If you followed my previous post Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2.6 on Virtual Box you will have already downloaded the 19 required zip files, and be ready to go. Ok, change directory to the location of the downloaded files, unzip and concatenate them into a single OVA file using the following: $ unzip 'V*.zip' $ cat Oracle-E-Business-Suite-12.2.6_VISION_INSTALL.ova.* >... Continue Reading →
Oracle EBS 12.2.6 on VirtualBox
Back in May, Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle VM Virtual Appliance for E-Business Suite 12.2.6 for download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. In this series of Blog posts I will detail how you can build an Oracle EBS 12.2.6 environment with VirtualBox for use on a laptop / PC. Getting Started Logon to... Continue Reading →
How to Check Oracle EBS Clone Configuration
How to check Oracle EBS Configuration An interesting question was raised during a recent discussion on Delphix 5.0 and it's new Oracle EBS Multi-Node capability. How can I check what my Oracle EBS Clone topology is? The simplest way to check your R12 Clone configuration is to use Oracle Applications Manager (OAM). OAM (Oracle Applications... Continue Reading →
Oracle E-Business Suite Clone Log Parser utility
Oracle EBS Log Parser As anyone who has ever performed an Oracle E-Business suite clone knows it can be a complex time consuming task, any error during the cloning process may result in a considerable amount of time been spent reviewing multiple clone log files in various directories on the Apps & Database tiers. To... Continue Reading →
Oracle EBS R12 and Delphix Agile Data Masking
The Business Challenge Over the past 25 years I worked for various clients in the Defence, Aerospace and Finance industries, one business challenge which I frequently come across is 'Data Masking'. During many engagements I frequently have to consider the management and use of many different security classifications and types of data, my experiences suggest that even though... Continue Reading →
Taking Oracle EBS R12 up into the Clouds with Delphix
Getting 'Cloud Ready' In my previous Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Virtualisation postings I have shown how Delphix can be used to Virtualise your EBS environment, and then how it can be used to to provision new virtual EBS environments. Part 1: Virtualising Oracle EBS R12.1 using Delphix Part 2: Creating a Virtual Oracle EBS Environment using... Continue Reading →
Creating a Virtual Oracle EBS Environment using Delphix v4.1
Oracle EBS R12.1 Virtualisation Since v4.0 Delphix has had the ability to Virtualise Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environments - (Database, Database Tech Stack & Apps Tier), in this 2nd post I will provide a detailed walkthrough on how you can use Delphix to provision a Virtualised EBS environment. For this walkthrough I have built an R12.1.1... Continue Reading →
Oracle E-Business R12.2 Single Node Vision install
Oracle EBS Single Node installation This the first of a three part of series, during this instalment I will describe the steps required to build a single node Vision R12.2.0 on VMWare Fusion. In the subsequent Post I will show how you can do the same but using the new Oracle VM templates, and finally how... Continue Reading →