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Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control for Managing Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2

Application Management Suite

• Angelo RosadoSr. Principal Product ManagerApplications Technology Group, Oracle E-Business Suite Development

• Oracle


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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 Oracle.

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Program Agenda

• Overview• System Management• Change Management• Real User Experience Insight & JVM Diagnostics• Roadmap

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EBS 12.2 Overview

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Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Architecture

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JSP

Forms

BI Publisher

BC4J

OC4J

Web ListenerUIX

Client

RAC & ASM

Global Single Data Model

JDBC/SQL NetHTTP/S

10g

Application Database

10gR2 | 11g



EBS Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Architecture

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Client Application Database

R2

RAC & ASM

Global Single Data Model

Edition-BasedRedefinition

WebLogic JSP

Forms

BIPublish

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BC4JWeb

Listener UIX11g

WebLogic Server

JDBC/SQL NetHTTP/S



• Dual File System

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Synchronization managed by patching tools

Edition-Based Redef inition

Non-Editioned File System

Developer 10.1.2

COMMON_TOP

APPL_TOP

INST_TOP

Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)

WebLogic Server (WLS)

File System 1

Developer 10.1.2

COMMON_TOP

APPL_TOP

INST_TOP

Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)

WebLogic Server (WLS)

File System 2

PATCH_TOP

APPL_TOP_NE

LOGS

Run EditionPatch Edition

More information in the Online Patching FAQ

(Note 1583902.1)

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocContentDisplay?id=1583902.1


Enterprise Manager: Solution Overview

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• Applications Management


Total Cloud Control

Optimized, Eff icientAgile, Automated | |

Expanded Cloud Stack Management

Scalable, Secure

Superior Enterprise-Grade Management

Complete Cloud Lifecycle Management

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Leveraging Enterprise Manager Framework

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AppMgmt Suite

CloudAssemblies

App TestingSuite

WebLogicMgmt

DataMasking

DB LifecycleMgmt

EnterpriseManager

Application Management• Application Management Suite for EBS• Cloud Assemblies for EBS • Oracle Application Testing Suite

Middleware Management• WebLogic Server Management Pack EE • SOA Management Pack EE • Management Pack Plus for Identity Management

Database Management• Diagnostics Pack• Tuning Pack• Database Lifecycle Management Pack• Data Masking Pack


AMS: 12.1.0.3.0 Release Solution Overview

• Bundling & Licensing

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Leveraging Enterprise Manager Framework




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Components Licensed as part of Application Management Suite

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Business Value

• Increase Operational Eff iciency • Proactively manage high availability of applications• Enforce Standardization & Compliance across the Enterprise• Manage & Diagnose End-to-End technology stack Performance • Effectively Manage & Track Patches & Customizations

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Application Management Suite for EBS - Timeline

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§ 12c Base Platform uptake§ New Security Privileges and Roles§ Cloning uptake of Named Credentials§ Ability to add pre & post clone steps§ Support for Multi-node patching§ New Ad Admin Options for patching

Release (12.1.0.1)

§ Monitoring & Metrics for EBS 12.2§ WLS monitoring§ Out-of-box Security Compliance Standards§ Automated Cloning for EBS 12.2§ Automated Patching for EBS 12.2§ EBS 12.2 Customization Management Support§ Auto correction of invalid custom applications§ Support for source code branches & tags

Release (12.1.0.2)

Release (12.1.0.3)

§ Seeded Monitoring Templates§ Synthetic Tests and Services Infrastructure Monitoring§ Administrative groups & Privilege Propagation§ Configuration Comparison Template for EBS stack§ Patch Promotion Policy§ User Defined Custom Standard Validations § Auto-Correct Custom Apps Registration§ Assemblies templates for 12.1 and 12.2 on EM§ JVMD Integration with WLS EE Pack

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• Application Management Pack (AMP)

Oracle Enterprise Manager Support Timelines

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

2.0.2*GA Feb 2004*

Premier Sustaining

Premier SustainingExtended3.1*GA Oct2005**

4.0*GA Apr 2010**

12.1.*GA Sep 2011**

SustainingExtended

Premier SustainingExtended

Premier

ExtendedFeb 2012

Nov 2011 Feb 2014

Feb 2009

Apr 2015 Apr 2018Apr 2010**

Oct 2016Oct 2011** Oct 2019

For more info, see Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Technology Products

