Useful Metalink NOTE ID's

RDBMS and E-Business Suite Installation and Configuration
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118218.1 11i. Installing a Digital Cerificate on both the Server and Client.
252217.1 Requirements for Installing Oracle 9iR2 on RHEL3
146469.1 Installation & Configuration of Oracle Login server & Portal3i
146468.1 Installation of Oracle9i Application Server(9iAS)
152775.1 XML gateway installation
165700.1 Multiple Jserv configuration
207159.1 Documentation of 9iAS
210514.1 Express Server WebIV Note numbers
170931.1 Notes on Motif troubleshooting
177610.1 Oracle Forms in Applications FAQ
258021.1 How to monitor the progress of a materialized view refresh (MVIEW)
330250.1 Tips & Tricks To Make Apache Work With Jserv
139684.1 Oracle Applications Current Patchset Comparison Utility - patchsets.sh
236469.1 Using Distributed AD in Applications Release 11.5.
96630.1 Cash Management Overview
233428.1 Sharing the Application Tier File System in Oracle Applications 11i
243880.1 Shared APPL_TOP FAQ
330250.1 Tips & Tricks To Make Apache Work With Jserv
241370.1 Concurrent Manager Setup and Configuration Requirements in an 11i RAC Environment
209721.1 How to Change the Port Number on one Machine, When we Use Multiple Collaboration Suite Tiers
177377.1 How to change passwords in Portal (Database and lightweight user passwords)
304748.1 Internal: E-Business Suite 11i with Database FAQ
166213.1 SPFILE internals ** INTERNAL ONLY **
216208.1 Oracle9i Application Server (9iAS) with Oracle E-Business Suite Release

11i Troubleshooting
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186981.1 Oracle Application Server with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i

Physical Standby
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Note:180031.1 Creating a Data Guard physical standby
Note:214071.1 Creating a Data Guard physical standby with Data Guard Manager
Note:232649.1 Configuring gap resolution
Note:232240.1 Performing a switchover
Note:227196.1 Performing a failover
Note:187242.1 Applying Patchsets with Physical Standby in Place

Logical Standby
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Note:186150.1 Creating a logical standby
Note:214071.1 Creating a logical standby with Data Guard Manager
Note:232240.1 Performing a switchover
Note:227196.1 Performing a failover
Note:233261.1 Tuning Log Apply Services
Note:215020.1 Troubleshooting Logical Standbys
Note:210989.1 Applying Patchsets with Logical Standby in Place
Note:233519.1 Known Issues with Logical Standby

Dataguard General Information
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Note:205637.1 Configuring Transparent Application Failover with Data Guard
Note:233509.1 Data Guard Frequently Asked Questions
Note:225633.1 Using SSH with 9i Data Guard
Note:233425.1 Top Data Guard Bugs
Note:219344.1 Usage, Benefits and Limitations of Standby RedoLogs
Note:201669.1 Setup and maintenance of Data Guard Broker using DGMGRL
Note:203326.1 Data Guard 9i Log Transportation on RAC
Note:239100.1 Data Guard Protection Modes Explained

Dataguard Configuration Best Practices
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Note:240874.1 Primary Site and Network Configuration Best Practices
Note:240875.1 9i Media Recovery Best Practices


Frequently Asked Questions
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68993.1 Concurrent Managers on NT
1013526.102 Changing and Resetting Release 11 Applications Passwords
130608.1 ADPATCH BASICS
74924.1 ADI (Applications Desktop Integrator) Installation
61552.1 DIAGNOSING DATABASE HANGING ISSUES
114226.1 How to Set Up Apache and JSERV w/ Oracle XSQL, JSP, and Developer
146469.1 Installing and Configuring Oracle Login Server and Oracle Portal 3i with Oracle Applications 11i
146468.1 Installing Oracle9i Application Server 1.0.2.2.2 with Oracle Applications 11i
62463.1 Detailed Guide on How the Intelligent Agent Works
104452.1 Troubleshooting (Concurrent Manager Unix specific)
122662.1 How to change the hostname or domainname of your portal
231286.1 Configuring the Oracle Workflow 2.6 Java-based Notification Mailer with Oracle Applications 11i
230688.1 Basic ApacheJServ Troubleshooting with IsItWorking.class
204015.1 Export/Import Process for Oracle Applications Release 11i Database Instances Using Oracle8i EE
158818.1 Migrating the Workflow Mailer to the APPLMGR Account
185431.1 Troubleshooting Oracle Applications Manager OAM 2.0 for 11i
177089.1 OAM11i Standalone Mode Setup and Configuration
172174.1 WF 2.6: Oracle Workflow Notification Mailer Architecture in Release 11i
166021.1 Oracle Applications Manager 11i - Pre-requisite Patches
166115.1 Oracle Applications Manager 11i integrated with Oracle Applications 11i
165041.1 Generic Service Management Functionality
204090.1 Generic Service Management Configuration using Applications Context Files
139863.1 Configuring and Troubleshooting the Self Service Framework with Oracle Applications (latest version)
187735.1 Workflow FAQ - All Versions
166830.1 Setting up Real Application Cluster (RAC) environment on Linux - Single node
158868.1 Step by Step, Oracle 9iAS Installation Process
123243.1 Scheduling Web Reports Via Oracle Reports Server CGI
165195.1 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations with Oracle Applications 11i

