2. The following is intended to outline our general
product direction. It is intended for information
purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any
contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any
material, code, or functionality, and should not be
relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any
features or functionality described for Oracle’s
products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
3. Application Change Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite
An Introduction
Ken Baxter, Senior Product Strategy Manager
Biju Mohan, Senior Product Manager
4. Agenda
• Introduction
• Use Cases and Functional Overview
• UPK Demo
• Useful links and Contacts
• Summary
• Appendices
• Related OpenWorld Sessions
• Q&A
6. Introduction
Understanding the Components of ACP
Customization Manager – Takes all Enterprise Manager Grid Control
files associated with a custom
application, report or extension - and
bundles them into an Oracle patch. Application Change Management Pack
Standard utilities can then be used to
apply the patch to different instances Customization Setup
Patch
Manager Manager Manager
Patch Manager – Eliminates many of
the manual tasks associated with
applying EBS patches, as well as the Oracle
E-Business
redundant nature of applying the patch Suite
to each and every instance. Packs
Setup Manager – Automates the
migration of configuration/setup data Discovery Monitoring Cloning
across instances. Provides over 300
functional APIs (AOL, Fin, Mfg, Dist) for
setup data management. Application Management Pack
7. Oracle Enterprise Manager
Top-Down Application Management
Application Application
Operations Quality
Management Management
Real User
Experience Insight
Load Testing and
Service Level Accelerators for
Management Packaged Apps &
Web Services
Packaged Application
Management Functional Testing and
Accelerators for
SOA Application Management Packaged Apps &
Web Services
Diagnostic and Tuning
Test Management
Provisioning, Configuration
Management
Real Application Testing
Change Tracking
and Synchronization Data Masking
Application Lifecycle Management
8. Strategic Direction
Oracle Application Product Lines Converging on EM
Application Management
Packs for
1. Oracle E-Business Suite
2. PeopleSoft Enterprise
3. Siebel
4. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Fusion Applications
10. Use Case
Managing Customizations – Existing Practice
Developer
Source
Control
Check out
Check in
I
D
FTP FTP FTP
E Transfer Transfer Transfer
& & &
Build Build Build
Dev Test QA Prod
Challenges: • Manual • Complex • Repetitive • No Reporting
11. Product Overview
How Customization Manager Facilitates Management of Customizations
Customization Manager “Packages” custom files into one reusable unit
Inputs
Building a Deploy
The 3-step interview
“Package” of Patch
captures:
Custom Files Manager
• Configure SC commands
• Specify source/build
locations
Apply
• Specify custom files
• Specify versions Create AD compliant customization
• Set execution date/time packages
Over 200 file types supported
Reuse Packages Test Prod
Create build lists with manifests
Advantages compared to manual methods
• No manual transfer/build of files • Standards validation
• Leverage Patch History and Reporting • Dependency validation
• Custom patches deployed with Patch Manager • Integration into leading Source Control Systems
12. Use Case
Managing Customizations – Customization Manager
Developer
Source Customization
Control Manager
Check out
Check in
Customization
I Package
D
E
Dev Test QA Prod
Benefits: • Auto-build • Reusable • Standards • Comprehensive
13. Use Case
Patching Applications – Existing Practice
SysAdmin / DBA
Patches
(Metalink)
Command AD Utilities AD Utilities
AD Utilities
Line
Dev Test Prod
1 3 5
Targets Node 1 Node 1 Node 1
2 4 6
Node 2 Node 2 Node 2
Challenges: • Manual • Repetitive • Serial
14. Product Overview
How Patch Manager Facilitates Management of Oracle and Custom Patches
“Patch Run” bundles all discrete patching steps into one reusable unit
Inputs
The 6-step interview Building a
process captures:
Extract “Patch Run”
•Oracle patches Test
•Custom patches
•Multiple target instances
•Patch readmes
UAT
•Set AD Patch options Eliminate many manual steps
•Security credentials Re-usability of Patch Runs
•Set execution date/time Simultaneously apply to multiple targets
Reporting capabilities
Prod
Advantages compared to manual methods and competitive products
• Treats Custom patches like Oracle patches • Unattended execution
• Central Console for all patch activities • “Create-Like” copy functionality
• Customizable deployment procedure • Integrates with Metalink
15. Use Cases
Patching - Applying Multiple Patches to 3 Instances Simultaneously
Define a Patch Run
• Select Targets: Dev, Test, and UAT • Set Credentials: Apps/Apps
• Select Patches: Custom, Oracle • Set Execution: Sunday @ 2am
• Select Options: Merge, Hot, Autoconfig • Review/Approve: Launch
1 Dev 1 Test 1 UAT
Node 1 Node 1 Node 1
Node 2 Node 2 Node 2
Benefits: • Automated • Reusable • Multi-target • Parallel
16. Use Case
Setups - Rolling Out “Sets of Books” to Multiple Instances
Func. Analyst
Existing Practice
Task: Identify and move
100’s of related records to
Key data by hand
multiple instances
• Time and labor intensive Test
• Keying errors (Target)
• Difficult to compare instances
?
