Oracle E-Business Suite is a complete set of business applications that enables customers to efficiently manage business processes, using a unified open architecture. This architecture is a framework for multitiered, distributed computing that supports Oracle products. The tiers that compose Oracle E-Business Suite are the database tier, applications tier and desktop tier. These tiers can be distributed as a logical grouping and can be grouped together on one node or more nodes.
Table 1–2 Oracle E-Business Suite Architecture
Desktop Tier |
Application Tier |
Database Tier |
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Web Server |
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Forms Server |
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Web Browser |
Concurrent Server |
Database Server |
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Reports Server |
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Admin Server |
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Discoverer Server |
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The distributed nature of Oracle E-Business Suite requires more than one Sun Cluster Data Service if all application and database tiers are to be managed by Sun Cluster.
The following table lists the Oracle E-Business Suite components and their appropriate Sun Cluster Data Service that provides protection.
Table 1–3 Protection of Components
Component |
Protected by |
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Database Server |
Sun Cluster HA for Oracle (Database and Listener) |
Web Server |
Sun Cluster HA for Apache |
Forms Server |
Sun Cluster HA for Oracle E-Business Suite |
Concurrent Manager Server |
Sun Cluster HA for Oracle E-Business Suite |
Concurrent Manager Listener |
Sun Cluster HA for Oracle (Listener) |
Reports Server |
Sun Cluster HA for Oracle E-Business Suite |
The Admin Server and Discoverer Server are not normally run within Sun Cluster and therefore are not protected by Sun Cluster HA for Oracle E-Business Suite.