RMAN and Backup & Restore
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60545.1 How to Extract Controlfiles, Datafiles, and Archived Logs from RMAN Backupsets

10gR2 Setup Installation, ASM,CRS, RAC , Troubleshooting
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471165.1 Additional steps to install 10gR2 RAC on IBM zSeries Based Linux (SLES10)
407086.1 USING CLONING IN CRS/RAC WINDOWS ENVIRONMENTS TO ADD A NODE
414163.1 10gR2 RAC Install issues on Oracle EL5 or RHEL5 or SLES10 (VIPCA Failures)
467753.1 Veritas clusterware 5.0 not recognized by Oracle due to the fact that Veritas
467176.1 RAC: Installing RDBMS Oracle Home Hangs The Oui
466975.1 Step to remove node from Cluster when the node crashes due to OS or H/w
330358.1 CRS 10g R2 Diagnostic Collection Guide
401132.1 How to install Oracle Clusterware with shared storage on block devices
392207.1 CSSD Startup fails with NSerr (12532,12560) transport:(502,0,0) during Install
333166.1 CSSD Startup Fails with NSerr (12546,12560) transport:(516,0,0) During install
330929.1 CRS Stack Fails to Start After Reboot ORA-29702 CRS-0184
463255.1 Enable trace for gsd issues on 10gR2 RAC
338924.1 CLUVFY Fails With Error: Could not find a suitable set of interfaces for VIPs
462616.1 Reconfiguring the CSS disktimeout of 10gR2 Clusterware for Proper LUN Failover
461884.1 How To Disable Fatal Mode Oprocd On HP-UX Itanium 10gR2
404474.1 Status of Certification of Oracle Clusterware with HACMP 5.3 & 5.4
329530.1 Using Redhat Global File System (GFS) as shared storage for RAC
458324.1 Increased 'Log File Sync' waits in 10gR2
341214.1 How To clean up after a Failed (or successful) Oracle Clusterware Installation
454638.1 srvctl command failed - An unexpected exception has been detected in native
276434.1 Modifying the VIP or VIP Hostname of a 10g Oracle Clusterware Node
383123.1 PRKP-1001 CRS-215 srvctl Can not Start 2nd Instance
358620.1 How To Recreate Voting And OCR Disk In 10gR1/2 RAC
200346.1 RAC: Frequently Asked Questions
220970.1 RAC: Frequently Asked Questions
269320.1 Removing a Node from a 10g RAC Cluster
430266.1 How to install 10gR2 and 9iR2 on the same node with different UDLM requirement
283684.1 How to Change Interconnect/Public Interface IP Subnet in a 10g Cluster
391790.1 Unable To Connect To Cluster Manager Ora-29701
294430.1 CSS Timeout Computation in RAC 10g (10g Release 1 and 10g Release 2)
316583.1 VIPCA FAILS COMPLAINING THAT INTERFACE IS NOT PUBLIC
416868.1 CDMP DIRECTORIES AND TRW FILES ON RAC
414177.1 Executing root.sh errors with "Failed To Upg Oracle Cluster Registry Config
390483.1 DRM - Dynamic Resource management
390880.1 OCR Corruption after Adding/Removing voting disk to a cluster when CRS stack
309542.1 How to start/stop the 10g CRS ClusterWare
396643.1 CVU HAS INCORRECT ORA_CRS_HOME VARIABLE AFTER APPLYING CRS BUNDLE II
387205.1 The 10.1.0.4 DB Cannot Start With 10.2.0.2.0 CRS And ASM
270512.1 Adding a Node to a 10g RAC Cluster
395156.1 Startup (mount) of 2nd RAC instance fails with ORA-00600 [kccsbck_first]
363777.1 How to Completely Remove a Service so that its Service_id Can Be Reused
391112.1 Database Resource Manager Spins Lmon To 100% Of Cpu
365530.1 Permissions not set correctly after 10gR2 installation
357808.1 Diagnosability for CRS / EVM / RACG
284752.1 10g RAC: Steps To Increase CSS Misscount, Reboottime and Disktimeout
332180.1 ASMCMD - ASM command line utility
371434.1 Using Openfiler iSCSI with an Oracle database
338047.1 cluvfy ERROR: Unable to retrieve database release version
183408.1 Raw Devices and Cluster Filesystems With Real Application Clusters
367564.1 Server Reboots When Rolling Upgrading CRS(10gr1 -> 10gr2)
358545.1 Root.sh is failing with CORE dumps, during CRS installation
343092.1 How to setup Linux md devices for CRS and ASM
295871.1 How to verify if CRS install is Valid
331934.1 RAC Single Instance (ASM) startup fails with ORA-27300/ORA-27301/ORA-27302
341974.1 10gR2 RAC Scheduling and Process Prioritization
341971.1 10gR2 RAC GES Statistics
341969.1 10gR2 RAC OS Best Practices
341965.1 10gR2 RAC Reference
341963.1 10gR2 RAC Best Practices
313540.1 Manually running cvu to verify stages during a CRS/RAC installation
331168.1 Oracle Clusterware consolidated logging in 10gR2
339710.1 Abnormal Program Termination When Installing 10gR2 on RHAS 4.0
339383.1 CSSD FAILURE DOES NOT REBOOT THE NODE
337937.1 Step By Step - 10gR2 RAC with ASM install on Linux(x86) - Demo
280209.1 10g RAC Performance Best Practices


