3 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Upgrading to Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2

3-2 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Objectives After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the following: Describe the Upgrade Flow Upgrade Oracle Application Server Tier by Tier Know About Special Upgrade Cases Describe How to Handle HA Solutions Complete the Lab

3-3 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. What’s Better in ? The most significant improvements since are: Fewer Manual Steps –Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant More Testing Clearer Documentation

3-4 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Starting Points for Upgrade The following are valid starting points for direct upgrade to Oracle Application Server : Oracle9iAS Release 2 ( ) Oracle9iAS Release 2 (9.0.3) Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Oracle Internet Directory version 9.2

3-5 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Middle-Tier Upgrade Install a Middle-Tier –Upgrades the Wireless Schema to 9.0.4(!) Run the Upgrade Assistant –Copies the configuration from source to destination –Framework calling plug-ins Know Your Applications and Configuration –Example 1: Check opmn.xml –Example 2: JDK 1.4 –Example 3: Config files in non-standard locations

3-6 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Identity Management Upgrade One Tool: Oracle Universal Installer Three Steps: Database Upgrade Identity Management Middle Tier Upgrade SSO and OID Schema Upgrade

3-7 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Metadata Repository Upgrade Upgrade the Database –Database Files Remain in Old Oracle Home OracleAS Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant (MRUA) –Framework with Plug-ins –In-Place Upgrade APP_REGISTRY Portal

3-8 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Can I Upgrade In Any Order? Short Answer: No. New Logic On Old Data –Middle-tier before Metadata Repository Data in Compatible Databases ASAP –Get all components to the same version

3-9 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Special Cases Stand-alone Components –OC4J and Web Cache –InterConnect –Workflow –OracleBI Discoverer –PLSQL Toolkit Special configurations –SSO in OC4J_Portal –Portal Schema in Customer Database

3-10 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Upgrading HA Architectures Disaster Recovery (ASG) Middle-Tier –Rolling Upgrade Metadata Repository –RAC Database –CFC Identity Management –Cluster –Replication –Distributed

3-11 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Summary Tier by Tier and Home by Home The Tools are There Know Where You are Starting From Know Your Architecture Know Your Applications Read the Book!

3-12 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. The Lab Test the Tools: Upgrade Portal to –Feel free to add some features to or reconfigure the before upgrading it. Middle-Tier Upgrade Identity Mangement Upgrade –Will Require Database Upgrade Metadata Repository Upgrade