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10 Docs every Apps DBA

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upgrading to R12.2
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10 Documents Every Apps DBA Must

Read before Upgrading to Oracle EBusiness/Apps R12.2
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This Guide 10 Docs Every Apps DBA Must Read before upgrading Oracle EBusiness Suite (EBS) to R12.2 is starting point for any Apps DBA.
First as Oracle Apps DBA, you must know that Oracle E-Business Suite has
various upgrade paths, depending on existing version of Oracle E-Business
Suite.

Note: This is document assumes that you are upgrading from R12.0/R12.1
version of Oracle Applications to Oracle Applications R12.2.x

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1. Understand Upgrade Overview & Concepts : First document you must

refer is Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade Guide Release 12.0 and 12.1 to
12.2 https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26401_01/doc.122/e48839.pdf
This is 112 pages document but totally worth reading (if you are like me
who would like to go in details and learn internals).
This document starts with Overview of Upgrade, then preparation for
Upgrade, Upgrading to 12.2, Configuring Online Patching (AD-OP), and
then finally post-upgrade steps.
Appendix in this document covers functional upgrade tasks that you must
do, depending on functional product (like Financial, HRMS, SCM etc)
customer has implemented.
Must Read for: Architects, Apps DBAs, Developers, and Functional
Consultants

2. Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Information Center: Once

you have understanding of Upgrade Path, next task is to look at Oracle
Support Note # 1583158.1 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2
Information Center Upgrade
Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.
This document covers list of various Oracle documents and some of the
docs you must read like,
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! Planning an Upgrade from 11i to R12

! Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade Sizing and Best Practices
! Best Practices for Minimizing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Upgrade Downtime
! Express Diagnosis of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade
Performance Issues
These are lot of document to read but totally worth reading. We cover
these things in theory part of our Upgrade R12.2 Online Interactive
Training http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade
(we also
provide lab exercises, where you upgrade from R12.1 to R12.2 on
dedicated machine given to you)

3. Create Staging Area: Once you have understanding of Upgrade Path to

Oracle Apps R12.2, next task is to creating staging area for Oracle EBusiness Suite R12.2
Creating staging area is process of downloading and preparing installation
file so that 12.2 software can be installed before old version can be
upgraded to this new file system.
You must download required software from Oracle E-Delivery Portal to your
stage directory, and create staging area using script buildStage.sh

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Refer to my Oracle Support Note # 1596433.1 R12.2: How To Create the

Stage In Preparation For Installation
Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.
In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade , We provide dedicated
machine with step by step activity guide and video on our membership
portal on how to create staging area.

4. Upgrade Database before EBS 12.2 Upgrade: Oracle E-Business Suite

has Application Tier and Database Tier. Before you upgrade EBS from
older version to EBS 12.2.x version, ensure that database of old EBS is
compatible with EBS 12.2.x version you are upgrading like 12.2.4/12.2.5
Refer to my Oracle Support Note # 1349240.1 Database Preparation
Guidelines for an E-Business Suite Release 12.2 Upgrade
Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.
This document covers upgrade path depending on Oracle E-Business Suite
version and target database version you need, like version 11.2.0.4 or
12.1.0.2
This document talks about 3 upgrade paths for database.
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In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade , you will upgrade database to
version to 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) on your dedicated machine.
5. ETCC - EBS Technology Codelevel Checker, Consolidated list of Apps
& DB patches before EBS 12.2 Upgrade: Oracle E-Business Suite has
Application Tier and Database Tier. After upgrading database to certified
version with EBS 12.2, and before you upgrade EBS from older version to
EBS 12.2.x version, ensure that all the required technology stack patches
on source environment are applied.
Refer to my Oracle Support Note # 1594274.1 Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12.2: Consolidated List of Patches and Technology Bug Fixes
Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.
This document talks about two ETCC scripts, one for application tier and
second for database tier. Script names are checkDBpatch.sh &
checkMTpatch.sh
Output of these two scripts will provide list of patches that you must apply
on both tiers on source environment to make E-Business Suite environment
ready for Upgrade.

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In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade, on your dedicated environment
for practice, you will configure Autoconfig on database tier and run
ETCC scripts to get list of all the patches and apply all these patches .
You will get step by step activity guide and video on our membership
portal to run ETCC scripts and apply required apps and database patches.
6. Install 12.2 Files System for Upgrade: Next using stage area you created
earlier, you install Oracle EBS 12.2 file system for Upgrade.
Follow steps mentioned in EBS 12.2 Installation Guide at
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26401_01/doc.122/e22950/T422699g54547.htm
#3804699 using Rapid Wizard and select Upgrade option.

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You then select Upgrade File System Option.

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In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade, on your dedicated environment
for practice, you will install File System for 12.2 Upgrade
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7. Enable Online Patching (ADOP): Online Patching (ADOP) is new feature

introduced in Oracle E-Business Suite version R12.2. Next you enable
Online Patching so ADPATCH utility after this stage will move to ADOP.
Refer to my Oracle Support Note # 1531121.1 Using the Online Patching
Readiness Report in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2
Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.
This document covers script for Online Patching readiness report that tells
what all pre-requisite that must be fulfilled for enabling ADOP. Scripts
mentioned in this document also covers, custom code check that must be
changed to support Edition Bases Redefinition (EBR), database feature
that ADOP uses to support Online Patching.
In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade, you will be running all required
scripts for ADOP and be converting from ADPATCH to ADOP.
8. Run 12.2.x Upgrade Driver (ADOP) to bring to latest 12.2.4 or 12.2.5:
There is no direct upgrade to 12.2.4 or 12.2.5 version. You must first
upgrade to 12.2.0, enable Online Patching (ADOP) and then apply latest
12.2.4 (17919161) or 12.2.5 (19676458) bundle patch. Go through
README of respective patch,
Refer to my Oracle Support Note # 1983050.1 - 'Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12.2.5 Readme'
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Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.

In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade , You will be applying patches
using ADOP to upgrade from 12.2.0 to 12.2.4. You will get dedicated
machine with step by step activity guide and video on our membership
portal to upgrade to 12.2.4 E-Business Suite.
9. Release Notes for 12.2 Upgrade for you Operating System: Oracle via
My Oracle Support portal provides, release notes for 12.2 upgrade specific
to each supported operating system (O.S.).
In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade , We provide Hands-On (Lab
Exercises) machine on Linux O.S.
Refer to my Oracle Support Note # Oracle E-Business Suite Installation
and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.2) for Linux x86-64
Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.
10.
Upgrade Best Practices & Sizing Whitepaper: No Upgrade training
is complete without following best practices.
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In our Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Upgrade Training for Apps DBAs at
http://k21academy.com/oracle-ebs-upgrade , as part of theory, after
covering upgrade path & steps, trainer in live interactive session covers
! Upgrade best practices
! Things you should and shouldnt do when upgrading Oracle EBusiness Suite R12.2
! Lessons learnt from our various upgrade customers.
Refer to my Oracle Support Note # 1597531.1 Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12.2: Upgrade Sizing and Best Practices
Note: You need access to My Oracle Support to access this document.
This document contains Whitepaper as an attachment covering upgrade
best practices and things like
! Disk Space you need for upgrade
! Schema & Tablespaces Size
! Upgrade timing you can expect
! Link to other useful docs like performance patches, database
initialization parameter for R12.2 etc ..

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This Guide 10 Docs Every Apps DBA Must Read before upgrading EBS to R12.2
is starting point for any Oracle Apps DBA, who is planning to do EBS R12.2 Upgrade.
This guide is prepared by Oracle ACE & Author Atul Kumar from K21 Academy.

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