Difference between Rapid clone & Autoconfig

There is lot of difference between Autoconfig & Rapid Clone. Earlier dba’s used to use Autoconfig to clone Oracle Apps 11i Instance and still in background Rapid Clone executes Autoconfig . In order to understand what is rapid clone in oracle apps 11i check my previous post just below this one. what’s is Autoconfig ? […]

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Oracle Apps 11i Cloning part II

By reading my previous post about cloning you might have understood by now that Cloning Oracle Applications 11i E-Business Suite is method of creating replica of your source Instance. Why I need a Clone ? Your development team want to develop some custom functionality to Testing team want to test (load test/functional test) before taking […]

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Oracle Apps DBA Preparation Cloning 11i

Now I assume that you are familiar with Overview & Architecture of Oracle apps 11i Installation procedure of oracle apps 11i File System & Various TOPs in Apps 11i How to Start Stop various Services in Oracle Apps 11i ( like Apache, CM, Report, Apps Listener, Database, DB listener ) If not first please go […]

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Oracle Apps DBA preparation II

I hope you have gone through Oracle apps 11i Architecture , installation & File system. If you are reading this post without reading Part I which is at http://becomeappsdba.blogspot.com/2006/08/apps-11i-dba-preparation.html then please first go through it first then only you can appreciate this post. By Now You know Apps Architecture , Installation 11i Apps & you […]

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Apps 11i DBA preparation

As I am getting lots of request for how one should prepare for Oracle Apps 11i DBA in Technical domain including Sysadmin, I am summing up things you should learn / study in order to understand E-Business Suite 11i . The topics mentioned below, which you should read in order to become apps DBA or […]

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Apps technical 11i DBA Interview questions

First of all thanks a lot for your feedback & response, If you are facing any problem in Apps 11i , Oracle 10G Application Server ( SSO, OID, Portal) or 10G Collaboration Suite 11i (RTC, Workspace, Content) drop a mail to me at atul_iiit@yahoo.com Lot of guys asked me about apps 11i Interview questions for […]

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Clone Apps 11i Instance

Another important & useful utility under AD_TOP which you and me as apps dba perform quite often i.e. Cloning Oracle Application 11i Instance. Cloning is process of creating replica of your source apps 11i Instance ( lets say you have one apps Instance with name VISIONTST and you want to create similar instance ( including […]

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Oracle Applications 11i Health Checks

Quite often you as apps dba startup and shutdown Apps 11i Services. Sometime you apply patches as well & after patching once you start services & handover apps instance to users . Its quite annoying when users complain that this services is not running or a particular component is down. Sometime reports are not displaying […]

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Patching Commonly asked questions

Where can I find patch log files ? ( Check http://becomeappsdba.blogspot.com/2006/08/oracle-apps-patch-basics-ii.html) What are different type of patches ? http://becomeappsdba.blogspot.com/2006/08/oracle-apps-patch-basics.html How to check if a patch is applied ? Check table ad_bugs (bug_number ) or ad_applied_patches table . What two tables adpatch creates when you apply or run adpatch session ? FND_INSTALL_PROCESSES , AD_DEFERRED_JOBS Is uninstalling […]

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Troubleshooting Apps Patch

Now as Apps DBA or Sysadmin you know how to apply apps patch in oracle E-Business Suite 11i (If not read my notes below ) What if you encounter any problem while applying patches ? Where to look for any error messages ? How to control patch workers and how to restart a failed patch […]

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