Regarding Oracle Maintenance Wizard.

All,
I'm about to upgrade from R12.1.1 from 11i. Please let me know if anyone has done this using "Oracle Maintenance Wizard." and is it useful. I haven' used this before .
Regards
Rahul

Hi Rahul,
I'm currently using MW for the first time to upgrade 11.5.10.2 to R12 and yes it's really useful in that the steps are all predefined for you and the patching is pretty much automated, you can record your timngs and add notes etc. However there are a few things to be aware of, and like any new tool it takes a little while to figure out how MW works, once you've got it setup right and know how it works then it's a really useful tool.
the key things I've come across are:
- you need a DB to store the MW repository in
- make sure you setup the ssh properly and test it as defined in the install guide - 329476.1
- make sure you upgrade mw to the lastest version - 2.17 - I did the update manually and this took a bit of frigging around
- unfortunately the user guide is out of date so the screenshots differ, plus I don't think there's enough info in the install guide
- define your nodes and paths, you can redo these at any stage
- check each upgrade step before hand and if you not using liveupdate then download each patch before hand
- MW only upgrades to 12.1.1 so you'll need to apply further patches if you want to go to 12.1.3
- get your functional people to use MW also as there's a whole bunch of functional steps
- read all the other oracle docs associated with an upgrade..and as always there's heaps!
good luck!
Jeremy

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ERROR: Exception in downloadPatch problem - Oracle Maintenance Wizard.

Hello gurus
I am having problems using the system to automatically download patches in manitenence wizard, when the application tries to automatically download the patch that is not missing it, so asking you to download manually returning the following message:
Checking for patch 3480000 for LINUX platform in / u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/eof/patches ...
Not found on the local node, Trying to download the patch from updates.oracle.com
Download get_from_url_1703_3480000.sh Running script in / u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/eof/patches
ERROR - failed Looks like ftp, see p3480000 ls-l \ * (above) of EOF_PATCH_TOP
EOF_PATCH_TOP = / u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/eof/patches
Log of session: / u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/eof/log/INSTANCE_1703/get_from_url_3480000 \ *. log
================================================== =================
1) Have the administrator try running the ftp script manually.
OR
2) set HOME / .netrc, then try Script: / u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/eof/log/INSTANCE_1703/get_from_url_1703_3480000.sh
ERROR: Failed to download patch 3480000.
Go to Metalink and manually download patch 3480000 for platform
LINUX into directory / u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/eof/patches and then re-run this step.
But when I try to run the command to download it manually it returns me the following message:
ERROR: Exception in downloadPatch problem - Parsis aws for current platform with xml!
Has anyone encountered ese error??
Thanks and I look forward to.

Go to Metalink and manually download patch 3480000 for platform
LINUX into directory / u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/db_1/eof/patches and then re-run this stepAs mentioned above, download the file manually from Metalink (MOS) website and copy it to this directory then run the same command.
Thanks,
Hussein

Regarding Maintenance wizard

Hi,
We are planning to install and configure Maintenance Wizard for our R12.1.1 instance.
I am confused about the pre-reqs. Somewhere it mentions that we need to install RDBMS Oracle Home + iAS Oracle Home.
However, the note 329476.1 which details the installation procedure, nowhere mentions anything about iAS Oracle Home.
We are planning to install the latest MW(patch 8912211) as described in Note: 430732.1
Please help me with your inputs.
thanks.

Hi;
I am confused about the pre-reqs. Somewhere it mentions that we need to install RDBMS Oracle Home + iAS Oracle Home.
However, the note 329476.1 which details the installation procedure, nowhere mentions anything about iAS Oracle Home.
We are planning to install the latest MW(patch 8912211) as described in Note: 430732.1
If you want to apply patch 8912211 you should follow How to Perform a LivePatch [ID 291887.1] whish is also descripe in readme part. I suggest follow note How to Perform a LivePatch [ID 291887.1], it show what you have to do
Regard
Helios

Maintenance Wizard 2.20 Not showing any images and Style

We have installed Maintenance Wizard 2.20 on the RHEL 5 linux server, we are accessing the application through IE9 browser. I have completed the browser settings provided by the MW disclaimer. But i couldnt see any images or CSS in the screen. I can able to login and navigate through all the screens.
Please help me in this issue.
Sundar

Hi DB,
The steps for the upgrade itself can also be found in:
Oracle® Applications
Upgrade Guide
Release 11i to 12.1.1
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18727_01/index.htm
and depending at the type of OS you need to follow:
Note 761564.1 - Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.1.1) for Linux x86
Note 761566.1 - Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.1.1) for Linux x86-64
Note 761568.1 - Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.1.1) for Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit)
Or in case you have another platform let me know.
Regards,
Ronald

