Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.

2: Upgrade Sizing and Best Practices

This document contains database schema sizing information, application tier sizing information, upgrade timing, and
other best practices, all designed to make your upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 as smooth as possible.

The sizing data is based on the upgrade of a 456 GB Release 12.1.3 database to Release 12.2.

There is a change log at the end of this document.

In This Document

• Application Tier Size

• Tablespace Size
• Schema Size
• R12.2 Best Practices
• Required Post upgrade Jobs
• Sample Upgrade Timings

Database Size:

Before Upgrade DB Size (GB) After Upgrade DB Size (GB) Delta (GB) % Growth
456 481 25 5.5

The 25 GB greater database size after the upgrade reflects the additional system tablespace needed as a
prerequisite for enablement of Edition-Based Redefinition (EBR).

Environment details

Operating system: Oracle Linux Enterprise Edition Server Release 5.8

Server Memory: 34 GB
Number of CPUs: 32
Database Release: 11.2.0.3
Oracle E-Business Suite: 12.1.3

Note: The database and application tiers are on the same machine.

Database Configuration

SGA: 5 GB
Shared Pool Size: 1 GB
PGA: 3 GB
Log Buffer: 30 MB
job_queue_processes: 32

During the upgrade of the Admin Tier, batchsize was 1000 and number of workers used was 32.

Application Tier Size

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 introduces Online Patching. This requires three application tier file systems:

• fs1 (Production file system) – Used by the current users of the system.
 • fs2 (Copy of production file system) – Used by the patching tools.
• fs_ne (Non-editioned file system) – Stores files containing data that is needed across all file systems (for
example, data import and export files, report output files, and log files).
• Inst (INST_TOP) - Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Instance Home, contains all the config files, log files, SSL
certificates etc.

All three file systems serve a single database. The file system that is currently being used by the running application is
never patched: all patches are applied to the file system that is not currently in use.

Component Before Upgrade Size After Upgrade Size

ORACLE_HOME 3.6 GB 3.6 GB
APPL_TOP 28 GB Not applicable
INST_TOP 20 MB Not applicable
fs1 (APPL_TOP+ INST_TOP) Not applicable 30 GB
fs2 (APPL_TOP+ INST_TOP) Not applicable 29 GB
fs_ne Not applicable 660 KB

Tablespace Size

Tablespace size was calculated as “Total TableSpace Size – Free Space”.

Tablespace Name Before Upgrade Size (MB) After Upgrade Size Difference % Growth
SYSTEM 16489 (MB)
16819 (MB)
330 2%
CTXSYS 475 475 0 00%
OWAPUB 0 0 0 0.06%
SYNCSERVER 25 25 0 0%
DCM 178 178 0 0%
CWMLITE 0 0 0 0%
SYSAUX 1594 1662 68 4.26%
HTMLDB 311 311 0 0%
B2B_IDX 14 14 0 0%
MTR 2 2 0 0%
DSGATEWAY_TAB 5 5 0 0%
DISCO_PTM5_META 2 2 0 0%
B2B_LOB 11 11 0 0%
OLTS_DEFAULT 2 2 0 0%
OPMOR 5 5 0 0%
PORTAL 1 1 0 0%
PORTAL_DOC 0 0 0 0%
B2B_DT 61 61 0 0%
OLTS_SVRMGSTORE 2 2 0 0%
RE 7 7 0 0%
IAS_META 201 201 0 0%
WCRSYS_TS 2 2 0 0%
OCATS 2 2 0 0%
UDDISYS_TS 19 19 0 0%
PORTAL_LOG 0 0 0 0%
OLTS_ATTRSTORE 0 0 0 0%
ODM_DATA 30 30 0 0%
 APPS_TS_DISCO_OLAP 10 10 0 0%
APPS_TS_QUEUES 7201 7201 0 0%
APPS_TS_TOOLS 14 14 0 0%
APPS_TS_INTERFACE 17456 17303 -153 -0.89%
APPS_TS_SEED 34184 34317 133 0.39%
XDB 151 151 0 0%
APPS_TS_TX_IDX 98809 99286 477 0.48%
GEOR_TBS 2021 2021 0 0%
NOETIX 0 0 0 0%
APPS_TS_DISCO 766 766 0 0%
TEMP2 9192 9192 0 0%
APPS_TS_MEDIA 2536 2536 0 0%
DISCO_PTM5_CACHE 97 97 0 0%
B2B_RT 38 38 0 0.00%
APPS_TS_SUMMARY 11694 10580 -1114 -0.97%
APPS_TS_ARCHIVE 938 937 1 0.10%
APPS_TS_TX_DATA 94631 94462 -169 -0.18%
APPS_CALCLIP 4676 4676 0 0%
PORTAL_IDX 0 0 0 0%
ORABPEL 11 11 0 0%
OLTS_CT_STORE 7 7 0 0%
APPS_OMO 638 638 0 0%
TEMP1 10740 10740 0 0.00%
BAM 6 6 0 0.00%
OLTS_BATTRSTORE 0 0 0 0%
APPS_TS_NOLOGGING 94 267 173 185%
NON_APPS_TS_DATA 66 66 0 0%
Total 315414 315159 -254

