Oracle EBS Upgrade to 12.2.5.1
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The document discusses upgrading an Oracle E-Business Suite to version 12.2.5. It highlights benefits such as protecting investments, enabling modern user experiences, extending value, and dramatically reducing downtime with online patching. Upgrading keeps technology up to date, allows for automated testing and centralized monitoring, and enables hybrid cloud strategies. Performance is improved 145 times faster with in-memory capabilities.
Oracle EBS Upgrade to 12.2.5.1
- 1. CUSTOMER FOCUS COMMITMENT QUALITY Click to edit Master title style CUSTOMER FOCUS COMMITMENT QUALITY Oracle EBS Upgrade to 12.2.5
- 2. Why upgrade to 12.2.5 2 Protects Investment in e-Business suite Enables Modern User experience Extends the value of e-Business Suite Dramatic downtime reduction with online patching Keeps Technology up-to date Automated Testing Centralized Monitoring Enables Hybrid Cloud Strategy In-memory enables 145 x Faster performance
- 3. R12.2.x Upgrade Value Proposition 4 Business Value New features and functionality New Modules New Requirements Smart Phone Applications Operational Efficiency Opportunity to re-engineer business processes High System Availability IT Reasons Supportability Improved Performance Reduce Maintenance cost Retire Customization New Features Better Technology Techstack Reduce maintenance downtime - adop
- 4. 12.2.5 Modern User Experience 5 Smartphone Applications Modern user experience Tablet friendly UI Reduced need of custom reporting
- 5. Improved Operational Efficiency 6 Centralized System monitoring 145 x faster performance with commodity hardware Dramatic maintenance reduction (Online Patching)
- 6. Support Schedule 7 EBS 12.1.X will be de- supported in 2016, this means in order to keep the support active, a large number of organizations have to upgrade the EBS to 12.2.X in a short amount of time
- 7. Cloud vs upgrade what’s right path ? 8
- 8. EBS 12.2.x Financials enhancements 9 ORACLE E- BUSINESS TAX ORACLE PAYMENTS ORACLE PAYABLES SUBLEDGER ACCOUNTING ORACLE ASSETS Customer Tax Information Import New Condition Set Operator for Tax Rules Payment Acknowledgem ent Import No enhancements Enhanced Multi- Reporting Currency Functionality Improved Reporting and Analysis with Supporting References Enh. Mass Additions I/F for Legacy Conversions Automated Depr. Rollback for Selected Assets
- 9. 10 EBS 12.2.x Order Management enhancements OM integration with Oracle Approvals Management (AME) Tax Calculation on Freight Charges Credit Tolerance for Honoring Manually Released Credit Checks Holds Support for Service as Promotional Goods Scheduling Enhancements Credit Card Authorization Reversal Support for Assemble-To-Order (ATO) Items in Pick-To- Order (PTO) Models and Kits Order Information Portal (OIP) Enhancements Support for Credit Hold Based on Bill To Customer Selling Services Enhancements User Defined Attributes (UDA) Support for Advanced Catch Weight Additional Business Events Order Management Productivity Enhancements
- 10. EBS 12.2.x Sales Contracts new enhancements 11 ORACLE SALES CONTRACTS • Repository Contracts Enhancements • UDA support for Deliverables • MS Word 2010 Certification ORACLE ADVANCED PRICING • Service Item Support in Promotional Modifiers • Support of Non-Continuous Price Breaks ORACLE SHIPPING • Integration to 3PLs or 3rd Party Distributed Warehouse Management System
- 11. More12.2.x new functional features 12 There are hundreds of new features in 12.2 that organizations can leverage to further automate their business processes. If any of these features is important to your business, then strongly consider a 12.2 release target. See the 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Documents (RCDs) for details of the new 12.2 features, which are as : ERP SCM ALM & Services Enhanced Labor Costing with Projects and Payroll Project Cost Breakdown Structure Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) for Public Sector: Electronic Contract File, Concurrent Modifications, and more Channel Revenue Management: Simplified HTML Flows Order Management: Selling Subscriptions Order Management / Warehouse Management: Advanced Catch Weight Warehouse Management: Mobile Personalization Manufacturing Execution System: Electronic Kanban (E-Kanban) Manufacturing Execution System: Express Transact for Serialized Manufacturing Supply Chain Management: Contingent Worker Support Project Accounting for Service Operations Service: Simplified HTML Flows Enterprise Access Management: Safety Management: Lockout – Tagout Oracle
- 12. Premier support ended in January in 2012 Extended support ended in January 2015 Longer EBS 12.1 Premier Support and Extended support timelines Premier Support will end on December 31, 2016 Extended Support will end on December 31, 2019 Premier Support ended in September 2018 Extended Support ended in September 2021 Business Suite Support Timelines for All Versions 13 12.0 12.1 12.2
- 13. EBS 12.1 vs 12.2 14 EBS 12.2 EBS 12.2.X Release 12.1 includes major architectural improvements to the Financials products to support global and shared service operations. It also includes significant enhancements to other product areas, including Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Asset Lifecycle and Service, Human Capital Management, providing increased opportunity for process improvement and automation than was available in 11i. The upgrade from 11i to 12.2 includes the Financials architecture changes, and adds some 12.2-specific technical changes. These include the move to Online Patching, the uptake of Web Logic Server, the required move to Oracle Database 11gR2, and the required switch from Oracle Single Sign-On to Oracle Access Manager.
