This blog shows how to find the versions of technology stack components. This include versions of Forms, iAS, Framework, JDK, OJSP, Database, etc. 1 A very good report to collect versions of technology stack components is described in MOS article 601736.1. Below an example of how to run this report on unix/linux Logon the Applications … [Read more...]
EBS R12.1.1 upgrade – Seen errors when applying upgrade patch driver u6678700.drv
Upgrading from E-Business Suite 11i to R12 is a major step and some errors are to be expected during applying the English American patch driver, u6678700.drv. Some of the errors, seen during several upgrades on different customer sites, are listed below. Seen errors during applying of upgrade patch driver, u6678700.drv 1 Unable to allocate … [Read more...]
Identify performance decrease due to enabled trace in an E-Business Suite R12 environment
Subledger Accounting profile option "SLA: Enable Diagnostics" Trace data generated during create accounting is stored in SLA diagnostic tables (XLA_DIAG_SOURCES og XLA_DIAG_EVENTS), when profile option "SLA: Enable Diagnostics" is set to "Y". It is important to disable this profile option after use, to avoid performance decrease. Sql below shows … [Read more...]
EC2 outage reactions showcase widespread ignorance regarding the cloud
Amazon EC2′s high-profile outage in the US East region has taught us a number of lessons. For many, the take-away has been a realization that cloud-based systems (like conventionally-hosted systems) can fail. Of course, we knew that, Amazon knew that, and serious companies who performed serious availability engineering before deploying to … [Read more...]