Fusion Applications R8: Installation and Patching

Duration: 5 Days

What you will learn

This Fusion Applications R8: Installation and Patching training is based on Oracle Fusion Applications Release 8. It will
teach you how to plan, install and patch the Oracle Fusion Applications and Oracle Fusion Middleware components
used in Oracle Fusion Applications Release 8.

Learn To:

Install and configure an Oracle Database for applications transactions.
Plan for installing Oracle Fusion Applications.
Prepare a provisioning response file using the provisioning wizard.
Install, deploy and configure Oracle Fusion Applications.
Start and use the Identity Management environment with Fusion Applications.
Perform life cycle operations for Middleware components in Fusion Applications environment.
Start, stop, configure and administer Oracle Fusion Applications processes.
Apply Fusion Applications patches using FAPMGR utility.
Apply Fusion Middleware patches using FASPOT utility.

Benefits to You

The practices in this course will involve you working in teams. Each team provisions one Oracle Fusion Applications
Release 8 environment. You’ll get a broad overview of how to use an Identity Management environment that’s
pre-configured for use with Oracle Fusion Applications.

Please Note:

This course does not cover the functional setup and functional administration of Oracle Fusion Applications.
It’s mainly focused on Fusion Applications provisioning in on-premise environments.
The practices have been developed and validated only on Fusion Applications Release 8.

Audience

Administrator
Architect
Implementation Consultant
Project Manager
Support Engineer
System Administrator
Technical Administrator
Technical Consultant

Related Training

Required Prerequisites
Oracle Database 11g: Administration Workshop I Release 2
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: Administration Overview
Suggested Prerequisites
Fusion Applications R8: Provision Identity Management

Course Objectives

Install and configure Oracle Database 11g for use with Oracle Fusion Applications
Run the Provisioning Wizard to install, configure and start Oracle Fusion Application environment
Patch Fusion Applications and Fusion Middleware components
Start and stop components in the Oracle Fusion Applications environment
Monitor Oracle Fusion Applications using Fusion Applications Control
Describe the concepts and components of Oracle Fusion Applications
Verify access to the necessary Identity and Access Management environment
Use the Provisioning Wizard to create response file

Course Topics

Introduction to Fusion Applications

Introducing Oracle Fusion Application
About Oracle Fusion Applications Architecture
Introducing Oracle Fusion Applications product families
Key Concepts of Fusion Applications and Middleware
Adoption Options for Oracle Fusion Applications

Oracle Fusion Middleware Components: Overview

An overview of Oracle Fusion Middleware components
Oracle Fusion Middleware in Fusion Applications environment
About Basic Management of WebLogic Server
An overview of Identity Management components in Fusion Applications

Provisioning Overview

Provisioning term explanation (install, configure, and deploy)
Provisioning and the Installation Process Roadmap
Provisioning wizard options
About Directory Structure
Explaining Fusion Applications topology
About installation guidelines and initial setup tasks
Preparing for an installation
Configuring the Identity Management environment

Installing a Database for Application Transactions

About Database installation options
Installing the database
Discussing default configuration parameters
Configuring the database using the Provisioning Wizard
Configuring Oracle Fusion Applications schema with RCU

Creating Provisioning Plans

What is a provisioning plan?
Installation considerations
Creating a provisioning plan
Starting the provisioning wizard
About wizard instructions
About installation paths and optimal outcomes
Updating an Existing Plan

Provisioning a New Environment

Types of hosts in a multiple-host environment
Installation phases
Running the installation phases
Installing and configuring product offerings
Installation location details
Basic troubleshooting the provisioning process
Post-installation tasks

Basic Administration

Introducing Oracle Fusion Applications administration tools
Comparing functionality of admin tools
Using Fusion Applications Control
Navigating within Fusion Applications Control
Using Fusion Applications Control to start and stop components at different levels
Viewing component ports
Starting and stopping components, environment, and cluster
Starting and stopping using the node manager

Monitoring Applications

Monitoring the product family
Verifying the status of applications
Monitoring business performance metrics for a product family
Monitoring business performance metrics for a product
Monitoring business performance metrics for applications and infrastructure

Patching Fusion Applications

Fusion Applications Patch Manager framework
Fusion Applications Patch Types
Patching Utilities
Fusion Applications patching operations
Verifying patches already applied in the environment
Validating new patches using Fusion Applications Patch Manager
Applying patches using Fusion Applications Patch Manager

Patching Platform for Fusion Applications (P4FA) Using FASPOT

Platform for Fusion Applications (P4FA) patches overview
Apply patches to the databases using OPatch
FASPOT utility overview
Configure FASPOT in the Fusion Applications environment
Apply Fusion Middleware and Identity Management patches using FASPOT