Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Guide

Contents

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Preface

Patching

Patching Overview

Release Maintenance: Patching Concepts

Patching Scope and Strategy

Introduction to Patching Utilities

Patching Utilities

The adop Utility

AD Merge Patch

Oracle Patch Application Assistant

Patching Procedures

Concepts

Overview

Before You Start

The Online Patching Cycle

Monitoring, Reporting and Troubleshooting

Patching HRMS Legislative Data

Patching NLS Systems

Keeping Your System Current

Analyzing Applied Patches

Patch Tracking Utilities

Patch Wizard

      Patch Impact Analysis

Register Flagged Files

Patch Reporting Utilities

Applied Patches

Timing Reports

Software Updates

General Maintenance

Basic DBA Tasks

Overview of Oracle E-Business Suite DBA Duties

Resource Consumer Groups in Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle E-Business Suite Password Management

ORACLE Users Window

Applications Window

Network Test Window

Administering Folders

Applications DBA System Maintenance Tasks and Tools

Overview

Managing Files

Adding NLS Languages

Maintaining the Database

Performing Maintenance Tasks Non-Interactively

Distribute Processing With Distributed AD

Managing Application Tier Services

Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Utilities

Command Line Utilities

Running AD Utilities

Using Parallel Processing

About System Maintenance

AD Administration Overview

Running AD Administration Interactively

Generating Applications Files

Maintaining Applications Files

Managing Database Entities

Using AD Relink

Relinking AD Executables

Applications DBA Reporting and Tracking Tasks

Timing Information

General System Reporting

Oracle E-Business Suite Reporting Tools

AD Job Timing Report

AD Configuration Report

AD File Identification Report

AD Check Digest

Troubleshooting Applications DBA Operations

Managing Worker Processes

Restarting Processes

Shutting Down and Restarting Managers

Technology Inventory Utility

Technology Inventory Utility

Managing Oracle Fusion Middleware Logging

Collecting and Managing Log Files

Logging Features in Oracle E-Business Suite

Overview

The Logging Framework

Guidelines for the Logging Framework

Log Files in Applied Technology Products

Running Diagnostics

Diagnostics in Oracle E-Business Suite

Oracle Diagnostics Framework

Controlling Access to the Oracle Forms-based Applications Diagnostics Menu

Java Mission Control and Java Flight Recorder

Oracle Applications Manager

Overview

The Applications Dashboard

Additional Monitoring Features and Options

System Alerts, Metrics, and Logs

Diagnostics in Oracle Applications Manager

Support Cart

Oracle Applications Manager Log

Purging in Oracle Applications Manager

Automated Standby Deployment in Oracle E-Business Suite Cloud Manager

Oracle Workflow Manager

Oracle Workflow Manager Overview

Service Components

Notification Mailers

Agent Listeners

Java Agent Listeners

Web Services Outbound

Background Engines

Purging Workflow Data

Workflow Control Queue Cleanup

Active Work Items

Deferred Work Items

Suspended Work Items

Errored Work Items

Agents

Queue Propagation

License Manager

License Manager

Understanding and Managing Licensing Options in Oracle E-Business Suite

      Activating Oracle E-Business Suite Products

      Product Dependencies

      Product Families and Product Activation

      Unlicensing a Product

Functional Administrator and Functional Developer Tasks

Overview of Functional Administrator and Functional Developer Responsibilities

Using Alerts

Overview of Oracle Alert

      Basic Business Needs

      Oracle Alert Runtime Features

      Alert Definitions

Predefined Alerts

      Using Predefined Alerts

      Customizing Predefined Alerts

Oracle Alert Precoded Alerts

      Terms

      Oracle Alert DBA Alerts

      Applications DBA Alerts Descriptions

      Oracle Alert Purging Alerts

      Oracle Alert Purging Alerts Descriptions

Managing Query Optimization Statistics

Oracle E-Business Suite and Query Optimization

Gathering Statistics for the CBO

Gather Table Statistics

Backup Table Statistics

Restore Table Statistics

Gather Schema Statistics

Gather Column Statistics

Gather All Column Statistics

Purge FND_STATS History Records

FND_STATS Package

Administering Process Navigation

Overview of Process Navigation

Modifying Your Menu

Creating Process Navigator Processes

Index