Supported Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 11i, R12, R12.1.3, R12.2

* Oracle E-Business Suite Plug-in Release Versions (Versions not shown 12.1.0.2 &12.1.0.3)

** Oracle E-Business Suite Plug-in GA Release Dates

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http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-technology-069183.pdf


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Oracle E-Business Suite Summary Page

• At-A-Glance a view of:

• Status of all EBS instances

• Compliance Summary & Violations

• Incidents Breakdown• Provision, Conf igure, Add,

Change, and Delete EBS Instances

• Run Discovery Wizard• Clone an EBS instance• Perform Change Management

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Oracle E-Business Suite Monitoring

• What do we monitor?• EBS 12.2 Technology Stack

• EBS services

• Nodes

• Incidents & problems

• Compliance Summary

• Performance Metrics

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Engineered Systems EBS Monitoring

• EBS region added to Exalogic Dashboard to monitor EBS services: • Status• Conf igured Components• Incidents• Compliance Violations

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Extending the Oracle E-Business Suite Target Model

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• Ability to change Oracle E-Business Suite availability target def inition

• Add more targets or remove existing targets

• Include targets that are not part of the Oracle E-Business Suite hierarchy like SSO, LDAP, Load Balancer, and DMZ.

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EBS Instance Management

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Scale up or Scale down application services, application nodes and managed servers

Roadmap



Administration of Services

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Start & Stop common EBS

services



Monitoring: Metric and Collection Settings

• Metrics based incidents & notif ications

• Set EBS metrics collection schedules to meet business goals

• Set warning and critical thresholds based on instance type (e.g. Production, QA, Dev)

• Add corrective actions• Metric Reference Manual

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Certif ied Monitoring Templates for Oracle EBS

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Standardize monitoring settings across your Oracle E-Business Suite environments

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Monitor Mobile Web Applications (MWA) targets

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Roadmap



System Administration made simple with Privilege Propagation

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Privilege propagating groups enable administrators to extend privileges to members of a group.

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Automated Service Tests

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Enable Service Tests, including ATS Transactions and Beacons Link.

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Concurrent Processing Dashboard

• Monitor Current Activity & Usage

• Number of Executions & Failed Executions

• Average Running Time Minutes

• Total Running Time Minutes

• Watch list for:

• Concurrent Programs

• Concurrent Managers

• Incidents & notif ications

• Start / Stop CP Services

• Planned*:

• Parallel Concurrent Processing

• Additional Components

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Concurrent Processing User Def ined Targets

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Real-time User & Session Monitoring

• User Monitoring • Top Active Sessions (Real

Time)• Waiting Sessions

• CPU Consuming Sessions

• Running SQL

• Memory Intense Sessions

• Search By • DB Session ID

• Application Username

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Real-time User & Session Monitoring

• Search on Application Username shows all active:• Oracle Application Framework pages

accessed by the user

• Form Sessions

• Concurrent Programs Sessions

• Drill down capability on database session ID

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Real-time User & DB Session Monitoring

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End-to-End application tracing simplif ies diagnosing performance problems


System Management

• Conf iguration Management – EBS 12.2

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Conf iguration Management

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Ø Applications system Ø Workf low Ø Concurrent Processing Ø Patch information Ø Custom objects Ø Apps context Ø Database context Ø Database Ø Hosts

Complete stack comparisons for Oracle E-Business Suite



Conf iguration Comparisons

ü Control how and what is compared

ü Ability to ignore certain differences

ü Ad-hoc or schedule comparisons

ü Automatic detection & notif ication

ü Conf iguration Comparison Templates

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Conf iguration Comparison Templates for EBS 12.2

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Simplif ies identifying 12.2 conf igurations changes between Run and Patch edition.

Roadmap


System Management

• Compliance – EBS 12.2

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Compliance Summary Dashboard

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• Integration with EM Compliance Framework

• Out-of-box Security Compliance Standards for EBS

• Checks for mandatory database conf iguration parameters for EBS (init.ora)

• View violations & trends• Real-time observations



Out-of-the-box Oracle E-Business Suite Compliance Standards

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Compliance Standard Rules mapped to the standard Severity

Prof ile Settings Check if all critical prof iles are set correctly.

Critical

Prof ile Settings Check if other prof iles are set correctly.