Schema Size

Two new schemas have been created for Release 12.2:

1. APPS_NE: For the Non-Editioned file system
2. GHG: For the Oracle Environmental Accounting and Reporting.

Only a few of the schemas are listed below show significant change in the size after the upgrade.

Schema Name 12.1.3 Size (MB) 12.2 Size (MB) Difference % Difference
AP 4360.63 4379.5 18.88 0.43
APPLSYS 38724.44 39377.81 653.37 1.69
APPS 2395.63 1765.38 -630.3 -26.31
APPS_NE Not applicable 95.25 95.25 Not applicable
AR 90709.44 90567.63 -141.8 -0.16
BSC 457.44 285.69 -171.8 -37.55
CSC 232.75 183.5 -49.25 -21.16
CSI 5964.44 6036.94 72.5 1.22
EGO 2655.94 2690.44 34.5 1.3
INV 11482.56 11658.13 175.57 1.53
 JTF 30272.75 30340.38 67.63 0.22
MSC 5120.44 5153.94 33.5 0.65
OKC 2969.19 3037.69 68.5 2.31
PJI 936.25 969.38 33.13 3.54
SYS 19893.52 20819.65 926.13 4.66
XDO 1477.13 1626.38 149.26 10.1
XLA 3059.06 3134 74.94 2.45

Release 12.2 Upgrade Best Practices

Recommended initialization (init.ora) parameter settings for the upgrade.

• It is recommended to follow AWR pool advisories for optimizing the SGA and PGA size in the Release 12.2
upgrade.

• An upgrade involves tens of concurrent sessions. Suitable starting values are:

1. log buffer = 30 to 100 Mb
2. shared pool = 1 to 4 GB
3. pga target = 3 to 20 GB
4. buffer cache = 5-50 GB (multi-GB)

• You should ensure that SGA and PGA are allocated appropriately within the available memory of the
system. If set higher it may cause excessive paging, or even swapping.

• Set “job_queue_processes = No. of CPUs” – adobjcmp.sql (Phases: plb+90 and last+63)

This parameter is set at the beginning of the upgrade; it will be most useful in the phases mentioned
above.

• Setting parallel_max_servers to 2 x no. of CPUs will help with large index creation, statistics gathering, and
some large upg+ phase jobs.

• In order to maximize multiblock I/O sizes, you should remove "db_file_multiblock_read_count" (if
specified).

• Ensure you reset the following init.ora parameters after completion of the Release 12.2 upgrade.
o recyclebin
o parallel_max_servers
o job_queue_processes

Isolate post-upgrade concurrent programs to a separate manager queue.

The downtime portion of the upgrade involves the automatic submission of 95 distinct concurrent programs. For a list of
the programs, refer to the "Required Post-Upgrade Jobs" section of this document.

In several cases, these programs will run in multiple threads, so the total number of concurrent requests that form part
of the post-upgrade step is much higher. These programs will be picked up and executed by the concurrent manager
once the system is up, and as such their execution will be mixed with the execution of ongoing concurrent jobs in the
system.
To improve manageability of this situation, you can define a separate concurrent manager queue to process only these
programs. This can be achieved by using inclusion and exclusion rules to prevent other manager queues (such as the
standard manager) from picking up these requests, and cause this new manager queue to only process these requests.
Doing this allows you to control the number of target processes allocated to these post-upgrade concurrent programs,
including dynamically with the use of work shifts. For additional details about configuring new manager queues, target
processes, inclusion/exclusion rules, and work shifts, refer to Oracle E-Business Suite Setup Guide from the Onine
Documentation Library.