CLONING
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216664.1 FAQ: Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i
230672.1 Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i with Rapid Clone
135792.1 Cloning Oracle Applications Release 11i

Discoverer
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139516.1 Discoverer 4i with Oracle Applications 11i
257798.1 Discoverer 10g (9.0.4) with Oracle Applications 11i
139516.1 Installation of Discoverer 4i

AutoConfig
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165195.1 Using AutoConfig to Manage System Configurations with Oracle Applications 11i
218089.1 Autoconfig FAQ


Real Application Clusters(RAC)
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181503.1 Real Application Clusters Whitepapers (OTN)
280209.1 10g RAC Performance Best Practices (INTERNAL ONLY)
302806.1 IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) and Oracle RAC on AIX 5L and IBM eServer pSeries
270512.1 Adding a Node to a 10g RAC Cluster
137288.1 Manual Database Creation in Oracle9i (Single Instance and RAC)
292776.1 10g RAC Lessons Learned
280216.1 10g RAC Reference (INTERNAL ONLY)
269320.1 Removing a Node from a 10g RAC Cluster
226561.1 9iRAC Tuning Best Practices (INTERNAL ONLY)
220178.1 Installing and setting up ocfs on Linux - Basic Guide
208375.1 How To Convert A Single Instance Database To RAC In A Cluster File System Configuration
255359.1 Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS) in Oracle10g
341963.1 10gR2 RAC Best Practices (INTERNAL ONLY)
273015.1 Migrating to RAC using Data Guard
329530.1 Using Redhat Global File System (GFS) as shared storage for RAC
270901.1 How to Dynamically Add a New Node to an Existing 9.2.0 RAC Cluster
203326.1 Data Guard 9i Log Transportation on RAC
169539.1 A Short Description of HA Options Available in 9i
160120.1 Oracle Real Application Clusters on Sun Cluster v3
226569.1 9iRAC Most Common Performance Problem Areas (INTERNAL ONLY)
251578.1 Step-By-Step Upgrade of Oracle Cluster File System (OCFS v1) on Linux
247135.1 How to Implement Load Balancing With RAC Configured System Using JDBC
139436.1 Understanding 9i Real Application Clusters Cache Fusion
285358.1 Creating a Logical Standby from a RAC Primary Using a Hot Backup
222288.1 9i Rel 2 RAC Running on IBM’s General Parallel File System
226567.1 9iRAC Related Init.ora Parameters (INTERNAL ONLY)
210889.1 RAC Installation with a NetApp Filer in Red Hat Linux Environment
341965.1 10gR2 RAC Reference (INTERNAL ONLY)
341969.1 10gR2 RAC OS Best Practices (INTERNAL ONLY)
226566.1 9iRAC Related Latches (INTERNAL ONLY)
220970.1 RAC: Frequently Asked Questions
268202.1 Dynamic node addition in a Linux cluster
285455.1 HOW TO MAKE AN EXCLUSIVE INSTANCE AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE CLUSTER NODES.
332257.1 Using Oracle Clusterware with Vendor Clusterware FAQ
245079.1 Steps to clone a 11i RAC environment to a non-RAC environment
235158.1 How To Enable/Disbale Archive Log Mode on Oracle9i Real Application Cluster
210022.1 How To Add A New Instance To The Existing Two Nodes RAC Database Manually
317516.1 Adding and Deleting a Cluster Node on 10gR2 / Linux
271685.1 How to Run Autoconfig for RAC Environment on Apps Tier Only
278816.1 How to Setup Parallel Concurrent Processing using Shared APPL_TOP for RAC Environment
334459.1 How to change hostname in RAC environment
250378.1 Migrating Applications 11i to use Oracle9i RAC (Real Application Clusters).
295998.1 How to solve corruptions on OCFS file system
345081.1 How to Rename a RAC Database in a 10g Real Application Clusters Environment
312051.1 How To Remove Ocfs From Linux Box.

PORTAL
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228516.1 How to copy (export/import) Portal database schemas of IAS 9.0.2 to another database
330391.1 How to copy (export/import) Portal database schemas of IAS 10.1.2 to another database


UPGRADES
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125767.1 Upgrading Devloper6i with Oracle Applications 11i
216550.1 RDBMS upgrade to 9.2.0
161779.1 Upgradation of HTTP Server
212005.1 Upgrade Oracle Applications to 11.5.8
139863.1 Self Servie Framework Upgrade
112867.1 Express Server & OFA upgrade
124606.1 Jinitiator upgrade
130091.1 JDK upgrade to 1.3
130091.1 Upgrading Oracle Applications 11i to use JDK 1.3
144069.1 Upgrading to Workflow 2.6 with Oracle Applications 11i
159657.1 Complete Upgrade Checklist for Manual Upgrades from 8.X / 9.0.1 to Oracle9i

EXPORT / IMPORT
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Note 230627.1 - 9i Export/Import Process for Oracle Applications Release 11i
Note 331221.1 - 10g Export/Import Process for Oracle Applications Release 11i
Note 362205.1 - 10g Release 2 Export/Import Process for Oracle Applications Release 11i
Note 277650.1 - How to Use Export and Import when Transferring Data Across Platforms or Acros...
Note 243304.1 - 10g: Transportable Tablespaces Across Different Platforms
Note 341733.1 - Export/Import DataPump Parameters INCLUDE and EXCLUDE - How to Load and Unload..

