Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Planning an Upgrade to Oracle Forms and Reports

• 1.1 Understanding the Supported Starting Points for Upgrade to Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
• 1.2 Understanding the Scope of the Oracle Forms and Reports Upgrade
  • 1.2.1 Understanding the Difference Between Upgrade and Applying a Patch Set to Your 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Installation
  • 1.2.2 Restrictions When Upgrading Your Operating System or Computer Hardware
• 1.3 Planning an Upgrade from Oracle Application Server 10g
  • 1.3.1 Understanding the New Features and Concepts of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
  • 1.3.2 About the Middle-Tier Components Provided with Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
• 1.4 Planning an Upgrade from Oracle Application Server 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
• 1.5 Summary of the Impact on Oracle Forms and Reports Related Products
• 1.6 About Using the Web Tier Components with Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
  • 1.6.1 About Upgrading Oracle HTTP Server with Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
    • 1.6.1.1 Installing Oracle HTTP Server 11g with Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
    • 1.6.1.2 Upgrading Oracle HTTP Server 10g to Oracle HTTP Server 11g
    • 1.6.1.3 Upgrading Oracle HTTP Server 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) to Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
  • 1.6.2 Using Oracle Web Cache with Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
• 1.7 About Using Identity Management and Single Sign-On With Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
  • 1.7.1 About Using Oracle Identity Management Products When Upgrading From Oracle Portal, Forms, Reports, and Discoverer 10g
  • 1.7.2 About Upgrading Oracle Single Sign-On 10g to Oracle Access Manager 11g
    • 1.7.2.1 Upgrading Oracle Single Sign-On to Oracle Access Manager 11g After Upgrading Oracle Forms and Reports
    • 1.7.2.2 Configuring Oracle Access Manager 11g Before Upgrading to Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
• 1.8 About Using Oracle Portal and Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer with Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)

2 Summary of the Oracle Forms and Reports Upgrade Process

• 2.1 Flow Chart of the Oracle Forms and Reports Upgrade Process
• 2.2 Table Describing the Steps in the Oracle Forms and Reports Upgrade Process

3 Installing Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) In Preparation for Upgrade

• 3.1 Locating the Documentation for Installing and Configuring Oracle Forms and Reports 11g
• 3.2 Considerations When Configuring Single Sign-On During Installation
• 3.3 Summary of the Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Installation Steps

4 Upgrading from Oracle Forms and Reports 10g

• 4.1 Planning Your Upgrade to Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)
• 4.2 Installing and Configuring Oracle Forms and Reports Middle Tiers
• 4.3 Using the Upgrade Assistant to Upgrade Oracle Forms and Reports
  • 4.3.1 Starting the Upgrade Assistant for an Oracle Forms and Reports Upgrade
  • 4.3.2 Upgrading the Oracle Forms and Reports Middle Tiers
  • 4.3.3 Important Notes When Using the Source Oracle Home Ports in the Destination Oracle Instance
  • 4.3.4 Warning Message When Components in the Source Oracle Home Are Not Configured in the Destination Oracle Home
• 4.4 Performing Any Required Post-Upgrade Tasks
• 4.5 Verifying the Oracle Forms and Reports Upgrade

5 Upgrading from Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 1

• 5.1 Overview of Upgrading from Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
  • 5.1.1 Identifying the Source Oracle Instance and the Destination Oracle Instance When Upgrading from 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
  • 5.1.2 Understanding the Tasks Performed by the 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) to 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Upgrade Scripts
• 5.2 Locating and Editing the Oracle Forms and Reports Upgrade Properties File
• 5.3 Performing the Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) Upgrade
• 5.4 Troubleshooting the 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) to 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Upgrade
  • 5.4.1 Locating the 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) to 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Upgrade Log Files
  • 5.4.2 Locating the Automatic Backup of the Destination Oracle Instance and Domain
  • 5.4.3 Re-Running the 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) to 11g Release 2 (11.1.2) Upgrade Scripts
• 5.5 Performing any Post-Upgrade Manual Steps
• 5.6 Verifying a Successful Upgrade

6 Post-Upgrade Tasks After Upgrading to Oracle Forms and Reports 11g Release 2 (11.1.2)

• 6.1 Post-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Forms Services
  • 6.1.1 Post-Upgrade Steps After Upgrading from Oracle Forms Services 10g
  • 6.1.2 Post-Upgrade Steps After Upgrading from 11g Release 1 (11.1.1)
• 6.2 Post-Upgrade Tasks for Oracle Reports
  • 6.2.1 Configuring Security After Upgrade to Oracle Reports 11g
  • 6.2.2 Additional Oracle Reports Post-Upgrade Tasks
    • 6.2.2.1 Modifying Oracle Reports Shell Scripts After Upgrade
    • 6.2.2.2 Modifying Oracle Reports DAT Files After Upgrade
    • 6.2.2.3 About the In-process Server Target After Upgrade
    • 6.2.2.4 Viewing Cached Reports Output Files After Upgrade
• 6.3 Post-Upgrade Tasks Required When Using Single Sign-On Software
  • 6.3.1 Scenarios That Require Regeneration of Single Sign-on Configuration Information
  • 6.3.2 Product-Specific Instructions for Regenerating Single Sign-On Configuration Information
• 6.4 Post-Upgrade Tasks and Information for the Web Tier Components
  • 6.4.1 Reconfiguring the Connections and Ports for Oracle Web Cache
  • 6.4.2 Additional Upgrade Step When Using Secure (SSL) Connections
  • 6.4.3 Additional Web Tier Component Post-Upgrade Tasks