Oracle eBusiness Suite From: IBM/HPUX/SUN/et.al From: IBM/HPUX/SUN/et.al To: Lightening-Fast-Linux To: Lightening-Fast-Linux Presented by:Michael Barone, OATC DBA David Channell, Liggett Eastern States Oracle Applications Users Group Friday May 18, 2007

Agenda Review Process/Approach taken Review Process/Approach taken Review Core Team Review Core Team Review some technical details… Review some technical details… Questions and Answers (maybe!) Questions and Answers (maybe!) Wrap-up Wrap-up

The Process or Approach Taken: CRPs

CRP Definition: – CRP is a Conference Room Pilot –Prototyping, according to APICS …a CRP is “a product model constructed for testing and evaluation to see how the product performs before releasing the product to production” –In this case: Product … Oracle Applications 11i Testing and evaluation … The upgrade to 11i via CRP Product to Production …Releasing 11i to the end users! The Process or Approach Taken: CRPs

A typical upgrade using the CRP method goes like this…

The Process or Approach Taken: CRPs Some important things to keep in mind: Liggett upgraded from 10.7 to 11i (11.5.6) in … ‘2003 Preserving/reusing Upgrade/Testing material : Reusing Upgrade/Testing Materials saved time & money! End-users … (familiarity, reproducible results) Auditors …

The Process or Approach Taken: CRPs Just like riding a bike! An upgrade using previous CRP documents goes like this…

The Process or Approach Taken: CRPs 1)Technical Upgrades are applied 2)Rudimentary testing is performed Repeat until successful Patches/Fixes/Setups/Profiles 3)User Unit testing 4)User Acceptance Testing 5)Final approval …and then 4)Select the GoLive date, and 5)Upgrade production! UAT An upgrade using previous CRP documents goes like this…

Our team!

David Channell, Project Manager David Channell, Project Manager Michael Barone, OATC DBA Michael Barone, OATC DBA Jim Sizemore, DBA Jim Sizemore, DBA Lisa Over, Applications Technical Lead Lisa Over, Applications Technical Lead Various testers Various testers Our Core Team Members

Project Manager Project Manager Hardware Selection/Negotiations/OS Licensing Hardware Selection/Negotiations/OS Licensing Systems Set up/Administration/Backup Strategies Systems Set up/Administration/Backup Strategies DBA DBA eBusiness Suite Certification Matrix eBusiness Suite Certification Matrix eBusiness Suite Migration/Upgrade scripts eBusiness Suite Migration/Upgrade scripts eBusiness Suite Migration/Upgrade AIM documentation eBusiness Suite Migration/Upgrade AIM documentation Developers Developers Technical and Functional Testing Technical and Functional Testing Our Core Team Members

Some Technical Details

eBusiness Suite fully supports the migration: From:Proprietary UNIX hardware/OS To:Lightning-Fast Linux OS … there really isn’t a reason to wait any longer.  Save money  Save hardware-resources  Save-software resources Some Technical Details … why wait?

Current System: eBusiness Suite PA-RISC HP-UX Servers – Single Node Installation HP Direct Attached Storage Tape Backup Target System: eBusiness Suite HP C Class Blade Servers – Single Node Installation Network Appliance SAN/NAS Storage Disk to Disk to Tape Backup Technical Environment … Hardware

Current System: eBusiness Suite Operating System - HP-UX version 11.0 Database – Oracle CA Brightstor ARCServe Backup for Windows Target System: eBusiness Suite VMWare w/Virtualized Red Hat Linux Enterprise version 4 Network Appliance - FCP, iSCSI, CIFS, Snapshot, SnapRestore, Cluster Disk to Disk to Tape using CA Brightstor ARCServe Backup for Windows Technical Environment … Software

eBusiness Suite: IBM/HPUX/Sun  Lightening Fast Linux Metalink Note: Metalink Note: Export/Import eBusiness Suite Release 11i Process Create a new Oracle eBusiness Suite 11i environment via Oracle eBusinss Suite RapidWiz (RapidInstall). Create a new Oracle eBusiness Suite 11i environment via Oracle eBusinss Suite RapidWiz (RapidInstall). Export (exp) and Import (imp) utilities then move the existing data to the new Hardware/OS Platforms Export (exp) and Import (imp) utilities then move the existing data to the new Hardware/OS Platforms No ugly Export-FileSize limits No ugly Export-FileSize limits Table-Level Row-Count/Confirmation Table-Level Row-Count/Confirmation Update the Imported eBusiness Suite 11i Database Update the Imported eBusiness Suite 11i Database Some Technical Details … overview!

 The Source-IBM/HP/Sun (export-from) MUST use Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release or Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 2 (9.2.0)  The Target-Linux-Server (import into) MUST use Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 2 (9.2.0). Fortunately, eBusiness Suite eBusiness Suite Rapidwiz Installs … Oracle9i ( ) The Oracle-Squeeze -- Caveat Emptor Some Technical Details … beware!

eBusiness Suite: IBM/HPUX/Sun  Lightening Fast Linux Pre-Requisites:Source 11i (IBM/HP/Sun) Database (Oracle8i/Oracle9i) AD MiniPack PreRequisite AD MiniPack F Applications Export/Import Consolidated Patch Materialized Views Only New Improved Database Preparation Scripts Some Technical Details … MiniPacks!

eBusiness Suite: IBM/HPUX/Sun  Lightening Fast Linux Oracle Release 2 Information Oracle Release 2 Information Oracle Database Executables Oracle Database Executables Oracle RDBMS Home8.0.6 Oracle RDBMS Home8.0.6 Oracle Applications Server (Includes HTTP) Oracle Applications Server (Includes HTTP) Oracle Discoverer Oracle Discoverer Jinitiator Jinitiator Oracle Developer6i (Forms/Reports/Graphics) Oracle Developer6i (Forms/Reports/Graphics) RapidWiz (rapidwiz/RapidWizVersion) RapidWiz (rapidwiz/RapidWizVersion) Some Technical Details … TechStack version

Consolidated Update Patch 2MetaLink AD MiniPack I Delta 4 ATG Technology Family Pack Additional Family Packs and MiniPacks JInitiator Upgrade Personalization eBusiness Suite: IBM/HPUX/Sun  Lightening Fast Linux Some Technical Details … Post Upgrade

…and there is more to 11i than meets the eye!

AutoConfig But Wait There’s More: New eBusiness Suite Personalization VS. Personalize Self-Service Defn Yes FND: Personalization Region Link Yes Disable Self-Service Personal No Corporate Branding Image liggett_logo.jpg FND: Diagnostics Yes Local Login Mask 32 -or- 40 General Preferences Show Flag Yes

But Wait There’s Even More: New eBusiness Suite Personalize AutoConfig Metalink (February 2007) Metalink (February 2007) Customizing an AutoConfig Environment Review and migrate existing customizations Review and migrate existing customizations AppsTier: $AD_TOP/bin/adcustomizer.sh AppsTier: $AD_TOP/bin/adcustomizer.sh DBTier: $ORACLEME/appsutil/bin/adcustomizer.sh DBTier: $ORACLEME/appsutil/bin/adcustomizer.sh Implementing AutoConfig customizations Implementing AutoConfig customizations cp -i $FND_TOP/admin/template/appsweb.cfg \ $FND_TOP/admin/template/custom/appsweb.cfg cp -i $FND_TOP/admin/template/appsweb.cfg \ $FND_TOP/admin/template/custom/appsweb.cfg Execute AutoConfig Execute AutoConfig

Wrap-up…

Q & A Wrap-Up

Thanks for your time! Wrap-Up David Jim Michael Barone