Upgrade Recommendations

Consider the following Oracle recommendations for upgrade.

Oracle recommends in-place upgrade if you want to:

• Upgrade from Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 PS3 to 11.1.1.10.3 PS4. Make sure you apply the PB4 (Patch Bundle 4) before you perform the in-place upgrade.
• Upgrade from Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 or 11.1.1.10.3 PS2 to 11.1.1.10.3 PS4. Make sure that you apply the PB2 (Patch Bundle 2) before you perform the in-place upgrade.

Oracle recommends out-of-place upgrade if:

• Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 PS4 doesn't support the current Operating System. Refer to the Oracle BI Applications Certification Matrix.
• You want to upgrade from Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 to Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 PS4, and the target RCU must be configured on the Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP) Database.
• You want to upgrade from Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 to Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 PS4 to use the Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP) Database.
• You want to upgrade from Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.2 and prior releases to Oracle BI Applications 11.1.1.10.3 PS4 (Upgrade from using Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure 11g to using the latest Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure 12c).