Database Reference
In-Depth Information
One of the architectures for deploying e-Business Suite fully on an ODA is visualized in Figure
11-1
. This
architecture uses Oracle Real Application Clusters for the database, SCAN listeners for the database connections,
Oracle ACFS volume-mounted on virtual application servers to provide a shared application tier file system, one
virtualized application tier node on each ODA physical server, and a virtual IP for user connections to the system
assigned to one of the application tier nodes. The coming sections of the chapter will explore the details on how to
deploy e-Business Suite system into this complex, 100% ODA-based architecture.
Figure 11-1.
e-Business Suite architecture on a virtualized ODA
Configuring the ODA for e-Business Suite
The first step of configuring the ODA for e-Business Suite starts even before buying one. It's not enough to read a book
that explains how to install e-Business Suite on ODA. Your system is unique. The first step is to plan. You know the
characteristics of the system and you can tell if the HW specification of the ODA meets your requirements. Planning
ahead is crucially important with the Oracle Database Appliance, as there are configuration items that can be set at
the installation time and can't be changed later, like environment type (bare metal or virtualized platform) and ASM
disk redundancy level.
Deploying e-Business Suite on ODA
The current most up-to-date version of e-Business Suite is Release 12.2, which became generally available in
September 2013. Choose this version when starting implementation of e-Business Suite, as it introduces a number of
technical improvements compared to R12.1. These improvements include online patching and use of Weblogic server
in the technology stack of the application tier. On the opposite side, most of existing e-Business Suite R12.1 owners