- 14. When should you choose release 12.2: • Wish to invest time and resources in a single project to upgrade directly to 12.2 • Need high availability provided by a new feature in release 12.2 called “Online Patching” • Need to implement new Functional features and enhancements available in release 12.2 EBS 12.1 vs 12.2 Upgrade 15
- 15. • 12.2 comes with Web logic application server • New versions of Java components. Forms and report s are re-engineered • Significant changes in the middle tier stack, new skills needed • List of co-existence opportunities > SOS suite and Web services, IDM, Web center, OEM, OBIEE, Hyperion EPM, Endeca, HCM Cloud etc. • Online patching reduces downtime dramatically • Many Out of the box ADF Mobile Apps available ( iExpense, Time Entry and Field Service etc. ) • However, online patching requires 2 stacks of the applications servers and it adds complexity in the database • You will need significant more horsepower on your ( temp) storage and servers (memory) compared to 11i and 12.x • CEMLI list should be up to date • 12.2 comes with Web Logic and SOA suite. You can build your own Mobile Apps and web services • Simplified user Interface • SSO Integration is simplified in 12.2 12.2 Pros & Cons 16
- 16. • There is a direct upgrade patch from EBS release 11.5.10.2 to EBS release 12.2. Customers on EBS release 11.5.10.2 must apply minimum baseline patch requirements for Extended Support as per Metalink Note: 883202.1 before upgrading to EBS release 12.2 • There is no direct upgrade path to EBS release 12.2 from earlier EBS 11i releases. Customers must first upgrade to 11.5.10.2 and apply baseline patch requirements for Extended Support before they can upgrade to 12.2. • There is a direct upgrade path from EBS release 12.0.4 and 12.0.6 to EBS release 12.2 • Customers on earlier releases of EBS 12.0 will need to upgrade to EBS 12.0.4 or 12.0.6 level before starting EBS release 12.2 upgrade • There is a direct upgrade path from EBS 12.1 (12.1.1, 12.1.2 and 12.1.3) to EBS release 12.2 Release 12.2 upgrade paths 17
- 17. • On the database tier , the technology stack includes: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3) EBS utilizes Edition -Based Redefinition (EBR) feature to enable EBS online patching • On the application tier, the technology stack includes: Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g PS3 (11.1.1.6.0) Oracle WebLogic Server 11g PS3 Oracle WebLogic JSP compiler Oracle FMW 11g Java Required Files (JRF) libraries (except the use of ADF and MDS 11g ) Oracle WebLogic Portlet 11g PS3 Container JRockitor JDK 6.0 Apache version 2.2 Oracle 10g (10.1.2) Applications Server for Oracle EBS Forms based Applications EBS Release 12.2 Architecture 18
- 18. • Proven approach • Usage of our knowledge base and tools for accurate upgrade assessment • Couple of trial upgrades to ensure detailed activity capture • MOCK to ensure right estimates on the production downtime & planning Proven Upgrade Approach 19
- 19. Upgrade Strategy 20 Preparation (Lay down 12c and R12.2) – no downtime Apply Latest CUP + other performance patches – no downtime Online Clone database + Upgrade to 12c Upgrade R12.2 Apply TXK + AD and Upgrade to 12.2.5 Apply Post Upgrade Patch (conditionally required) Deploy Customization and external Integration Configure system to production capacity • Clone latest production to test instance • Two trials to ensure progress & detailed activity tracking • Mock iterations before prod upgrade
- 20. • Alignment of clients project roadmaps and align it with Upgrade timelines • Agreement on the test scripts for both SIT & UAT before start of the project • Segregation of issues on auxiliary systems impact with upgrade • We work closely with client team to ensure upgrade is in alignment with other auxiliary systems Alignment with Client Global Roadmap 21