Using Maintenance Wizard for generic patching

Hi,
Does anyone out there uses the Maintenance Wizard?
I want to use it to automate patching on several environments, and it seems that the tool is not very flexible. I am unable to create a empty project, It only creates projects with preseeded tasks. And I cant find where to add a patch to be applied automatically by the tool. It seems that the tool can only add scripts as custom steps.
Regards,
Luis

Bumping this thread to the top.
Anyone out there would like to use this tool for generic patching too?
Anyone knows of other oracle software that can manage patching on several environments, and control which patch was applied were? One software I knew did this was Kintana, the company was acquired by HP and it seems to no longer be available. Last time I looked Grid Control was still unable to manage Oracle Applications patching.
Regards,
Luis
Edited by: lfreitas34 on Sep 17, 2008 2:06 PM

11i to R12 upgrade and Maintenance Wizard and the Maintenance Wizard Forum

MetaLink doc 215527.1 recommends using the Maintenance Wizard to upgrade from 11i to R12.
The Maintenance Wizard is extolled elsewhere in this Forum to replace the Upgrade Spreadsheet.
And it is referenced a couple times in the 11i forum.
But that's not much press considering Oracle's description below.
Also, all the Maintenance Wizard MetaLink docs below reference a Maintenance Wizard forum.
The forum contains excellent feedback including how to use Maintenance Wizard within a firewall.
LCM: Maintenance Wizard
But the Maintenance Wizard forum was Archived ~two weeks ago.
Some clarification would sure be useful.
What I'm actually trying to confirm is exactly what OAS or iAS or OC4J to use with it.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!
From 215527.1:
Oracle Support provides Maintenance Wizard to guide you through the upgrade of Oracle Applications technology stack and products from Release 11i versions to Release 12. It draws on instructions from numerous manuals and other documentation to provide you with a complete picture of the activities required for an upgrade.
Maintenance Wizard helps you to reduce upgrade tasks by dynamically filtering the necessary steps based on criteria it obtains from your Applications environment. The resulting report is a set of step-by-step instructions of exactly what you need to do to complete your specific upgrade, including any critical patches that your system may require. It can also automatically execute many of the tasks for you, so as to reduce the possibility of errors or accidental omission of vital tasks.
These MetaLink documents reference the Archived Maintenance Wizard Forum
434387.1 - Maintenance Wizard Data Sheet
215527.1 - Maintenance Wizard Overview
430732.1 - Maintenance Wizard Downloads
329476.1 - Maintenance Installation Instructions
430734.1 - Maintenance Wizard Users Guide
405263.1 - Maintenance Wizard FAQ
406917.1 - Maintenance Wizard Training
418301.1 - Maintenance Wizard Webcast

FYI,
I am investigating what happened to the Maintenance Wizard forum. I was not alerted or consulted before it was moved to an "archived" location.
I will provide an update here once I find out how to get the situation corrected.
In the meantime, please use the other support channels (this forum, FAQ, iTAR's, etc.) for Maintenance Wizard questions and problems.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
-Vikki
Product Manager for the Maintenance Wizard
PS - To answer Tom's imbedded question (What I'm actually trying to confirm is exactly what OAS or iAS or OC4J to use with it.), please look at the Installation Guide (note 329476.1). In step 2 of the prerequisites, it states:
Maintenance Wizard version 2.x requires Oracle RDBMS 10g (10.2.0) with 10g iAS (10.1.3).
Hope this is what you needed, Tom....

EBS upgrade from 11i to R12 using Maintenance Wizard question

I have installed Maintenance Wizard in development envrionment. I picked module to upgrade 11i to R12. When I am defining the node it not only picked up 11i nodes but required me to configure R12 nodes. So Do I have to to create upgrade file system(for R12) and then configured R12 nodes in Define nodes? My configuration is in In configuration at this time as I did not configured R12 nodes.
Please help me resolve this issue.

My question is which database oracle_home we have to consider to upgrade R12? and What about another one oracle_home?
When you run Rapid Install, provide the details of the already upgraded/installed 11.2.0.3 ORACLE_HOME.
For 11gR1 ORACLE_HOME which is installed by Rapid Install, please see (How to upgrade Oracle E-Business Suite from 11i to 12.1.1 and keep the existing 10g Database? (Doc ID 1345020.1)).
Thanks,
Hussein

Is there a way to use the Maintenance Wizard with a .profile file...

