10 Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2

10 Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2

Nadia Bendjedou Senior Director, Product Strategy, Oracle

Kevin Hudson Senior Director, Applications Technology, Oracle


Program Agenda

Overview

12.2 Overall E-Business Suite Readiness

12.2 Online Patching Readiness

Key Takeaways


The following is intended to outline our general product

direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and

may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a

commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality,

and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decision.

The development, release, and timing of any features or

functionality described for Oracles products remains at the

sole discretion of Oracle.

Safe Harbor Statement


Oracle E-Business Suite Support Timelines Updated Support Policies for 11.5.10 and 12.1

11.5.10

12.0

12.1

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Premier Sustaining

Premier Sustaining

Nov 13

Jan 12 Jan 15

May 14 May 17

GA

GA

Nov 10

Extended

Dec 14 Exception

Offer Exception to Sustaining Support for first 13 months

12.2 GA will start new support timeline

Jan 07

May 09

Extended

Extended

Premier

Dec 18

Waive all uplift fees for 12.1 Extended Support

Extend 12.1 Extended Support thru Dec 2018

Risk Mitigation

for Customer if

Upgrade Runs

Long

Longer Support

Timeline on

Upgraded

R12.1 System

For More Info on Announcement, see MOS Doc ID 1495337.1


Supported Upgrade Paths

11.5.1-11.5.8

11.0

12.0 & 12.1

11.5.10

CU2 [1]

12.2

11.5.9

11.5.10

[1]: Patch Requirements for Extended Support of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10 [ID 883202.1]



12.2 Overall E-Business Suite Readiness 1. Review the Functional Changes

2. Understand the Technical Architecture Changes

3. Consider Upgrading to the Latest Technology Components

4. Learn about WebLogic Server

12.2 Online Patching Readiness 5. Understand the 12.2 Patching Cycle

6. Understand Edition Based Redefinition

7. Understanding the Enablement Process

8. Review Online Patching Standards

9. Plan for 12.2 Dual File System

10. Consider New Operational Characteristics


#1 Review The Functional Changes


#1 Review The Functional Changes Functional Changes Upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 11i 12.0 & 12.1

Understand the Release12 new accounting model

Understand the upgrade impact on 11i setups and data R12 Upgrade Considerations by Product (Doc 889733.1) Accounting Setup Manager Pre-Update Diagnosis Report (Doc 961742.1)

Understand the Datamodel changes from 11i. Doc 1290886.1

Evaluate the impact on your 11i customizations and consider native

functionality wherever possible. Upgrading your Customizations to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 (Doc 1435894.1) EBS File System Comparison Report (Doc 1446430.1)

Evaluate new 12.2 functionalities: Yard Mgt, Outsourced Mfg, In-Memory

Costing, Supply Chain Event Mgt, more. Doc 1302189.1

Review the functionalities and modules that have been replaced, such as: DBI (Daily Business Intelligence), Oracle Balanced Scorecard, Oracle Financials and Sales

Analyzers etc(Doc 1302189.1)

NB: A migration plan exists for customers who have purchased these products in earlier releases. Contact your Account Manager for more information.


Business Transformation with New Accounting Model

Global Financials Architecture - Greater Control with Increased Flexibility

Legal Entity

Operating Units

UNIFIED BANK ACCOUNT MODEL

CENTRALIZED PAYMENTS ENGINE

Payments Engine

Funds Capture and Disbursement

ONE GLOBAL TAX ENGINE

Centrally managed rules Consistent tax services

Tax Determination Process

Regime Applicable Taxes

Tax Status, Rate

Taxable Basis

Tax Calculation

WHAT

Ledgers and Ledger Sets

Rules-based Accounting Engine

Unified Bank Account Model

Centralized Payments

Global Tax Engine

Global Intercompany System

WHY

Faster, simpler period end processing

Easily meet local accounting requirements

Streamline intercompany trading and reconciliation

Adapt quickly to regulatory changes

More productive shared service centers



SCM:

OM & Pricing Performance enhancements

MES for discrete & process manufacturing

Standalone WMS with OTM integration

EAM enhancements + EAM Analytics

Field Service scheduling

Supplier Ship & Debit and Price Protection

E-Business Suite Extensions for Endeca

ERP:

WW legal & reporting requirements in FIN

Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM)

Spend Classification & Analytics etc...