Before you shut down all services as part of the “Perform the Upgrade“ tasks mentioned in the Upgrade Guide, you
need to deactivate all Request Processing managers. This is needed so that when the services are brought up at the end
of the upgrade, the existing Request Processing Managers do not start picking up and executing requests. After the
upgrade is complete, you need to perform the following steps to create new program type and managers to run the
post-upgrade requests.

To create a new program type, and include a program in that program type:
1. Log in to Oracle E-Business Suite as SYSADMIN, and navigate to System Administrator > Concurrent : Program >
Type
Name: R12PUPT
Application: System Administration
Description: Program Type for Post Upgrade Request
2. Include programs from the above list into this new program type.
3. Navigate to System Administrator >Concurrent: Program >Define
4. Search for Program "Refresh Materialized Views"Type (choose):R12PUPT
5. Do the same for other programs in the list.

To exclude a program type from the Standard Manager:

1. Log in to Oracle E-Business Suite as SYSADMIN and navigate to System Administrator > Concurrent : Manager
>Def ine
2. Search for Standard Manager.
3. Click on Specialization Rules.
4. Go at the bottom of the list to add a new record.
5. Include/Exclude (choose): Exclude
Type(choose): Request Type
Application(choose): System Administration
Name(choose): R12PUPT
6. Do the same for all other Request Processing managers.

To create a new concurrent manager and include a program type:

1. Log in to Oracle E-Business Suite as SYSADMIN and navigate to System Administrator > Concurrent: Manager >
Define
2. Check the Enabled box.
3. Enter the following to create the new concurrent manager:
Manager: R12_Post_Upgrade
Short Name: R12PU
Application(choose): Application Object Library
Description: New manager queue for R12 post upgrade requests
Type(choose): Concurrent Manager
Cache Size: 1
Program Library Name(choose): FNDLIBR
Specialization Rules:
Include/Exclude(choose): Include
Type(choose): Request Type
 Application(choose): System Administration
Name(choose): R12PUPT
Work Shifts:
Work Shift (choose): Standard
Processes: Enter a Value, for example 4
Sleep Second: 30

After completing the above steps, activate all "Request Processing Managers" that you previously deactivated.

Note that after all these post-upgrade requests run, you should revert the exclusion/inclusion of managers and
programs to the original state, removing the new program type and new manager. This is necessary as some of the
programs in the list may need to run in the future, as part of the regular system batch processing requirements rather
than part of the upgrade.

Determine optimal number of workers for upgrade.

While monitoring CPU usage and I/O response times, you should test a range of values between 1 x No. of CPUs to 1.5 x
No. of CPUs, . The goal is to maximize the number of workers, while keeping CPU usage below 100% (ignoring occasional
spikes) and I/O response times below 10-15 milliseconds (again, ignoring occasional spikes).

Required Post-Upgrade Jobs

Below is a list of of the concurrent programs that form part of the required post-upgrade steps. These concurrent
programs are automatically submitted during the regular downtime upgrade, so no manual submission is required.
These jobs took 7 hours for the 456 GB database upgrade, using 30 target processes in the concurrent manager.

Application Concurrent Program Name User Concurrent Program Name Elapsed Total
Name Time Requests
(min.)

