1. 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

2. 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

3. The Process or Approach Taken: CRPs

4. 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

5. A typical upgrade using the CRP method goes like this…

6. 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 …

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

8. 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…

9. Our team!

10. 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

11. 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

12. Some Technical Details

13. 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?

14. Current System: eBusiness Suite 11.5.6 PA-RISC HP-UX Servers – Single Node Installation HP Direct Attached Storage Tape Backup Target System: eBusiness Suite 11.5.10.2 HP C Class Blade Servers – Single Node Installation Network Appliance SAN/NAS Storage Disk to Disk to Tape Backup Technical Environment … Hardware

15. Current System: eBusiness Suite 11.5.6 Operating System - HP-UX version 11.0 Database – Oracle 8.1.7 CA Brightstor ARCServe Backup for Windows Target System: eBusiness Suite 11.5.10.2 VMWare 3.0.1 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

16. eBusiness Suite: IBM/HPUX/Sun  Lightening Fast Linux Metalink Note: 230627.1 Metalink Note: 230627.1 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!

17.  The Source-IBM/HP/Sun (export-from) MUST use Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7 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 11.5.10 eBusiness Suite Rapidwiz Installs … Oracle9i (9.2.0.6) The Oracle-Squeeze -- Caveat Emptor Some Technical Details … beware!

18. eBusiness Suite: IBM/HPUX/Sun  Lightening Fast Linux Pre-Requisites:Source 11i (IBM/HP/Sun) Database (Oracle8i/Oracle9i) AD MiniPack PreRequisite2291496 AD MiniPack F2141471 Applications Export/Import Consolidated Patch2826013 Materialized Views 11.5.7-Only2447246 New Improved Database Preparation Scripts2096242 Some Technical Details … MiniPacks!

19. eBusiness Suite: IBM/HPUX/Sun  Lightening Fast Linux Oracle 11.5.10 Release 2 Information Oracle 11.5.10 Release 2 Information Oracle Database Executables9.2.0.6 Oracle Database Executables9.2.0.6 Oracle RDBMS Home8.0.6 Oracle RDBMS Home8.0.6 Oracle Applications Server (Includes HTTP)1.0.2.2.2 Oracle Applications Server (Includes HTTP)1.0.2.2.2 Oracle Discoverer4.1.48 Oracle Discoverer4.1.48 Jinitiator1.3.1.21 Jinitiator1.3.1.21 Oracle Developer6i (Forms/Reports/Graphics)6.0.8.25 Oracle Developer6i (Forms/Reports/Graphics)6.0.8.25 RapidWiz (rapidwiz/RapidWizVersion)11.5.10.35 RapidWiz (rapidwiz/RapidWizVersion)11.5.10.35 Some Technical Details … TechStack version

20. Consolidated Update Patch 2MetaLink 316366.1 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

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

22. 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

23. But Wait There’s Even More: New eBusiness Suite Personalize AutoConfig Metalink 270519.1 (February 2007) Metalink 270519.1 (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

24. Wrap-up…

25. Q & A Wrap-Up

26. Thanks for your time! Wrap-Up David Channelldchannell@liggettgroup.comdchannell@liggettgroup.com Jim Sizemorejsizemore@liggettgroup.comjsizemore@liggettgroup.com Michael Barone mbarone@liggettgroup.commbarone@liggettgroup.com