Supplier cost dashboard in Projects

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)


HCM:

Org Charting & Interactive Talent Profile

Succession Planning


12.1.3 E-Business Suite



SCM:

Manufacturing Execution / MES / E-Kanban

Serialized Express Manufacturing for Hi-Tech

WMS: Streamlined mobile user interfaces

OM: Credit check enhancements

EAM: Safety Management


ERP:

EBS GL to Fusion FAH integration

DRM Integration , New Prebuilt GRC Controls

SLM and CLM enhancements

Improved Projects integration to Primavera


HCM:

Integration with Taleo recruiting

Payroll to Projects Integration


12.2 E-Business Suite

Planned for 12.2



Release Value Propositions (RVP), Doc 804373.1

Still valid for 12.2 upgrades

Release Content Documents (RCD), Doc 1302189.1

Includes the delta in 12.0, 12.1 and 12.2

Transfer of Information (TOI) Online Training, Doc 807319.1

Includes the TOIs for 12.2 (when GA)

Planning Your Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade from Release 11i to Release 12, Doc 1406960.1

Resources


#2 Understand The Technical Architecture Changes


Oracles Integrated Stack

Integrated Oracle technology stack

Applications

Middleware

Database

EBS uses the latest features of this stack

11gR2 - Edition Based Redefinition (EBR)

Web Logic Server

Oracle E-Business Suite Uses the Oracles Integrated Stack

#2


10gR2 | 11g

Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Architecture

Client

JD

BC

/SQ

L N

et

HT

TP

/S

Application Database

RAC & ASM

Global Single

Data Model

Forms

BI Publisher

BC4J

Web

Lis

ten

er JSP

UIX

JServ

iAS 1.0.2.2.2

#2


10gR2 | 11g

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Architecture

Client

JD

BC

/SQ

L N

et

HT

TP

/S


RAC & ASM

Global Single

Data Model

Forms

BI Publisher

BC4J

Web

Lis

ten

er

10g

JSP

UIX

OC4J

#2



Client

JD

BC

/SQ

L N

et

HT

TP

/S


R2

Edition-Based

Redefinition

WebLogic JSP

Forms

BI Publisher

BC4J

Web

Lis

ten

er

UIX 11g

WebLogic Server

RAC & ASM

Global Single

Data Model

#2


Oracle E-Business Suite Architecture

Developer 10.1.2

COMMON_TOP

APPL_TOP

INST_TOP

Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)

WebLogic Server (WLS) Fusion

Middleware 11g

Applications Tier 12.2

Developer 10.1.2

COMMON_TOP

APPL_TOP

INST_TOP

AS 10.1.3.1

Applications Tier 12.1

#2


Applications Tier

OracleAS 10.1.2.1 ORACLE_HOME for Forms & Reports Services

Coming from 11i: Replaces the 8.0.6-based Oracle_Home provided by iAS 1.0.2.2

The FMW 11g ORACLE_HOME for HTML-based Apps

Coming from 11i: Replaces the 8.1.7-based Oracle_Home provided by iAS 1.0.2.2

Coming from 12: Replaces the OracleAS 10.1.3-based ORACLE_HOME (OC4J)

used in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0 and 12.1

Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.3

Oracle E-Business Suite Architecture in 12.2

#2



System Table Space in Database

Maximum of 2 copies of every editioned object definition during patching

Requires approximately an extra 25 GB

Seed Data Table Space in Database

Maximum of 2 copies all seed data during patching

Requires approximately an extra 5GB

File System

Two complete copies of the file system

Requires approximately an extra 60 GB

Prepare for Additional Disk Space

#2


#3 Consider Upgrading to Latest Technology Components


#3 Consider Upgrading to Latest Technologies

Switch from Oracle SSO to Oracle Access Manager 11gR2

Premier Support for Oracle SSO ended in December 2011

12.2 is expected to be certified only with Oracle Access Manager 11g

OAM 11gR2 (11.1.2) is certified for 11i and 12.0/12.1.3

Switch from Oracle Portal to Oracle WebCenter Portal

12.2 is expected to be certified only with Oracle WebCenter Portal

Oracle WebCenter Portal 11gR2 (11.1.1.6) is certified for 12.0/12.1.3

External Services


#3 Consider Upgrading to Latest Technologies

Upgrade to Oracle RDBMS 11gR2 (11.2.0.3)

12.2 is expected to have a prerequisite of Oracle Database 11gR2 11.2.0.3

Database 11gR2 11.2.0.3 is certified for 11i and 12.0/12.1.3

EBS 11i, 12.0 & 12.1 References:

Interoperability Notes EBS 11i with Database 11gR2 (11.2.0). Doc 881505.1

Interoperability Notes EBS 12.0 and 12.1 with Database 11gR2. Doc 1058763.1

Database Preparation Guidelines for EBS Release 12.1.1 Upgrade. Doc 761570.1

Database tier


Upgrade to Oracle RDBMS 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) Allows Online Patching

Functionality leverages native 11g R2 features that allow online application

upgrade

Patches can be applied while the production system is fully operational

Only a short downtime is required to complete patching process

The amount of downtime required by any patch will be more predictable


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Configuration

Context Files

Oracle Application Manager

Autoconfig

Configuration Changes Oracle Application Manager &

Autoconfig

Database Home SID name, Listener, dbPorts, etc

Oracle Application Server Virtual Hosts, performance directives, log configuration, ports,

mod_perl, mod_wl_ohs, oacore, oafm, forms services, etc.

E-Business Suite Concurrent Processing, Profile Options, Developer 10g, Product

Specific Settings

SID name, Listener, dbPorts, etc

Virtual Hosts, performance directives, log configuration, ports, mod_perl, mod_wl_ohs, oacore, oafm, forms services, etc.

Concurrent Processing, Profile Options, Developer 10g, Product Specific Settings


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Configuration

Configuration

Changes

Fusion Middleware Control

WLS Administration Console

Oracle Application Manager

& Autoconfig

Database Home SID name, Listener,

dbPorts, etc

Oracle HTTP Server

Performance directives, log configuration, ports, mod_perl,

mod_wl_ohs, etc.

WebLogic Server oacore, oafm, forms and

forms-c4ws services

E-Business Suite

Concurrent Processing, Profile Options,

Developer 10g, Product

Specific Settings

SID name, Listener, dbPorts, etc

Performance directives, log configuration, ports, mod_perl,

mod_wl_ohs, etc.

oacore, oafm, forms and forms-c4ws services

Concurrent Processing, Profile Options,

Developer 10g, Product

Specific Settings


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server 12.2 Configuration: Fusion Middleware Control

Administer Oracle HTTP

Server


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server 12.2 Configuration: Fusion Middleware Control -> Access to OAManager

Access to Oracle Application Manager


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server 12.2 Configuration: Fusion Middleware Control

Access to WLS Admin Console


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server 12.2 Configuration: Fusion Middleware Control -> WLS Admin Console

Administer WLS

Domain

System Monitoring

Configure Deployments


#4 Learn about WebLogic Server 11gR2 You Are Already Familiar with WebLogic Server IF Using These

Technology Release 11i Release 12

Oracle Access Manager 10.1.4.3, 11.1.2 11.1.1.5, 11.1.2

Oracle Internet Directory 11.1.1.6 11.1.1.6

WebCenter 11.1.1.6

Portal 11.1.1.6 11.1.1.6

Discoverer 11.1.1.6 11.1.1.6

Business Intelligence (EE+) 11.1.1.5 11.1.1.6

Business Intelligence Applications 7.9.6.3 7.9.6.3

Oracle SOA Suite 11.1.1.6 11.1.1.6

Enterprise Manager 11gR1 (11.1.0.1.0),

12cR2(12.1.0.2.0)

11gR1 (11.1.0.1.0),

12cR2 (12.1.0.2.0)

10 Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2

Session ID#13100

Gustavo Gonzalez

Nadia Bendjedou

Kevin Hudson

NEW YORK

CHICAGO

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI MEXICO HYDERABAD

BUENOS AIRES

SO PAULO

Costa Rica (2013)

DALLAS

GREEN BAY

Global Reach, Local Expertise

Taking Our Own Medicine

Used the

E-Business

Suite since

2004

Upgraded

to R12

in January 2009

Implemented

OBIEE

in January

2010

And we host our systems running Oracle VM

Oracle Fusion

Applications

Financials, FAH

and HCM

in March 2012

Oracle Database 11gR2 for EBS

At the application level make sure it has all the pre-requisites (Interoperability Notes EBS 12.0 and 12.1 with Database 11gR2

[ID 1058763.1])

Some libraries and kernel parameters at Operating Systems needs to be adjusted. Were Oracle Linux 5 update 8 (64bits).