Development
(Source)
Write scripts to move data
• Requires expensive resources
• Requires knowledge of data model
• Scripts can be complex UAT
• Difficult to reuse scripts
• Difficult to compare instances (Target)
17. Product Overview
How Setup Manager Facilitates Management of Configuration Data
Setup Manager “project” bundles all discrete steps into one unit
Compare
Extract Load
Setup Manager Project
(e.g., AOL, CoA, A/P, Org. Structure, Payroll,
Source Employees, SCM, etc.) Target
Instance Instance A
Enforce dependencies/hierarchies
Multi-source, multi-target
Reusable Target
Serial/parallel loading Instance n
Advantages compared to manual methods and competitive products
• Over 300 Oracle owned solutions • Audit reports
• Supports customer-created APIs • Security infrastructure
• Reusability of projects • Ready archive/repository for extracts
• Comparison reporting between instances • Central console to access/manage operations
18. Use Case
Setups - Rolling Out “Sets of Books” to Multiple Instances
Setup Manager Project 6 Func. Analyst
Type Setup Data From/To Seq.
1
Extract Acct. Calendar Dev 1
Extract Acct. Setups Dev 1
2
Test
Load Acct. Calendar Test 2 (Target)
3
Load Acct. Setups Test 3
4
Load Acct. Calendar UAT 4
Development 5
(Source) Load Acct. Setups UAT 5
Compare Acct. Calendar Dev / 6
Report Test
UAT
Compare Acct. Setups Dev / 6 (Target)
6
Report UAT
Benefits: • Dependencies • Reusable • Multi-Target • Parallel
23. Executive Summary
What You Need to Remember from Today
• Applications Change Management Pack (ACP)
Is a tool and a framework for automating the process of managing
changes to your EBS instances, including:
• Custom Development (Custom applications, reports, and
extensions)
• Both Custom and Oracle patches
• Both Custom and Oracle Configuration/Setup data
Standardizes and centralizes Change Management
Delivers quantifiable benefits and ROI to customers
Reinforces and extends Oracle’s overall strategy of Change
Management
25. Application Change Management Pack
Key Takeaways
CHALLENGES CAPABILITIES VALUE
• How to better manage • Leverage EM infrastructure • Deliver change with
customizations? for Application Management consistency & reliability
• How can I automate currently • Integrates with EM and AMP
manual administrative • Replace labor-intensive
processes? • Bundle customizations into repetitive, error-prone tasks
• How do I lower operating AD Compliant patches
• Minimize and Reduce human
costs and manage growth? • Over 200 file types supported
error
• How can I enforce greater by Customization Manager
efficiency and accountability • Simultaneous multi-node • Increase efficiency
into the Change Management Patch and Setup deployment
process? • Reduce trouble-shooting time
• Next generation of
• How can I obtain a • Enforce best practices for
Applications patching
consolidated view of all of the
• Construct complex, reusable change management
changes in my environments?
• How can I report on projects for management of • Establish accountability
differences between Setup data
instances? • Enforce dependencies
• How do I adopt or enforce ITIL among Setup data
best practices? components
26. Product Features
Summary of Key Features
Customization Manager Patch Manager Setup Manager
• Create AD compliant • Configurable Patch Process: • Group extracts, loads, and
customization packages Step-by-step interview process reports into projects for easier
• Over 200 file types supported • Deploys custom and standard management and reuse.
• Build or compile Java or Form Oracle patches from a central • Recognize and enforce the
libraries console dependencies between different
• Custom patches can be applied • Simultaneous, multi-patch, selection sets and provide
using Patch Manager multi-target deployment sequencing recommendations.