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Database Upgrade from 8i to 9i

Pre-Upgrade Tasks

1) Make sure that you have 9iR2 software (9.2.0 CD Dump) before starting the installation.

first need to download the software on the server. Following are the details of the software to be downloaded:

i. 9.2.0.1 for Solaris:
Disk1: Part# A99349-01
Disk2: Part# A99350-01
Disk3: Part# A99351-01
ii. 9.2.0.1 for Linux
Disk1: Part# A99339-01
Disk2: Part# A99340-01
Disk3: Part# A99341-01

2) Login to orxxxxxx user and make sure that you have minimum 4 GB free space in /xxxxxx/oracle mount point. If you do not have enough free space, you need to send the TAR to SA team for adding more space to /xxxxxx/oracle mount point.

3) Make sure that you have oraInst.loc file in the below given locations and it has 777 privileges over it. If the file is not there or it does not have 777 privileges, you need to send the TAR to SA team for creating the file or granting 777 on it.
a. On Solaris: /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc
b. On Linux: /etc/oraInst.loc

4) Look out for the oraInventory on your instance. As per EBSO standards the location of oraInventory is “/xxxxxx/oracle/product/oraInventory”. If it is not present in this location you need to search for it. Once you know the location of oraInventory and you have privileges to update oraInst.loc file, make sure that the contents of oraInst.loc is as shown below. If the file was already existing and had some other values, just update it as shown below:
inventory_loc=//oracle/product/oraInventory
inst_group=

5) Make sure that you have /igold symbolic link pointing to /xxxxxx on the file system.

Preparing the System for Upgrade

1) Declare blackout on all the Components of APPS Instance and shutdown all Middle-Tier services of the instance. Keep Database server and DB listener up.

2) Check the free space in SYSTEM tablespace and if it is less than 1 GB free, add another datafile to create free space. Similarly, make sure that you have minimum 750 MB free in RBS tablespace. One example of how to add datafile is given below.

SQL> select tablespace_name, round(sum(bytes)/1024/1024) free_space from dba_free_space where tablespace_name in (‘SYSTEM’,’RBS’) group by tablespace_name;

SQL> alter tablespace SYSTEM add datafile ‘/xxxxxx/oradata02/data02/systemxx.dbf’ size 1000m autoextend on next 25m maxsize 1800m;

3) Make sure that the value of maxextents for all Rollback Segments is Unlimited. Run the below given query to check this. The value of “32765” means the Unlimited size. If the value is less than 32765 then alter the rollbacks segment to make maxextents unlimited.

SQL> select segment_name, max_extents,status from dba_rollback_segs;
SQL> alter rollback segment rbsXX storage (maxextents unlimited);

4) Set the values of following parameters in initXXXXXX.ora file as given below.
db_domain =
aq_tm_processes = 0
job_queue_processes = 0
log_archive_start = false
_system_trig_enabled = FALSE

5) Search for any “event=” set in initXXXXXX.ora or ifilecbo.ora files. If you find any event, comment that entry. Also, you may not find some of the initialization parameters given above in initXXXXXX.ora file. In that case check the parameter in ifilecbo.ora file.

6) Alter the database to NOARCHIVELOG mode and shut it down. Also shutdown the DB listener.

$ sqlplus “/ as sysdba”
SQL> shutdown immediate
SQL> startup mount
SQL> alter database noarchivelog;
SQL> archive log list
SQL> shutdown immediate
SQL> exit
$ lsnrctl stop XXXXXX


7) Create new ORACLE_HOME and set environment for that.

a. Create new directory “920” in product directory for the new HOME
$ cd /xxxxxx/oracle/product
$ mkdir 920

b. Copy the environment file from old ORACLE_HOME (817) to new ORACLE_HOME (920)
$ cd /xxxxxx/oracle/product/920
$ cp ../817/.env .

c. Edit the environment file in new ORACLE_HOME and change all the references from “817” to “920” by performing a global replace in “vi”.
$ vi .env
:1,$ s/817/920/g

d. Edit “.profile” file and “.bash_profile” (only in Linux) and edit all the references of “817” to “920”

$ cd $HOME
$ vi .profile
:1,$ s/817/920/g
$ vi .bash_profile
:1,$ s/817/920/g

e. Log out from orxxxxxx user, login again and make sure that the following environment variables are pointing to new ORACLE_HOME i.e. “/orxxxxxx/product/920”.
$ echo $ORACLE_HOME
$ echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
$ echo $TNS_ADMIN

8) At this stage we are ready to perform our upgrade. Just review all the steps in these first 2 sections and make sure that you have followed all of them. Then proceed to next section and perform the upgrade.

Performing 920 Upgrade

1) Login to orxxxxxx user and make sure that the environment variables like ORACLE_HOME, TNS_ADMIN and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are pointing to new ORACLE_HOME of 920. Also, make sure that /igold symbolic link is pointing to /xxxxxx and oraInst.loc file has been correctly updated. All these things had been discussed in the previous sections of the document.

