Oracle Applications User Group

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Oracle Applications User Group SysAdmin SIG
2006 Oracle OpenWorld Randy Giefer SysAdmin SIG
Chairperson
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Welcome

• Welcome to Oracle OpenWorld 2006!
• Welcome to the SysAdmin SIG!
• Audience survey

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Agenda

• OAUG Overview
• SIG Overview
• SIG Briefings
• News and Notables
• Items pertaining to System Administration
• Questions and Answers

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OAUG Member Benefits

• Advocacy opportunities to influence Oracle on
  product enhancements, usability, new features,
  Oracle support, pricing and quality
• Knowledge that showcases the latest trends and
  techniques used by industry leaders through our
  national and regional events and our
  publications, such as OAUG Insight magazine
• Communication with other OAUG members worldwide
  through participation in OAUG committees,
  leadership positions, interaction with Oracle
  Corporation's user initiatives, frequent member
  surveys, and Oracle management briefings
• Education through the hundreds of
  career-enhancing presentations in our conference
  paper database archive, as well as discounts to
  conferences and Oracle education
• Networking with Oracle customers, industry
  experts, third-party software firms, and other
  Oracle Applications specialists through our
  Member Database and Online Vendor Directory

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OAUG Resources

• OAUG Enhancement/Fusion Feature Request System
• OAUG Community Forum
• OAUG Skills Marketplace
• OAUG Fusion Council
• OAUG Customer Support Council
• OAUG Pricing Council
• OAUG Best Practices Forums
• OAUG Vendor Directory

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OAUG Resources (cont.)

• OAUG Vendor Directory
• OAUG Member Database
• OAUG Conference Paper Database
• FAQs
• OAUG Press Room
• Oracle Resources
• OAUG-Sponsored Listservers
• Other Listservers
• OAUG Emporium
• Other User Groups

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OAUG Road To Las Vegas

• Road To Las Vegas - Release 11i Workshops
• Dallas, TX
• Raleigh, NC
• Denver, CO
• Atlanta, GA
• Detroit, MI
• Connection Point 2007
• April 15-19, 2007
• Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

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SysAdmin SIG

• Share knowledge and experience about a variety of
  topics relating to Oracle Applications System
  Administration
• Oracle Applications System Administration
• Operating System Administration for Oracle
  Applications Installations

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Purpose Mission Statement

• The SysAdmin Special Interest Group (SIG)
  provides a forum for OAUG members and
  participants to share updates, tips and
  successful practices relating to System
  Administration in an Oracle Applications
  environment.
• The SysAdmin SIG strives to enable System
  Administrators to become more effective and
  efficient in their jobs by providing them with
  access to people and information that can their
  System Administration knowledge and experience.

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SysAdmin SIG Topic Areas

• Concurrent Managers
• SysAdmin Scripts
• Architecture
• Workflow Administration
• Printer Drivers Keyboard Mappings
• System Administrator Roles Responsibilities
• Oracle Tools and Utilities
• Third-Party Tools
• Useful Links and Webmaster
• Oracle Enhancements
• UNIX
• Linux
• System Profiles

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SysAdmin SIG and other OAUG SIGs

• Related SIGs
• DBA SIG
• Upgrade SIG
• Workflow SIG
• Middleware SIG (Formerly Apps Technology Stack
  SIG)
• Internal Control Security SIG

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Web Site Organization

• Oracle Applications System Administration
• Concurrent Managers
• Printer Drivers Keyboard Mappings
• Architecture
• Workflow Administration
• Oracle Tools and Utilities
• Third-Party Tools
• System Administration
• UNIX
• Linux
• Windows

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Web Site Organization (cont.)

