Oracle Applications User Group

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Oracle Applications User Group Upgrade SIG
2006 Oracle OpenWorld John Stouffer Upgrade SIG
Chairperson
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Welcome

• Welcome to Oracle OpenWorld 2006!
• Welcome to the Upgrade SIG!
• Audience Survey
• Technical / Functional
• E-Business Applications
• Other Applications
• Database
• Java
• Hardware

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Agenda

• OAUG Overview
• SIG Overview
• News and Notables
• Questions and Answers
• John Stouffer, Apps DBA, Solution Beacon
• Brian Bent, Apps DBA, Oracle

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OAUG Member Benefits

• Advocacy opportunities to influence Oracle on
  product enhancements, usability, new features,
  Oracle support, pricing and quality
• Knowledge that showcases the latest trends and
  techniques used by industry leaders through our
  national and regional events and our
  publications, such as OAUG Insight magazine
• Communication with other OAUG members worldwide
  through participation in OAUG committees,
  leadership positions, interaction with Oracle
  Corporation's user initiatives, frequent member
  surveys, and Oracle management briefings
• Education through the hundreds of
  career-enhancing presentations in our conference
  paper database archive, as well as discounts to
  conferences and Oracle education
• Networking with Oracle customers, industry
  experts, third-party software firms, and other
  Oracle Applications specialists through our
  Member Database and Online Vendor Directory

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OAUG Resources

• OAUG Enhancement/Fusion Feature Request System
• OAUG Community Forum
• OAUG Skills Marketplace
• OAUG Fusion Council
• OAUG Customer Support Council
• OAUG Pricing Council
• OAUG Best Practices Forums
• OAUG Vendor Directory

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OAUG Resources (cont.)

• OAUG Vendor Directory
• OAUG Member Database
• OAUG Conference Paper Database
• FAQs
• OAUG Press Room
• Oracle Resources
• OAUG-Sponsored Listservers
• Other Listservers
• OAUG Emporium
• Other User Groups

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OAUG Road To Las Vegas

• Road To Las Vegas - Release 11i Workshops
• Dallas, TX
• Raleigh, NC
• Cincinnati, OH
• Denver, CO
• Atlanta, GA
• Detroit, MI
• Collaborate 2007
• April 15-19, 2007
• Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

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Upgrade SIG

• Share knowledge and experience about a variety of
  topics pertaining to Oracle Applications
  upgrades, migrations and desupport issues
• Provide input and recommendations to Oracle
  regarding potential desupport impact
• Work with Oracle to minimize licensing costs
  arising from upgrades or migrations

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Upgrade SIG and Other OAUG SIGs

• Related SIGs
• DBA SIG
• SYSADMIN SIG
• Workflow SIG
• Middleware SIG (Formerly Apps Technology Stack
  SIG)

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Upgrade SIG Website
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Upgrade SIG Briefings

• Two Meetings per Year
• Collaborate (Old Connection Point) Spring
• Oracle OpenWorld Fall
• Next Meeting at OAUG Collaborate 2007

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News and Notables

• Desupport Notices
• Minimum Technology Baselines
• Application Technology Rollups
• October Critical Patch Update (CPU)
• Release 11i and RDBMS 10g
• Licensing
• Release 12
• Recommendations
• OOW Sessions
• Questions and Answers

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Desupport Notices

• RDBMS 9i July 2007
• Discoverer 4i October 2006 gt Discoverer 10g
  Lite
• Release 11.0.3 February 2007
• Release 11.5.1 11.5.6 July 2006
• Release 11.5.7 May 2007
• Release 11.5.8 November 2007
• Release 11.5.9 June 2008
• Release 11.5.10.0 and 11.5.10.1 10gR2 Not
  Available
• Java 1.3.1 Late 2006

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Minimum Technology Baseline

• Mandatory Minimum Technology Patch Levels
  (363827.1)
• New Application Break/Fix and Functionality
  Requires Minimum Technology
• ATG RUP3 or RUP4 Minimums

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Applications Technology Rollups

• Applications Technology Group (ATG)
• 11.5.10 Product Family (PF) H and Higher
• Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H
• Series of Cumulative Technology Rollups to ATG
  Family Pack H
• Released Approximately Every Six Months ATG
  RUP5 May 2007
• (N-1) Approach Requires Current RUP -1 For
  Ongoing Support