2) Start a Reflection X session and connect to orxxxxxx user using Fsecure SSH client. Run xclock to see if you can run GUI. If you are performing the upgrade from a remote location (from India) do not run the Installer from your own PC but use VNC Viewer to connect to a Desktop in the US and then run the upgrade from the US PC. In case of Your Place customers, the normal SSH session is enabled to run GUI Installers and there is no performance hit from any location. You can run the installer without opening any Reflection or VNC viewer.

3) Start “runInstaller” from Disk1 of 9.2.0.1 CD Set which has been downloaded earlier and choose the following options while installation:

a. File Locations:
ORACLE_HOME name: IGOLD920_HOME
ORACLE_HOME path=/igold/oracle/product/920
Do not give the actual location of 920 ORACLE_HOME (/xxxxxx/oracle/product/920) here. We are deliberately using “igold” as it helps in patching of cloned instances

b. Select a Product:
Oracle 9i Database 9.2.0.1.0

c. Type of Installation:
Enterprise Edition

d. Database Configuration
Software Only

4) Download 9.2.0.4 PatchSet (Patch# 3095277) and unzip it in a temporary directory and run below given cpio command. It will create a new Disk1 directory.
Solaris:
$ unzip 9204_solaris_release.cpio.z
$ cpio -idmv < 9204_solaris_release.cpio
Linux:
$ cpio -idmv < 9204_lnx32_release.cpio

5) Start “runInstaller” from /xxxxxx/oracle/product/oui directory to install 9.2.0.4 PatchSet files and choose the following options:

a. Files Locations:
Source Path: /Disk1/stage/products.jar
ORACLE_HOME name: IGOLD920_HOME
ORACLE_HOME path=/igold/oracle/product/920

b. Choose OUI installation and complete it. Exit the installer, do not choose continue with “Next Install”. You have to restart installer.

c. Start installer again with the same File Location values as given above and choose 9.2.0.4 PatchSet installation.

6) Relink Oracle executables to remove igold dependencies and verify that libraries being referenced after relinking are from correct ORACLE_HOME location and not from igold link.
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin
$ ./relink all
$ ldd lsnrctl
$ ldd sqlplus
$ ldd oracle

7) Copy initXXXXXX.ora and ifilecbo.ora files from old ORACLE_HOME to new 920 ORACLE_HOME. Do not change the value of any initialization parameter; this will be done in later steps.
$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/dbs
$ cp ../../817/dbs/initXXXXXX.ora .
$ cp ../../817/dbs/ifilecbo.ora .

8) Perform the DB upgrade from 8.1.7 to 9.2.0 using the manual scripts as given below. These upgrade scripts may take 4-5 hours to complete. “startup migrate” statement will throw “ORA-32004: obsolete and/or deprecated parameter(s) specified” exception. At this point of time ignore this error it will be taken care in later steps. Once the upgrade scripts complete, query “dba_registry” table to make sure that Oracle components have been upgraded.
$ sqlplus “/ as sysdba”
SQL> startup migrate
SQL> spool db_upgrade.log
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/u0801070.sql
SQL> spool off
SQL> spool dbcmp_upgrade.log
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/cmpdbmig.sql
SQL> spool off
SQL> SELECT comp_name, status, substr(version,1,10) as version from dba_registry;
COMP_NAME STATUS VERSION
Oracle9i Catalog Views VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle9i Packages and Types VALID 9.2.0.4.0
JServer JAVA Virtual Machine VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle9i Java Packages VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle XDK for Java UPGRADED 9.2.0.2.0
Oracle interMedia Text LOADED 8.1.7.4
Oracle9i Real Application Clusters INVALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle interMedia LOADED 8.1.6.0.0
Oracle Spatial LOADED 8.1.6.0.0

9) Shutdown the instance, start it up again and execute utl_recomp package to recompile invalid objects using parallel workers. This may take 3-4 hours.
a. SQL> shutdown immediate
b. SQL> startup
c. SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/utlrcmp.sql
d. SQL> exec utl_recomp.recomp_parallel(6)

