{"id":1127,"date":"2009-03-17T13:18:48","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T17:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/17\/how-to-upgrade-oracle-application-server-10g-1013-in-r12-12iebs\/"},"modified":"2009-05-09T05:39:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T09:39:47","slug":"how-to-upgrade-oracle-application-server-10g-1013-in-r12-12iebs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineappsdba.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/17\/how-to-upgrade-oracle-application-server-10g-1013-in-r12-12iebs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade Oracle Application server 10g (10.1.3) in R12 (12i\/EBS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Points for Oracle Application Server 10.1.3 Upgrade in R12<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> There are two Oracle Homes under application tier in R12 (Total three , third one is database oracle home)
\na)<\/strong> 10.1.2 for forms & reports
\nb)<\/strong> 10.1.3 for Web (Apache) and J2EE (OC4J for oacore<\/strong>, oafm<\/strong> and forms<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Two Oracle Home (10.1.2 and 10.1.3) are under
\nR12_BASE_INSTALL_DIR\/apps\/tech_st\/<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> This document explains steps to upgrade 10.1.3 Oracle Home to latest certified patch set i.e. 10.1.3.4 with R12 (as of 12 Mar 09)<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> It is not possible\/certified to upgrade 10.1.2 Oracle Home (in R12) to 10.1.3<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.4 is NOT<\/strong> a complete software, you need to apply it on existing 10.1.3.X and available via patch 7272722<\/strong><\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> You should be on minimum 12.0.3<\/strong> (version of R12\/12i) to upgrade 10.1.3 Oracle Home. To check your apps R12 version use
\nSQL> select release_name from apps.fnd_product_groups;<\/strong><\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> During upgrade, installer will prompt for OC4JADMIN<\/strong> password. If your source oracle home version is 10.1.3.0 then password for oc4jadmin is secret<\/strong> else (for 10.1.3.1\/2\/3) password is oafm<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you don’t remember oc4jadmin password you can reset<\/strong> oc4jadmin password check here<\/a><\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> To check current Oracle Application Server Patchset version i.e. if 10.1.3.0 or 10.1.3.1 or 10.1.3.2<\/p>\n

a) Using runInstaller <\/strong>
\n–Invoke runInstaller from 1013_ORACLE_HOME\/oui\/bin
\n–Click on Installed Products.
\n–Select the 10.1.3 Oracle Home and expand the tree. You should see Oracle Application Server Patchset 10.1.3.X patch in the list.<\/p>\n

b) Using Opatch <\/strong>
\nRun the command ‘opatch lsinventory -detail<\/strong>‘
\nLook for ‘Oracle Application Server PatchSet<\/strong>‘ in the ‘Product<\/strong>‘ column.<\/p>\n

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\nMain Upgrade Steps <\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Apply Oracle E-Business Suite Patches (at-least 12.0.3, autoconfig template <\/strong>patch to support latest OAS i.e. 10.1.3.4)
\n2.<\/strong> Apply 10.1.3.4 patchset to 10.1.3 Oracle Home using runInstaller<\/strong> (10.1.3.4 is latest certified patchset as of 12 Mar 09). Ensure Oarcle Home is set to 10.1.3 (Not 10.1.2)
\n3.<\/strong> Run Autoconfig
\n4.<\/strong> Apply additional patches to 10.1.3 oracle home (using opatch<\/strong> and not <\/strong>adpatch)
\n5.<\/strong> Regenerate appsborg.zip<\/strong> and appsborg2.zip<\/strong> files using adadmin<\/strong>
\n6.<\/strong> Restart application tier services for r12 , click here for how to start\/stop services on R12<\/a><\/p>\n

For step by step OAS upgrade steps for R12 check metalink note 454811.1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nReferences<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n