAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME consists of the latest version of Java Servlet Engine (OC4J) Oracle Process Manager (opmn) Apache and application modules
2 OracleAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME comprises mainly frmweb executable and formsappear
In summary the following table shows the different versions of Oracle Database and OracleAS ORACLE_HOME in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite
11i Release 12
Database Server ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9i Oracle10g Release 2 (102)
OracleAS Tools Developer ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1012)
OracleAS Java or Web ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1013)
Table 1 Different versions of ORACLE_HOME under Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Another name change for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that the Self-Service applications are now referred as HTML-based applications It uses the Oracle Applications Framework as the development platform
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 the Reports Server is obsolete all reports are run by rwrun executable in Concurrent Processing server
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
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Reference29 About the author 30 Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology 31 Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps 32
Running rapidwiz 32 Starting Rapid Install Wizard 34
Appendix C E-Business Suite Release 12 49 Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager51 Trademarks and special notices52
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Disclaimer This document reflects the understanding of the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ICC) about Oracle solutions running on IBM servers and storage products It was produced and reviewed by the members of IBM Oracle ICC and other IBM team members
The information in this paper is intended to provide guidance for those implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It discusses the findings based on a solution that was created and tested under laboratory conditions at the ICC As a result these findings may not be realized in all customer environments and the implementation suggested in this paper may require additional steps configurations and performance analysis
The information herein is provided ldquoAS ISrdquo with no warranties expressed or implied This information does not constitute a specification or is part of the warranty for any IBM or Oracle products Implementation and certification of the solution rests on the implementation team at the specific installation The users of this guide should always check the latest release information in the product ldquoReadmerdquo documents and its related web pages for updates
If you have questions about the contents of this document please direct them to the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ibmoraclusibmcom) Any feedback with suggestions is very welcome
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Abstract The objective of this paper is to assist those who are installing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the IBM BladeCenterreg running the Linuxreg Operating System The information in this paper is written from experience gained by working on the Oracle Application Standard Benchmark (OASB) kit and generally available documentation from IBM Oracle and other sources
Introduction Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is sold as a ldquoglobal releaserdquo because it offers a global solution for an enterprise to manage globally by helping companies to meet global market needs
All these new functionalities and capabilities offered by Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and the latest System xtrade family of servers from IBM can help customers to improve their ability to manage their business
This paper will discuss briefly the overall components of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 IBM System x and BladeCenter Emphasis will be on providing tips and consideration of installation and implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the Red Hat Linux distribution
For Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM AIXreg 53 please refer to the white paper called ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53rdquo at
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
Prerequisites Fair understanding of Oracle databases Good knowledge of Linux and UNIXreg operating systems
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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is a new release for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i It continues to offer solutions for different type of businesses across the globe and allows them to access the applications via the internet The latest update available for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Release 12 RUP4 for all modules and Release 12 RUP5 for Financials and HRMS modules Please check the Certify page on Oraclersquos Metalink website for updates on newer patches and releases periodically
These terms will be used in this section and their meanings are as follows
Services a process or a group of processes running on a single machine and that offer a particular functionality
Tier a server or a group of services for example application tier or database tier Node a host running one or more servers Sometimes a group of servers that work closely
together is named a cluster
Please refer to Appendix A for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 terminology
Architectural Components
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is composed of primarily three tiers the desktop tier the application tier and the database tier
Desktop Tier
The desktop tier is mainly a client interface which can be a Microsoftreg-Windowsreg based PC or thin client By running a Javatrade applet in a Web browser it will launch HTML-based applications andor Forms-based applications
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 it provides a single sign-on feature which allows a user to sign on one-time only to access HTML-based applications Forms-based applications and Business Intelligence applications
The desktop tier contains the forms client applet and desktop Java client Forms client applet is a collection of Java Archive (JAR) files which consist of all Java classes needed to run the presentation layer of Oracle Application forms The desktop Java client must have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is called J2SE plug-in installed One of the main differences between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is the change from Oracle JInitiator to J2SE Plug-in during the applications launch
Application Tier
The application tier is sometimes referred as middle tier because it manages the communication between the desktop tier and database tier It is comprised of four servers or service groups which include
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1 Web Services
2 Forms Services
3 Concurrent Processing Server
4 Administration (Admin) Server
Another difference between Oracle E-Business 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) 10g is packaged with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and provides Web and Forms services whereas Oracle E-Business Suite 11i had Web server and Forms server as separate processes
Moreover Oracle recommends only one type of platform for the application tier for easier maintenance
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 uses two different OracleAS 10g releases which are installed in separate ORACLE_HOME
1 OracleAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME consists of the latest version of Java Servlet Engine (OC4J) Oracle Process Manager (opmn) Apache and application modules
2 OracleAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME comprises mainly frmweb executable and formsappear
In summary the following table shows the different versions of Oracle Database and OracleAS ORACLE_HOME in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite
11i Release 12
Database Server ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9i Oracle10g Release 2 (102)
OracleAS Tools Developer ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1012)
OracleAS Java or Web ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1013)
Table 1 Different versions of ORACLE_HOME under Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Another name change for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that the Self-Service applications are now referred as HTML-based applications It uses the Oracle Applications Framework as the development platform
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 the Reports Server is obsolete all reports are run by rwrun executable in Concurrent Processing server
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Disclaimer This document reflects the understanding of the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ICC) about Oracle solutions running on IBM servers and storage products It was produced and reviewed by the members of IBM Oracle ICC and other IBM team members
The information in this paper is intended to provide guidance for those implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It discusses the findings based on a solution that was created and tested under laboratory conditions at the ICC As a result these findings may not be realized in all customer environments and the implementation suggested in this paper may require additional steps configurations and performance analysis
The information herein is provided ldquoAS ISrdquo with no warranties expressed or implied This information does not constitute a specification or is part of the warranty for any IBM or Oracle products Implementation and certification of the solution rests on the implementation team at the specific installation The users of this guide should always check the latest release information in the product ldquoReadmerdquo documents and its related web pages for updates
If you have questions about the contents of this document please direct them to the IBM Oracle International Competency Center (ibmoraclusibmcom) Any feedback with suggestions is very welcome
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Abstract The objective of this paper is to assist those who are installing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the IBM BladeCenterreg running the Linuxreg Operating System The information in this paper is written from experience gained by working on the Oracle Application Standard Benchmark (OASB) kit and generally available documentation from IBM Oracle and other sources
Introduction Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is sold as a ldquoglobal releaserdquo because it offers a global solution for an enterprise to manage globally by helping companies to meet global market needs