10) Upgrade Oracle Text, Oracle interMedia and Orace Spatial as given in the following steps. Run “catpatch.sql” script to complete the installation of 9.2.0.4 patchset. Then query dba_registry table to verify the upgrade.
a. Upgrade Oracle Spatial
SQL> spool spatial_upgrade.log
SQL> connect / as sysdba
SQL> @?/md/admin/mdprivs.sql
SQL>connect mdsys/mdsys
SQL> @?/md/admin/c81Xu9X.sql
SQL> spool off
b. Upgrade Oracle interMedia
SQL> spool intermedia_upgrade.log
SQL> connect / as sysdba
SQL> @?/ord/im/admin/imdbma.sql
SQL> @?/ord/admin/u0801070.sql
SQL> @?/ord/im/admin/u0801070.sql
SQL> connect ordsys/ordsys
SQL> @?/ord/im/admin/imchk.sql
SQL> spool off
c. Upgrade Oracle Text
SQL> spool text_upgrade.log
SQL> connect / as sysdba
SQL> @?/ctx/admin/s0900010.sql
SQL> connect ctxsys/ctxsys
SQL> @?/ctx/admin/u0900010.sql
SQL> connect / as sysdba
SQL> @?/ctx/admin/s0902000.sql
SQL> connect ctxsys/ctxsys
SQL> @?/ctx/admin/u0902000.sql
SQL> spool off
d. Complete 9.2.0.4 Patchset
SQL> shutdown immediate
SQL> startup migrate
SQL> spool patch.log
SQL> @?/rdbms/admin/catpatch.sql
SQL> spool off
e. Compile invalids
SQL> shutdown immediate
SQL> startup
SQL> exec utl_recomp.recomp_parallel(4)
f. Verify the upgrade
SQL> SELECT comp_name, status, substr(version,1,10) as version from dba_registry;
COMP_NAME STATUS VERSION
Oracle9i Catalog Views VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle9i Packages and Types VALID 9.2.0.4.0
JServer JAVA Virtual Machine VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle9i Java Packages VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle XDK for Java VALID 9.2.0.6.0
Oracle interMedia Text VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle9i Real Application Clusters INVALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle interMedia VALID 9.2.0.4.0
Oracle Spatial VALID 9.2.0.4.0

11) Copy tnsnames.ora and listener.ora files from TNS_ADMIN directory of old ORACLE_HOME (817) to TNS_ADMIN directory of new ORACLE_HOME (920) and change references of 817 ORACLE_HOME to 920 ORACLE_HOME. Then start DB listener and make sure that “tnsping” works.

12) Update initXXXXXX.ora and ifilecbo.ora files as given below. These values have been taken from Note# 216205.1.

a. Update the following parameters in initXXXXXX.ora file:
Set the value of “aq_tm_processes” to the original value which was there before starting the upgrade
Set the value of “job_queue_processes” to the original value which was there before starting the upgrade
Set “compatible = 9.2.0”
Set “_system_trig_enabled = TRUE”
Set “log_archive_start = true”

b. Add the following new parameters in initXXXXXX.ora file:
nls_length_semantics = BYTE
pga_aggregate_target = 1000M
workarea_size_policy = AUTO

c. Comment the following parameters in initXXXXXX.ora as these are obsoleted in 9iR2 database:
DB_BLOCK_MAX_DIRTY_TARGET
sort_area_size
db_block_lru_latches
job_queue_interval
always_anti_join
always_semi_join

d. Update the following parameter in ifilecbo.ora file”
Set “optimizer_features_enable = 9.2.0”

e. Comment the following parameters in ifilecbo.ora as these are obsoleted in 9iR2 database:
_optimizer_undo_changes
_optimizer_mode_force
_complex_view_merging
_push_join_predicate
_use_column_stats_for_function
_or_expand_nvl_predicate
_push_join_union_view
_ordered_nested_loop
optimizer_percent_parallel=0
always_anti_join
always_semi_join
_new_initial_join_orders

13) Restart the database and alter it in arhivelog mode. Make sure that you do not get “ORA-32004: obsolete and/or deprecated parameter(s) specified” error while starting the database. If you get this error, check the erroring parameter name in alertXXXXXX.log file and comment that in init.ora.
$ sqlplus “/ as sysdba”
SQL> shutdown immediate
SQL> startup mount
SQL> alter database archivelog;
SQL> shutdown immediate
SQL> startup

14) Execute the post-install scripts
SQL> conn / as sysdba
SQL> @?/javavm/install/jvmsec3.sql
SQL> @?/javavm/install/jvmsec5.sql
SQL> conn apps/
SQL> @/patch/115/sql/adgrn9i.sql apps

15) Apply APPS patches required for 9iR2 database.

a. Apply FND Patch# 2838093
b. If adpatch hangs while executing “adinvset.pls” for more than 10 minutes then you may be hitting Bug# 2651057. Apply Patch# 2651057 to fix the issue.
c. Apply AD Patch# 2361208

16) Complete the upgrade and start APPS services

a. Run “Re-create grants and synonyms” from adadmin
b. Run “Compile APPS schema” from adadmin
c. Start all APPS services
d. Expire the blackout
e. Perform health checks and release the instance to the customer
f. Rename old ORACLE_HOME as 817_old
$ mv /xxxxxx/oracle/product/817 /xxxxxx/oracle/product/817_old

11.0.3 to 11.5.10.2 Upgrade

Production Cut-over Checklist
Date
10th Novembert, 2006

Environment Name:
PRD01

Prepared By:
Madan Mohan K



1.0 Pre-Upgrade Checks




· OS user for RDBMS
· Group for or11iuat
· OS user for APPLMGR
· Group for ap11iuat
· OS utilities to be in PATH
· Java version
· Perl version
· Zip version
· Unzip version
· Oracle Inventory file
· Oracle Inventory permissions
· Add to .profile for all Unix users
· Permission for $APPLCSF
· X-server installed
· Stage area is installed



or11i
dba
ap11i
oaa
ar cc make ld zip unzip perl java javac
1.4.2
5.8.7
2.3
5.32
/var/opt/oraInst.loc
777
ulimit -d 1048576
777
Xvfb installed
Yes
2.0 Pre Upg tasks on 11.0.3 instance

