Release 12

Lifecycle Management

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 Agenda
• LCM Review – R12 Updates
• Enterprise Manager and the Management Pack for
E-Business Suite
• LCM Architecture and Implementation
Considerations

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 Enhanced E-Business Suite LCM Tools

Rapid Install

Oracle Applications Manger and

Enterprise Manager Grid Control

iSetup

Applications DBA Utilities

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 Rapid Install Updates

What:
• Simplified multi-node
installation
• Shared file system
support
• Enhanced user interface

Why:
• Improved usability
• Reduced manual steps
• Aligned with maintenance best practices

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 Oracle Applications Manager Updates
What:
• Enhanced User Interface
• Application Usage Reports
• Performance Dashboard
• Security Monitoring
• Oracle Diagnostics
Administration
• Software Updates Dashboard
• Enhanced Patch Impact
Analysis
• System Alert Enhancements
• Data Scrambling for Cloning
Why:
• Improved usability
• Greater insight into application and system activity for increased
security and faster problem resolution
• Ability to better understand patch requirements and impact
• Enable cloning of production for development and testing purposes

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 Enterprise Manager and E-Business Suite

Database Deployment Application Server E-Business Suite

Apps Oracle
Application AS Applications
RDBMS DB Control Server Control Manager

Enterprise Manager:
Grid Control

Repository Oracle HTML

Management UI
Server

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 Fusion Technology Delivered Today

• Grid Control will be the hub

of Oracle Fusion Applications
LCM
– Provisioning
– Monitoring
– Administration
– Maintenance
– Upgrade
Grid
• Grid Control can be used Control
today to monitor and manage
Oracle Applications
Fusion Applications
– E-Business Suite
– PeopleSoft Enterprise
– Siebel

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 Applications Management Pack for E-Business
Suite
• Extends EM 10gR2 to
manage E-Business Suite
– Automated system
discovery
– Service Level Monitoring
– Cloning Automation
– Configuration / Patch
Level Reporting
– Topology views
– OAM integration
• Many features backward compatible with 11i
• Replaces older “Grid Control Plug-in for E-Business Suite”
• License fee based on number of E-Business Suite
production system CPUs
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 Free vs. Fee
Oracle Applications Manager
(Free)
Dashboard for local Apps system in
OAM.
Current availability and performance
metrics.
Rapid Clone command line utility.
View and edit local configuration.
View local patch history.
View topology information (text).
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Application Management Pack for
E-Business Suite (Fee)
Central dashboard for all Apps
systems in EM, with drill downs into
local OAM instances.
Current and historical availability and
performance metrics.
Central UI and automation of cloning
activities.
View and compare configurations
across instances.
Compare history across instances.
View graphical topology map.
 New R12 Tech Stack Impact on EM

• Allows use of more EM features…

– Native Application Server targets
– OC4J Monitoring

• … but not all

– End to end tracing
– AS configuration management

• Certification matrix pending completion

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 Oracle Applications LifeCycle Management
Tools

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control

Application Management Pack for E-Business Suite

Oracle Applications Manager Oracle Applications Manager

Applications Tier
Applications Tier

Rapid Install / Clone Rapid Install / Clone

Oracle iSetup Oracle iSetup

Instance 1 Instance 2
GRID

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 Grid Control / OAM
Integration Architecture
Enterprise Manager 10g
EM
Grid Control Repository
Console Oracle
Grid Control Extensions for Applications
Managing Oracle Applications Extensions

UI Drilldown

Oracle Applications Oracle

Manager Applications EM 10g
Database
Data Agent
Collection
Other and Job Oracle
Oracle AD Oracle Execution Applications
Diagnostics Utilities Applications Extensions
Technologies
Applications Tier
Oracle Applications System Components

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