Warning

Prof ile Settings Check if no prof ile is missing. Critical

Change Default Passwords Checks if any database user with a default password exists.

Critical

Change Default Passwords Checks if any application user with a default password exists.

Critical

Secure APPLSYSPUB Checks if there is any unwanted privilege in the APPLSYSPUB account.

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Use Secure Flag on DBC File Checks if server security is on. Warning

Migrate to Password Hash Checks if the setting for hashed passwords are on.

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Change Approval Framework

• Approvals for Customizations & Patches

• Role based privileges• Reporting and auditing

capabilities• Email notif ications

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Multi-Level Hierarchical Approvals

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• Supports three types of change requests:• Create Splice Request

• Release Package Request

• Patch Manager Request

• All change request go through the hierarchy approval process

• Auto-approval enforced at a single level if same as requestor

• Super Administrators can approve only at a single level or reject anytime

• Option to send a pending approval reminders

• Defaults to single approver if no hierarchy is def ined

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Roadmap


Change Management

• Patch Management – EBS 12.2 Online Patching

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• Online Patching Cycle

• Online Patching cycle includes 5 phases

• Application is only off line during the “Cutover” phase

• Online Patching is used to apply all patches in 12.2

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• Remove obsolete objects

• Restart application on Patch Edition

• Compile invalid objects

• Wait for a good downtime window

• Apply one or more patches to the Patch Edition

• Copy the production app code

• Create a new Patch Edition in the DB

CutoverFinalizeApply Prepare Cleanup

Users Online

Users Online

Users Off line



Automated 12.2 Online Patching Deployment

• Simplif ied UI supports:• Patch deployment procedure

• Cutover deployment procedure

• FS clone

• Set options for specif ic results

• Multiple scheduling options• Merge patches option• Check prerequisites • Send notif ications

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Patch Recommendations

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• Complete inventory of unapplied recommended EBS patches including, Database, WebLogic, Oracle HTML Server and Forms.

Roadmap



Patch Management

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Patch Promotion Policy

TestDevelopmen

tFunctional

Testing

User Acceptance

Testing

Quality Assurance

Production

• Promote Oracle Patches & Custom Packages from pre-production to production instance• Approvals will be required for each target prior to patch application• Customers can view all the patches applied/not-applied for each target in a single UI • Customers can bundle patches while promoting patches to each target • Only Super Administrators can def ine patch promotion policy• Only Super Administrators can bypass patch promotion policy for emergency patching

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Patch Promotion Policy: Patches Applied or Not?

• Ability to def ine a promotion policy that allows users to apply patches in a sequence to the pre-production instances prior to applying the patches to production instance.

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Change Management

• Customization Management – EBS 12.2 Readiness

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Customization Discovery & Reporting

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Roadmap



Customization Management

• Create AD compliant customization packages.

• Custom patches are applied using Patch Manager.

• Over 200 f ile types supported.• Interface with Source Code

Version Control systems.• Validate the custom f iles using:

• Oracle def ined standards

• User Def ined Standards

• Custom Readiness for Online Patching

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User Def ined Standards

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Users can now def ine and enforce their own Customization Standards.

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Online Patching Readiness Report

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ü Prepare for your R12.2 upgrade

ü Run the readiness report on prior 12.2 EBS releases

ü Option to generate readiness report by custom schema


Change Management

• Automated Cloning – EBS 12.2

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Application Tier Cloning

• Support for EBS 12.2 & EBS 12.1.3

• Single-Node Cloning • Multi-Node Cloning• Scaling up or Scaling down• Shared File System Cloning• RAC Support• Customize pre & post cloning

steps• Schedule cloning during off hours• Pre-clone diagnostics

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Application DB &Tier Cloning

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Roadmap


Oracle E-Business Suite Virtual Assemblies

Single Node Multi-Node MOS Doc

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Oracle Virtual Assemblies for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.3 PROD PROD 1904928.1

Oracle Virtual Assemblies for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 PROD PROD 1904928.1ü ü ü ü

Faster provisioning of EBS instances for Training, Testing or Development purposesNew


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Business Driven Application Management

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End User Diagnostics

Transaction tracing

MW & DBDiagnostics

Are mycustomers

happy? How isthe order intake

doing?

Where is theorder process

stuck?

What is theroot cause ofthe problem?



