Oracle Applications 11i Concepts Part2

Oracle Applications 11i Concepts II
Brian Hitchcock OCP 11i DBA -- OCP 10g DBA Sun Microsystems
brian.hitchcock@sun.com brhora@aol.com
Brian Hitchcock February 10, 2008
www.brianhitchcock.net
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Contents
Oracle Applications Concepts I

What is Oracle Applications? 11i Architecture Oracle Application Tiers Login to Oracle Applications Online Oracle Application environments 11i Applications Filesystem Applications DBA utilities Database DBA vs 11i DBA Backups Resources
Oracle Applications Concepts II

Focus
Generic Oracle Applications concepts Not tied to specific installation(s) Provide background for how Apps works Help with support tasks in general Technical

how it works how to make it go
11i Applications File System

$APPL_TOP
Top directory for all Oracle Application software Contains $PROD_TOP for each product Applications patches make changes in APPL_TOP Environment files NFS mounted filesystem Shared by two or more application tier servers Apply patches once for all application tiers Single point of failure
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Environment variables setup at login
Can be shared (shared APPL_TOP)
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11i Applications File System

Home directory of applmgr UNIX user

APPL_TOP
Contains product directories
ORA_TOP
8.0.6 Forms - ORACLE_HOME for forms server iAS Web Server (Apache) - ORACLE_HOME for web server
COMMON_TOP
Directories/files used across products
11i Database File System

Database has
ORACLE_HOME
ORACLE_HOME for database Database software
/oradata01-05
Database tablespace datafiles
Three ORACLE_HOMES
When applying applications patches

Patch applied in 8.0.6 ORACLE_HOME
Environment Files
Many pieces of software All need to be configured Many environment variables to be setup How is this done?
Overall configuration file <context>.xml Context is <SID>_<hostname> Stored in $APPL_TOP/admin Multiple environment files sourced at login Stored in $APPL_TOP APPSORA.env calls other environment files
OS Users
Can install with single OS user We use two

UNIX user oracle UNIX user applmgr Refers to the application code owner Will be different for other installations
Note that applmgr is used in Oracle docs

11i AutoConfig
Many configuration files
Changes required manually editing multiple files
Tedious, error prone Autoconfig utility

Automates most configuration tasks Make changes to context file Execute autoconfig Changes propagated to configuration files May overwrite non-standard modifications
Doesnt handle customizations
11i Cloning
Create exact copy of applications environment

Database Application software
More involved than just a copy of database Multiple steps

Somewhat automated Rapid clone utility
11i Patching
Never ending process Applications patches applied with adpatch
Some database patches applied with opatch Must be in maintenance mode to apply patch (11.5.10) Patch cant be removed Only recourse is to recover from filesystem backups
Patches change product software Patches change database objects Applied patches recorded in database
Database must be running while patch applied Applications tier processes down while patching
11i Applications Manager

GUI tool for managing environment What can it do?

Show patches applied Show impact of new patches Performance metrics Monitor security Configure environment
Edit context file, run autoconfig
Database DBA vs 11i DBA

Users
Oracle Database Users Access database (SQL*Plus, etc) Have specific privileges on database objects Stored in DBA_USERS table Oracle Application Users Dont access the database directly Dont have privileges on database objects Have responsibilities in Oracle Applications Access db through APPS db user - Access limited by responsibilities Stored in FND_USER table

Administrator
Database
SYS, SYSTEM, db user with DBA role
Oracle Applications
SYSADMIN User with System Administrator responsibility

Privileges vs Responsibilities Database privileges

Granted on specific db objects Granted to specific db users or roles Assigned to Oracle Applications users Allow access to groups of db objects Access is through APPS db user
Oracle Applications responsibilities


Users and responsibilities Oracle database users and privileges
Can be dropped (removed)
Oracle Applications users
Cant be removed, only end-dated

When created, user has start and end date
Oracle Applications user responsibility
Cant be removed, only end-dated

When assigned, responsibility has start/end dates

Multiple ORACLE_HOMEs For database DBA
Single ORACLE_HOME Three ORACLE_HOMEs

Database 8.0.6 for Oracle Forms iAS Web Server (Apache)
For Oracle Applications
Backups
How can this be complicated? Database backups well defined