All these new functionalities and capabilities offered by Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and the latest System xtrade family of servers from IBM can help customers to improve their ability to manage their business
This paper will discuss briefly the overall components of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 IBM System x and BladeCenter Emphasis will be on providing tips and consideration of installation and implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the Red Hat Linux distribution
For Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM AIXreg 53 please refer to the white paper called ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53rdquo at
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
Prerequisites Fair understanding of Oracle databases Good knowledge of Linux and UNIXreg operating systems
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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is a new release for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i It continues to offer solutions for different type of businesses across the globe and allows them to access the applications via the internet The latest update available for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Release 12 RUP4 for all modules and Release 12 RUP5 for Financials and HRMS modules Please check the Certify page on Oraclersquos Metalink website for updates on newer patches and releases periodically
These terms will be used in this section and their meanings are as follows
Services a process or a group of processes running on a single machine and that offer a particular functionality
Tier a server or a group of services for example application tier or database tier Node a host running one or more servers Sometimes a group of servers that work closely
together is named a cluster
Please refer to Appendix A for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 terminology
Architectural Components
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is composed of primarily three tiers the desktop tier the application tier and the database tier
Desktop Tier
The desktop tier is mainly a client interface which can be a Microsoftreg-Windowsreg based PC or thin client By running a Javatrade applet in a Web browser it will launch HTML-based applications andor Forms-based applications
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 it provides a single sign-on feature which allows a user to sign on one-time only to access HTML-based applications Forms-based applications and Business Intelligence applications
The desktop tier contains the forms client applet and desktop Java client Forms client applet is a collection of Java Archive (JAR) files which consist of all Java classes needed to run the presentation layer of Oracle Application forms The desktop Java client must have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is called J2SE plug-in installed One of the main differences between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is the change from Oracle JInitiator to J2SE Plug-in during the applications launch
Application Tier
The application tier is sometimes referred as middle tier because it manages the communication between the desktop tier and database tier It is comprised of four servers or service groups which include
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1 Web Services
2 Forms Services
3 Concurrent Processing Server
4 Administration (Admin) Server
Another difference between Oracle E-Business 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) 10g is packaged with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and provides Web and Forms services whereas Oracle E-Business Suite 11i had Web server and Forms server as separate processes
Moreover Oracle recommends only one type of platform for the application tier for easier maintenance
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 uses two different OracleAS 10g releases which are installed in separate ORACLE_HOME
1 OracleAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME consists of the latest version of Java Servlet Engine (OC4J) Oracle Process Manager (opmn) Apache and application modules
2 OracleAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME comprises mainly frmweb executable and formsappear
In summary the following table shows the different versions of Oracle Database and OracleAS ORACLE_HOME in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite
11i Release 12
Database Server ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9i Oracle10g Release 2 (102)
OracleAS Tools Developer ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1012)
OracleAS Java or Web ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1013)
Table 1 Different versions of ORACLE_HOME under Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Another name change for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that the Self-Service applications are now referred as HTML-based applications It uses the Oracle Applications Framework as the development platform
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 the Reports Server is obsolete all reports are run by rwrun executable in Concurrent Processing server
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Abstract The objective of this paper is to assist those who are installing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the IBM BladeCenterreg running the Linuxreg Operating System The information in this paper is written from experience gained by working on the Oracle Application Standard Benchmark (OASB) kit and generally available documentation from IBM Oracle and other sources
Introduction Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is sold as a ldquoglobal releaserdquo because it offers a global solution for an enterprise to manage globally by helping companies to meet global market needs
All these new functionalities and capabilities offered by Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and the latest System xtrade family of servers from IBM can help customers to improve their ability to manage their business
This paper will discuss briefly the overall components of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 IBM System x and BladeCenter Emphasis will be on providing tips and consideration of installation and implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on the Red Hat Linux distribution
For Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM AIXreg 53 please refer to the white paper called ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53rdquo at
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
Prerequisites Fair understanding of Oracle databases Good knowledge of Linux and UNIXreg operating systems
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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is a new release for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i It continues to offer solutions for different type of businesses across the globe and allows them to access the applications via the internet The latest update available for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Release 12 RUP4 for all modules and Release 12 RUP5 for Financials and HRMS modules Please check the Certify page on Oraclersquos Metalink website for updates on newer patches and releases periodically
These terms will be used in this section and their meanings are as follows
Services a process or a group of processes running on a single machine and that offer a particular functionality
Tier a server or a group of services for example application tier or database tier Node a host running one or more servers Sometimes a group of servers that work closely
together is named a cluster
Please refer to Appendix A for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 terminology
Architectural Components
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is composed of primarily three tiers the desktop tier the application tier and the database tier
Desktop Tier
The desktop tier is mainly a client interface which can be a Microsoftreg-Windowsreg based PC or thin client By running a Javatrade applet in a Web browser it will launch HTML-based applications andor Forms-based applications
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 it provides a single sign-on feature which allows a user to sign on one-time only to access HTML-based applications Forms-based applications and Business Intelligence applications
The desktop tier contains the forms client applet and desktop Java client Forms client applet is a collection of Java Archive (JAR) files which consist of all Java classes needed to run the presentation layer of Oracle Application forms The desktop Java client must have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is called J2SE plug-in installed One of the main differences between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is the change from Oracle JInitiator to J2SE Plug-in during the applications launch
Application Tier
The application tier is sometimes referred as middle tier because it manages the communication between the desktop tier and database tier It is comprised of four servers or service groups which include
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1 Web Services
2 Forms Services
3 Concurrent Processing Server
4 Administration (Admin) Server
Another difference between Oracle E-Business 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) 10g is packaged with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and provides Web and Forms services whereas Oracle E-Business Suite 11i had Web server and Forms server as separate processes
Moreover Oracle recommends only one type of platform for the application tier for easier maintenance
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 uses two different OracleAS 10g releases which are installed in separate ORACLE_HOME
1 OracleAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME consists of the latest version of Java Servlet Engine (OC4J) Oracle Process Manager (opmn) Apache and application modules
2 OracleAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME comprises mainly frmweb executable and formsappear
In summary the following table shows the different versions of Oracle Database and OracleAS ORACLE_HOME in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite
11i Release 12
Database Server ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9i Oracle10g Release 2 (102)
OracleAS Tools Developer ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1012)
OracleAS Java or Web ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1013)
Table 1 Different versions of ORACLE_HOME under Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Another name change for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that the Self-Service applications are now referred as HTML-based applications It uses the Oracle Applications Framework as the development platform
