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Oracle Fusion Applications Administration Essentials

By : Faisal Ghadially, Kalpit Parikh
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Oracle Fusion Applications Administration Essentials

By: Faisal Ghadially, Kalpit Parikh

Overview of this book

<p>Oracle Fusion Applications is a process driven and enduser centric package, which is different from legacy ERP products, which means that the installation and maintenance of Oracle Fusion Applications is fundamentally different from legacy ERP. This book bridges the gap between OFA and legacy ERP and provides an indepth view of administering Oracle Fusion Applications.</p> <p>Oracle Fusion Applications Administration Essentials provides you with practical guidance on administering Oracle Fusion Applications. It provides detailed architectural information for an application administrator. This book consists of lucid instructions including screenshots to help teach readers about the administration of Oracle Fusion Applications.</p> <p>Fusion administration has several complex areas that need to be administered. Starting from installation, to maintaining and monitoring Oracle Fusion applications, this book comprehensively covers the steps and details of performing specific tasks, keeping in mind the architectural aspects of the application.</p> <p>We will then review the steps for a bare metal installation of Oracle Fusion Applications. This is followed by a review of the Functional Setup Manager, as well as an explanation of administrative aspects such as security, monitoring, and job scheduling.The book also covers the administration of applications in terms of patching and cloning. A clear view of Extending Oracle Fusion Applications is provided as well.</p> <p>Oracle Fusion Application Administration Essentials is a comprehensive guide to administering and maintaining Oracle Fusion Applications. This book not only gives detailed steps for administering the application, but also provides context for these administrative tasks. The lucid style and clear illustrations will ensure that a comprehensive understanding of the topics will be achieved.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Oracle Fusion Applications Administration Essentials
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing Oracle Database and applications


The database and application install is the core of the install process. This installs the database structures and application code for Oracle Fusion Applications. The installation files can be downloaded from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.

These files are to be staged in a predefined directory structure. This file location is referred to as the provision repository. This location should be made accessible to all of the hosts involved in the installation of Oracle Fusion Applications. Installers for various components of the install are located in this repository. The installer location is $provision_repository_locaiton/installers.

Provisioning framework

It is important to understand the structure of the provision repository. All installation files are placed in the provision repository to create a provision framework. Provisioning framework provides essential supporting components to provision Fusion Applications environment. It helps to streamline...