OAUG Sys Admin SIG Meeting Oracle OpenWorld Conference September 17, 2005 Moscone Center San Francisco, CA

Welcome  Welcome to the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) System Administration (SysAdmin) Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting at Oracle OpenWorld 2005!

Agenda  Introduction  What is OAUG?  What is the SysAdmin SIG?  Presentation: Oracle User Mgmt (UMX)  Wrap Up

Introduction  Randy Giefer - SIG Chairperson  Apps DBA Consultant  Trainer  Educator  Founder Solution Beacon, LLC  Long Time Supporter and Member of OAUG 

Audience Survey  Technically-oriented?  Functionally-oriented?  Managerial?  Not Oracle E-Business Suite?  How many of you are Members of the Oracle Applications User Group?

What is OAUG?  The mission of the Oracle Applications Users Group is to represent the interests of Oracle Applications users worldwide in securing the optimum use and ongoing development of the Oracle Applications products.

How Does OAUG Achieve Their Mission?  By providing a forum for the sharing of information and experience on the selection, implementation, and effective use of Oracle Applications products.  By maintaining a mechanism for establishing, and communicating to Oracle Corporation, users' collective priorities for the future development direction and enhancement of Oracle Applications products, with the objective of ensuring their continuous improvement.

How Does OAUG Achieve Their Mission?  By maintaining a robust and effective worldwide communications channel with Oracle Corporation regarding the Applications  By promoting the optimum benefit-in-use of Oracle Applications by supporting education and training programs and events associated with their use; and through conferences, publications, and electronic meeting places dedicated to the Oracle Applications products.

OAUG Membership Benefits  Networking Opportunities  Education  Free Training  Information Resources  Geographical and Special Interest Groups  Publications  Advocacy  Leadership Opportunities

What is the OAUG SysAdmin SIG?  Special Interest Group  Share knowledge and experience about a variety of topics relating to Oracle Applications System Administration  Related SIGs – DBA SIG – Upgrade SIG – Applications Technology SIG

Mission Statement  The SysAdmin Special Interest Group (SIG), sponsored by the Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG), provides a forum for OAUG members and participants to share updates, tips and successful practices relating to System Administration in an Oracle Applications environment. The SysAdmin SIG strives to enable System Administrators to become more effective and efficient in their jobs by providing them with access to people and information that can their System Administration knowledge and experience.

Mission Statement (cont.) The SysAdmin SIG achieves this by:  Maintaining a web-based knowledgebase of information on the OAUG website (  Offering a member listserver where participants can exchange information  Holding national member meetings held at OAUG and Oracle AppsWorld conferences

OAUG SysAdmin SIG Oracle Applications System Administration :  Concurrent Managers  Printer Drivers & Keyboard Mappings  Architecture  Workflow Administration  Oracle Tools and Utilities  Third-Party Tools

OAUG SysAdmin SIG System Administration :  UNIX  Linux (Former Linux SIG)  Windows (Former NT SIG)

OAUG SysAdmin SIG Services Provided :  SIG List Server  Useful Links  System Administrator Roles and Responsibilities  Oracle Enhancement Requests

Presentation – Oracle User Management (UMX)  John Heimann - Oracle

Wrap Up  Thanks to Oracle for sponsoring this and other OAUG SIGs!  Thank you for attending!  Have a great conference!