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 the Reports Server is obsolete all reports are run by rwrun executable in Concurrent Processing server
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Overview Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is a new release for Oracle E-Business Suite 11i It continues to offer solutions for different type of businesses across the globe and allows them to access the applications via the internet The latest update available for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Release 12 RUP4 for all modules and Release 12 RUP5 for Financials and HRMS modules Please check the Certify page on Oraclersquos Metalink website for updates on newer patches and releases periodically
These terms will be used in this section and their meanings are as follows
Services a process or a group of processes running on a single machine and that offer a particular functionality
Tier a server or a group of services for example application tier or database tier Node a host running one or more servers Sometimes a group of servers that work closely
together is named a cluster
Please refer to Appendix A for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 terminology
Architectural Components
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is composed of primarily three tiers the desktop tier the application tier and the database tier
Desktop Tier
The desktop tier is mainly a client interface which can be a Microsoftreg-Windowsreg based PC or thin client By running a Javatrade applet in a Web browser it will launch HTML-based applications andor Forms-based applications
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 it provides a single sign-on feature which allows a user to sign on one-time only to access HTML-based applications Forms-based applications and Business Intelligence applications
The desktop tier contains the forms client applet and desktop Java client Forms client applet is a collection of Java Archive (JAR) files which consist of all Java classes needed to run the presentation layer of Oracle Application forms The desktop Java client must have a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) which is called J2SE plug-in installed One of the main differences between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is the change from Oracle JInitiator to J2SE Plug-in during the applications launch
Application Tier
The application tier is sometimes referred as middle tier because it manages the communication between the desktop tier and database tier It is comprised of four servers or service groups which include
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1 Web Services
2 Forms Services
3 Concurrent Processing Server
4 Administration (Admin) Server
Another difference between Oracle E-Business 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) 10g is packaged with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and provides Web and Forms services whereas Oracle E-Business Suite 11i had Web server and Forms server as separate processes
Moreover Oracle recommends only one type of platform for the application tier for easier maintenance
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 uses two different OracleAS 10g releases which are installed in separate ORACLE_HOME
1 OracleAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME consists of the latest version of Java Servlet Engine (OC4J) Oracle Process Manager (opmn) Apache and application modules
2 OracleAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME comprises mainly frmweb executable and formsappear
In summary the following table shows the different versions of Oracle Database and OracleAS ORACLE_HOME in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite
11i Release 12
Database Server ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9i Oracle10g Release 2 (102)
OracleAS Tools Developer ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1012)
OracleAS Java or Web ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1013)
Table 1 Different versions of ORACLE_HOME under Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Another name change for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that the Self-Service applications are now referred as HTML-based applications It uses the Oracle Applications Framework as the development platform
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 the Reports Server is obsolete all reports are run by rwrun executable in Concurrent Processing server
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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1 Web Services
2 Forms Services
3 Concurrent Processing Server
4 Administration (Admin) Server
Another difference between Oracle E-Business 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that Oracle Application Server (OracleAS) 10g is packaged with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and provides Web and Forms services whereas Oracle E-Business Suite 11i had Web server and Forms server as separate processes
Moreover Oracle recommends only one type of platform for the application tier for easier maintenance
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 uses two different OracleAS 10g releases which are installed in separate ORACLE_HOME
1 OracleAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME consists of the latest version of Java Servlet Engine (OC4J) Oracle Process Manager (opmn) Apache and application modules
2 OracleAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME comprises mainly frmweb executable and formsappear
In summary the following table shows the different versions of Oracle Database and OracleAS ORACLE_HOME in Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite
11i Release 12
Database Server ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9i Oracle10g Release 2 (102)
OracleAS Tools Developer ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1012)
OracleAS Java or Web ORACLE_HOME
Oracle9iAS 10222 OracleAS 10g (1013)
Table 1 Different versions of ORACLE_HOME under Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Another name change for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is that the Self-Service applications are now referred as HTML-based applications It uses the Oracle Applications Framework as the development platform
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 the Reports Server is obsolete all reports are run by rwrun executable in Concurrent Processing server
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
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Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
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Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) has replaced Business Intelligence System (BIS) and through DBI overview pages managers can read summarized information across multiple organizations with the ability to drill down details on a daily basis
Database Tier
The database tier contains the Oracle database server which is comprised of all database files Oracle applications database executables and Oracle applications online help information
Since the Oracle database server sometimes is available on some platforms that have been certified whereas Oracle applications have not been certified on those platforms mixed platform architecture (formally referred as split configuration architecture) can be utilized For instance the database tier can be deployed on the IBM System ztrade running Linux while the application tier can be deployed on an Intelreg x86 machine running Linux and the desktop tier on a platform running Microsoft Windows
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 has utilized the Oracle Applications Tablespace Model (OATM) which used a small number of tablespaces All these tablespaces used locally-managed tablespaces Depending on the type of data the objects contain and their IO characteristics the objects are stored in these shared tablespaces For instance if the table contains transaction data then it is allocated to APPS_TS_TX_DATA If the table contains seed data it is allocated to APPS_TS_SEED Although most indexes stayed together with the base table in the same tablespaces transaction indexes are allocated to APPS_TS_TX_IDX
The following are the main applications tablespaces in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
1 APPS_CALCLIP
2 APPS_OMO
3 APPS_TS_ARCHIVE
4 APPS_TS_DISCO
5 APPS_TS_INTERFACE
6 APPS_TS_MEDIA
7 APPS_TS_NOLOGGING
8 APPS_TS_QUEUES
9 APPS_TS_SEED
10 APPS_TS_SUMMARY
11 APPS_TS_TOOLS
12 APPS_TS_TX_DATA
13 APPS_TS_TX_IDX
14 APPS_UNDOTS1
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Please refer to the Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 manual (Part No B31450-01) for further details on this subject
Managed File System
In Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 there are three ORACLE Homes One for database and two for Oracle Applications Servers The reason of having two ORACLE Homes for Oracle Applications servers is that the development environment for Forms and Reports is using Oracle Database 1012
There is a new environment variable besides APPL_TOP and COMMON_TOP in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 It is called INSTANCE_TOP ($INST_TOP) The startup and shutdown scripts for applications processes and configuration scripts for the applications are allocated in $INST_TOP
APPL_TOP contains Applicationsrsquo code staging area
APPL_TOP
COMMON TOP
INSTANCE TOP
IAS 1013 ORACLE_HOME
I
IAS 1012 ORACLE_HOME
RSF 101 Apache 13
OC4J
RSF 101 Forms 10
Reports 10
Database ORACLE_HOME
102
RSF 101 RDBMS Components
COMMON TOP contains runtime location for Java and HTML INSTANCE TOP contains configuration and run-time generated files
Figure 1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Managed File System
Single-node versus multi-node Installation Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be installed on a singe node or multiple nodes (multi-node) All the services will be installed on a single host for a single-node installation
For single-node installation you could use the Express Install and create a user for the database and applications installation This method of installation is mostly adopted by organizations which have small workload It is also useful for test and development environments
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
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Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
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Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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DatabaseServer
Single Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
FormsServer
ReportServer
WebServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier Database Tier
Figure 2 Single-node installation
