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Recently Stephen Chan noted that many E-Business Suite users are going to be tempted to load the new version of Internet Explorer which was release several weeks ago.  The results of installing IE8 (and replacing IE7) could be headaches for those of us who are supporting users.
For that reason he’s recommending that users continue using [...]

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In a previous post we discussed the new patching bundle, the Critical Patch Collection (CPC) that Oracle began issuing in October.  As a recap, this is what Oracle says about CPC’s.
R12 Financials Critical Patch Collections (CPC) are consolidated critical patches that all R12 Financials customers must apply to ensure proper operation of their systems. Advantages [...]

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I recently applied the latest RUP for Release 12 at a client that is in the midst of a new R12 installation.  I thought I’d recap my experience.
The 12.0.6 patch was released on Friday, November 7th.  We were alerted to it because we ran a fresh version of patchsets.sh during the week and it indicated [...]

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One of our clients asked if they really need to use a password entry in the listener.ora file in their production environment. They pointed out that in MetaLink Note: 260986.1, Oracle states: “In Oracle 10, the TNS Listener is secure out of the box and there should not be a need [...]

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We hit this issue when we were cloning a production RAC environment that had been backed up using RMAN and then restored to a non-RAC test environment. To get past it, we had to add a hidden parameter to the target init.ora file to allow us to open the duplicated database, and [...]

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This month’s blog was supposed to be about a workflow issue that I ran into on a recent upgrade. However, that problem requires some additional research before I can post the findings here. So I decided to write about a different issue that came up during the same upgrade.
The recent upgrade was centered upon upgrading [...]

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This month I am stealing a blog concept from a fellow blogger named Floyd Teter. A short time ago Floyd, an Oracle ACE Director and substantial blogger, blogged about mistakes made and lessons learned. I generally enjoy reading about the mistakes others make since those mistakes are good reminders that we need to be dilligent [...]

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Staged Environments: Steven Chan has recently published a new article about utilizing pre-patched or “staged” environments (Reducing Patching Downtimes with Staged Applications Systems). Staged Applications patching is near and dear to our hearts, as it’s the easiest way to reduce the downtime window of an upgrade (except for faster hardware…:-)).  The article clearly outlines the [...]

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In my first blog here at Triora I talked about driving our Oracle learning. Today’s article is the result of a recent learning session. These days I am far too busy to play on my home systems as much as I would like, but every now and then I take a few of the 168 [...]

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For those of you tracking the latest releases, 10gR2 Version 10.2.0.4 is now certified for Release 11i. We’re anxiously awaiting certification for Release 12. Oracle has released the latest Critical Patch Update – be sure to check out www.integrigy.com’s evaluation of the July 2008 CPU, which points to the resolution of a high risk database [...]

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