(238) R12 Oracle: Install, Patch and Maintain Oracle Applications

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238 R12 Oracle: Install, Patch and Maintain Oracle Applications

238.1 Preparing for your Installation 238.1.1 Advantages of Rapid Install 238.1.2 Technology Stack Components 238.1.3 Pre-requisites required (Platform Hardware and Softwares) 238.1.4 Staging Software 238.1.5 Running Rapid Install Wizard 238.1.6 How Installation works

238.2 Performing an Installation 238.2.1 Types of Installation (Standard/Typical/Express) 238.2.2 Validation of Parameters passed 238.2.3 Restart / Troubleshooting fresh Install 238.2.4 Rapid Install progress monitoring

238.3 Finishing your Installation 238.3.1 Explain required post-installation tasks. 238.3.2 Describe the client software configuration process 238.3.3 Describe installation-specific post-installation tasks 238.3.4 Sanity Checks after successful installation

238.4 Oracle Applications Components 238.4.1 Identify and describe the high-level technology stack components that make

up the desktop, application and database tiers 238.4.2 Understand how Oracle Applications uses the various technology stack

components 238.4.3 Identify the various oracle homes used by the Oracle Applications 238.4.4 Identify and describe the role of the various Applications Technology layer

products 238.4.5 Identify the key changes in the R12 applications technology stack

238.5 Environment Files, Control Scripts and Languages 238.5.1 Describe the Oracle Applications main environment file and its key parameters 238.5.2 Identify other important environment files 238.5.3 Identify application tier server control scripts 238.5.4 Explain how languages are supported by Oracle Applications

238.6 Oracle Applications File System 238.6.1 Describe the Oracle Applications file system (both database tier and

application tier) 238.6.2 Describe the product directory structure 238.6.3 Identify the important product directories (AD, AU) 238.6.4 Describe the role of the following directories: APPL_TOP, COMMON_TOP,

INST_TOP 238.6.5 List the directories that are new with Release 12

238.7 Oracle Applications Database 238.7.1 Describe the objects and schemas that exist in the Oracle Applications

database 238.7.2 Describe the purpose of the APPS schema and Additional Schema 238.7.3 Impending Multiple Organization and Reporting Currencies

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238.7.4 Overview of Database Features 238.7.5 Database Monitoring Features 238.7.6 Database Performance Features 238.7.7 Database Scalability and Business Intelligence Features 238.7.8 How to Start and Shutdown the database server and listener.

238.8 Advanced Configuration Options 238.8.1 Understand the use of a shared application tier file system in Oracle

Applications 238.8.2 Explain the benefits of using a staged APPL_TOP 238.8.3 Identify the main load balancing options and their key features 238.8.4 Understand the major factors in efficient network design for Oracle

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238.9 R12 Use Oracle Applications AD Utilities 238.9.1 Configuration and environment files 238.9.2 Identify the AD utilities. 238.9.3 Understand the usage of command line arguments and flags. 238.9.4 Describe parallel processing. 238.9.5 Identify the location and usage of log and restart files. (adadmin.log and

adwor0xxx.log) 238.9.6 Distributed AD

238.10 AD Administration: Generate Applications Files Tasks 238.10.1 Setting up Environment 238.10.2 Generate message, form, report, graphics, and product jar files. 238.10.3 Generate files options

238.11 AD Administration: Maintain Applications Files Tasks 238.11.1 Relink Oracle Applications programs. 238.11.2 Create the main Applications environment file. 238.11.3 Identify the appropriate servers for file system administration tasks. 238.11.4 Maintain Snapshot Information

238.12 AD Administration: Maintain Database Entities Tasks 238.12.1 Using Different Options Maintain Database entities task 238.12.2 Dual Table

238.13 AD Administration: Compile/Reload Database Entities Tasks 238.13.1 Using Compile/Reload Database Entities Tasks 238.13.2 Alternative methods to compile/generate & reload objects

238.14 AD Administration: Non-interactive Operation and Maintenance Mode 238.14.1 Create a defaults file and running AD Administration in non-interactive mode. 238.14.2 Enable and Disable maintenance mode. 238.14.3 Benefits of Running AD Administration in Non-interactive Mode 238.14.4 Defaults file available menu options

