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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

Backing up the Oracle Fusion Applications


All ERP applications require a comprehensive backup and recovery mechanism. The ability to back up an application provides insurance against application failure. This can happen for several reasons:

  • Hardware failure

  • Database corruption

  • Application failure due to patching

A comprehensive backup allows the application to be recovered to a point in time at which the entire application was in an integral state. Since Oracle Fusion Applications have multiple components, the backup of Oracle Fusion Applications spans multiple layers. There are primarily two areas of backup with multiple subcomponents. The high-level layers are shown in the following figure:

Filesystem backup

The filesystem has a copious amount of files. Some of these files are static and hence a single backup for these files would suffice. Other files change based on the application setup and usage. These files need to be backed up on a regular basis. In general, the following categories of...