What's New in This Guide

This preface introduces the new and changed patching features of Oracle Fusion Applications that are described in this guide, and provides pointers to additional information.

New and Changed Features for Release 11.1.4

For Release 11.1.4, this guide has been updated in several ways. The following table lists the sections that have been added or changed for Release 11.1.4.

Sections	Changes Made
Chapter 4 Patching Oracle Fusion Applications Artifacts
Table 4-1, "Oracle Fusion Middleware Artifacts Supported by Oracle Fusion Applications Patch Manager"	Removed requirement to manually drop work tables for ODI artifacts.
Section 4.14, "Patching Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Artifacts"	Removed section titled "Dropping Work Tables After Patching in Online Mode".
Section 4.15, "Patching Oracle Forms Recognition and Oracle Document Capture Artifacts"	Added section.
Chapter 5 Installing Release Update Patches
Section 5.1.2, "Oracle Fusion Applications RUP Installer (RUP Installer)"	Introduced the concept of two installers that are called by RUP Installer.
Section 5.1.4, "RUP Installer Configuration Tasks"	Section revised to add new configuration tasks and remove obsolete configuration tasks. Also separated tasks by the two installers.
Section 5.2, "Prepare to Install a RUP - Pre-Down Time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites and remove obsolete prerequisites.
Section 5.3, "Prepare to Install a RUP - During Down time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites and remove obsolete prerequisites.
Section 5.4.1, "Start RUP Installer"	Updated the path to installers by replacing fusionapps with farup.
Section 5.6, "Troubleshoot RUP Installer Sessions"	Section revised to add new troubleshooting sections.
Chapter 6, Maintaining Oracle Fusion Applications Languages
Section 6.1.5, "Language Pack Installer Configuration Tasks"	Section revised to add new configuration tasks and remove obsolete configuration tasks.
Section 6.2, "Prepare to Install a Language Pack Pre-Down Time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites and remove obsolete prerequisites.
Section 6.3, "Prepare to Install a Language Pack - During Down Time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites and remove obsolete prerequisites.
Chapter 11, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Patches
Section 11.3, "General Troubleshooting for Oracle Fusion Applications Patching"	Section revised to describe additional troubleshooting scenarios.

New and Changed Features for Release 11.1.3

For Release 11.1.3, this guide has been updated in several ways. The following table lists the sections that have been added or changed for Release 11.1.3.

Sections	Changes Made
Chapter 5 Installing Release Update Patches
Section 5.1.4, "RUP Installer Configuration Tasks"	Section revised to add new configuration tasks.
Section 5.2, "Prepare to Install a RUP - Pre-Down Time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites.
Section 5.3, "Prepare to Install a RUP - During Down time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites.
Section 5.6, "Troubleshoot RUP Installer Sessions"	Section revised to add new troubleshooting sections.
Chapter 6, Maintaining Oracle Fusion Applications Languages
Section 6.1.5, "Language Pack Installer Configuration Tasks"	Section revised to add new configuration tasks.
Section 6.2, "Prepare to Install a Language Pack Pre-Down Time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites.
Section 6.3, "Prepare to Install a Language Pack - During Down Time"	Section revised to add new prerequisites.
Section 6.4, "Install a Language Pack"	Section revised to add steps for Verifying Node Manager and OPMN Status.
Section 6.5, "Troubleshooting Language Pack Installer Sessions"	Consolidated troubleshooting for both language packs and release update patches in Chapter 5.
Chapter 11, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Patches
Section 11.3, "General Troubleshooting for Oracle Fusion Applications Patching"	Section revised to describe additional troubleshooting scenarios.
Appendix B, Language Pack Installer Screens	New appendix.