Advanced BENCWBMU Compensation Workbench Model 0.10 1

Benefits (BEN) Upgrade Process
Advanced EGOCPAGV User-Defined Attribute Group Views 0.57 1
Product (AGV) Compilation Program
Catalog (EGO)
Advanced MSCREFMV Refresh Materialized Views 0.70 2
Supply Chain
Planning
(MSC)
Application AZR12UPGRADE iSetup R12 Upgrade Selection Sets 0.47 3
Implementatio Column
n (AZ)
Application FNDFIXRN Fix FND role names 0.10 1
Object Library
(FND)
Application DIAGPATCHINGCP Diagnostics patching CP 12.60 9
Object Library
(FND)
Application FDFVGN Flexfield View Generator 135.10 985
Object Library
(FND)
Application AFLOBBLD Rebuild Help Search Index 16.72 1
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDIRLPP iRep Loading Post Processor 20.72 5
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDRSSTG Request Set Stage 0.87 3
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDSCMPI Compile Security 0.40 1
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDLOAD Generic Loader 13.05 5
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDIRLOAD FNDIRLOAD 24.70 5
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDRSSUB Report Set 1.00 2
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDWFAASTATCC Workflow Agent Activity Statistics 1.98 10
Object Library Concurrent Program
(FND)
Application FNDWFWITSTATCC Workflow Work Items Statistics 2.75 10
Object Library Concurrent Program
(FND)
Application FNDWFDSURV Workflow Directory Services 0.88 2
Object Library User/Role Validation
(FND)
Application FNDWFMLRSTATCC Workflow Mailer Statistics 0.70 10
Object Library Concurrent Program
(FND)
Application FNDWFNTFCU Workflow Update Notification Action 1.50 6
Object Library Comments
(FND)
Application FNDWFDSRHP Workflow Role Hierarchy 0.27 3
Object Library Propagation
(FND)
Application FDFCMPN Compile Non-Compiled Flexfields 56.33 7
Object Library
(FND)
Application FNDWFBES_CONTROL_QUEUE_CLE Workflow Control Queue Cleanup 0.02 2
Object Library ANUP
(FND)
Applications ADDRPOBS Drop obsolete products schema 51.62 204
DBA (AD)
Asia/Pacific JAINDFOBS India - Remove India Localization 0.07 3
Localizations contexts from DFFs
(JA)
Collections IEX_COLLECTORS_TO_RESOURCE IEX: AR Collectors To Resource 0.88 1
(IEX) Collectors
Contracts Core OKCARTCRTCTX Create Clause Text Index 0.18 1
(OKC)
Contracts Core OKCCHRCRCTX Create Contract Header Text Index 0.27 1
(OKC)
Human PAY_GEN_UPG Generic Upgrade Mechanism 2.03 1
Resources
(PER)
Human PER_FND_SESSIONS_CLEANUP Remove obsolete sessions from 0.53 12
Resources fnd_sessions
(PER)
Human HRTCAUNMP Unmerge contacts from TCA (TCA 3.62 1
Resources purge only)
(PER)
Human IRC_CREATE_NOTIFICATION iRecruitment Create Notification 0.07 8
Resources Preferences
(PER)
Incentive CN_R1212_CNCMAUPD CN_R1212_CNCMAUPD 1.35 48
Compensation
(CN)
Incentive CN_R1212_CNCMHUPD CN_R1212_CNCMHUPD 0.30 48
Compensation
(CN)
Incentive CN_R1212_CNSRPTXN CN_R1212_CNSRPTXN 0.35 48
Compensation
(CN)
Incentive CN_FORMULA_GEN Generate Formula Packages 7.55 3
Compensation
(CN)
Incentive CN_COLLECT_GEN Generate Collection Packages 1.90 3
Compensation
(CN)
Incentive CNUPGPMTRXWRKER Upgrade payment transactions - 0.05 10
Compensation Worker
(CN)
Incentive CNUPGPMTCLWRKER Upgrade payment commission lines - 0.05 10
Compensation Worker
(CN)
Incentive CNUPGPMTRXMGR Upgrade transactions for 0.08 1
Compensation AutoUpgrade or AutoPatch
(CN)
Incentive CNUPGPMTCOMMTRXMGR Upgrade commissions and 0.12 1
Compensation transactions for AutoUpgrade or
(CN) AutoPatch - Manager
Inventory INVIDSEP Items Data Scripts Execution 4.45 6
(INV)
Labor PSPERUPB PSP: Migrate to OAFramework Effort 0.03 1
Distribution Reporting
(PSP)
Labor PSPUPREP PSP: Post Upgrade Bad Data Report 0.82 1
Distribution
(PSP)
Learning OTARPUPG Upgrade Log Report 1.30 1
Management
(OTA)
Learning OTATZUPG Update Time Zone 0.23 1
Management
(OTA)
Lease and OKLSVPTH Service Passthrough Report 0.80 1
Finance
Management
(OKL)