Good afternoon all...
In my environment we have the same applmgr account for multiple databases. The .profile delivers a menu that allows the user to pick which database they wish to work with, and then a script runs which changes the environment specific variables for the desired database.
In many environments I have worked in the .profile is used to setup environmental variables for the applmgr account.
In looking at the instructions for setting up Maintenance Wizard it says to ensure ssh or rsh access to each of the applications servers using the applmgr account, and removing any .profile or .login scripts. This is not viable in my environment.
In asking on metalink I was told 1) just ignore the ssh setup stuff; and 2)the ssh setup is essential for maintenance wizard to work. Clearly conflicting advice.
How can I install/implement maintenance wizard without the loss of my current .profile configuration?
Please advise,
Adam

Oracle support's assessment was that that there is no way around the requirement to use ssh/remsh, I did a bit of further research into the issue. I developed a resolution for hpux as follows...
I used ssh rather than remsh for my shell and created a conditional statement in my .profile to handle the issue...
# Set environment script if not secure shell -- 100311 MAC
if [ -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]
then
#Set up the shell environment
set -u
trap "echo 'logout'" 0
umask 012
else
#Set up the shell environment
set -u
trap "echo 'logout'" 0
umask 012
# Set up Oracle environment
. /usr/local/bin/envch
fi
The conditional uses -n for not null, or in other words it is True if the variable is defined but false if it is not.
The variable $SSH_CLIENT is defined when logging in through ssh, but undefined when using another terminal method.
If it is an ssh shell I still setup other environment variables, but I have to move the "set -u" line to a result of the conditional as placing it before the conditional will make the -n test condition invalid. (It will cause references to an undefined variable to return an error rather than null). If it is not an ssh shell I again setup the variables but also call the interactive component of the login as it's own script.
I have tested this successfully and will now move on with the rest of the maintenance wizard installation.
Thank you,
Adam

ORA-01017 error, when running Complete configuration of Maintenance Wizard

Hi Gurus,
Maintenance wizard version: 2.19 (latest)
DB: 10.2.0.1
Linux:
Upgrade assistance for R12
Im trying to complete the first step:
1-Complete configuration of Maintenance Wizard (Required)
It gives me errors:
Checking that Remote EOF_HOME is only a directory name, not a path...
ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
SP2-0640: Not connected
SP2-0670: Internal number conversion failed
Usage: { EXIT | QUIT } [ SUCCESS | FAILURE | WARNING | n |
<variable> | :<bindvariable> ] [ COMMIT | ROLLBACK ]
** ERROR!!! **
** Project node configuration has FAILED with the problem(s) below:!!! **
** Invalid value for REMOTE_EOF_HOME.
** Solution: Remove all slashes in the value for REMOTE_EOF_HOME.
** The value must be a simple directory name, not a path.
** Please have the Project Administrator return to the Modify Project
** screen, change the value for REMOTE_EOF_HOME and re-run Step
** 1 of the Configuration category.
** DO NOT PROCEED WITH ANY OTHER STEPS UNTIL YOU RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS SHOWN **
** ABOVE. ALL OTHER STEP EXECUTION DEPENDS ON A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT NODE **
** CONFIGURATION. **
** ONCE YOU HAVE RESOLVED THE PROBLEMS SHOWN ABOVE, YOU MUST RE-RUN THIS **
** STEP AGAIN. **
I've checked all the forums before posting. Please advise
Thanks & Regards,
Rv
Edited by: Kiran Jakka on May 11, 2012 8:05 AM

Yes this is what I do, but still receive "Insufficient privileges to write to that location". So I am forced to use normal file system to be able to continue.
After that I run into the current problem saying OMS configuration failed (see details....) and I try:
./opmnctl startall
opmnctl: starting opmn and all managed processes...
================================================================================
opmn id=uxlpgrid01:6200
3 of 5 processes started.
ias-instance id=EnterpriseManager0.uxlpgrid01
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ias-component/process-type/process-set:
OC4J/home/default_island
Error
--> Process (pid=0)
no port available from the port range
failed to start a managed process after the maximum retry limit
no port available from the port range
no port available from the port range
Log:
none
ias-component/process-type/process-set:
OC4J/OC4J_EMPROV/default_island
Error
--> Process (pid=0)
no port available from the port range
failed to start a managed process after the maximum retry limit
no port available from the port range
no port available from the port range
Log:
none
Then:
./opmnctl status
Processes in Instance: EnterpriseManager0.uxlpgrid01
------------------------------------------------+---------
ias-component | process-type | pid | status
------------------------------------------------+---------
DSA | DSA | N/A | Down
HTTP_Server | HTTP_Server | 23861 | Alive
LogLoader | logloaderd | N/A | Down
dcm-daemon | dcm-daemon | 27021 | Alive
OC4J | home | N/A | Down
OC4J | OC4J_EM | 10403 | Alive
OC4J | OC4J_EMPROV | N/A | Down
WebCache | WebCache | 23872 | Alive
WebCache | WebCacheAdmin | 23863 | Alive
Overwhelming :-(
Thanks for helping
Askia.