You can also set up more than one service on multiple nodes You can have different applications nodes performing different functions For example one applications node can be used for concurrent processing server and the other applications node can be used for Admin server and Application Server In this way the workload will be well distributed across the applications node
For multi-node installation you need to use the Standard Install and create users for both database and applications installation You could use oracle to be the user on the database node and applmgr to be the user on the applications node In this case you will need to use root to install on both nodes so that Oracle can have permission to install on them Remember to start the installation on the database node first Then proceed onwards to other applications node However you could install on the multiple applications node at the same time
For more details on installation please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) The detailed installation steps are located in Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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DatabaseServer
DB Node
WebBrowser
WebBrowser
DesktopClients
WebBrowser
WebBrowserWeb
BrowserWeb
Browser
ReportServer
Concurrent Processing
Server
DiscovererServer
AdminServer
Application Tier
WebServer
FormsServer
App node 2
App node 1
Database Tier
App node 3
Figure 3 Multi-node installation example
About System x and BladeCenter Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 architecture offers great flexibility when it comes to hardware configuration Workload availability and operational requirements will drive the configuration of servers
The System x platform and the IBM BladeCenter provide a wide variety of servers for the configuration of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 System x servers range from 2-way to 16-way models in tower or rack-optimized form factors IBM BladeCenter offers flexible modular technology by integrating Intel processor-based or AMD processor-based and IBM POWERTM processor-based blade servers into a highly integrated package featuring high redundancy remote management network and SAN (Storage Area Network) integration
The System x and BladeCenter servers can run either Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems POWER processor-based blade servers can run either AIX or Linux For more information please refer to the following table
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
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Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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IBM Systems Web sites
IBM BladeCenter httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbladecenter
IBM AMD processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomserverseserveropteronindexhtml
IBM System x httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsx
IBM Intel processor-based Systems httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsbrowseinproindexhtml
Table 2 IBM Systems and related web sites
Hardware
The hardware configuration used to develop this paper is shown in the following diagram Two blades in the IBM BladeCenter were used for the database and applications tiers A SAN consisting of an IBM System Storagereg DS4800 Storage Server and DS4000trade EXP700 storage expansion units provided disk storage for each blade For information on IBM TotalStorage DS4800 please refer to httpwww-03ibmcomsystemsstoragediskds4000ds4800
Database Tier Applications Tier
DS4800 Storage Server
FAStT EXP700
Storage Expansion
Units
Blade HS21 Blade HS21
Public Network
Figure 4 Hardware configuration
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Software
In this test configuration Linux operating systems FAStT software and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 have been installed on both database and applications tiers
Linux operating systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) Update 4 32-bit is installed on both tiers Please refer to Oracle product certification page in Oracle Metalink for the latest certification information This is the certification information for both applications and database tiers as of June 2008
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 RHEL ASES 4Oracle VM
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4Oracle VM
SLES-9
Linux x86 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 32-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 32-bit version
PlatformOS RHEL ASES 3 Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
SLES-9
Linux x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 4 Certifications of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on Linux x86 64-bit Operating Systems for Application and Database Tiers
Note The database server needs to be in 10gR2 64-bit version
Please refer to Metalink Note 4659151 ldquoUsing Oracle VM with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i or Release 12rdquo for more details on the steps and requirements for running Oracle E-Business Suite 11i or Release 12 in an Oracle VM Linux x86 environment Note Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is certified on Microsoft Windows 2000 x86 SP4 Microsoft Windows 2003(x86) and Microsoft Windows XP Professional for both applications and database tiers
FAStT software
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 for x86 Linux
bull IBM DS4000 Storage Manager V923 Linux 26 RDAC
To download IBM DS4000 Storage Manager and RDAC please go to httpwww-304ibmcomjct01004csystemssupportstoragediskds4800stormgr1html
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
You can download this product from httpedeliveryoraclecom or you can request the media pack from Oracle Support
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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To download from the Oracle web site please go to httpedeliveryoraclecom and navigate to ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 120 Media Packrdquo for your platform In this paper ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Applications Release 12 Media Pack for Linux x86rdquo is the location where most of the zip files were downloaded from The following parts have been downloaded and consist of the core Oracle E-Business Suite Release 1204 with Vision Demo database (These files are updated on March 02 2008 with part number B37230-01)
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 Rapid Install Start Here
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install RDBMS
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Databases
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install Tools
bull Oracle Applications Release 1204 for Linux x86 Rapid Install APPL_TOP
After downloading them they need to be unzipped in the base directory For instance you have created the base directory as d01stage12 You will need to copy all the zip files to the base directory and unzip them there It will then have the proper directory name under the base directory For examples d01stage12 will have all sub-directories after unzip all the files
[oracleblade7 VIS_blade7]$ cd d01stage12
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ ls
doc install oraAppDB oraApps oraDB oraiAS runInstaller stage startCD utils
[oracleblade7 stage12]$ cd oraApps
[oracleblade7 oraApps]$ ls
componentlabel Disk1 Disk2 Disk3 Disk4 Disk5 Disk6 Disk7 dvdlabel
Figure 5 Staging directory
Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120rdquo which contains details for download and staging instructions More details can also be found in Metalink Note 5493891 ldquoOracle Applications Release Notes Release 1204rdquo
Please be aware that Release 1204 introduces a new version of the Release 12 Rapid Install This release also contains all the fixes and functionalities that are needed to set up a new Release 12 system or upgrade an existing 11i system
Another way to get the media pack is by requesting it from Oracle Support or through Oracle Metalink The software usually is shipped in a set of DVDs
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Prerequisites Installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is similar across the platforms for which it is certified There are some differences for operating systems prerequisite requirements This section will be focusing on preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 update 4
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux ASES 4 JDK (for E-Business Suite) 150_08 is certified on Oracle Release 120
Disk requirements
Depending whether you want to install Vision Demo database more disk space will be needed The following table shows you the disk space needed for applications and database nodes
Node file system Disk space required
Applications node 28 GB
Database node (fresh install) 45 GB
Database node (Vision Demo database) 133 GB
Figure 6 Disk requirements
You will need at least 33 GB for staging area for both applications and database nodes In addition you will need at least 500 MB of free temporary space for both nodes The temporary directory can be set by TMPDIR environment variable in Linux or TEMP and TMP environment variables in Microsoft Windows
Please refer to Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04) for more details
Installing the required Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 packages
During a fresh installation of RHEL4U4 select the following from the Package Group Selection screen
Development tools Kernel development Legacy software development
The following package groups are not installed by default but are useful for system administration
FTP server Legacy network server
After installation please make sure that you have the following packages with the minimum versions by running ldconfig ndashv
(If you are installing in a 32-bit operating systems you need the packages with 32-bit otherwise the 64-bit operating systems will need x86_64 packages)
binutils-2159202-21x86_64rpm compat-db-4125-9i386rpm (32-bit)
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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compat-db-4125-9x86_64rpm control-center-280-12rhel45x86_64rpm gcc-346-3x86_64rpm gcc-c++-346-3x86_64rpm glibc-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-devel-234-225i386rpm (32-bit) glibc-devel-234-225x86_64rpm glibc-common-234-225x86_64rpm gnome-libs-141290-441x86_64rpm libstdc++-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-346-3x86_64rpm libstdc++-devel-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libstdc++-devel-346-3x86_64rpm libgcc-346-3i386rpm (32-bit) libgcc-346-3x86_64rpm make-380-6EL4x86_64rpm pdksh-5214-303x86_64rpm setarch-16-1x86_64rpm sysstat-505-11rhel4x86_64rpm xscreensaver-418-5rhel411x86_64rpm openmotif21-2130-11RHEL46x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit) libaio-devel-03105-2x86_64rpm libaio-devel-03105-2i386rpm (32-bit)
According to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 for Red Hat 40 the openmotif version must be 2130 and the package name must be in the following format openmotif21-2130xxx For example openmotif-22310RHEL45 is not supported
