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Upgrading to Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2

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Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

• Describe the Upgrade Flow

• Upgrade Oracle Application Server Tier by Tier

• Know About Special Upgrade Cases

• Describe How to Handle HA Solutions

• Complete the Lab

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What’s Better in 10.1.2?

The most significant improvements since 9.0.4 are:

• Fewer Manual Steps– Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant

• More Testing

• Clearer Documentation

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Starting Points for Upgrade

The following are valid starting points for direct upgrade to Oracle Application Server 10.1.2:

• Oracle9iAS Release 2 (9.0.2.3)

• Oracle9iAS Release 2 (9.0.3)

• Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4)

• Oracle Internet Directory version 9.2

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Middle-Tier Upgrade

• Install a 10.1.2 Middle-Tier– Upgrades the Wireless Schema to 9.0.4(!)

• Run the Upgrade Assistant– Copies the configuration from source to destination– Framework calling plug-ins

• Know Your Applications and Configuration– Example 1: Check opmn.xml– Example 2: JDK 1.4– Example 3: Config files in non-standard locations

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Identity Management Upgrade

One Tool:

• Oracle Universal Installer

Three Steps:

• Database Upgrade

• Identity Management Middle Tier Upgrade

• SSO and OID Schema Upgrade

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Metadata Repository Upgrade

• Upgrade the Database– Database Files Remain in Old Oracle Home

• OracleAS Metadata Repository Upgrade Assistant (MRUA)– Framework with Plug-ins– In-Place Upgrade

• APP_REGISTRY

• 9.0.2 Portal

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Can I Upgrade In Any Order?

• Short Answer: No.

• New Logic On Old Data– Middle-tier before Metadata Repository

• Data in Compatible Databases

• 10.1.2 ASAP– Get all components to the same version

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Special Cases

• Stand-alone Components– OC4J and Web Cache– InterConnect– Workflow– OracleBI Discoverer– PLSQL Toolkit

• Special configurations– SSO in OC4J_Portal – Portal Schema in Customer Database

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Upgrading HA Architectures

• Disaster Recovery (ASG)

• Middle-Tier– Rolling Upgrade

• Metadata Repository– RAC Database– CFC

• Identity Management– Cluster– Replication– Distributed

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Summary

• Tier by Tier and Home by Home

• The Tools are There

• Know Where You are Starting From

• Know Your Architecture

• Know Your Applications

• Read the Book!

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The Lab

• Test the Tools: Upgrade 9.0.4 Portal to 10.1.2.– Feel free to add some features to or reconfigure the

9.0.4 before upgrading it.

• Middle-Tier Upgrade

• Identity Mangement Upgrade– Will Require Database Upgrade

• Metadata Repository Upgrade