Maintenance Wizard vrs TUMS

In the R12.1.1 Upgrade Guide it mentions both TUMS and the Maintenance Wizard as means to pre-determine the upgrade steps specific for my environment.
TUMS outlines the steps I do NOT need to do whereas Maintenance Wizard gives a step by step outline of what is required in my environment.
Is TUMS complementary to the Maintenance Wizard or an alternative to it ? Which proves more useful ?
What's folks experience of the Maintenance Wizard rather than just going through the upgrade guide ?
thanks,
Jim

Looks like I need some help on the patch downloading in 2.18 as well. I ran the utiltity to make sure my MOS login was correct but the patch dowlonad is not working in the Prep for Upgrade/Create Merged patch for Rel 11i - Part 1. I've also tried downloading a patch by itself in the utilities but it won't work either. The errors reported don't tell me much but the log says to have to have the admin run the command manually. When I do I'm getting a java exception. Do you have any idea where I can start troubleshooting this?
cat get_from_url_1704_5259121.sh
/u01/mwiz/mwizdb/10.2.0/jre/*/bin/java -Dbug_number="5259121" -Daction="download_file" -Dplatform="46" -Ddownload_directory="./" oracle.support.mw.AruExecutor
ls -l p5259121_11i_.zip
[oramwiz@hntbw540d INSTANCE_1704]$ ./get_from_url_1704_5259121.sh
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/support/mw/AruExecutor
ls: p5259121_11i_.zip: No such file or directory
UPDATE: Found another log that said to run the https command manaully. Here is what happens when I do that. Note: I edited the parts with my email in them.
https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/XMLAPI/download_patch/p5382135_11i_GENERIC.zip?aru=8623346&email=<myemailhere>&userid=O-<myemailhere>&patch_file=p5382135_11i_GENERIC.zip
[1] 26587
[2] 26588
-bash: https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/XMLAPI/download_patch/p5382135_11i_GENERIC.zip?aru=8623346: No such file or directory
[3] 26589
[1] Exit 127 https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/XMLAPI/download_patch/p5382135_11i_GENERIC.zip?aru=8623346
[3]+ Done userid=O-<myemailhere>
Edited by: user649511 on Feb 24, 2011 2:30 PM

Maintenance Wizard - Upgrading 11i database from 9206 to 10203.

We are utilizing the maintenance wizard to help map out our plan for upgrading an 11i EBusiness Suite database from 9206 to 10203. The 10203 software was installed in a new oracle home. I have the following questions:
1.) At what point does the maintenance wizard have you generate the appsutil directory under the new 10203 oracle home?
2.) After "Perform Database upgrade steps" the section "Perform Post Database Upgrade Steps" requires the environment file to exist in the new ORACLE_HOME. However, it does not exist because the appsutil directory does not exist and autoconfig has not been run to lay down the directory structure. Should the environment file be copied from the old Oracle Home and manually modified at this point?

I should add another question related to this subject:
Could anybody explain how is MW taking care of the Database upgrade from 9206 to 10203 ? For me i see this step in MW just as a step which must be done manually. Is that correct ?
Thanks,
Paul

Maintenance Wizard install

I would normally post this to the Maintenance Wizard forum, but it appears to still be inadvertantly archived.
In the Maintenance Wizard Install Instructions (329476.1), Step 1. a. ii. h. says: Verify that $HOME does not have execute permissions for group and others. The next line is the command: chmod go-w $HOME which revokes write permission from group and others.
Two questions: 1.Is it only write permission which should be revoked, because group execute may be desired so applmgr and oracle can read each others directory trees to facilitate co-managing Apps?; and 2. Can Maintenance Wizard be used on a single node Express/Vision configuration, and if so, and if the Express/Vision Apps instance is installed by a single oraapps user, would it be best to create a separate oracle user on that same node to install and run Maintenance Wizard?
I will probably have questions about how the port configuration will play with Apps on a single box, and if there will be a ports.ini to identify the OAS Apache port in Post Install Step 5, and about Administration Instance settings and Cluster Topology, but hopefully the Maintenance Wizard forum will be back online by the time I get there.
Thanks in advance. I hope for another of the excellent answers which characterize the Maintenance Wizard forum.

