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Agenda
R12.1 Upgrade Overview R12.1 Supported Upgrade Paths R12.1 Upgrade Resources R12.1 Upgrade Best Practices to Minimize Downtime Reference (Customer Upgrade Snapshots and more) Q&A
Can be used by new and upgrading customers (11.5.9 and above) to go directly to R12.1
If you are on R11i, use R12.1 RI from the software delivery cloud. Follow instructions from the Upgrade Guide: 11i to 12.1 and 12.1.1 Release notes If you are on R12.0.X, use R12.1 MP (7303030) from My Oracle Support (MOS). Follow instructions from R12.1 Maintenance Pack Install Instructions (752619.1)
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Apps Mid tierForms/Reports Apps Mid tierJava Oracle Home/ Apps Mid tierJDK
6.0.8.25
10.1.2.2
10.1.2.3
10.1.2.3
1.0.2.2/1.4.2
10.1.3.0/1.5
10.1.3.4/1.6.0
10.1.3.5
10.1.3.4/1.6
10gr2: 10.2.0.5
Database
9.2.0.6
10.2.0.3
11.1.0.7
For details Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 Maintenance Pack Installation Instructions (752619.1)
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31 GB 26 GB 268359 NA
NA
NA ~23474 ( Vs 12.1.1)
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12.1
B ,C B ,C B ,C
11.2.0.1/11.2.0.2 11.2.0.3
A. Upgrade database and EBS level in a single downtime B. Upgrade database and EBS level in separate downtimes C. Apply upgrade interoperability DB patches and then upgrade EBS
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< = 12.0.3
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12.1
11.2.0.1/11.2.0.2 11.2.0.3
> = 12.0.4
B ,C B ,C
12.1 11.1.0.7
A. Upgrade database and EBS level in a single downtime B. Upgrade database and EBS level in separate downtimes C. Apply upgrade interoperability DB patches and then upgrade EBS
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Use adpatch options such as nomaintainmrc, phtofile, nolink, nogenform, nogenrep, nocompile jsp, noautoconfig, novalidate (1078973.1)
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adpatch workers 1-10 adpatch workers 1-10 11-20 adpatch workers 21-30 1-10 adpatch adpatch workers workers 31-40 1-10
Database Server
Web Server
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Production
1. Clone
3. Sync APPL_TOP
1. Clone
3. Update DB
Stage
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Import statistics
Export statistics gathered during test runs, and import during final run
Automate as much as possible Time every activity and deal with bottlenecks
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Over 260 standard purge programs in R12 Use new Purge Portal in OAM to administrate
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Need to test with production-like DB server and I/O subsystem Shutdown other RAC instances
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It is critical to do multiple rounds of testing, adjusting above settings to maximize server utilization, but constrained by factors such as
Memory utilization (no swapping/ excessive paging) CPU utilization (scale down if at 100%) I/O response times (scale down if averages > 20 ms)
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Use My Oracle Support to check for known issues and workarounds for the longest running jobs
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Customer snapshot
http://www.oracle.com/customers/snapshots/chicago-public-schools-ebs-snapshot.pdf
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#hrs for D driver:~10 hrs US, ~13 hrs NLS (11.5.10.2 -> R12.1.1) #hrs for DB Portion:~2.5 hrs US, ~1 hr NLS (R12.1.1 -> R12.1.3)
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References
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References
R12.1 documentation roadmap (790942.1) Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 Info center (806593.1) Database preparation guidelines for R12.1 upgrade (761570.1) Patching FAQs (459156.1, 225165.1) Using staged or shared APPL_TOP and distributed AD (734025.1, 384248.1, 236469.1) OAM Patch Wizard overview and FAQ (976188.1, 976688.1) AD Command Line Options for Release R12 (1078973.1) EBS 12.1.3 Data Model Comparison Report (1290886.1) EBS ATG Seed Data Comparison Report (1327399.1) Recommended Performance Fixes (244040.1) R12 Upgrade Sizing & Best Practices (399362.1)
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Additional Resources
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Additional Resources
White papers
Planning Your Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade from Release 11i to Release 12.1 (987516.1) R12 Upgrade considerations by product: Financials (889733.1) Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrades and Platform Migration New! (1377213.1) Post on OTN R12 upgrade forum
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=395&start=0
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Q&A
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