No extra steps needed for 11.2.0.2 (everything in the package)

Reviewing the Run the Pre-Upgrade Information Tool did not bring any outstanding issue

Oracle Database 11gR2 for EBS

DB Upgrade took us about 4 hours (decompile and compile). Our DB was 500 Gb and server is Intel 2 quad cores and

6Gb RAM. Very hardware dependent.

Training? An Apps DBA can run it without problems guided by the existing documentation.

Functional Applications issues? None.

Oracle Database 11gR2

Honestly, we did the DB upgrade just to be on the latest release, but

Well be researching on: Automatic Block Repair, recovering a block on a standby DB

without using RMAN

FlashBack Data Archive, querying up for some specific tables/data that are being deleted.

Scheduler enhancements, supports notifications by email.

ASM enhancements, support for other file types and new commands (ASMCMD)

WebLogic Server Our experience

Oracle Business Intelligence EE

Testing and Proof of concept for E-Business Suite for Oracle Access Manager

Fusion Applications: Financials and HCM

Discoverer 11g for EBS Vision

Skills and Learning Curve

The main difference is with the concept. New terminology: domain, servers, clusters, node manager, machine. Spend some time learning these concepts.

For an experienced Apps DBA, it takes at least 4 weeks average to familiarize with WLS

Installation for Discoverer, OBIEE and Oracle Access Manager was medium complexity (2 weeks each)

Installation and configuration for Fusion Apps on-premise was a higher complexity (8 weeks on first installation)

Weblogic Server Impressions

For any FWM technology component, such as Discoverer 11g, OBIEE, WebCenter etcthe installation of Weblogic Server is an extra step to consider

Needs to understand new steps for start up and shutdown (takes longer than OC4J)

Administration of basic things is pretty similar to the OC4J, but on services it is very granular and advanced giving

multiple options for the sysadmin

Takeaways

Explore multiple new features at DB 11gR2 that could enhance your EBS

Weblogic Installation takes more time and training. Spend more time testing the installation.

Get familiar with Weblogic new scripts and timing (start up and shut-down)

Start exploring advanced Weblogic features

THANK YOU

Gustavo Gonzalez

Twitter: @ggonza4itc

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +1 (800) 675-0032 x2588



12.2 Overall E-Business Suite Readiness 1. Review the Functional Changes

2. Understand the Technical Architecture Changes

3. Consider Upgrading to the Latest Technology Components

4. Learn about WebLogic Server

12.2 Online Patching Readiness 5. Understand the 12.2 Patching Cycle

6. Understand Edition Based Redefinition

7. Understanding the Enablement Process

8. Review Online Patching Standards

9. Plan for 12.2 Dual File System

10. Consider New Operational Characteristics


#5 Understand the 12.2 Patching Cycle


#5 Understand the 12.2 Patching Cycle

Patch application is now part of a patching cycle

New patching tool adop orchestrates the patching cycle


#5 Online Patching Cycle

The Basics

The Basics

Application is only offline during the Cutover phase

Downtime is now redefined as Cutover

Remove obsolete objects

Cleanup

Restart application on patched copy

Cutover

Ready the system for cutover

Finalize

Apply one or more patches to the copy

Apply

Copy the production application code

Prepare

Users Online

Users Online

Users Offline


#6 Understand Edition Based Redfinition


#6 Understand Edition Based Redefinition

Edition Based Redefinition

New features of the 11gR2 database

Enables multiple copies of the same code object to co-exist

Editioned Objects ( Code Objects )

Database automatically manages versioning

e.g pl/sql, views, synonyms etc.

Non-Editioned Objects ( Storage Objects )

Application layer makes these objects effectively editioned

e.g tables, indexes, materialized views etc.


#7 Understanding the Enablement Process



Schemas in the database are converted to be editions enabled

Turns on object versioning in the database

Once a schema is editions enabled it cannot be reverted

Introduces a new view of the EBS data model

A logical rather than physical representation of the data model is

presented

Changes the way many objects are defined and patched

New standards must be followed

Customers should fully review the new standards


Logical view of the data model

All code must access the data model via the APPS synonym APPS synonym points to the Editioning View (Logical Model) Any code accessing the physical model risks accessing obsolete columns

Apps APPLSYS E-Business Code

Custom Code

3rd Party Code

WF_ITEMS

(Synonym) WF_ITEMS#

(Editioning view)

WF_ITEMS

(Table)



