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2. Oracle Fusion Applications:
On-Premises Installation
Lessons Learned – CON3928
Dennis Horton
Senior Practice Director,
North America Technology and Government Consulting

3. The following is intended to outline our general product
direction. It is intended for information purposes only,
and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or
functionality, and should not be relied upon in making
purchasing decisions. The development, release, and
timing of any features or functionality described for
Oracle s products remains at the sole discretion of
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4. Introduction
Abstract
§ Oracle Consulting, working with Oracle Product Development and its
clients, has streamlined the installation process for on-premises deployment
of Oracle Fusion Applications. This session outlines the installation process,
tasks timings, and lessons learned from multiple on-premises installations
of the latest product release. It provides details of the installation
prerequisites and lessons learned to guide you through your Oracle Fusion
Applications technology implementation process.
§ The presentation also discusses the installation prerequisites and validation
points for on-premises deployment and covers the installation timeline and
product foundation requirements of the build process.
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5. Program Agenda
§ Deployment
§ Provisioning
§ Patching & Routine Maintenance
§ Oracle’s Help
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6. Fusion Applications
Pillars
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7. Deployment options
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8. Deployment Pre-Requisites
Getting Started
§ Infrastructure
– Capacity Plan / Sizing
– Servers, Storage, Network, etc.
– OS Users, Groups, Patches, RPMs, etc
– Firewall rules, routing, NTP, etc
§ Framework
– Software Downloaded (www.edelivery.com)
– Provisioning Repository (aka Stage)
– FA Prov Framework
– FA, ID Store and Policy Store Databases
– DB Patches
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9. Single instance deployment
Repository
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10. Clustered deployment
Fusion Applications
J2EE App Server
JVM
Load
Balancer
Fusion Applications
J2EE App Server
JVM
Fusion Cluster
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Repository

11. Multi-tier Clustered deployment
Load
Balancer
Fusion Presentation Tier
Cluster
Fusion Business Tier
Cluster
Repository
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12. Functional Multi-tier deployment
Repository
Functional Cluster 1
Load
Balancer
Functional Cluster 2
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13. Architecture Lessons
– Multiple number of servers (optimal design)
§ All in one is possible but complex
§ The minimal configuration should have 3 servers: db, idm, ofa
– EDG documentation is for production with LBR and HA
§ A simplified topology can be achieved but requires architecture knowledge to
follow the documentation correctly, interpretation of the guides can lead to
delays and costly mistakes
– Validate HW prerequisites with Oracle FA sizing expert
– Plan with cloning in mind (use generic host names and URLs, do not
use local domain/storage options)
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14. Architecture Lessons
§ Monitoring tools
– Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c
– Jrocket Mission Control Client (dynamic optimization)
– Jconsol (Java monitoring, memory, locks, Mbeans)
– Admin Console (Weblogic Admin – start and stop WL, configure clusters,
services and connections, monitor apps, view logs)
§ Logging
– Set to hire levels only when needed then back to default, clean up log file often
§ Managed servers that are not used can be shutdown to conserve memory
§ May need to change JVM memory setting to allow more expansion
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15. Program Agenda
§ Deployment
§ Provisioning
§ Patching & Routine Maintenance
§ Oracle’s Help
§ Reference
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16. Fusion Applications Components
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17. What is Provisioning?
Installing Oracle Fusion Applications
§ The entire set of operations required to install, configure,
and deploy Oracle Fusion Applications
– Install - operations related to laying down all the component
needed to create an Oracle Fusion Applications environment.
– Configure - tailors components based on the applications
topology, creating managed server instances and cluster
members while updating endpoints and virtual hosts.
– Deploy – starts the managed servers and clusters and facilitates
the actual use of product offerings
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18. Fusion Applications Provisioning Breakdown
• Validate
Prerequisites
• Prepare Environment
for installation (h/w,
network, load
balancer, storage)
• Stage software
hardware
• Install Database for
Fusion and IDM
Stack
• Run RCU to create
Repository
Pre-Installation
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Fusion Install
and Provisioning
Database Set
Up
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• Installation of
Complete Security
Stack
Security Set Up
• Planning,
Collection,
Validation of Inputs
for Provisioning
• Installation of
Fusion Applications
Middle Tier.
