All posts by Masroof Ahmad

Oracle Fusion Middleware : BEA WebLogic or Oracle Application Server

I was listening to podcast Check Here from Thomas Kurian (Senior Vice President, Oracle FMW) about Oracle’s Strategy on integrating/merging BEA product with Oracle Fusion Middleware.    Oracle acquired BEA this year and these two companies had many common products (Java Application Server, SOA Suite, Web Center Suite..). This podcast try to clear where is Oracle heading with […]

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Install R12 (12.0.4) on Windows : Create User >> Install Cygwin

This is next post w.r.t. installing Apps R12 on windowsand covers prereq. step (Create O.S. User, Download & Install cygwin and set environment variable).  For previous post with link to download software Click Here  Installation of VC++ and Oracle E-Business Suite R12/12i (12.0.4) will follow shortly in third and concluding part. A. Create Operating System […]

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How to Change / Reset ias_admin Password

— ias_adminis user required to use Enterprise Manager Web (aka Application Server Console – iASConsole) Site. — ias_admin passwordis set during Installation of Oracle Application Server (902, 904, 10.1.2.X) or Oracle Identity Management (Infra Tier 10.1.4.X) —ias_admin account is NOT stored in OID (Oracle Internet Directory), It is stored in XML file (JAZN-XML –  Java AuthoriZatioN)  (More on […]

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Upgrade Oracle Apps 11i to R12/12i (12.0.4) – Key Points

This post covers overview/top level steps to upgrade Oracle Applications (E-Business Suite) 11i (11.5.8,11.5.9,11.5.10) to R12/12i (12.0.4).    This post is useful to understand upgrade from Apps DBA point of view and does NOT cover any functional steps in upgrade process. For step by step Oracle R12/12i upgrade process follow R12 Upgrade Guide here   and R12 Installation […]

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Install Oracle Apps R12/12i on Windows

This post covers list of software required to install Oracle Applications R12/12i (E-Business Suite), including link to download required software (vc++, make, gnu, cygwin, Windows Server and Apps R12/12i). Steps by steps installation of Oracle Apps R12/12i on windows coming soon Operating System and required Utility 1. Windows Server 2003 (all edition) is ONLY supported version […]

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Oracle Apps DBA 11i Training starting from 26th July 2008

We are pleased to announce our new online Apps DBA training (11i & R12/12i) starting on 26th July 2008. This course in available via web conference (weekends or late evening) with hands on exercise on installation/patching/cloning. Course content for Training: Day 1 -Oracle Applications Architecture -Oracle Application File systems-Operating System Configuration-Oracle Application Installation-Oracle Application Installation […]

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1Z0-233 : Oracle Apps DBA Certification Questions

Its time to crack 11i certification (check our previous post here) and rush towards 12i Certification.        I believe basic knowledge (which script does what, which table is useful for what purpose and How to use the ad* utilities….) is enough with some hands on to clear Oracle Apps DBA Certification Track. so let’s start with […]

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Application Server Disaster Recovery Solution : AS Guard – Things You should Know

ASGuard which stands for Application Server Guardis Disaster Recovery Solution for Oracle Application Server/Fusion Middleware.   AS Guard in background uses Datagaurd for database (automatically creates standby database) and for middle tier configuration files it uses OracleAS backup and recovery tool. If you are implementing Oracle AS Guard, key points You should be aware of 1. […]

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Introduction to Zones : Solaris 10

This post covers new feature ZONESintroduced in Solaris 10,  zone is virtualized solaris operating system within Solaris. You can install multiple Solaris Operating System (Multiple Machine) with in Single Big Machine. This will help in consolidating multiple small Solaris machine into one big machine with multiple Solaris operating system each running different application. Zones: is virtualized […]

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Troubleshooting/Tuning Slow Form in Apps 11i

User reported that one form was taking too much time to save record and after sometime form was hanging (records were not saved). My initial question to user was 1) Is this happening for all forms or just one form ? 2) Is this issue happening for all users or a particular user ? and answer was, […]

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