2.0.1. Apply the Patch 1268797
cd $FND_TOP/patch/110/sql
sqlplus / @afstatrn.sql True
2.0.2. Apply the TUMS patch 3422686
cd $AD_TOP/patch/110/sql
sqlplus apps/app @adtums.sql /u10/app/convr11/tmp
2.0.3 Set the File attachments

2.0.4 . Submit “Purge Concurrent
Requests” with a retention
period of 7 days

2.0.5. Check for rows in
ALR_ACTION_HISTORY Table
Select count(*) from apps. ALR_ACTION_HISTORY;
If No rows then Apply the Patch 451137
2.0.6. Disabled all the Custom Triggers and
Alerts

2.0.7 Disabled Database Audit trial in init.ora
file
Audit_trial= false or comment out the line.
2.0.8 Validate and Compile Apps Schema
Use adadmin Utility
2.0.9 Backup the INVALIDS in a Table
Create table BEFORE_PREUPG_INVALIDS as select * from dba_objects where status=’INVALID’;
2.0.10. Make a note of passwords for following
users
SYSADMIN
GUEST
Oracle user - APPS
Oracle user - SYSTEM







3.0 Pre Upgrade Tasks on 11i Instance




3.0.1. Run Rapid install on DB tier
./rapidwiz –servername
3.0.2. Run Rapid install on MT tier
./rapidwiz –servername
3.0.3 Apply the Forms Patch set 18

3.0.4 Install 9.2.0.7 software on DB tier (4163445)
./runInstaller
3.0.5 Install Latest Opatch 2617419 on DB Tier
Unzip *2617419*.zip in $OARCLE_HOME
3.0.6 Applied Database patch 4192148 for Import
Issue

3.0.7 Update the .profile in MT and DB Tiers .
On MT :
- /<>/applmgr/r11i<>appl/APPSORA.env
On DB
- $ORACLE_HOME/ R11i<> _ .env

3.0.8 InstallPrep.sh script as per Note 189256.1

3.0.9 Configured tnsnames.ora on MT to connect to 8.1.7 database of 11.0.3 instance

3.0.10. Login to MT tier and perform following pre
upgrade tasks
Verify custom index privileges - Done
cd $APPL_TOP/admin/preupg
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta afindxpr.sql applsys
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta afpregdi.sql

Make sure orders are in a supported status - Done
cd $ONT_TOP/patch/115/sql
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @ontexc07.sql

Review Item Validation Org settings – Done
cd $ONT_TOP/patch/115/sql
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @ontexc05.sql

Close open pick slips/picking batches or open deliveries/departures – Done
cd $WSH_TOP/patch/115/sql
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @wshbdord.sql

Validate inventory organization data – Done
cd $WSH_TOP/patch/115/sql
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @wshpre00.sql

Review cycles that may not be upgraded – Done
cd $ONT_TOP/patch/115/sql
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @ontexc08.sql

Clear open interface tables – Done
cd $APPL_TOP/admin/preupg
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @
Run above sql for each of the following scripts:
Requisitions Open Interface (pocntreq.sql)
Purchasing Documents Open Interface (pocntpoh.sql)
Receiving Open Interface (pocntrcv.sql)


Import and purge Invoice Import Interface expense reports and invoices – Done
cd $APPL_TOP/admin/preupg
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @apuinimp.sql

Diagnose problems in the data – Done
cd $AR_TOP/patch/115/sql
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @ar115chk.sql

Identify potential ORACLE schema conflicts - Done
cd $APPL_TOP/admin/preupg
sqlplus applsys/cl_11i_gbook_sta @adpuver.sql
3.0.10 Apply Family Consolidated Upgrade Patch for Financials - 3993353 with preinstall=y


3.0.11 Shutdown Mid Tier services
and Database for 11.0.3
Instance & Bkup the 11.0.3 DB



4.0. Database Upgrade using Export /
Import
Shutdown the 11.0.3 MID Tier Services

Login to 11.0.3 Database and Note the global_name
on Source Instance.
Select global_name from global_name;

Extracted following files which are used for export / import from patch 4872830
adclondb.sql – Ran this script to generate adcrdb.sql. adcrdb.sql contains create database and create tablespace which needs to be executed on 11i
sqlplus SYSTEM/SYSTEM_r11clone @adclondb.sql 9
Ran auque1.sql, which generates a script called auque2.sql. This is required since Advanced Queue settings are not propagated in Export / Import process. auque2.sql needs to be executed on Target Instance.
auexpimp.dat – Parameter file for Export and Import
Export 11.0.3 database using following par file
exp parfile=exp_parameter.dat




Userid=system/system_r11clone
file=exp_full_database_direct.dmp
compress=y
direct=y
full=y
statistics=none
buffer=104857600
log=exp_full_database.log


5.0. Import 11.0.3 database to 11i

Login to 11i Database Tier

Copy the initR11CLONE.ora from 11.0.3 instance to initR11i.ora on 11i and modify the directoey locations for controlfiles, all dump destinations, and also specify APPS_UNDO for undo tablespace

Updated Global_name for this Database to the value on 11.0.3
alter database rename global_name to 'R11CLONE.WORLD';

Create the apps user as

create user apps identified by cl_11i_gbook_sta default tablespace applsysd temporary tablespace
temp;

