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 [...]
Applying RUP6 for Release 12.0.6
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: DBA · E-Business Suite · Oracle · Patch · RUP · Release 12
Do You Need a Password on the TNS Listener?
November 5th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: DBA · Database · Release 11i · Release 12 · Security
If I Wanted to Sweat That Much, I’d Have Gone to the Sauna
October 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: DBA · Database · E-Business Suite · Oracle
Slugs, it Turns Out, Do Not Make Good Pets
July 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Yesterday as I was walking my dogs, I spotted a little bit of “little boy heaven”: two slugs – really big slugs – slithering on my hillside. I did the only thing a reallly cool Mommy could do under the circumstances – I ran back to the house and dragged my son out of bed, made [...]
Tags: DBA · Data Vault · Database · E-Business Suite · Release 11i · Security
New Oracle Database 10g Patch #3 Certified (10.2.0.4)
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Since its introduction in July 2005, 10gR2 has become the database version of choice for many E-Business Suite environments. Originally released as 10.2.0.1 it has been regularly enhanced with new patches to 10.2.0.3. In the last several months, the third patch set was released for 10gR2, raising its current version to 10.2.0.4. [...]
Tags: Critical Patch Update · DBA · Data Vault · Database · Oracle · Patch · Premier Support · Release 11i · Steven Chan
Collaborate 08 Panels
April 28th, 2008 · No Comments
The one bad thing about panels at Collaborate is that there generally isn’t any material available afterward. Of course, the good thing is that panels provide an opportunity for an audience to ask all the questions they want of a group of distinguished industry experts. So read on about three panels at Collaborate that we [...]
Tags: Collaborate 08 · E-Business Suite · Fusion · OAUG · Release 11i · Release 12