PeopleTools 8.49.22 with Oracle 11gR2

Question

Hello. We have an installation of peoplesoft using peopletools 8.49.22 with Oracle 10.2.0.4.0 on Solaris 10
Recenlty the DBAs are migrating the databases to Oracle 11.2.0.3.0. Our demo database was upgraded and they installed the Oracle Client 11.2.0.1 in our unix and windows servers.
In the peoplesoft installation I just pointed to the new oracle home. However we cannot boot the application server and process scheduler in unix and windows, they show this error:
File: SQL Access ManagerSQL error. Stmt #: 2 Error Position: 0 Return: 8097 - Oracle initialization error
In Oracle Support i found that we need to install an older oracle client (11.1.x ) in order to make it work.
I installed the 11.1.0.6 and yes both application an process scheduler boot OK, and we were able to navigate the application and send sqr, AE, cobol, etc.
BUT the problem is that our DBA team says that we MUST use the client 11.2 , and the ITIL group says that the combination of 8.49 with 11.2 is certificated in Oracle site.
So i write to all you to ask if someone in the community is using the above combination and what steps were done in order to make it work.
Thanks in advance.
JRAL

Answer 1

Hi, I think the PATH in windows is set correct, because we substitute the variable deleting the reference to the previous version. This is how it looks:
Does boot
C:\>set
ORACLE_HOME=E:\oracle\product\11.1.0\client_1
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Program Files\Common Files\NetSarang;C:\Program Files\PeopleSoft\ChangeImpact Analyzer\dll;E:\PSOFT\CPL90TS2\bin\client\winx86;E:\bin\client\winx86;C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\oma\bin;C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\idrac;C:\bea\Tuxedo9.1\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\BMCSOF~1\Patrol3\bin;*E:\oracle\product\11.1.0\client_1\bin*
[Process Scheduler]
;=========================================================================
; General settings for the Process Scheduler
;=========================================================================
PrcsServerName=PSNT
DBBIN=E:\oracle\product\11.1.0\client_1\BIN
Does not boot
ORACLE_HOME=E:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1
Path=C:\Program Files\Common Files\NetSarang;C:\Program Files\PeopleSoft\ChangeImpact Analyzer\dll;E:\PSOFT\CPL90TS2\bin\client\winx86;E:\bin\client\winx86;C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\oma\bin;C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\idrac;C:\bea\Tuxedo9.1\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\BMCSOF~1\Patrol3\bin;*E:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\bin*
[Process Scheduler]
;=========================================================================
; General settings for the Process Scheduler
;=========================================================================
PrcsServerName=PSNT
DBBIN=E:\oracle\product\11.2.0\client_1\BIN
In Unix is easier because the reference is with variables in the .zprofile (PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH )
MN-CPLLT-21% env | grep oracle
TNS_ADMIN=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/network/admin
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/export/home/ps900dev/jre/lib/sparcv9/native_threads:/export/home/ps900dev/jre/lib/sparcv9/server:/export/home/ps900dev/jre/lib/sparcv9:*/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/lib*:/opt/lib/cobol/lib:/opt/lib/cobol/lmf/lib:/export/home/ps900dev/sqrdir/ora/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/jre/lib/sparc/native_threads:/export/home/ps900dev/jre/lib/sparc/classic:/export/home/ps900dev/jre/lib/sparc:/opt/lib/cobol/lmf/lib:/export/home/ps900dev/sqrdir/ora/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/WS6U1/lib:/export/home/ps900dev/weblogic/myserver/cgi-bin:/export/home/ps900dev/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/bin/interfacedrivers:/opt/psoft/bea/tuxedo91/lib::/export/home/ps900dev/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/bin/interfacedrivers:/export/home/ps900dev/bin/sqr/ORA/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/optbin:/export/home/ps900dev/verity/solaris/_ssol26/bin:/opt/psoft/bea/tuxedo91/lib
PATH=/export/home/ps900dev/jre/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/opt/psoft/bea/tuxedo91/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/opt/lib/cobol/bin:*/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/bin*:/export/home/ps900dev/sqrdir/ora/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/bin:/opt/VRTSvmsa/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/bin/sqr/ORA/bin:/export/home/ps900dev/verity/solaris/_ssol26/bin:/opt/psoft/bea/tuxedo91/bin
MN-CPLLT-21%
Add to PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/bin
Spawn Threshold=1,600:1,1
I think i'm missing a reference somewhere else, but i don't know where to look :(
Thanks