• General
• SIG Mission
• SIG List Server
• Useful Links and Webmaster
• System Administrator Roles and Responsibilities
• Oracle Enhancement Requests
• SysAdmin Scripts

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SIG Briefings

• Two meetings per year
• Connection Point
• Oracle OpenWorld
• Next Meeting at OAUG Connection Point

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News and Notables

• Release 11i certification with Oracle RDBMS 10g
• Application Technology Rollups
• ATG_PF.H Rollup 3
• ATG_PF.H Rollup 4
• RUP N-1
• October Critical Patch Update (CPU)

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10g R2 RDBMS Certification

• Oracle Applications Release 11i certification
  with Oracle RDBMS 10g Release 2 (362203.1)
• Pre-Requisites
• 11.5.10 E-Business Suite Consolidated Update 2
• Developer 6i Patch set 17
• Sun Solaris mandatory patch required
• Mandatory patch required to be installed and run
  AFTER installation of the 10.2.0.2 Patch Set on
  Sun Sparc Solaris 64-bit. See Note 5117016.8

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Applications Technology Rollups

• Applications Technology Group (ATG)
• 11.5.10 Product Family (PF) H and higher
• Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H
• Series of Cumulative Rollups
• 11.5.10.2 Rollup 2
• From a Technology Perspective
• Rollup 3 11.5.10.3
• Rollup 4 11.5.10.4
• Released apx. every 6 months

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ATG_PF.H Rollup 3 Enhancements

• Profile Password Case Option
• Forces Case Sensitivity in User Passwords
• Better security, better integration with OID
• Values Sensitive, Insensitive, Mixed
• Profile ServerResponsibility Hierarchy Type
  (Allows profile values to be set for specific
  combinations of servers and responsibilities)
• Oracle User Management Configurable User Name
  Policy (Validates a specified format for user
  names e.g. e-mail address)

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ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 (RUP4)

• About Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H
  Rollup 4 MetaLink Note 365228.1 - Patch
  4676589
• Security Patch Rollup As Well
• From January 2005 Critical Patch Update
• Through July 2006 Critical Patch Update
• As well as the previous Security Alerts
• Except
• Patch 3904641 (FND)
• Patch 3417698 (BNE)
• Patch 5021981 (SSO)

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ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 Enhancements

• Oracle Alert
• Alert now leverages the Workflow Notification
  Mailer
• Oracle Workflow
• Notification Enhancements
• Monitor Responses Page
• Workflow XML Loader Enhancements
• On-Demand Item Attributes
• Oracle XML Gateway
• Dynamically Embedding of XML Fragments

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ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 Enhancements

• Oracle Applications Framework
• Attachments - Publish to Catalog
• Partial Page Rendering (PPR) - Debugging
• Personalizations - Advanced Tables
• Personalizations - Creating a Link
• Personalizations - Customizing Look-and-Feel
  (CLAF)
• Personalizations - URL Parameters Retained
• Extensions - Deploying
• Oracle Application Object Library
• Forms Personalization - New Property Type for
  Blocks

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ATG_PF.H Rollup 4 Changes

• Deleted Profile Password Case Option
• New Profile Signon Password Case
• 'Insensitive
• 'Sensitive ('Mixed' is no longer supported)

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RUP N-1

• RUP4 is a Rebaselined Codebase (363827.1)
• New Patching Methodology for the Oracle
  Applications Technology Product Family
• Baseline earliest code level for one-off
  patches
• ATG is only going to maintain current baseline
  (RUP N) and previous baseline (RUP N-1)
• Starting in July 2007
• Oracle strongly recommends RUP4 by EOY 06!

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October Critical Patch Update (CPU)

• Roadmap to the Oracle Critical Patch Update
  October 2006 documentation(391560.1)
• Critical Patch Update Advisory (391558.1)
• 101 New Security Fixes Across All Products!
• CPU Format Improvements
• New Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) to
  summarize vulnerabilities
• Each product suite contains a brief executive
  summary of the number and type of vulnerabilities
  

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CPU / Vulnerability Scoring

• New method adopted by Oracle to assess Risk using
  the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
• CVSS is an attempt to "standardize" the
  definition of a vulnerability's severity.
• http//www.first.org/cvss/cvss-guide.html
• Score defines the severity of the vulnerability
• Ranges between 0.0 and 10.0
• 10.0 represents the highest
• Terms and Definitions for Risk Matrix (394486.1)

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E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update Note
372931.1

• For the October 2006 Critical Patch Update
  (CPUOct2006), the minimum supported baseline for
  Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10.x will be
  Oracle Applications Technology 11i.ATG_PF.H RUP3
  (4334965).
• The 11.5.10 CU2 for ATG Product Family will not
  be a supported baseline for CPUOct2006.
• The minimum supported baseline for all other 11i
  releases, including 11.5.7, 11.5.8, and 11.5.9,
  will remain at the patch levels listed in Note
  363827.1