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ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 (RUP4)

• About Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H
  Rollup 4 MetaLink Note 365228.1 - Patch
  4676589
• Security Patch Rollup As Well
• From January 2005 Critical Patch Update
• Through July 2006 Critical Patch Update
• As well as the previous Security Alerts
• Except
• Patch 3904641 (FND)
• Patch 3417698 (BNE)
• Patch 5021981 (SSO)

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ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 Enhancements

• Oracle Alert
• Alert now leverages the Workflow Notification
  Mailer
• Oracle Workflow
• Notification Enhancements
• Monitor Responses Page
• Workflow XML Loader Enhancements
• On-Demand Item Attributes
• Oracle XML Gateway
• Dynamically Embedding of XML Fragments

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October Critical Patch Update (CPU)

• Roadmap to the Oracle Critical Patch Update
  October 2006 Documentation (391560.1)
• Critical Patch Update Advisory (391558.1)
• 101 New Security Fixes Across All Products!
• CPU Format Improvements
• New Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to
  summarize vulnerabilities
• Each product suite contains a brief executive
  summary of the number and type of vulnerabilities
  

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CPU / Vulnerability Scoring

• New method adopted by Oracle to assess Risk using
  the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
• CVSS is an attempt to "standardize" the
  definition of a vulnerability's severity.
• http//www.first.org/cvss/cvss-guide.html
• Score defines the severity of the vulnerability
• Ranges between 0.0 and 10.0
• 10.0 represents the highest
• Terms and Definitions for Risk Matrix (394486.1)

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E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note
372931.1

• For the October 2006 Critical Patch Update
  (CPUOct2006), the minimum supported baseline for
  Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10.x will be
  Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H RUP3
  (4334965).
• The 11.5.10 CU2 for ATG Product Family will not
  be a supported baseline for CPUOct2006.
• The minimum supported baseline for all other 11i
  releases, including 11.5.7, 11.5.8, and 11.5.9,
  will remain at the patch levels listed in Note
  363827.1

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Release 11i and RDBMS 10gR2

• Oracle Applications Release 11i certification
  with Oracle RDBMS 10g Release 2 (362203.1)
• Pre-Requisites
• 11.5.10 E-Business Suite Consolidated Update 2
• Developer 6i Patch set 17
• Eligible for Lifetime Support
• Direct Upgrade to Fusion Applications

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Licensing

• Technology Component iAS Full Use Impact
• XML Publisher Component Non-Apps Full Use
  Impact
• OAS10g Additional Layer of Licensing Fusion
  Middleware

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Release 12

• Over 1200 Early Adopters
• Demos and Documents Limited Availability
• Completely New Technology
• New Forms
• New Web
• Target Release by EOY 2006
• Initial Release for Fresh Installs Only
• Upgrade Capabilities Available in Six-Eight
  Months
• Not Just an Upgrade!

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Recommendations

• Release 11.5.10.2 with Family Packs
• ATG RUP4
• October CPU
• Diagnostics 2.4, RDA 4.5
• Java 1.5
• RDBMS 10gR2
• Discoverer 10g (optional)
• Fusion Middleware OAS10g (SSO, OID, Discoverer)
  Not Native to Release 11i

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Upgrade-Related OOW Sessions

• S281377 Technology Directions for Oracle
  Applications
• Monday 1100 AM -1200 PM 103 Moscone South
• S281651 10 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for
  Oracle Fusion Applications
• Tuesday 1045 AM - 1145 AM 2010 Moscone West

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Upgrade-Related OOW Sessions

• S280814 Oracle E-Business Suite Technology
  Updates
• Tuesday 1215 PM -115 PM 2009-2011 Moscone
  West
• S281383 Deep Dive Oracle E-Business Suite
  Release 12 New Technology Stack
• Tuesday 145 PM -245 PM 2008 Moscone West

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Questions and Answers
Thank you! John Stouffer jstouffer_at_solutionbeaco
n.com www.solutionbeacon.com Real Solutions
for the Real World.â Brian Bent Brian.bent_at_oracle
.com www.oracle.com
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