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• Patching to current
level
• Validation of
Environment
Post Installation

19. Provisioning Wizards
Intuitive Preparation Guidance
§ Interview
– Guides the user through a series of install related questions based on their
environment and selected provisioning configuration
– Output stored in a provisioning plan (properties file) as an input to installation
§ Installation
– Performed on each server specified in the provisioning plan
– Installs, configures middleware products
– Installs, configures and deploys application components
§ De-Installation
– Uninstall software components
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20. IDM Suite Installation Wizard (OneClick)
Solutions
§ Create a Provisioning Profile
§ Execute Provisioning Wizard
§ Scale out and post
provisioning manual steps
§ One-click scripts are
supported in Rel 5 (Linux
Only)
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21. Fusion Applications Provisioning
Solutions
§ Create Applications
Transactional Database
§ Create the Provisioning Plan
§ Execute Provisioning Wizard
§ Scale out and post
provisioning manual steps
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22. Keep A Log of Everything
Solutions
§ Track all issues and
provisioning errors
§ Log all parameters and inputs
§ Document all changes to
default values
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23. Track Your Time
Practice your installation
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24. Track Your Issues
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25. Track Your Patches
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26. Program Agenda
§ Deployment
§ Provisioning
§ Patching & Routine Maintenance
§ Oracle’s Help
§ Reference
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27. Fusion Applications Patch Framework Tools
§ FA Patch Manager – tool for applying standard and one-off patches
– Provides the following functionalities
§ Roll back patches (only when a patch does not contain db content)
§ Merge patches (at the customer site)
§ Inspect patch inventory (via reports) and verify patch application
§ Analyze whether patch can be applied
– Does not support complex changes like new ears, wiring changes, etc.
§ OUI installer – tool for applying PS/RUP
– Supports the provisioning of complex changes like new ears, wiring changes, etc.
§ HomeChecker – tools for correctness of any Fusion Apps Oracle Home
– Verify that the duplicated ADF libraries within Fusion Applications are in sync
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28. Customer Patching Experience
§ My Oracle Support (MOS)
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29. Fusion Applications Patch Types
§ Patch
– Standard patch
§ Fixes multiple bugs
§ Artifact level cumulative patches delivered to solve specific customer issues
– One-off patch (aka Fusion Applications One-off Patch)
§ Fixes specific issue; mostly single bug
§ P1 bugs that need fixes specific to a customer that need to be lower risk than
Standard patches
§ Download of patch is password protected
§ Patch-Bundles (PB) formerly know as patchset – Product Family wide
software maintenance update
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30. Fusion Applications Patch Types
§ Relationship
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31. Routine Maintenance Intervals
Monthly Intervals
Special Intervals
§ Release note updates
§ Backup copy of inventory for every patch or
upgrade
§ OID tuning and sizing wizard
§ Check expiring OID service acct passwords
§ Monitor Security Components via FMW
Control/EM
§ Maintain a list of every patch that you have
applied, and run opatch-lsinventory on the
home
§ Check expiring account password – monthly
§ Backup OVD configuration data – when
changed
§ Check for expiring certificates
§ Export OID data using ldifwrite – weekly
§ Delete old log files – weekly
§ Check disk space on each Oracle_Home –
Weekly
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32. Lessons Learned
Provisioning
Architecture
plan your architecture carefully
validate all pre-requisites before start
provisioning
Installation
Install with Cloning in mind (use generic
host names and URLs, do not use local
domain/storage options)
Install using new Provisioning Wizard for
IDM saves a lot of time and prevents
mistakes
Keep track of everything you do
(installation tasks/timing, issues and
Patches)
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Patching
Patching
Proactively patch up to the latest product
Bundle Patch for each Product Family
Provisioned
Oracle’s Help
Leverage OCS expertise to get the
installation quicker and with less headaches
Participate on OU Training to reduce the
learning curve
Keep your documentation library updated
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33. Program Agenda