There are additional kernel and software requirements for Linux 64-bit operating systems For instance you will need additional maintenance tools like ar gcc g++ ksh ld linux32 make and X Display Server Please refer to Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit) for more details
Java Development Kit 50
Java Development Kit (JDK) 50 is required for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 and is bundled with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Rapid Install will install it automatically JDK 150_08 is certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Kernel Settings
You will also need to configure your kernel settings in etcsysctlconf After making the changes remember to apply the changes by doing sysctl ndashp or reboot your systems
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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netcorermem_max = 262144
netcorermem_default =262144
netcorewmem_max = 262144
netcorewmem_default = 262144
netipv4ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000
kernelshmall = 2097152
kernelshmmax = 2147483648
kernelshmmni = 4096
kernelsem = 250 32000 100 142
kernelmsgmax = 8192
kernelmsgmnb = 65535
kernelmsgmni = 2878
fsfile-max = 65536
Figure 7 Kernel settings
Setting the shell limits on database tier
As root user add the following lines to etcsecuritylimitsconf
soft nproc 16384
hard nproc 16384
soft nofile 65536
hard nofile 65536
Figure 8 Shell limits
Networking
As root user add the following line to etchosts
938158177 blade7sanmateoibmcom blade7
Figure 9 etchosts
The format of etchosts is ltip_addressgt ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt ltnode_namegt
Please make sure to include domain name in etcsysconfignetwork file
The format of etcsysconfignetwork is HOSTNAME=ltnode_namegtltdomain_namegt
For our testing the following line is added in etcsysconfignetwork
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 10 etcsysconfignetwork
Oracle E-Business Release 12 Considerations This section discusses hints and consideration during the installation upgrade and maintenance of Oracle E-Business Release 12
Installation Maintenance
Database Version
The minimum release level and edition to support Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (10202) Enterprise Edition
Domain Name
First of all you need to make sure that your domain name is set in the servers in your database and application tiers
For instance you need to get the domain name returned when you typed domainname
[oracleblade7 ]$ domainname
blade7sanmateoibmcom
Figure 11 domainname
Running Autoconfig on Database Tier
After Oracle database 10g has been installed on the database server you need to run autoconfig on database server first before running autoconfig on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located under $ORACLE_HOMEappsutil directory
[oracleblade7 ]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
AutoConfig is configuring the Database environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using ORACLE_HOME location u01apporacle10203
Classpath u01apporacle10203jdkjrelibrtjaru01appo racle10203jdklibdtjaru01apporacle10203jdklibtoolsjaru01apporacle10 203jdbclibojdbc14jaru01apporacle10203appsutiljavaxmlparserv2zipu01appo
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
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racle10203appsutiljavau01apporacle10203jlibnetcfgjaru01apporacle1020 3jlibldapjclnt10jar
Using Context file u01apporacle10203appsutiltrndtest_oraclexml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Updating rdbms version in Context file to db102
Updating rdbms type in Context file to 32 bits
Configuring templates from ORACLE_HOME
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at u01apporacle10203appsutillogtrndtest 06121354adconfiglog
Figure 12 Running autoconfigsh on database tier
Updating ICX_parameters It is important to update icx_parameters table when you change the serverrsquos domain
SQLgt update appsicx_parameters
2 set session_cookie_domain = oraclecom
1 row updated
SQLgt commit
Commit complete
Figure 13 Updating ICX_parameters table
Running Autoconfig on Applications Tier After the Oracle E-business Release 12 installation autoconfigsh needs to be run on the application tier The autoconfigsh is located in $INST_TOPadminscripts directory
[oracleblade8 ]$ pwd
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscripts
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adautocfgsh
Enter the APPS user password
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
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Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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AutoConfig is configuring the Applications environment
AutoConfig will consider the custom templates if present
Using CONFIG_HOME location ds2orainstappstrndtest
Classpath ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavalibappsborg2zip ds2oraappsapps_stcomnjavaclasses
Using Context file ds2oraappsapps_stappladmintrndtestxml
Context Value Management will now update the Context file
Updating Context fileCOMPLETED
Attempting upload of Context file and templates to databaseCOMPLETED
Configuring templates from all of the product tops
Configuring AD_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FND_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ICX_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IEO_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring BIS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AMS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CCT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WSH_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CLN_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OKS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IGS_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IBY_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring JTF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring MWA_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CN_TOPCOMPLETED
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Configuring CSI_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring WIP_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring EAM_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring FTE_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring ONT_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AR_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring AHL_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring OZF_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring IES_TOPCOMPLETED
Configuring CSD_TOPCOMPLETED
AutoConfig completed successfully
The log file for this session is located at ds2orainstappstrndtestadminlog06121406adconfiglog
Figure 14 Running autoconfigsh on applications tier
Updating appswebcfg After that $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE needs to be updated by commenting out domainName
If you are not using the above Forms Servlet you are using the
Forms Server which is running on machine serverName on port serverPort
serverPort=9091
serverName=blade8
domainName=sanmateoibmcom
Figure 15 Conmenting out domainName in appswebcfg
Starting Application Processes The next step is to run $INST_TOPadminscriptsadstrtalsh which will run a list of scripts 1 adopmnctlsh (starting Oracle Process Manager) 2 adapcctlsh (starting Oracle HTTP Server) 3 adoacorectlsh (starting OACORE OC4J) 4 adformsctlsh (starting Forms OC4J as Forms connect mode) 5 adoafmctlsh (starting OAFM OC4J) 6 adalnctlsh (starting listener process APPS_SID)
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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7 adcmctlsh (starting Internal Concurrent Manager) Please note that if there are any errors in running these scripts (the status is not zero) you need to make sure that all the errors are fixed before continuing
[oracleblade8 scripts]$ adstrtalsh appsappspassword
You are running adstrtalsh version 12013
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadopmnctlsh start
script returned
You are running adopmnctlsh version 1204
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN)
adopmnctlsh exiting with status 0
adopmnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadopmnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadapcctlsh start
script returned
You are running adapcctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) instance
adapcctlsh exiting with status 0
adapcctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadapcctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
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Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoacorectlsh start
script returned
You are running adoacorectlsh version 12011
Starting OPMN managed OACORE OC4J instance
adoacorectlsh exiting with status 0
adoacorectlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoacorectltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadformsctlsh start
script returned
You are running adformsctlsh version 12012
Not starting the Forms OC4J instance as Forms connect mode is set to socket
adformsctlsh exiting with status 1
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadoafmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adoafmctlsh version 1206
Starting OPMN managed OAFM OC4J instance
adoafmctlsh exiting with status 0
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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adoafmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadoafmctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadalnctlsh start
script returned
adalnctlsh version 1203
Checking for FNDFS executable
Starting listener process APPS_trndtest
adalnctlsh exiting with status 0
adalnctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadalnctltxt for more information
end std out
end err out
Executing service control script
ds2orainstappstrndtestadminscriptsadcmctlsh start
script returned
You are running adcmctlsh version 12014
Starting concurrent manager for trndtest
Starting trndtest_0612trndtest Internal Concurrent Manager
Default printer is noprint
adcmctlsh exiting with status 0
adcmctlsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadcmctltxt for more information
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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end std out
end err out
adstrtalsh Exiting with status 1
adstrtalsh check the logfile ds2orainstappstrndtestlogsappladminlogadstrtallog for more information
Figure 16 Starting applications processes
There is an error in running adformsctlsh because it was trying to bring up the form server in socket mode The default mode is Servlet mode In this case the following command is run to bring up the applications in socket mode The format of the command is frmsrv host=lthostname with domain namegt port=ltport_numbergt mode=socket log=ltlog_directorygt