#8 Review Online Patching Standards


Helps prepare customization and extensions for Online Patching

Custom schemas that require registration for Online Patching enablement

Custom objects that require manual intervention in order to avoid

invalidation post enablement

All Customers should

Execute the Readiness Reports before enabling Online Patching

Understand and fix any exceptions reported before enabling Online

Patching

Standalone patches available for Readiness Reports

11i, 12.0 & 12.1

a) Readiness Reports




Summary Readiness Report (ADZDPSUM.sql)

Reports schemas that will be automatically editioned

All schemas owned by EBS are automatically registered for editioning

Reports custom schemas with objects that will become invalid if schema is

not registered for editioining

Recommended to register all schemas listed

Manual Readiness Report ( ADZDPMAN.sql)

Reports custom objects that must be manually fixed before Online

Patching is enabled

Any exception not fixed will cause object invalidation post enablement

a) Readiness Reports


#8 Review Online Patching Standards a) Readiness Reports

1. Execute Summary

Readiness Report (ADZDPSUM.sql)

2.Register Custom

Schemas for

Enablement

Unregistered

Custom

Schemas?

Yes

3.Execute Manual Fix

Readiness Report (ADZDPMAN.sql)

Exceptions

Reported? 4.Fix Exceptions

No

No

Yes

Ready for

enablement



Database Objects and code must follow a new set of standards

Standards must be followed to successfully patch objects Online

Review your customizations for violations of Online Patching standards

Database check report ( ADZDDBCC.sql)

Scans the data dictionary for objects and code that violate the Online Patching

standards

(i.e. Table with LONG columns cannot be patched online)

File System check report (gscc.pl)

Scans the file system for source files that violate the Online Patching standards

(i.e. DML statements must access tables via APPS synonyms)

b) Development Standards


#8 Review Online Patching Standards b) Development Standards

1. Execute Database

Standards Checker ( ADZDDBCC.sql)

Exceptions

Reported

3. Execute File System

Standards Checker (gscc.pl)

2. Fix Exceptions Yes

No

4. Fix Exceptions Exceptions Reported

Yes

Code

Standards

Compliant

No


#9 Plan for 12.2 Dual File System



WebLogic Server

Oracle HTTP Server

Developer 10.1.2

COMMON_TOP

APPL_TOP

INST_TOP

File System 2

WebLogic Server

Oracle HTTP Server

Developer 10.1.2

COMMON_TOP

APPL_TOP

INST_TOP

File System 1

Synchronization managed

by patching tools

Edition-Based

Redefinition



File System 1 (FS1)

Stores a complete copy of all Applications and Middle Tier code

File System 2 (FS2)

Stores a complete copy of all Applications and Middle Tier code

File System Non-Editioned (FS_ NE)

Stores data that is written or read from the file system

Report Outputs

Log Files etc.

FS1 and FS2 switch roles at cutover

Patch file system becomes the Run file system

Run file system becomes the Patch file system

Dual File System + Non-Editioned File System


#10 Consider New Operational Characteristics



Downtime windows are now measured in minutes

What operations other than applying patches do you perform?

Can these operations be performed while the E-Business Suite is online?

Example: Taking backups (pre-patching, during-patching or post-patching)



Train the development team

Review the new coding standards, for example:

Cross Edition Triggers replace data upgrade scripts

Table names must be less than 29 characters

Review the new deployment standards, for example:

Custom files must be applied to the Patch file system

Custom files must be registered with the custom driver

Handling Customizations


Related Sessions Date/Time Title and Speakers Location

Monday

9:45 am

12965 - Oracle E-Business Suite Directions: Deployment and

System Administration

Max Arderius

Room 601

Monday

1:15 pm

12979 - Planning Your Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade from

Release 11i

Anne Carlson

Room 113

Tuesday

8:00 am

12988 - Oracle E-Business Suite Directions: Slashing Downtimes

with Online Patching

Kevin Hudson

Room 601

Tuesday

2:00 pm

12968 - Oracle E-Business Suite Technology: Latest Features and

Roadmap

Lisa Parekh

Room 601

Wednesday

1:00 pm

12990 - Minimizing Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance

Downtimes

Elke Phelps

Room 601


Key Takeaways

Dont wait, keep moving forward with your upgrade

Direct upgrade path from EBS 11.5.10.2, 12.0.4 and 12.0.6 to 12.2

11gR2 (11.2.0.3) is Pre-requisite for 12.2

Get familiar with Web Logic Server

Understand the 12.2 Patching Cycle

Review Online Patching Standards

Plan for 12.2 Dual File System

Consider New Operational Characteristics