Marketing AMSUPGHISTORYRECSWKR Upgrade metrics history records 1.05 64
(AMS) process - Worker
Marketing AMSUPGHISTORYRECSMGR Upgrade metrics history records 1.33 8
(AMS) process - Manager
Oracle ICXCUCDER Catalog Child Data Exceptions Report 3.93 1
iProcurement
(ICX)
Payables APWUPDST Update Expense Status Code in 0.07 1
(SQLAP) Expense Report Headers
Payables APWUPRD Upgrade Report Distribution 0.07 8
(SQLAP)
Payments IBYUPGCP iPayment FP.G Upgrade Program 0.00 2
(IBY)
Payroll (PAY) PYUSLV Payroll Worker Process 1.47 4
Purchasing POXUPMGR Purchasing Post-Upgrade Process 0.05 1
(PO)
Purchasing POXUPWKR Purchasing Post-Upgrade Sub 0.00 3
(PO) Process
Receivables HZ_THIRD_PARTY_UPDATE Third Party Data Integration Update 0.47 2
(AR)
Receivables ARHGNRW Geography Name Referencing 1.75 20
(AR) Worker
Receivables HZ_GNR_DYNMK_PKG_GEN GNR Dynamic packages Generation 0.75 6
(AR)
Receivables ARHDCH DQM Sync Import Child Program 0.23 4
(AR)
Receivables ARHSUFXS Data Fix for Party Site Use 0.07 1
(AR)
Receivables ARHDQSYN DQM Synchronization Program 0.32 1
(AR)
Receivables ARHMAILS Mailstop Migration Program 0.03 1
(AR)
Receivables ARHDQCMAL DQM Compile All Rules 17.60 3
(AR)
Receivables ARHDNBCH Create DNB Hierarchy 0.07 1
(AR)
Receivables ARHDQM DQM Staging Program 0.42 3
(AR)
Receivables ARHDQMPP DQM Parallel Sync Index Parent 0.10 1
(AR) Program
Receivables ARHDQMPC DQM Parallel Sync Index Child 0.02 4
(AR) Program
Regional JGZZVATTRXUPG EMEA VAT: Transaction Upgrade 0.95 6
Localizations
(JG)
Service OKSUHAFMGR Service Contracts Update History 0.28 1
Contracts Annualized Factor Manager
(OKS)
Service OKS_TAX_MIGRATION Service Contracts eBTax Migration 0.05 1
Contracts
(OKS)
Service OKSAQUMG Service Contracts ASO Queue 0.58 1
Contracts Migration
(OKS)
Service OKSUHAFWKR Service Contracts Update History 0.02 4
Contracts Annualized Factor Worker
(OKS)
Service OKSUBAFMGR Service Contracts Update Base 0.20 1
Contracts Annualized Factor Manager
(OKS)
Service OKS_REPROCESS_SUBREQUEST Service Contracts Subrequest for 0.02 1
Contracts Reprocessing Rule Data
(OKS)
Service OKSUBAFWKR Service Contracts Update Base 0.02 4
Contracts Annualized Factor Worker
(OKS)
Service OKSLAUNCHKWF Launch Process Workflow for 0.10 1
Contracts existing Service Contracts
(OKS)
Service OKSTAXHMGR Service Contracts Update History Tax 0.23 1
Contracts Columns Manager
(OKS)
Service OKSTAXHWKR Service Contracts Update History Tax 0.00 4
Contracts Columns Worker
(OKS)
Service REPROCESS_SYNC_RULE_DATA Service Contracts 0.23 1
Contracts Reprocess/Synchronize Rule Data
(OKS)
Service OKSTAXBMGR Service Contracts Update Base Tax 0.20 1
Contracts Columns Manager
(OKS)
Service OKSTAXBWKR Service Contracts Update Base Tax 0.00 4
Contracts Columns Worker
(OKS)
Service (CS) CSSRAUDCMAN Service: Upgrade for Audit Creation 0.03 1
Record - Manager
Service (CS) CSSRAWGEN Service: General Upgrade for Audit 0.00 3
Records - Worker
Service (CS) CSSRAUDCWKR Service: Upgrade for Audit Creation 0.02 3
Record - Worker
 Service (CS) CS_KB_SYNC_SOLUTIONS_INDEX Knowledge Management Solution 0.73 2
Index Synchronization
Service (CS) CS_KB_SYNC_STATEMENTS_INDEX Knowledge Management Statement 0.12 1
Index Synchronization
Service (CS) CSSRAMGEN Service: General Upgrade for Audit 0.03 1
Records - Manager
Service (CS) CSCHGLINENOMGR Charges: Upgrade for Line Number - 0.03 1
Manager
Service (CS) CSCHGLINENOWKR Charges: Upgrade for Line Number - 0.02 3
Worker
Service (CS) CS_SR_SYNC_TEXT_INDEX Service Request: Synchronize Text 1.08 2
Index Program
Service (CS) CS_KB_SYNC_CATEGORIES_INDEX Knowledge Management Category 0.05 1
Index Synchronization
Trade OZFEARNMV Refresh Materialized View 0.95 3
Management
(OZF)
Trade OZFMIGUTLREC Migrate Accruals for Multi Currency 0.55 9
Management Changes
(OZF)
Warehouse WMSGRULE Generate All Rules 1.05 2
Management
(WMS)
XML Publisher XDOTMGEN XML Publisher Template Re- 23.53 1
(XDO) Generator
Total 431.05 1692

