Upgrade 11.5.10.2 to R12

Question

HI,
We are planning to upgrade from 11.5.10.2 to 12.1.3 ..
My doubts are :
1. need to take license ?
2. need to download Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.1 Media Pack for Linux x86 from edelivery?
3.Then upgrade to 12.1.3
Share any good doc ...
Thanks & Regards
KSV.DBA

Answer 1

HI Hussein,
Thanks for your extended suport -:)
By reading above mentioned doc i prepared a my own doc.Please cross check that..
1.     Technical Information
The upgrade was done on the single node environment installed on Red Hat Linux 4
     Operating System: Red Hat 4
Oracle Application Version: 11.5.10.2
     Database Version: 10.2.4.0
     ATG_PF.H.RUP6 + AD.I.6
Prerequisite before upgrade the database to 10g
2.1 Apply ATG Rollup Patch 6
If your patch set level is earlier than ATG Rollup patch 6,you should apply.
Follow the given below action plan if your ATG Rollup patch is less than 6
Refer Metalink note: About Oracle Applications Technology ATG_PF.H Rollup 6 [ID 444524.1]
2.2 Upgrade Developer 6i to the latest patch set
If your patch set level is earlier then patch set 17, you should apply the latest certified patch set (patch set 19).
Follow the given below action plan if your developer 6i patch set is earlier then 17
Developer 6i patch set 19 patch numbers - 6194129
Refer the metalink note to upgrade developer 6i - 125767.1
(Few pre-request and post upgrade patches to been applied according to the OS platform)
Known Issue after upgrade the Developer 6i patch set 19
Upgrade Jinitor 1.4.2 to J2Se 1.6.0.11 reference metalink note 290807.1 and apply patch 6863618
2.3 Apply patch 8815204 -11g release 2 interoperability patch for 11.5.10
Apply 8818524 patch using adpatch utility
2.4 Prerequisites patches
a.     5644137
b.     6400762
3.     Install 11g software
3.1 Install Software
a.     Create directory under rdbms oracle home for the new 10g software (/d01/oracle/livedb/10.2.0)
b.     Download the following 10g software
1.     Oracle database 11.2.0.2.0( p10098816_112020_LINUX_1of7.zip
and p10098816_112020_LINUX_2of7.zip
for Linux (from oracle site)
2.     Oracle database 11.2.0.2 for Linux (from metalink patch 10098816)
c.     Login to oracle user in GUI and execute the runInstaller
d.     Install 11g software in the following order and select advanced installation for 11.2.0.1 installation.
1.     Install Oracle Database 11.2.0.2, select advanced Installation and software only.
After the installation, make sure that:
•     The ORACLE_HOME environment variable points to the new 11.2.0 Oracle home.
•     The PATH environment variable includes $ORACLE_HOME/bin and the directory where the new perl executable is located (usually $ORACLE_HOME/perl/bin).
•     The LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable includes $ORACLE_HOME/lib.
•     The PERL5LIB environment variable points to the directories where the new perl libraries are located (usually $ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/[perl version] and $ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/site_perl/[perl version]
3.2     Create nls/data/9i directory
Create directory under 11g oracle_home/nls/data as 9idata
$mkdir –p $oracle_home/nls/data/9idata
export ORACLE_HOME =/d01/oracle/livedb/10.2.0
export ORA_NLS10=/d01/oracle/10.2.0/nls/data/9idata
Execute perl $ORACLE_HOME/nls/data/old/cr9idata.pl
3.3 Apply additional 11.2.0.2 RDBMS patches
a.     10149223
b.     10229719
4.     Database upgrade
4.1 Shutdown the Application Server processes & database listener
Oracle Database 11.2.0 upgrade information utility
Copy the utlu112i.sql script from 11.2.0.2 oracle_home/rdbms/admin to 10.2.0.4 oracle_home directory and run the script as SYS user in 10g database. Verify the spool file info.log for any errors.
4.2 Prepare to upgrade
Edit oratab file
Add the following entry in /etc/oratab file
LIVE:/d01/oracle/livedb/9.2.0:N
PROD:/d01/oracle/livedb/10.2.0:N
Execute the database upgrade assistant
     $ORACLE_HOME/bin/dbua
4.3 Modify Initialization Parameter Settings
Follow metalink note 216205.1 Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 11i-Section 2.6: Release-Specific Database Initialization Parameters for 11gR2 (11.2.X)
*(If i copy paste above note: is that enough )*
5.     Post upgrade
5.4 Run adgrants.sql
Copy $APPL_TOP/admin/adgrants.sql (adgrants_nt.sql for Windows) from the administration server node to the database server node. Use SQL*Plus to connect to the database as SYSDBA and run the script using the following command:
     $ sqlplus "/ as sysdba" @adgrants.sql
5.5 Grant create procedure privilege on CTXSYS
Copy $AD_TOP/patch/115/sql/adctxprv.sql from the administration server node to the database server node. If you are upgrading to R12, use the R12 version of the file. Use SQL*Plus to connect to the database as APPS and run the script using the following command:
$ sqlplus apps/[APPS password] @adctxprv.sql \
[SYSTEM password] CTXSYS
Execute @$AD_TOP/patch/115/sql/adctxprv [system_password] CTXSYS
5.6 Set CTXSYS Parameter
$ sqlplus “/as sysdba”
SQL> exec ctxsys.ctx_adm.set_parameter('file_access_role', 'public');
5.7 Run Autoconfig on DB Tier and Application Tier
DB Tier
Copy context file (LIVE_prod.xml) from 9.2.0 home to 10.2.0 home and change the location with 10.2.0 oracle home.
Execute perl $AD_TOP/bin/admkappsutil.pl
Copy appsutil.zip to 10.2.0 oracle home directory and unzip.
Execute $sh /d01/oracle/livedb/10.2.0/appsutil/bin/adconfig.sh
Application Tier
Run autoconfig on Application Tier.
5.8 Gather Statistics for SYS schema
Copy $APPL_TOP/admin/adstats.sql from the administration server node to the database server node. If you are upgrading to R12, use the R12 version of the file. Note that adstats.sql has to be run in restricted mode. Use SQL*Plus to connect to the database as SYSDBA and use the following commands to restart the database in restricted mode, run adstats.sql, and restart the database in normal mode:
$ sqlplus "/ as sysdba"
SQL> shutdown normal;
SQL> startup restrict;
SQL> @adstats.sql
SQL> shutdown normal;
SQL> startup;
SQL> exit;
Note:
Make sure that you have at least 1.5 GB of free default temporary tablespace or following the below step to create temporary tablespace with 2GB and then start gather statistics.
DROP TABLESPACE TEMP INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES;
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP TEMPFILE ‘/d01/oracle/livedata/TEMP01.dbf’ SIZE 2048M EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL UNIFORM SIZE 128k;
5.9 Apply Human Resource patch
Apply patch 7721754
5.10 Recreate grants and synonym
Execute adadmin
Choose -> Maintain Application Database Entities menu
Choose -> Re-create grants and sysnonyms for apps schema
Please correct if i went wrong anywhere .. please check .......
Thanks
KSV.DBA