- 21. Current Env • EBS – 11i.10.2 ( 11.5.10.2 ) - Single node and 6 apps nodes • RDBMS – 11.2.0.3 • OS – OEL 5.1 • Localization – Brazil, Israel and Latin America • Storage – Single Node RAC on 3-PAR SSD • Auxiliary systems – Hyperion, AppsWorx, BPEL and SOA Target Env • EBS – 12.2.4 ( Single DB node and 6 apps nodes ) • RDBMS – 11.2.0.3 • OS – OEL 6.7 • Localization – Brazil, Israel and Latin America • Storage – Single Node RAC Kamanario-K2 • Auxiliary systems – Hyperion, AppsWorx, BPEL and SOA • Duration – 9 months Our recent EBS 12.2.x Upgrades 22
- 22. Current Env • EBS – 12.1.3 ( Single Node DB and Single Apps Node ) • RDBMS – 11.2.0.3 • OS – SunSolaris 10 • Storage – Single Node Instance • Auxiliary systems – Agile, OTM and Discoverer Target Env • EBS – 12.2.5 ( Single Node DB and 3 Apps Node ) • RDBMS – 12.1.0.2 • OS – OEL 6.7 • Storage – Single Node RAC Kamanario-K2 • Auxiliary systems – Agile, GTM and OBIEE • Duration – 1 year 12.2.5 Re-implementation 23
- 23. Cloning issues with third party tools after 12c upgrade Online patching – adop issues Run and patch filesystem issue OAF/Java custom code issues Custom schema and PL/SQL code issues Auxiliary system issues due to EBR SSO integration issues Cloning issues and challenges Forms personalization issues Shared APPL top issues Custom top and custom code related challenges Issues with custom triggers due to EBR Learning experience 24
- 24. Agreement on SLAs for downtime of various environments Role matrix on approvals and issue resolution OS compatibility verification Backup & restore activities. Need to have dedicated support during planned activities and quick SLAs for any unplanned activities Need to start with PROD equivalent instance Agree on the number of environments Bound to get issues Need to involve critical account management and get buy-in Regular calls for SR issue resolution & support Learning from past experience 25
- 25. Trinamix At a Glance Development Partner US UAE India Japan Ex-Oracle Development Industry Experts Cloud User One of 3 certified SCM Cloud delivery partner globally Australia
- 26. CUSTOMER FOCUS COMMITMENT QUALITY Click to edit Master title style 27 Spy Glasses Select Customers
- 27. CUSTOMER FOCUS COMMITMENT QUALITY Click to edit Master title style Noticeable Case Studies End to end management of merger of Synaptics USA + RSP Japan (EBS Financials, Supply Chain, PLM, VCP) End to end system management for Merger of Panasonic Fabless Operations with Fujitsu Semiconductors (Under the brand – Socionext) End to end management of merger of Lattice Semiconductors with Silicon Image Inc. End to end Implementation of Oracle Applications – Financials & Supply Chain
- 28. Why Trinamix 29 We perform thorough analysis on client customization – CEMLI before upgrade We study customer master data volume and other technical information to accurately estimate the migration efforts for 12.2.x upgrade Help clients identifying things they can plan ahead of 12.2.x upgrade to reduce downtime We follow unique approach to reduce downtime in minimum iterations Help customers in identifying in-place upgrade Vs re-implementation Design client architecture for new 12.2.x tech stack Help client in moving traditional custom code based on de supported technology to new technology e.g. mod pl sql is de supported in 12.x Help client with 11.5.10.x and earlier release to latest 12.2.5 upgrade best approach Perform db and apps upgrade in same downtime Help with OS, storage and network in same EBS upgrade window Implement best practices to avoid performance issues e.g. JVM tuning and proper distribution of Web, CCM and other Apps components Help client with post go-live stabilization and cloning