frmsrv host=blade8sanmateoibmcom port=9091 mode=socket log=tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 17 Commands to bring up forms in socket mode
This will bring up two frm background processes Please make sure you kill any old frm processes if there is any and have the second process frmweb running with the current date and time
oracle 19975 19974 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmsrv host i780x005usoraclecom port 9091 mode socket log tmpforms_socketlog
oracle 19976 19975 0 1428 pts2 000000 frmweb webfile=50PID19975tmpforms_socketlog
Figure 18 frm background processes
Logging into the Applications
There is a change in the user passwords setting in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 You can optionally set Oracle applications user passwords as case-sensitive or case-insensitive by changing the profile option Password Case Option in the applications
By typing httpltserverportgtOA_HTMLAppsLogin in your web browser you will get the Applications login page
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 19 Applications Login page
If you have not installed J2SE Plug-in in your desktop client the web browser will prompt you to download the required installation executable when you start to run a form for example the Administer Concurrent Managers form Please refer to Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 for more details
Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
The AutoConfig utility coming with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 offers more than application configurations It has other deployment options
Hardware-based load-balancing routers Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Demilitarized Zones (DMZ) and reverse proxies Multiple domain names for the same e-Business suite environment Integration with OracleAS 10g Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Please refer to Metalink Note 3804831 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Optionsrdquo for more information
Initialization Parameters
There are a few changes in the recommended initialization parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 versus Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Please refer to Metalink Note 3960091 Database
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12 for Release 12 database initialization parameters
Desktop Clients
Just like Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 also supports Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft XP and Macintosh OS X v104 as their desktop client platforms However CPU speed is a very important factor to the performance of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 In addition this product is very sensitive to the amount of memory that desktop client has Oracle recommends at least 350 MHz processors and 256 MB of RAM for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X V104 clients
Please refer to Metalink Note 3894221 ldquoRecommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for the recommended browsers and requirements for using them with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade
You could use two primary utilities Rapid Install and AutoPatch to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11i to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 The upgrade process has been changed from a two-step approach to a one-step approach You need to run Rapid Install to install the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 technology stack and run AutoPatch to upgrade the Oracle E-Business Suite database to Release 12 However the minimum version for this upgrade is 1157 As a result if your version is 1151 to 1156 you will have to upgrade your applications to 1157 first before upgrading to Release 12 On the other hand you will need to upgrade your Oracle E-Business Suite database to 10202 prior to the upgrade process and running AutoPatch
Please refer to Metalink Note 4033391 ldquoOracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12rdquo for more details on upgrade preparation guidelines for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
If you are using Oracle Projects please refer to Metalink Note 4092061 ldquoRequired Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12rdquo for some pre-upgrade tasks Before you upgrade your applications please verify your guest password and update it within the applications
There is a Maintenance Wizard (which contains the Oracle E-Business 12 Upgrade Assistant) for the customers with a valid product support contract Please refer to Metalink Note 2155271 rdquoMaintenance Wizard Overviewrdquo for more information on this tool
Please refer to Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide Release 11i to Release 12 (Part No B31566-01) for more details on upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Post Installation Notes
It is important to gather statistics on both applications and database objects before starting to use them You can use the following script to gather statistics on all application statistics
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
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UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
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Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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SQLgt exec fnd_statsgather_schema_statistics(lsquoALLrsquo)
Figure 20 Gathering applications statistics
If you want to gather specific schema you could replace the schema name with ldquoALLrdquo in Figure 20
For database statistics you could use this script
SQLgt exec dbms_statsgather_database_stats
Figure 21 Gathering database statistics
Another post-installation step is to compile and validate all applications and database objects You could use AD Administration (adadmin) utility to compile and validate applications objects and utlrpsql located under $ORACLE_HOMErdbmsadmin directory for database objects
You also need to run adadmin to maintain snapshot information From the Main Menu choose Maintain Applications Files then Maintain Snapshot Information and then Update Current View Snapshot then finally Update Complete APPL_TOP
Please refer to Metalink Note 3946921 ldquoOracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12rdquo for details about snapshots
Metalink Note3804821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Technology Stack Documentation Roadmaprdquo contains all the important documents about the usage of various components of the Technology Stack in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Possible Errors
You may get different kinds of errors during installation and when you tried to bring up the applications This section posted some possible errors that you may encounter If you have encountered some other errors always check with Oracle Metalink for the latest patches and solution
During Installation
You may get this error after you provide the database and applications nodes configuration
Figure 22 Error message after providing database and applications node configuration
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Figure 23 Error message after accepting OK from the previous error message box
After checking that Apps OS User exists and it does belong to the Apps OS Group it may be a rapid install wizard bug You will need to make sure that you have applied the latest patch for rapidwiz In this case after applying patch 5885627 and changing some parameter values according to the Installation and Update Notes provided in Metalink you are able to proceed to the next stage
Post-Installation You may get an error when you try to open an output file or log file from the Forms session Please note that in order to view the output files on the Forms you need to make sure that the exact directory path of utl_file_dir exist on both database and application tiers Another common error may occur after you have brought up the applications and are about to open a Form session
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
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IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 24 Error messages when bringing up Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
The solution is to comment out domainName in appswebcfg file ($FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE)
vi $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
comment out domainname
which means from
domainName=usoraclecom
to
domainName=usoraclecom
Figure 25 Commenting out domainName in $FORMS_WEB_CONFIG_FILE
If you get the following errors when you are bringing up the Forms the solution is also to comment out domainName in appswebcfg
Unable to generate forwarding URL Exception oracleappsfndsecurityDataVerificationException Invalid CRC length -55
Figure 26 Possible errors
In conclusion if you encounter any difficulties in bringing up the applications shutdown the applications cleanly run autoconfig on the database tier first and then run autoconfig on the applications tiers Please make sure that there are no errors in the autoconfig output in both tiers
Maintenance
After you have brought up the applications successfully and are running the applications smoothly you still need to check Oracle Metalink Notes regularly to see if there are any new patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 For instance there is a new critical patch update for Oracle E-Business
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Suite Release 12 on July 2007 Please refer to Metalink Note 4328821 ldquoOracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Noterdquo July 2007 for more details
As mentioned in Appendix B Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) keeps you updated regarding any new patches for your applications should you choose to install it
Another tool that comes with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) It serves as an administrative tool to manage your applications A sample page can be found in Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager
Summary
Prior to the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 installation detailed configuration of software and hardware are very important to the successful installation of Oracle Applications Following the steps carefully detailed in the Oracle documentation and in Metalink Notes will definitely help to smooth the installation procedures Always try to install Oracle Applications on testing servers practicing the steps several times before moving to production servers
There are definitely some difference between Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 however they are not significant changes and in fact the software installation is simpler with the new Release
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Reference Oracle Documentation
