Migrating Your Business To An E-Business Migrating Your Business to an E-Business Robert Edmiston...

Migrating Your Business To An E-Business

www.adsx.com/oraclepractice

Migrating Your Businessto an E-Business

Robert EdmistonTechnology Manager

[email protected]

11i Upgrade:



Applied Digital Oracle Practice

Certified Oracle Solution’s Provider

Performed Oracle Apps implementation for Services, utilities and manufacturing companies

Reseller for Sun and Compaq products

Experience in Financials, Distribution, Manufacturing and CRM



Agenda

Release 11i Technical Architecture New Features

Planning Your Upgrade

Upgrade Process

Upgrade Resources and Tools

Questions and Answers



Audience Participation

What is your job function?

DBA / Developer

IS Management

End user

Executive Management

Other



Release 11i

Technical Architecture

New Features



Release 11i:

World’s first applications designed to

Run Globally

Facilitate e-business

Oracle’s Third 100% Internet Release



Audience Participation

Are you upgrading from 10.7 or 11?

10.7 Character

10.7 SmartClient

10.7 NCA

11



Architecture for 10.7 Characterand Client/Server Modes

Release 10.7 – Character or SC

Windows Desktop

GUI Forms

Oracle 7/8 Data ServerConcurrent Manager

Character Forms

Data Server

Release 10.7

Character or SC



11i New Technology Stack

Release 10.7Character or SC

SHIFT Release 11i

Browser & Web ServersWindows Desktop

& Data Server



Release 11i Technology Stack

DatabaseTier

MiddleTier

DesktopTier

Admin Server

ConcurrentProcessing Server

FormsServer

ReportsServer

WebDB2.2Listener

WebDB2.5

Apache

DiscovererServer*

Application Servers

(8.1.6)

* Optional

Application Technology Stack

Data Server (8.1.6 ORACLE_HOME)

(8.0.6 ORACLE_HOME)

Standard Web Browsers



New Features in Release 11i

Financials Intercompany Segment Matching receipts to invoices

Order Management Enhanced workflow technology Advanced pricing flexibility



Planning Your Upgrade

What is the status of your upgradeto Release 11i?

Very early planning

Beginning soon

In Process

Almost complete

Other



Understand Product Information

New Feature Highlights

New Modules with R11i

Product Collateral (Oracle Apps Net)

Product Announcements Data Sheets Functional Overviews White Papers



Understand The Details

White Papers Multi-Org Internet Computing

Product Update Notes

Frequently Asked Questions



Upgrade Hurdles Require Planning

Internal Justification

Resource Planning

Adoption of Technology

Release 11i Architecture Shift



Project Demands Varied Resources

Functional staff to review new features

Technical staff for customization analysis and redevelopment

Technical Architect for new infrastructure

Database Administrator to perform the technical upgrade

Project Manager to ensure smoothly run project



Planning: Understand your Approach

Different approaches for differentbusiness needs:

Remove Customizations Eclipsedby New Features

Retrofit Misaligned Customizations

Base Software Upgrade

Re-engineer Business Processes totake Advantage of New Features



Upgrade Process

Category 1 – Before receiving new software

Category 2 – Before performing upgrade

Category 3 – Performing UpgradeAutoUpgradeApply 11.5.x Maintenance pack

Category 4 – Before using Oracle Applications

Category 5 – Before using specific products

Category 6 – Before using specific features



Minimize Downtime

Review contents of the 11i Upgrade

Perform multiple test upgrades Migrate customizations Continue running tests until zero failures

Ensure properly configured hardware Use same hardware as Production upgrade Upgrade may require more horsepower than normal

production machine



Minimize Downtime

Upgrade data server to 8.1.6 with current release

Before making your system unavailable Purge, archive and clean data Perform all category 1 and 2 steps Analyze your database

Review the upgrade runtime statistics report for any long-running jobs



Lessons Learned

There are more customizations in the system than the documented customizations

Testing will reveal potential problems

The Upgrade manual omits some required steps



Upgrade Resources and Tools

Oracle Support Services Metalink Latest Patch Lists

Applied Digital Oracle Practice

Upgrade Manual



Leverage Proven Migration Tools

Easipath Migration Method (EMM)

Oracle’s Upgrade Methodology

Task Descriptions

Sample Project Schedule

Pre-Loaded R11i Sample Deliverables



Commence Detailed Planning

Upgrade Processes• Project Management• Business Requirements Review• Requirements Mapping Update• Migrate Appl. & Tech. Architecture• Migrate Custom Extensions• Data Migration• Documentation• Business System Testing• Training• Production Migration

Your Upgrade Needs to Address the Following Processes:

MigrationAssessment

Update& Test

Transition Production

Note: These processes are incorporated in EMM Advantage



Begin Today

It Costs Nothing to Get Started

Keep Informed

Get Management Support with a strong business case



Are You Ready?

Is Your Company Ready?

Are Your Executives Ready?

Are Your Employees Ready?



Thanks for taking the time to attend!

Q& A

Migrating Your Business To An E-Business Migrating Your Business to an E-Business Robert Edmiston...

Documents

Transcript of Migrating Your Business To An E-Business Migrating Your Business to an E-Business Robert Edmiston...