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...]
How I got access to My Oracle Support (MOS) for US$2.67
Oracle professionals know that the two main sites for information and support on running Oracle products are the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), and My Oracle Support (MOS). OTN is free for anyone, and provides discussion forums, white papers and free base-release software downloads under the Developer License. MOS requires a paid software … [Read more...]
Report from Oracle Openworld
Openworld 2010, despite the supposedly lagging economy, had record attendance again this year. No doubt this was the result of Oracle acquiring something like fourteen companies since last year, including Sun in 2009. The crowds were thick, divided about evenly between geeks in badly-fitting vendor t-shirts and slick sales-side hustlers with … [Read more...]
A Cloud over San Francisco for OpenWorld 2010
Oracle OpenWorld 2010 is just bursting with big cloud-related announcements this week. As I prepare to present on the Amazon cloud at OOW2010 on Thursday (http://bit.ly/aSKdIQ), I thought I would highlight two of the biggest cloud-related announcements of the week. Exalogic We all know about Exadata, Oracle’s hardware-based storage-optimized … [Read more...]
Blue Gecko implements Oracle E-Business Suite on EC2
Earlier this year, Blue Gecko designed and implemented an Oracle EC2 solution for Sage Manufacturing, an Oracle E-Business Suite customer. Download the white paper here, and read how Blue Gecko leveraged the flexible, cost-effective Amazon EC2 platform to improve Sage’s Oracle E-Business Suite infrastructure. Related Links: Oracle processor … [Read more...]
Oracle E-Business Suite in the Amazon Cloud
I am scheduled to present “E-Business Suite in the Amazon Cloud” on Monday, April 19 at Collaborate 2010. I’ll provide an overview of Amazon Web Services and present a few common use cases that E-Business Suite DBAs in particular might find useful. If you are an E-Business Suite customer and do NOT have a DR site or struggle … [Read more...]
Collaborate 2010 coming in less than a month
Collaborate 2010 in Las Vegas starts April 17th, and Blue Gecko has 2 speakers presenting. Jeremiah Wilton will present “High Performance Oracle 11g in the Amazon Cloud,” and I will present, “E-Business Suite in the Amazon Cloud.” More information on the papers and presentations later, but for now, if you haven’t … [Read more...]
April Seattle Apps Tech Group Networking Event
We’re going to change it up a little bit and have a networking / social event. No presentation this time – just a chance to meet up with colleagues in the area for some food, drink, and conversation. The location is TBD, but will be somewhere downtown – we’re working on securing a spot. Please send this out to anyone you … [Read more...]
E-Business Suite CPU patches now cumulative
Many Oracle Apps DBAs don’t feel pressure to apply E-Business Suite CPU until they are asked to expose an application node to the outside world; now there’s no excuse. If you’re an established EBS shop and you’ve never applied the EBS CPU patches for your Release 11i environment, there is quite a bit of work to get caught … [Read more...]
Metalink wget download script
Looking for a simpler way to download from the new Metalink? Oracle has replaced the ftp site with http downloads using wget. If you’re looking for a simple way to use wget without all of that cutting-and-pasting from the web site, you can use a simple script like this: #!/bin/bash # Program: download.sh # Description: Download Oracle … [Read more...]
Blue Gecko named Amazon Web Services partner
Blue Gecko has been officially recognized as an Amazon Web Services partner! Blue Gecko was an early adopter of the AWS platform for databases and database-backed applications. By deploying Oracle, Oracle E-Business Suite and MySQL infrastructures in the cloud, Blue Gecko leverages AWS to substantially improve customer IT flexibility and reduce … [Read more...]
6 things to do after an Oracle Apps R12 install
OK, so there are a ton of things to do right after a fresh R12 install. And before anyone says anything, I know each of my steps has multiple steps; I though 6 things made a simpler blog title, that's all. Nevertheless, below are the major tasks I think every Apps DBA should do right away before letting anyone log in. I call these out for two … [Read more...]
Use Autoconfig for common system administrator tasks
Use Autoconfig for common system administrator tasks Autoconfig is a wonderful tool that may be extended and customized to meet a variety of needs. One mundane task I don’t deal with anymore is scripting certain basic operating system scripts. For example: Rotating logs Cleaning out old trace files Init scripts … are all examples of cron … [Read more...]
Disable Flash for Oracle Metalink
If you want to improve certain aspects of Oracle's new Flash-based Metalink, you can do so by disabling Flash. In Firefox or IE you can disable Flash discretely; in Safari, you need to disable all plugins. Once Flash is disabled, log out of and back in to your browser and go to http://metalink.oracle.com. On the right, near the bottom, there … [Read more...]