238.15 Special Utilities 238.15.1 Overview of AD Controller 238.15.2 Understand the worker status 238.15.3 Troubleshoot worker processes 238.15.4 Restart and shutdown a worker 238.15.5 AD Relink Utility 238.15.6 Describe the Upgrade Process 238.15.7 Review Worker Status & It's Flow

238.16 Autoconfig 238.16.1 Describe the Applications Context

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238.16.2 Describe Autoconfig 238.16.3 Identify Scripts used by Autoconfig 238.16.4 Run Autoconfig to configure an Oracle Application System 238.16.5 Update Applications Context Parameters 238.16.6 Restore Applications Context Parameters 238.16.7 Roll Back an Autocofig Session 238.16.8 Run Autoconfig in Test Mode 238.16.9 Troubleshooting / Dependency while running Autoconfig 238.16.10 Benefits of Context Files 238.16.11 Autoconfig in OAM

238.17 License Manager 238.17.1 License Manager Utility 238.17.2 Register products 238.17.3 Register country-specific functionalities 238.17.4 Register languages 238.17.5 Identify licensed products and languages 238.17.6 License Manager Summary Report

238.18 Reporting Utilities 238.18.1 Overview of Command Line Reporting Utilities 238.18.2 AD Configuration Report 238.18.3 AD File Identification 238.18.4 AD Job Timing Report 238.18.5 Running AD Configuration

238.19 Configuration Utilities 238.19.1 Install a new off-cycle product. 238.19.2 How to use AD Splicer 238.19.3 Convert the character set of Applications files.

238.20 Patching and the AutoPatch Process 238.20.1 Overview of patches (includes the purpose, types of patches, naming

convention) 238.20.2 Describe the elements of a patch. 238.20.3 Distinguish between a patch, minipack, maintenance pack and consolidated

updates 238.20.4 Describe how a patch is created. 238.20.5 Overview of Autopatch and its features/ Options 238.20.6 Explain the steps AutoPatch goes through to apply a patch. 238.20.7 How to apply a Patch (both on single node and multi node configuration 238.20.8 Downloading a Patch

238.21 Patch Wizard 238.21.1 Describe and access Patch wizard 238.21.2 Download the Patch Information Bundle 238.21.3 Define the stage directory 238.21.4 Define patch filters 238.21.5 Submit and view Patch Wizard requests 238.21.6 Analyze Patch Wizard results 238.21.7 Perform Patch Impact analysis

238.22 Running AutoPatch 238.22.1 Perform setup tasks prior to running AutoPatch 238.22.2 Run the AutoPatch utility to apply patches 238.22.3 Understand and answer the autopatch prompts

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238.22.4 Identify the location and usage of log files 238.22.5 Perform additional tasks after running AutoPatch 238.22.6 Troubleshoot autopatch failure and restart autopatch

238.23 OAM Timing Reports 238.23.1 Describe the features of OAM Timing Reports 238.23.2 Identify the key information in the Timing Detail reports 238.23.3 Track an in-progress patch session

238.24 Other Patching Topics 238.24.1 Describe the Autopatch modes 238.24.2 Run autopatch in different modes 238.24.3 Use AutoPatch command line options 238.24.4 Apply Java Patches 238.24.5 Merge patch drivers from multiple patches.

238.25 Applied Patches Information 238.25.1 Describe the features of OAM Applied Patches Information. 238.25.2 Explain the relationship between the autopatch mode and OAM applied patch

information 238.25.3 Identify the Applied Patches reports

238.26 Cloning Oracle Applications 238.26.1 Describe situations that may require cloning. 238.26.2 Explain the prerequisites for rapid Clone at OS Level (Software) 238.26.3 Explain the prerequisites for rapid Clone at Application level 238.26.4 Prepare the Source System Database Tier for Cloning 238.26.5 Prepare the Source System Application Tier for Cloning 238.26.6 Copy the Source System to the Target System 238.26.7 Configure the Target System 238.26.8 Check for and Update Instance-Specific Settings 238.26.9 Perform the Finishing Tasks

238.27 Advanced Cloning Options 238.27.1 Refresh a cloned target system 238.27.2 Clone a single-node system to a multi-node system 238.27.3 Clone a multi-node system to a multi-node system 238.27.4 Add a node to an existing system 238.27.5 Reduce the number of nodes on a multi-node system