Oracle Metalink Note 4052931 Oracle Applications Release Notes Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4033391 Oracle 10gR2 Database Preparation Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Oracle Metalink Note 4092061 Required Pre-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Projects Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3878591 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations in Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3960091 for Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4163051 Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (120) for Linux (64-bit)
Oracle Metalink Note 4061381 Oracle E-Business Suite 120 Rapid Install with Electronic Delivery Release 120
Oracle Metalink Note Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Metalink Note 3804831 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Oracle Metalink Note 2155271 Maintenance Wizard Overview
Oracle Metalink Note 3894221 Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 3946921 Oracle Applications Documentation Resources Release 12
Oracle Metalink Note 4328821 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note July 2007
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities Release 12 (Part No B31568-01)
Oracle Applications Concepts Release 12 (Part No B31450-03)
Oracle Applications Installation Guide Using Rapid Install Release 12 (Part No B31295-04)
IBM Documentation
Experiences with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i on IBM x-Series IBM BladeCenter IBM TotalStorage and Red Hat Linux Version 10 by Stephen Poon Sanjay Ruprell
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP100465
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation and Tips for IBM AIX 53
httpwww-03ibmcomsupporttechdocsatsmastrnsfWebIndexWP101168
These Web sites provide useful references to supplement the information contained in this document
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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IBM Publications Center wwwelinkibmlinkibmcompublicapplicationspublicationscgibinpbicgiCTY=US
IBM Redbooks wwwredbooksibmcom
About the author Betty Lee is an IT Specialist with the IBM Advanced Technical Support Oracle International Competency Center based in San Mateo CA She provides System x and BladeCenter support for projects at the IBM Oracle International Competency Center in San Mateo CA and for enablement activities at Oracle Corporation in Redwood Shores CA
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Appendix A Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Terminology
ServicesServer A process or a group of processes provide(s) certain functionality that runs on the same machine eg Web Services Forms Services and Concurrent Processing Services Node Logical grouping of servers eg database node applications node Tier Logical grouping of services eg database tier application tier and desktop tier
These are the new Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Services Terminology
Root Service Group Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) Web Entry Point Services HTTP Server Web Application Services OACORE OC4J Forms OC4J OAFM OC4J Batch Processing Services Applications TNS Listener Concurrent Managers Fulfillment Server Other Service Group Oracle Forms Server Oracle MWA Service
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Appendix B Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Steps
Running rapidwiz
After you start the Rapid Install wizard the following menu will be shown Next provide your base directory for installation After that choose 1 to install Oracle Applications which is the default
Start Here (Red) DVD
Oracle Applications Release 120
January 2007
This DVD represents the starting point for the Oracle Applications
Release 12 DVD Pack
The information on this DVD is best obtained by using an HTML browser
to view the file welcomehtml in the root directory From
welcomehtml you can navigate the information on this DVD and on the
Oracle support site Oracle MetaLink
Organization of the DVD
The following subdirectories exist on this DVD
Disk1doc contains Adobe Acrobat versions of Applications
installation documentation Also contains the Upgrade
Assistant Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format
Disk1html contains static html pages linked to by welcomehtml
Disk1images contains images used by welcomehtml
Disk1rapidwiz contains the java application for the Rapid Install
Wizard
Figure 27 Start Here menu
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33
Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Starting AutoStaging at Tue Jun 19 142705 2007
Using adautostgpl version 1207
This script allows you to stage Oracle Applications which contains
- Database technology stack (RDBMS)
- Databases (Vision and Fresh)
- Applications technology stack (AS)
- Applications APPL_TOP
Enter a directory path where the media is to be staged (For example To create
the stage area at u01StageR12 enter u01 ) u01
The stage area will be created at u01StageR12
Do you use AutoMount to mountumount the media yn [y]n
Enter the entire mount command [mount -t iso9660 devcdrom mntcdrom]
Enter the unmount command [umount mntcdrom]
Choose the components you want to stage
1 - to choose Oracle Applications
2 - to choose Database technology stack (RDBMS)
3 - to choose Databases (Vision and Fresh)
4 - to choose Applications technology stack (AS)
5 - to choose Applications APPL_TOP
Enter number codes separated by spaces [1]
Figure 28 Autostaging and Installation menu
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Starting Rapid Install Wizard
After choosing 1 to install Oracle Applications the welcome screen will appear showing the principal components it will be installing You can expand the directory and see what is included in each component
Figure 29 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Installation Welcome screen
After that it will ask you if you want to proceed with Express Install or Standard Install
Express Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured single-usersingle-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database You only need to specify some basic configuration parameters Other values will be derived by Rapid Install using default values
Standard Installation is used when you want to set up a fully-configured system with single-usersingle-machine or single-usermulti-machine or multi-usermulti-machine system This option can be installed with fresh database or Vision Demo database The configuration parameters can be entered via the Rapid Install wizard or from the configuration file (conf_ltSIDgttxt) that has been saved in a previous installation or in other node
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 30 Express or Standard Installation
Figure 31 Oracle Configuration Manager
In the screen shown in Figure 31 you have an option to install Oracle Configuration Manager (OCM) If you want to install it you will need to accept Oracle Connection Tools Agreement Once accepted the next screen will be shown
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 32 Oracle Configuration Manager details
After accepting the agreements you will be asked to provide a Customer Support Identifier (CSI) Metalink Account Number and Country Please note that all three fields need to be filled out otherwise it will not let you proceed You may also get errors if you omit the Country field However the proxy server configuration is optional
Next you will be asked to define the configuration for this installation If you have previously saved a configuration file during database tier installation or one of the applications tier installations you can retrieve it now by providing hostname SID and database port Please note that the host name must include domain name
This option is used primarily when you are doing a multi-node installation or when restarting Rapid Install after an interruption during the installation process This will save you time and avoid errors
If this is a new configuration please choose a new configuration as shown in Figure 33
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Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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39
Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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51
Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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52
Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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37
Figure 33 Configuration Choice
You will need to specify the global system settings as shown in Figure 34 Port Pool 0 is the default port pool Different port pools can contain different port values This is particularly useful if you want to set up multiple applications environments in the same machine
Figure 34 Global System Settings
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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39
Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 35 Database Node Configuration
You can choose to install a fresh database or Vision Demo Database in the database node configuration screen (Figure 35) For a new implementation normally you will install a fresh database otherwise for a training environment you will normally install the Vision Demo database Please note that Vision Demo database needs at least 90 GB space more than a fresh database installation
Please note that the Database OS User Database OS Group and Base directory must exist on your machine before installation The Database OS User must belong to the Database OS Group The base directory is the top-level directory of the mount point of the database
Remember to always start the database node installation first
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 36 Primary Applications Node
In the screen shown in Figure 36 you provide the application node configuration information The Apps OS User can be the same as the Database OS User In this case applmgr user has been chosen to separate the database and application nodes As with the database node configuration the Apps OS User must belong to Apps OS Group
Figure 37 shows the summary information for the database and application nodes
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Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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40
Figure 37 Node Information
If you want to add an additional server for application nodes you do so by clicking on Add Server button on this screen (Figure 37) This will give you another screen as follows (Figure 38)
Figure 38 Additional Applications Node Configuration
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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43
You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 39 Pre-Install Check
