Category Archives: E Business Suite

Slow TNS connections due to Network issue

Posted on February 9, 2012 by mswing

Using OEL and 11g, an old / invalid DNS ip address in the first line of resolv.conf adds 60 seconds to each connection, causes very slow LOCAL=NO connections. The ip address in resolv.conf are checked from the top down. If … Continue reading →

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OAUG Connection Point Atlanta 2011 Nov 15-16

Posted on November 19, 2011 by mswing

OAUG deserves a big “THANKS” from the Atlanta area BI and EBS upgrade customers. OAUG has recognized that travel budgets for training have deminished, and has therefore, brought the proverbial mountain to the users. Good job OAUG for recognizing the … Continue reading →

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Connection Point – Atlanta

Posted on November 8, 2011 by mswing

I’m speaking at the Atlanta Connection Point next week on Nov15th and 16th. I have two presentations: The R12.1.3 Technical Upgrade Overview and,  The Big Picture of the R12.1 Upgrade It’s coming! Don’t close your eyes. Face it head on. … Continue reading →

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Recent email asks, “Why not wait for 12.2 to upgrade from 11.5.10.2″

Posted on November 8, 2011 by mswing

One of the important things to consider with 11.5.10.2 is support. I think Extended Support ends Nov 2013 and without support I’m sure your business will want to upgrade. You could wait for 12.2, but I wouldn’t want to implement a product … Continue reading →

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Meetings with Gustavo and Max at Oracle

Posted on November 1, 2011 by mswing

The two Senior Development Managers I met this morning were Max and Gustavo.  We talked about 12.1.3, 12.2, Fusion Applications and Fusion Middleware. This is  my recollection of our discussion. First, topics from 12.1.3: OATM – TruTek suggests that OATM be … Continue reading →

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We can Generate 11i & R12 BR100s and Find All your Customizations

Posted on October 25, 2011 by mswing

TruTek provides as part of our assessments the ability to generate BR100s and find all customizations using our favorite partner’s software, 2e2 / ConfigSnapshot. This is compatible with any version of the E-Business Suite from 11.0.3 to 12.1.3+ and for 130+ modules & … Continue reading →

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shell script to check for 11.5.10.2 rpms for linux 4

Posted on October 8, 2011 by mswing

  echo “Checking for required RPMs, refer to note: 303859.1″  echo ” ”  echo ” * Required OS Components ”  rpm -q compat-db-4.1.25-9 rpm -q compat-db-4.1.25-9 rpm -q compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.3 rpm -q compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.3  rpm -q compat-oracle-rhel4-1.0-3  rpm -q compat-libcwait-2.0-1  rpm -q … Continue reading →

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Nadia’s clarifications of the R12 Upgrade SIG Summary

Posted on October 4, 2011 by mswing

 Corrections to my earlier summary of the R12 Upgrade SIG from Nadia. Thank you Nadia. 1)      [Mike said] Some initial promises about that capability have been nixed and the rule is Oracle will support 11.5.10.2 and 12.1, but when 12.2 comes … Continue reading →

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OOW R12.1 Upgrade SIG

Posted on October 2, 2011 by mswing

Chairperson – Barb Matthews, Panelists included: Sandra Vucinic (moderator), Kaberi Nayak, Bill Dunham, Michael Brown, Susan Behn and Mike Swing. This was a very informative panel with major interaction with the EBS product team including Nadia Bendjedou, Max Arderius, Lester Gutierrez … Continue reading →

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RAC vs SMP for small EBS shop

Posted on September 23, 2011 by mswing

From Susan:   Our group is deliberating on the value of having RAC versus the impact of the added complexity.  We have a relatively small implementation of eBus running AP and GL.  The system is generally only needed on a Mon-Fri … Continue reading →

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