§ Deployment
§ Provisioning
§ Patching & Routine Maintenance
§ Oracle’s Help
§ Reference
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34. We Can Help
§ Oracle Consulting can help you achieve rapid ROI and
lower barriers to introduction with:
– Reference Architecture Modeling
– Oracle Fusion Applications On Premise Start-Up and
Provisioning Services
– Oracle Fusion Applications Expert Services
– Oracle Pillar Rapid Starts
– Expertise and best practices to deploy Fusion Applications
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35. How We Help
People
Certified Architects,
Experienced Advisors
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Process
Practical Approach,
Proven Methodology
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Portfolio
Best Practices,
Proven Artifacts

36. Oracle Consulting Offerings
•
Gets
you
up
and
running
quickly
RapidStarts
Advisory &
Expert Service
On Premise
Start-Up COE
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•
RapidStart
delivers
a
func9oning
development
system
in
a
fast
and
cost
effec9ve
manner
•
Advisory
&
Expert
Service
packs
provide
Fusion-­‐specific
skills
for
• Clients,
• Partners
• Integrators
•
On-­‐Premise
Start-­‐Up
Center
of
Excellence
provides
Expert
Services
to
assess
architecture
readiness,
install,
and
provision
Oracle
Fusion
Applica9ons
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37. Program Agenda
§ Deployment
§ Provisioning
§ Patching & Routine Maintenance
§ Oracle’s Help
§ Reference
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38. Where to Start - References
DBA Skills Uplift
§ Oracle Fusion Applications Recommend Training:
–
–
Oracle Weblogic server learning path:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getlppage?page_id=212&path=OWLA
–
Oracle SOA suite learning path:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getlppage?page_id=212&path=OSOA
–
Identity Management learning path:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getlppage?page_id=212&path=FMIM
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Oracle Data Integration: ODI Training – ODI used for data conversion scripts, batch interfaces in Fusion
Apps: http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getCourseDesc?dc=D64974GC10
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Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator learning path:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getlppage?page_id=212&path=OFMA
Oracle ADF Learning Path: ADF used for UIs in Fusion Apps.
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getlppage?page_id=212&path=FMDV
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39. Where to Start - References
Awareness Level & Recommend Training
§ Oracle Fusion Applications Documentation Library:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/fusion-apps-doc-1508435.html
– Fusion Applications Administrator and Implementer Roadmap
– Fusion Applications Concepts Guide
– Fusion Middleware Enterprise Deployment Guide (OFA Edition)
– Fusion Applications CRM Enterprise Deployment Guide
– Fusion Applications Installation Guide
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40. Release Specific Libraries
§ http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/fusion-apps-doc-1508435.html
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41. Release 7 Documentation
Newly-available documents
§ Oracle Support Document 1582125.1 (Oracle Fusion Applications Release Notes, 11g Release 7 (11.1.7)) can be
found at: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1582125.1
§ Oracle Support Document 1582373.1 (Oracle Fusion Applications NLS Release Notes, 11g Release 7 (11.1.7))
can be found at: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1582373.1
§ Documentation Library http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/fusion-apps-doc-1508435.html (all
releases)
§ Oracle Support Document 1559828.1 (Oracle Fusion Applications Release 7 Release Content Document: BPM)
can be found at: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1559828.1
§ Data Model diagrams are now also available in OER https://fusionappsoer.oracle.com/oer/
§ Licensing information http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/licensing-1612440.html (all releases)
§ Security Reference manuals http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36909_01/security.htm
§ Product Feature tool (to find out what is new in a release or compare releases)
https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=24153:99:108017233415572:TAB:NO:::&tz=1:00
§ Everything available from Oracle Support Document 1382875.2 (Oracle Fusion Applications Documentation
Information Center) can be found at: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1382875.2
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