Figure 39 shows the pre-install tests results for your system If there is any mark other than the green check please go back and make sure that they are all validated correctly Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Next you will be asked for the directory path of RDBMS Disk 1 (which means oraDB for your staging directory) for step 1 Step 2 will ask for the directory path of database Disk 1 (which means oraAppDB for the staging directory) There are three steps to go through but they only asked for the RDBMS and database directory paths
Figure 40 Installation steps windows
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 41 Post-Install Checks
Please make sure that only green checks are shown for the post-install checks (Figure 41) Otherwise you will get errors at the end of the installation Then click Next to continue
Figure 42 Final screen
This completes the database node installation next you continue to applications node installation Before doing that you need to copy all the rapidwiz files from database node to the applications node(s) In this case all the rapidwiz files are copied from blade7 to blade8 in the base directory of d02stage12
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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You then go through the same steps as the database node installation In this case you could use the saved configuration file you created during database node installation to save time and avoid errors
After providing rapidwiz the configuration file the installation will go directly to the following screen (Figure 43)
Figure 43 Pre-Install Checks for applications node
If you see any errors in these pre-install checks please fix them now otherwise you will see this error message later (Figure 45)
Figure 44 Rapid Install error message
Once all the check marks are green click Next to continue
The next screen (Figure 45) will list the components that are going to be installed on your systems
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 45 Starting to install
Figure 46 Confirmation to continue installation
The process will go through the three steps in installing from rapidwiz files It will ask for Tools Disk 1 in the first step which is oraAS in the staging directory Then it will ask for APPL_TOP Disk 1 which is oraApps in the staging directory There are three steps but it only asks for the Tools and APPL_TOP directory paths
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45
Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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46
Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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48
At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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49
Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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50
Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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51
Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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52
Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 47 Installing Oracle Applications screen
After the installation you will get the following screen (Figure 48)
Figure 48 Post-Install Checks
In this case the exclamation mark is considered as warning whereas a cross must be fixed before proceeding If you ignore the ldquocrossrdquo errors and click Next to continue you will get the following warning message (Figure 49)
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Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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53
Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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46
Figure 49 Warning message
If you clicked on the ldquocross iconrdquo beside the Login Page category you will be shown the details of the errors for that category The following screen shows the error messages on the Login category (Figure 50)
Figure 50 Login Page error messages
The following screen shows the error message for the Database Availability category (Figure 51)
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
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Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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53
Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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Figure 51 Database Availability error messages
After correcting the errors for Database Availability category and clicking on the Retry button the Warning sign () becomes a checkmark as shown in Figure 52
Figure 52 Post-Install checks with corrections
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
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Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
51
Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
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52
Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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53
Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
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At this point we exit from this installation by clicking Cancel button since this is a post-install check and it will be easier to fix the errors by accessing the Login page directly from the browser
In this case after shutting down the applications cleanly and running autoconfig on the database tier and the applications tiers Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 is brought up without any remaining problems
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49
Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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50
Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
51
Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
52
Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
53
Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
49
Appendix C Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Figure 53 E-business Suite Release 12 Login Page
After you login as Operations you will get the following screen where you will set your responsibility (Figure 54)
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50
Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
51
Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
52
Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
53
Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
50
Figure 54 Setting your responsibility
If this is the first time you have accessed the applications on your machine and after setting up the responsibility and choosing one of the menus the system will check to see if you have installed J2SE 50 on your machine If not it will install J2SE 50 for you automatically The installation takes one or two minutes to complete
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
51
Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
52
Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
53
Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
Any references in this information to non-IBM Web sites are provided for convenience only and do not in any manner serve as an endorsement of those Web sites The materials at those Web sites are not part of the materials for this IBM product and use of those Web sites is at your own risk
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
51
Appendix D Oracle Applications Manager This is the Oracle Applications Manager front page (Figure 55)
Figure 55 Oracle Applications Manager
Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) is a standalone tool and it is a powerful toolbox for Oracle Applications Administrator It would be used as a plug-in to integrate with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control (OEM) so that you could monitor your Oracle E-Business Suite system using the OEM utility optionally
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 on IBM BladeCenter Hints and Tips httpwwwibmcomsupporttechdocs copy Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
52
Trademarks and special notices copy Copyright IBM Corporation 1994-2008 All rights reserved
References in this document to IBM products or services do not imply that IBM intends to make them available in every country
IBM the IBM logo AIX BladeCenter DS4000 POWER System Storage System x and System z are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both
Microsoft Windows Windows NT and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Intel Intel Inside (logos) MMX and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States other countries or both
Red Hat the Red Hat Shadow Man logo and all Red Hat-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both
Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others
Information is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind
All customer examples described are presented as illustrations of how those customers have used IBM products and the results they may have achieved Actual environmental costs and performance characteristics may vary by customer
Information concerning non-IBM products was obtained from a supplier of these products published announcement material or other publicly available sources and does not constitute an endorsement of such products by IBM Sources for non-IBM list prices and performance numbers are taken from publicly available information including vendor announcements and vendor worldwide homepages IBM has not tested these products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance capability or any other claims related to non-IBM products Questions on the capability of non-IBM products should be addressed to the supplier of those products
All statements regarding IBM future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only Contact your local IBM office or IBM authorized reseller for the full text of the specific Statement of Direction
Some information addresses anticipated future capabilities Such information is not intended as a definitive statement of a commitment to specific levels of performance function or delivery schedules with respect to any future products Such commitments are only made in IBM product announcements The information is presented here to communicate IBMs current investment and development activities as a good faith effort to help with our customers future planning
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
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Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a controlled environment The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will vary depending upon considerations such as the amount of multiprogramming in the users job stream the IO configuration the storage configuration and the workload processed Therefore no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve throughput or performance improvements equivalent to the ratios stated here
Photographs shown are of engineering prototypes Changes may be incorporated in production models
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