Real User Experience Insight for E-Business Suite

• Geo-location Reporting• Executive dashboards• Extensive KPI and SLA

monitoring• Full alerting capabilities• Play of Full User Sessions• User Flow performance

analyses• Customized reporting• Trend analyses• Support for OAF & Forms

running on servlet mode• Measurement and monitoring

of real-user transactions

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Real User Experience Insight Dashboard

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Top used modules

Problem Forms

KPIs

Top usageper user-id

Quality

Locations



Real User Experience Insight

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KPIs for EBS

• Automatic detection of outliers based on thresholds, dimension f ilters, metric conditions

• Calculation can be done over 1-15 minutes worth of data at the time

• Each KPI metric is categorized (business, performance, error) and violations categorized (critical, failure, etc)

• KPI violations end up in OEM as events/incidents



EBS 12.2 Integration with JVM Diagnostics

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JVM Diagnostics (JVMD)• Isolate poor performance • Trace the JVM transaction• Examine thread, leaks, waits• Drill down from Java to Database• Take corrective action

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Application Management Suite: Current Release and Roadmap

System Administration• Certif ied Monitoring Templates• Performance Monitoring for 12.2• Extended Target Modeling

Monitoring• Privilege Propagation• Exalogic Dashboard

Conf iguration & Compliance Management• Conf iguration templates• Compliance standards

Change Management • User Def ined Customization Standards• Patch promotion policies

Provisioning • Cloning improvements• Virtual Assemblies

System Administration• Instance Management• Discover multiple EBS using EMCLI

Monitoring• Monitoring Concurrent Processing Service• Mobile Web Applications (MWA) targets • Concurrent Processing improvements

Conf iguration Management• Compare Tech Stack Components and

Versions• Search and compare NLS patches

Change Management • Multi-level & hierarchy approvals• Customization detection & inventory • Patch recommendations for E-Business

Suite

Provisioning • Cloning automation for scale in/out

Technology Uptake• Enterprise Manger 13c• Integrate RUEI region in EBS dashboard• Mobile applications

Monitoring• Service Level Dashboard• Metric improvements

Change Management • Approval improvements• Custom Schema Readiness Usability• Patch Templates

Provisioning • Cloning integration with Snap Clone• Assembly templates for engineered

systems

Release 12.1.0.3.0July 2014

What’s Next0-12 month planning cycle

Future DirectionsPost 12 month planning cycle

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Resources

• Additional Information

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Enterprise Manager for E-Business Suite

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Additional Resources

SupportResources

EnterpriseManager

• Getting Started with Oracle Application Management Pack (AMP) for Oracle E-Business Suite,Release 12.1.0.3 (Doc ID 1623105.1)

• Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite Guide, Release 12.1.0.3.0 • Application Management Pack Metrics Reference Manual• Product Information Center:(MOS Doc 1542043.2)

• Enterprise Management for Applications Management

Datasheet• Application Management Suite for Oracle E-Business Suite Data Sheet

https://support.oracle.com/rs?type=doc&id=1623105.1

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/doc.121/e51704.pdf

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/em.121/e54435.pdf

https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=1542043.2




http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/app-mgmt/index.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/app-mgmt/ds-ams4ebs-em12c-1842823.pdf



Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Blog

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ü Direct from EBS Development ü Latest newsü Certification announcementsü Primers, FAQs, tipsü Desupport remindersü Latest upgrade

recommendationsü Statements of Directionü Subscribe via email or RSS

blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan


Preview the Learning Stream

NOW!education.oracle.com/streams/ebusinesssuite

Oracle E-Business Suite Learning Stream• Keep Your Skills Current through Continuous Learning

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Expert DeliveredAccess to 300+ instructional videos delivered by Oracle subject matter experts

Training Across the Entire E-Business SuiteFor professionals of all experience levels looking to regularly broaden and deepen their knowledge

Continuously Refreshed ContentCovers technical and functional aspects of Oracle E-Business Suite solutions

Request Topics that Interest YouSubscription Service


Customer Engagement Program

• Oracle E-Business Suite Model Enhancement Requests - My Oracle Support

Support Communities

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

eForums Surveys/FeedbackGC

P

Custom

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CustomerAdvisory Boards (CABs)

Strategy Councils Strate

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Product

Mgt.

GCP (Glo

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Custom

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Progra

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CIOAdvisory

Board

Customers

User G

roups i

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OAUG, HEUG e

tc.