Setup the Enterprise Edition for Oracle 9i
These scripts create objects required by the RDBMS and other technology stack components on the database server
Login to 11i Database Tier
Created folder $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin
Copied addb920.sql, adsy920.sql, adjv920.sql, admsc920.sql, and adgrants.sql from $APPL_TOP/admin to $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin

sqlplus /nolog
connect SYSTEM/system_r11iuat
@addb920.sql -- Sets up database SYS schema

sqlplus /nolog
connect SYSTEM/system_r11iuat
@adsy920.sql -- Sets up database SYSTEM schema

sqlplus /nolog
connect SYSTEM/system_r11iuat
@adjv920.sql - Installs Java Virtual Machine



sqlplus /nolog
connect SYSTEM/system_r11iuat
@admsc920.sql FALSE CTXD TEMP $ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib/libctxx9.so

Check for output of dba_registry is as given below

col comp_name for a40
col version for a15
select comp_name, version, status FROM dba_registry;

Imported 11.0.3 database into 11i using following parameter file


Script imp_time_taken
imp parfile=imp_parameter.dat

Userid="system/system_r11iuat"
file=exp_full_database_direct1.dmp
grants=y
buffer=104857600
indexes=y
rows=y
constraints=y
full=y
log=imp_full_R11iUAT.log
ignore=y
toid_novalidate=( SYS.AQ$_AGENT, SYS.AQ$_JMS_USERPROPERTY, SYS.AQ$_JMS_USERPROPARRAY,
SYS.AQ$_JMS_MESSAGE,
SYS.AQ$_JMS_TEXT_MESSAGE, SYS.AQ$_JMS_BYTES_MESSAGE,
SYS.AQ$_JMS_STREAM_MESSAGE, SYS.AQ$_JMS_MAP_MESSAGE, SYS.AQ$_JMS_OBJECT_MESSAGE,
SYSTEM.REPCAT$_OBJECT_NULL_VECTOR, MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY)

Run preparatory scripts

sqlplus /nolog
connect SYSTEM/system_r11clone
@adgrants.sql APPLSYS -- Grants necessary privileges on selected SYS objects.

Applied database patch to create / update OWS packages
Login to 11i Database Tier 3835781
mkdir $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin/OWS
cd $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin/OWS
cp /R11isit/staging/patches/*3835781* .
@patch.sql

Installed XML Parser for PL/SQL
Login to 11i Database Tier
mkdir $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin/xmlparser
cd $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin/xmlparser
cp $COMMON_TOP/util/plxmlparser_v1_0_2.zip .
unzip plxmlparser_v1_0_2.zip - This file creates several subdirectories in the current location
cp $COMMON_TOP/util/XSU12_ver1_2_1.zip .
unzip XSU12_ver1_2_1.zip - This file creates subdirectory - OracleXSU12
cd /R11iuat/db/9.2.0/appsutil/admin/xmlparser/lib/java
loadjava -user apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta -r -v xmlparserv2.jar
loadjava -user apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta -r -v xmlplsql.jar
cd ../sql
cat load.sql sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta
cd /R11iuat/db/9.2.0/appsutil/admin/xmlparser/OracleXSU12/lib
sh oraclexmlsqlload.ksh
mkdir $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin/java
cd $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/admin/java
cp /R11iuat/oradata/R11iEXP/applmgr/r11iexpcomn/java/xmlparserv2.zip .
loadjava -user apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta -r -v xmlparserv2.zip

Re-compile Invalids
sqlplus “/ as sysdba”
@$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql
create table invalids_after_db_backup as select * from dba_objects where status = ‘INVALID’;

Set up tablespaces
Increased SYSTEM tablespace size to 9 GB before you run the scripts given below
cd $AD_TOP/patch/115/sql
sqlplus APPS/cl_11i_gbook_sta @adgncons.sql apps cl_11i_gbook_sta APPLSYS
Gathered database information
Login to 11i Mid tier
cd $APPL_TOP/admin/preupg
sqlplus apps/cl_11i_gbook_sta @adupinfo.sql

Ran preparatory script on Administration node
Login to 11i Mid tier
cd $APPL_TOP/admin
sqlplus system/system_r11clone @adsysapp2.sql system_r11clone


6.0 Auto Upgrade Tasks
Login to 11i Application Tier
o Run Autoupgrade using adaimgr


6.0.1 Post-Autoupgrade tasks
Login to 11i Database Tier
Re-compile Invalids
sqlplus “/ as sysdba”
@$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/utlrp.sql
create table invalids_after_autoupgrade as select * from dba_objects where status = ‘INVALID’;

6.0.2 Performed cold Backup of
Database







7.0 Autopatch Tasks
Login to 11i Application Tier
Applied AD.I.4 (4712852)
Applied 11.5.10.2 maintenance pack
cd $AU_TOP/patch/115/driver
adpatch options=nocopyportion,nogenerateportion

Issues faced while running Autopatch are noted in Upgrade log attached to this document below
Ran OATM to move 11.0.3 data to 11.5.10.2

8.0 Post Autopatch tasks
List of Patches to be applied are included in below file.



DBA Setup activities performed after all patches are applied is listed in the following document



9.0 Clean Up Unwanted Files/Directories

10.0. Health Check & Release the Instance for
Testing