Copy all database datafiles (*.dbf files) Copy init.ora, tnsnames.ora etc. Copy archived redo logs if needed (hot db backup) Database Application software tree
Oracle Applications environment backup

Backups
Complete cold backup

Most conservative, most downtime Single tier

Shutdown application tier processes (servers) Shutdown database and database listener Copy all filesystems to tape
Multi-tier
Shutdown all tiers Backup all filesystems on all tiers to tape
Backups
Hot backup version 1

No downtime, some risk Single tier

Application/db tier processes are running Hot db backup to disk Copy all filesystems to tape
Multi-tier
Hot db backup to disk Copy all filesystems to tape for all tiers
Backups
Hot backup version 1 issues

Assumes application code tree is static Assumes configuration static Log files may be lost
Generated during tape backup
Database can be recovered to point of failure

Restore backup files, apply redo logs
Applications code tree recovered to latest tapes

No equivalent to database archived redo logs
Backups
Hot backup version 2

No downtime, more risk Single tier

Application/db tier processes are running Hot db backup to disk Copy only db backup files to tape
Multi-tier
Hot db backup to disk Copy only db backup files to tape
Backups
Hot backup version 2 issues

Same as for version 1 Over longer time Applications file system recovery
Back to most recent tape backup Out of synch with db backup
Is this acceptable recovery?
Backups DR Systems
How to keep DR system in synch?
Database
Apply redo logs from primary Keep DR database up with primary db
Applications code tree

No equivalent to database redo logs Need to refresh DR code tree from primary - How to do this? - How often to do this? - How far behind db can code tree for DR?
Resources
Oracle Documents
Oracle Technology Network -- otn.oracle.com Metalink -- metalink.oracle.com
Oracle Technical Support
Oracle online training
www.oracle.com/education/oln
education.oracle.com Oracle Applications Environments
Oracle University training
Solution Beacon
Books
Oracle Documents
Oracle Documents
Oracle Documents
Oracle Documents
Oracle Documents
Oracle Documents
Documentation
Technical Overview
Oracle Applications Concepts

Release 11i (11.5.10.2) Part No. B19295-03
Available at
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B25516_18/cu rrent/acrobat/11iconcepts.pdf
Oracle Online Training
Oracle University Training
Oracle 11i Books
Oracle 11i Books

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Brian Hitchcock February 10, 2008

Oracle Applications Concepts II

how it works how to make it go

11i Applications File System

Environment variables setup at login

Can be shared (shared APPL_TOP)

11i Applications File System

11i Database File System

When applying applications patches

Note that applmgr is used in Oracle docs

Changes required manually editing multiple files

Tedious, error prone Autoconfig utility

Doesnt handle customizations

Database Application software

More involved than just a copy of database Multiple steps

Somewhat automated Rapid clone utility

11i Applications Manager

Database DBA vs 11i DBA

Database DBA vs 11i DBA

Database DBA vs 11i DBA

Oracle Applications responsibilities

Database DBA vs 11i DBA

Can be dropped (removed)

Oracle Applications users

Cant be removed, only end-dated

Oracle Applications user responsibility

Cant be removed, only end-dated

Database DBA vs 11i DBA

Single ORACLE_HOME Three ORACLE_HOMEs

For Oracle Applications

Oracle Applications environment backup

Most conservative, most downtime Single tier

No downtime, some risk Single tier

Database can be recovered to point of failure

Applications code tree recovered to latest tapes

No downtime, more risk Single tier

Is this acceptable recovery?

Applications code tree

Oracle Technology Network -- otn.oracle.com Metalink -- metalink.oracle.com

Oracle Technical Support

Oracle online training

Oracle University training

Oracle Applications Concepts

Oracle Technical Support

Oracle Technical Support

Oracle Technical Support

Oracle Online Training

Oracle Online Training

Oracle Online Training

Oracle Online Training

Oracle Online Training

Oracle University Training

Oracle University Training

Oracle University Training

Oracle University Training

Oracle 11i Books

Oracle 11i Books

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