High

Low

Customer Commitment &

Investment

Collaboration

Collaboration

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OAUG Oracle Enterprise Manager for Applications SIG

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• Biennial Meeting of the Members - Discuss developments and changes to the Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) product line with respect to monitoring, administration, and lifecycle management of the Packaged Applications including e-Business Suite, Fusion, Peoplesoft, and JDEdwards lines of Oracle Applications products, and Custom Applications using Fusion Middleware. Specif ically covering use, conf iguration, and tuning of the Applications Management Suite (AMS) plugins, and related technology.

• Objective 1: Network with other OEM / AMS administrators

• Objective 2: Gain insight into latest updates, changes and upgrades available for OEM / AMS / AMP

• Objective 3: Roadmap of future features and enhancement requests

• Objective 4: Apply and use OEM for monitoring applications performance

• Objective 5: em4apps.oaug.org - also on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=6780481

• Speakers:

• James Lui, ARAMARK

• Erik Benner, Mythics Corp



Related Sessions

• Additional Information

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EBS Related Sessions

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

10551 - Migrating and Managing Customizations for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2Santiago Bastidas, Sr. Principal Product Manager, Applications Technology Group, Oracle

South Seas F

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EBS Related Sessions

Thursday, April 16, 2016

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

10549 - Getting Optimal Performance from Oracle E-Business SuiteSamer Barakat, Director, Applications Performance, Oracle

South Seas H

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10560 - Oracle E-Business Suite: Mobile Strategy and UpdateJeanne Lowell, Vice President, E-Business Suite Strategy, Oracle

Breakers G

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EM@C15 – Wednesday

Title Time Room ID Primary Presenter

Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control for Managing Oracle E-Business Suite 12.29:15 AM – 10:15 AM South Seas F 10550 Angelo Rosado, Oracle

SIG: OAUG Oracle Enterprise Manager for Applications Special Interest Group10:45 AM – 11:45AM

South Seas F 10083 James Lui, AramarkErik Benner, Mythics

Oracle 12c Multitenant Database Lifecycle Management with Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control10:45 AM– 11:45AM

Banyan B 108 Krishna Kapa, UBS

SIG: IOUG Oracle Enterprise Manager Special Interest Group Meeting12:30PM – 1:00 PM South SeasBallroom B

949 Enterprise Manager Leadership Committee

Migrate Your Cron Jobs to Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Banyan B 335 Vladimir Lugo, Loyola Marymount University

PeopleSoft Application and System Monitoring Basics 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM Surf B 100270 Raj Garrepally, Emory University

Servers and Systems and Storage, Oh my! Infrastructure Management Using OEM 12c4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Banyan B 453 Erik Benner, Mythics

Recipe for Building a Private Database Cloud with Oracle RAC 12c4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Reef F 656 Leighton Nelson, World Wide Technology

Panel: Oracle Best Practices for Managing Oracle Applications4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Mandalay BayBallroom B

104800 Ken Baxter, Oracle

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EM@C15 – Thursday

Title Time Room ID Primary Presenter

Pluggable database as a service: Combining Oracle 12c Database multitenant architecture and Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Reef F 107 Krishna Kapa, UBS

Future Now: Advanced Database Management for Today's DBA9:45 AM – 10:45 AM Banyan B 866 GP Gongloor, Oracle

Design and Implement your Own Self-Service Enabled Private Cloud with Oracle EM12c9:45 AM – 10:45 AM Reef F 464 Kai Yu, Dell

12 Things to Consider for Migrating EBS to Exadata 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Banyan D 660 Arun Kumar Anthireyan, BIAS Corporation

Anomaly Detection for Database Monitoring 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Palm B 701 Alex Gorbachev, Pythian

Data Clone and Refresh Made Easy with Enterprise Manager 12c Snap Clone11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Palm D 921 Pete Sharman, Oracle

Under The Hood of Enterprise Manager - A troubleshooting primer11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Banyan B 157 Courtney Llamas, OracleWerner de Gruyter, Oracle

Best Practices for Planning and Deploying Private Database Clouds with Oracle RAC 12c Technologies11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Reef F 729 Mark Scardina , Oracle

Smarter Monitoring with Adaptive Thresholds and Time Based Metrics12:15 AM – 1:15 PM Banyan B 144 Courtney Llamas, Oracle

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