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281377 Technology Directions for Oracle
  Applications
• Monday 1100 AM -1200 PM 103 Moscone South
• S281408 Extending Oracle E-Business Suite with
  Desktop Applications, Using WebADI
• Monday 315 PM -415 PM 2005 Moscone West
• S281398 Oracle and Pella A Case Study in
  Reducing Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance
  Downtime
• Monday 445 PM -545 PM 2005 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281651 10 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for
  Oracle Fusion Applications
• Tuesday 1045 AM - 1145 AM 2010 Moscone West
• S280814 Oracle E-Business Suite Technology
  Updates
• Tuesday 1215 PM -115 PM 2009-2011 Moscone
  West
• S281383 Deep Dive Oracle E-Business Suite
  Release 12 New Technology Stack
• Tuesday 145 PM -245 PM 2008 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281400 Oracle XML Publisher Enterprise
  Reporting and Delivery Platform
• Tuesday 145 PM - 245 PM 2009-2011 Moscone
  West
• S281402 Oracle Application Framework (OAF)
  Architecture, Personalization, and Extensibility
  in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
• Tuesday 145 PM - 245 PM 2010 Moscone West
• S281393 Tuning Oracle E-Business Suite
• Tuesday 430 PM - 530 PM 2005 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281407 Oracle Application Framework
  Troubleshooting
• Tuesday 430 PM - 530 PM 2010 Moscone West
• S281396 E-Business Suite Lifecycle Management
• Wednesday 1130 AM - 1230 PM 2007 Moscone West
• S281397 Oracle E-Business Suite System
  Management Release 12 New Features
• Wednesday 230 PM - 330 PM 2008 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281386 Implementing Oracle Applications 11.5.10
  on Oracle Real Application Clusters 10g and
  Automatic Storage Management
• Wednesday 400 PM - 500 PM 2005 Moscone
• S281394 How to Secure Your Oracle E-Business
  Suite Deployment
• Wednesday 400 PM - 500 PM 2010 Moscone West
• S281403 Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
  Installation and Cloning Enhancements
• Wednesday 400 PM - 500 PM 2008 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S282213 Optimizing Oracle/Siebel Applications for
  the Sun Microsystems Chip Multithreading (CMT)
  Platform
• Wednesday 400 PM - 500 PM Salon 12 Marriott
  Hotel
• S285139 Streamlining Your Oracle Deployment with
  VMware Infrastructure
• Wednesday 400 PM - 500 PM 200 Moscone South
• S281395 Security Administration in Oracle
  E-Buisness Suite Overview of Oracle User
  Management
• Wednesday 530 PM - 630 PM 2010 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281414 Oracle Workflow Oracle E-Business Suite
  Release 12 Updates
• Thursday 800 AM -900 AM 2009 Moscone West
• S281593 Oracle XML Publisher for Oracle
  E-Business Suite, with a Customer (City of West
  Palm Beach) Case Study
• Thursday 800 AM -900 AM 2010 Moscone West
• S281399 Oracle E-Business Suite Patch Management
  A Dive into OAM/AD Features
• Thursday 930 AM -1030 AM 2008 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281412 The Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
  Process, Integration, and Eventing
• Thursday 930 AM -1030 AM 2007 Moscone West
• S281654 Partitioning and Purging Best Practices
  for Oracle E-Business Suite
• Thursday 930 AM -1030 AM 2010 Moscone West
• S282865 How to Personalize Your Oracle E-Business
  Suite Without Writing Code A Talk About Forms
  Personalization and the OA Framework
• Thursday 1230 PM -130 PM 2010 Moscone West

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SysAdmin-Related OOW Sessions

• S281409 Oracle Forms Personalization Without
  Coding
• Thursday 200 PM - 300 PM 2010 Moscone West
• S283117 Fax and E-mail from Oracle E-Business
  Suite, Using Oracle XML Publisher
• Thursday 330 PM - 430 PM 2006 Moscone West
• S283537 Concurrent Manager Queue Overlap Analysis
• Thursday 330 PM - 430 PM 3024 Moscone West

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Lunch

• Yosemite lounge area (across from Yosemite A/B/C)
  between 1045am and 1200pm to pick up lunch
  tickets

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Questions and Answers
Thank you! Randy Giefer rgiefer_at_solutionbeacon.c
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