NEWS AND UPDATES
Webcast: Standards-based Desktop Integration in Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle University has a large number of free recorded webcasts for Oracle E-Business Suite. Here’s a useful one on Web Applications Desktop Integrator (Web ADI) and Oracle Report Manager:
Padmabrabodh Ambale covers the latest standards support in Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator and Oracle Report Manager. The session includes new features in Release 12.2 and other proposed design changes that result in vastly improved performance and spreadsheet experience. In addition, it offers information on how you can use Desktop Integration Framework to build your own custom desktop integrations between Oracle E-Business Suite and Microsoft Excel for enhanced end user productivity for mass upload/download of spreadsheet data. This material was presented at Oracle OpenWorld 2015.
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Providing Limited Patch Wizard Access to EBS End-Users
Patch Wizard helps you identify useful or critical missing patches for your EBS environment.
One of the most common questions we get is how to provide Patch Wizard access to end-users without giving them full access to the rest of the system administration features included with the System Administration responsibility.
In response to these questions, we created a responsibility for Non-Sysadmin users that contains only the Patch Wizard screens. Tips on using this new responsibility are covered here:
- Patch Wizard FAQ (Note 976688.2) – see tab “Setup Patch Wizard Responsibility for End Users”
This Note shows how to create a new Patch Wizard responsibility for end-users, how to configure preferences and how to add restrictions for specific menus and functions.
References
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- Patch-Related Enhancements in Release 12
- New Video Primers on EBS Patch Wizard Now Available
- New Patch Wizard for EBS 12.1 Now Available
Source:https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenchan/setup-patch-wizard-responsibility-for-end-users-v2
Can EBS Nodes Be at Different Operating System Levels?
Oddly, a category of EBS architecture questions that I’d thought long-settled is starting to reemerge. I’ve recently seen several queries along the lines of:
- Can EBS database nodes and application tier nodes be on different operating systems?
- Can multiple EBS database nodes be on different operating systems or levels?
- Can multiple EBS application tier nodes be on different operating systems or levels?
Here are the answers to these questions:
1. Can EBS database nodes and application tier nodes be on different operating systems?
Yes. In some cases, the operating systems certified for EBS database nodes cannot be run on the application tier. These are called “database tier only” certifications. It is quite common to see this configuration, especially in large EBS environments.
2. Can multiple EBS database nodes be on different operating systems or levels?
No. From our “Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install” documentation:
“All database tier nodes must be at the same operating system patch level.”
3. Can multiple EBS application tier nodes be on different operating systems or levels?
No. From our “Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install” documentation:
“All application tier nodes must be at the same operating system patch level.”
Here’s a screenshot from our EBS 12.2 documentation (emphasis in red):
References
- Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1 Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install (PDF)
- Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install (PDF)
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Source: https://blogs.oracle.com/stevenchan/can-ebs-nodes-be-at-different-operating-system-levels
Webcast: “Managing Oracle E-Business Suite Auditing and Security”
Oracle University has a large number of free recorded webcasts for Oracle E-Business Suite. One of the essential webcasts on security that all EBS sysadmins should review is:
Eric Bing, Senior Director Product Development and Elke Phelps, Senior Principal Product Manager share recommendations for auditing, monitoring and securing your Oracle E-Business Suite environment and sensitive data. Configuration guidelines for monitoring and auditing activity in your Oracle E-Business Suite application and database will be provided. The session will provide an overview of our secure configuration guidelines, updates to the secure configuration scripts, and optional security integrations. Also shared is a summary of some of the new security features available in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 including enhancements for proxy user functionality and how to reduce your attack surface by reducing cookie scope, allowed JavaServer Pages (JSPs), and external redirects. This material was presented at OOW 2015.
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