• Central console for all custom • Integration with Customization • Automated, simultaneous loads
patches Manager across multiple instances
• Creating build lists with • Multiple Patch Options: Support • 300 supported configuration
manifests for wide variety of patching APIs
• Validate the custom files based options such as Hot Patching, • Perform loads across different
on a set of standards disable archive mode….etc RUP levels
• Interface with Version Control • Centralized Patch Deployment • Share the extracts, loads, and
systems (CVS, Subversion) Tracking: In Progress, reports content with other
• Capture additional Metadata Completed, and Scheduled users.
around customization • Integrates with MetaLink to • Central console for all activity
• Standard and Comparison download patches
reports
28. Oracle
E-Business
Related Sessions: Ownership Suite
Tuesday (13th October)
• Ten Things to Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of Oracle E-Business Suite
(S309540)
Time: 14.30 – 15.30
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2008)
• Oracle Application Change Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite
(S309527)
Time: 16.00 – 17.00
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2008)
Wednesday (14th October, 2009)
• Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite: Customer
Case Study (S309526)
Time: 11.45 – 12.45
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2008)
Thursday (15th October 2009)
• Oracle E-Business Suite Install and Cloning Best Practices (S309545)
Time: 12.00 – 13.00
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2002/2004)
29. Oracle
E-Business
Related Sessions: Integration Suite
Wednesday (14th October, 2009)
• Integration Architecture for Oracle E-Business
Suite: Technical Insight (S309526)
Time: 10:15-11:15
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2008)
• Power Session - Oracle E-Business Suite
Adapter: Technical Overview (S309530)
Time: 13:00-13:30
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2008)
• Power Session - Out-of-the-Box Web Services
with Oracle E-Business Suite (S309530)
Time: 13:45-14:15
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2008)
30. Oracle
E-Business
Related Sessions: Usability Suite
Tuesday (13th October)
• Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Secure Enterprise Search:
Customer Case Study (S309532)
Time: 13.00 – 14.00
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2007)
Wednesday (14th October, 2009)
• Integrate Oracle E-Business Suite and Desktop Tools: Oracle Web
Applications Desktop Integrator (S309541)
Time: 17:00-18:00
Venue: Moscone West L2 Room 2002/2004
Thursday (15th October 2009)
• Enabling the Web 2.0 User Experience for Oracle E-Business Suite
(S309538)
Time: 10:30 - 11:30
Venue: Moscone West L2 (RM 2008)
31. Oracle
E-Business
Hands-On-Lab Suite
Oracle Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite (S310493)
• Date: 12th October 2009 (Monday)
Time: 13.00 – 14.00
• Date: 14th October 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 10.15 – 11.10
Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway (S311615)
• Date: 12th October 2009 (Monday)
Time: 16.00 – 17.00
• Date: 13th October 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 16.00 – 17.00
Oracle E-Business Suite integration with Secure Enterprise Search (S309543)
• Date: 14th October 2009 (Wednesday)
Time: 11.45 – 12.45
ALL HOL Venue: Marriott Hotel Golden Gate A1
32. Oracle
E-Business
Demo Ground: Moscone South Suite
SOA-Enablement of
Oracle E-Business Suite
S44
Application Management Pack Oracle Applications Framework
for Oracle E-Business Suite Improvements
Application Change Management Native Service Enablement Desktop Integration through
Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Web ADI
Oracle SOA Suite Secure Enterprise Search
Rapid Install & Rapid Clone
S45 S46
End-to-End Management of Enabling Web 2.0 and
Oracle E-Business Suite Enhanced User Experience
34. Additional Resources
For more release information on MetaLink
https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocu
ment?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=403259.1
For more information about Oracle Applications
http://www.oracle.com/applications/home.html
For more information about Education
http://www.oracle.com/education/index.html
For more information about Support
http://www.oracle.com/support/
For MetaLink information
http://metalink.oracle.com/
For Oracle Product documentation:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/applications.html
35. Oracle Open World San Francisco 2009
Join us in San Francisco
October 11-15, 2009
Hear from Oracle, customers and partners
Learn through sessions, hands-on labs and networking
See the latest Oracle solutions in the DEMO Grounds and Exhibition Hall
Mark your calendar for the User Group Forum on Sunday
For more information and to register:
http://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html
37. The preceding is intended to outline our general
product direction. It is intended for information
purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any
contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any
material, code, or functionality, and should not be
relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any
features or functionality described for Oracle’s
products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.