1. 3 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Upgrading to Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2

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. 3-3 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. What’s Better in 10.1.2? The most significant improvements since 9.0.4 are: Fewer Manual Steps –Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant More Testing Clearer Documentation

4. 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 10.1.2: Oracle9iAS Release 2 (9.0.2.3) Oracle9iAS Release 2 (9.0.3) Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) Oracle Internet Directory version 9.2

5. 3-5 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. Middle-Tier Upgrade Install a 10.1.2 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

6. 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

7. 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 9.0.2 Portal

8. 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 10.1.2 ASAP –Get all components to the same version

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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!

12. 3-12 Copyright © 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. The Lab Test the Tools: Upgrade 9.0.4 Portal to 10.1.2. –Feel free to add some features to or reconfigure the 9.0.4 before upgrading it. Middle-Tier Upgrade Identity Mangement Upgrade –Will Require Database Upgrade Metadata Repository Upgrade