Due to the Maintenance Wizard forum being unavailable at the time, this question was answered via email. The answer was something to the effect of:
1 - It is write permission that should be revoked - note has been corrected.
2 - Yes, it should work fine. The MW can be installed on the same or a different box from the Apps, and it can be owned by the same or different UNIX account. I often recommend using a different owner, just to keep things easier to distinguish.
The MW Forum is now back up, so please post future questions there! Thanks!
-Vikki
Product Manager for the Maintenance Wizard

Admrgpch fails in Maintenance Wizard 2.17

In a 11.5.10.2 upgrade to 12.1.1, Maintenance Wizard 2.17 fails to merge 2 R12 patches.
The following error occurs:
The admrgpch.log contains 3 lines which is
Could not load program /finwiz/oracle/10.2.0/eof/patches/r12_ad/bin/admrgpch:
Dependent module /finwiz/oracle/10.2.0/eof/patches/r12_ad/bin/libnnz10.so could not be loaded.
The module has an invalid magic number.
As apps owner admrgpch is successful. As Maintenance Wizard owner admrgpch fails.
Any feedback would be appreciated,
Bob

Hi, Bob,
I haven't seen that particular error before. Can you tell me what platform your MW node is running, and also what platform your Apps Admin node is running?
If it's the same O/S, are they patched to the same levels?
We copy the merge executable (and a few files) to the MW node to do the patch merging in a more efficient fashion... so that's why I'm asking. It's possible the AD folks might have added a new library file (although I would have expected to have numerous customers reporting this then)...
Also, did this EVER work? Or is this your first attempt?
Thanks,
-Vikki

While using Maintenance Wizard Hangs

Hi all any idea about this issue
When using Maintenance Wizard, clicking on steps (setup, execute,validate), the comments icon, or the audit icon, a blank window often appears. If the window isn't populated with data within a few seconds, it stays blank. Workaround is to close it and click the icon again. However, this may be risky in some situations where it may actually have started processing in the background, so it's necessary to check the EOF logs directory and active processes on the server to make sure nothing's running, which is time-consuming.

Hi,
It sure seems odd that you're having hanging all over the place. It sounds like you're getting terrible performance from your DB and/or Apache server. Is the box overloaded?
Regarding the little "workaround" you've been using:
The comments and audit icons are harmless to close & re-open.
For the substep buttons (setup, exe, val), we need to be a little more specific about WHICH window we're talking about... The substep buttons themselves open a window that says (somewhere) in the title "EOF: Step Action Run". This one is harmless to close & re-open repeatedly.
However, clicking on the RUN button pops open another window that says "EOF: Step Executer". THAT you do not want to do over and over. Every click of the run button (or browser refresh of specifically the "EOF: Step Executer" window) will cause another execution to kick off. However, you can close both of these, and re-open as many times as you like without repercussions. (In fact, exactly that is documented in our User Guide as the correct procedure for long running steps...)
I suspect you might have lots of hung processes, all due to one. My advice is to shut down Apache & the DB and restart clean. If you still have hanging, log an iTAR with some specifics.
Hope that helps,
-Vikki
Product and Development Manager for the Maintenance Wizard

MAINTENANCE WIZARD USERS MUST DOWNLOAD PATCHES MANUALLY UNTIL RELEASE 2.18

Due to a recent change in security policy Maintenance Wizard is unable to download patches automatically from within the tool. This issue is being worked and should be resolved very soon.
Until this download issue is resolved, customers will need to download patches manually and stage them into the patch directory defined by the environment variable EOF_PATCH_TOP for the Maintenance Wizard login.
This issue effects all releases of Maintenance Wizard to 2.17
Please feel free to post any questions you may have on this issue here.
Dave Heisler
Oracle
Edited by: user702507 on Nov 29, 2010 7:48 AM
Edited by: user702507 on Dec 3, 2010 12:17 PM

All pre-req steps / patches should be defined as steps in the Maintenance Wizard tool. The only manual part should be downloading the patch which is normally done in the setup phase of the step. If you are coming across pre-requiste steps that are not defined in the Maintenance Wizard tool, please update this thread with them so can discuss.
NOTE: Any step that does not have a RUN button within it has been defined as a manual step that you must execute manually outside the Maintenance Wizard tool and then mark the step as completed manually.

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