Sample Upgrade Timings

Before applying the main 12.2 upgrade driver (u10124646.drv), AD patch 10117518 must be applied on both file systems
(fs1 and fs2). As a result of applying this patch, two new schemas (APPS_NE and GHG) will be created for use in Release
12.2.

The overall time taken to apply the patch was about two hours.
1. Time taken for creating the users and granting privileges to them was 20 minutes.
2. Compiling JSPs (using perl) took 1 hour 30 minutes.
3. The following database activity timing information is for the Release 12.2 AD patch (10117518), which took 5.5
minutes.

Phase Time (sec.)

first 24
con 55
seq 2
tab 22
tbm 18
pls 5
plb 19
dat 11
dfr 1
en 0
 last 89
Invoker 90
Total 336 (5.5 min.)

The following timing information is for the Release 12.2 main upgrade driver (u10124646.drv) only

Phase-wise breakdown of time for upgrade:

Phase Time (in min.)

first 0.31
con 2.75
seq 1.15
tab 4.83
tbm 16.98
os 0.03
pls 7.11
vw 3.14
plb 28.04
pda 2.75
daa 21.96
upa 0.08
pdt 2.57
dat 34.4
upg 102.2
dfr 1.06
en 8.00
last 98.04
Total 335.4 min. (5.59 hours)

The upgrade is a very I/O intensive process, moving, updating, and indexing large amounts of data. As such, I/O
subsystem performance and bandwidth are critical to minimizing the amount of downtime. During many Release 11i to
Release 12 customer upgrades, poor I/O sub-system performance was found to be one of the major sources of upgrade
performance service requests.

Therefore, during the upgrade testing process you should monitor I/O performance and correct any issues found. As a
reference, shown below are the IOPS rates and bandwidth measurements that were obtained while testing the upgrade
with the 456 GB database. The numbers were calculated based on data from AWR and OS monitoring utilities.

IOPS:
• Maximum IOPS value is 478.9.
• During upgrade, IOPS range is from 142 to 478.9. Max value is reported during large indexes creation phase.
• High IOPS value (140 to 478) is seen during UPG phases.

I/O Read bandwidth:

• Maximum I/O Read bandwidth (in MB): 10.23
• During upgrade I/O Reads ( in MB) per second range is from 1.44 to 10.23
• Max value is reported during dat and upg phase.

I/O Write bandwidth:

• Maximum I/O Write bandwidth (in MB): 3.09
 • During upgrade I/O Writes per second range is from 0.9 to 3.09 MB.
• Max value is reported during dat phase.

I/O Response Times ( in milliseconds):

• Below 20ms for the vast majority of AWR snapshot periods. Higher values were present with spikes above 50ms
during the Large indexes create phase and some upgrade phases.

Timing information for Release 12.2 Edition-Based Redefinition (EBR) enablement (Patch 13543062)

Timing reported here is only for application of the EBR enablement patch. Apart from patch application, many other
steps are performed in enabling EBR. The time these take will depend upon the customizations you have.

Refer the the following document for the steps needed to enable EBR:
• Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade Guide Release 12.0 and 12.1 to 12.2, Part No. E48839 (Section 4, Oracle E-
Business Suite Online Patching)

You need to register all your custom schemas, following the procedures in the above document.

Phase-wise breakdown of time needed for the upgrade:

Phase Time (min.)

first 57.13
con 0.46
seq 0.8
tab 0.25
tbm 35.13
pls 2.65
last 3.53
Total 100 min. (1.6 hours)

References:

• Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 Information Center (My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1581299.1)
• Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (My Oracle Support Knowledge Document
396009.1)
• Oracle E-Business Suite Recommended Performance Patches (My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 244040.1)

Change Log

Date Description
04-Nov-2013 • Initial publication.