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OOW15 - Getting Optimal Performance from Oracle E-Business Suitevasuballa
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This session is ideal for organizations thinking about upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2. It covers the fundamentals, including the technology stack components and supported upgrade paths. Hear from Oracle development experts about the recommended practices for executing the Release 12.2 technical upgrade, with special considerations for minimizing your downtime. Also get to know about relatively recent upgrade resources.
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OOW15 - Advanced Architectures for Oracle E-Business Suitevasuballa
Attend this session to build on the three-tier logical Oracle E-Business Suite architecture to meet your business requirements. It covers features that provide high availability, scalability, and performance, including load balancing, clustering, and virtualization. Learn how to securely deploy Oracle E-Business Suite for internet access with a “demilitarized zone.” The presentation wraps up by applying the various topics covered to assist you with planning a disaster recovery project for your environment.
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This Oracle Development session summarizes practical tips and lessons learned from performance tuning and benchmarking the world’s largest Oracle E-Business Suite environments. Application system administrators will get concrete tips and techniques for identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks on all layers of the technology stack. They will also learn how Oracle’s engineered systems such as Oracle Exadata and Oracle Exalogic can dramatically improve the performance of their system
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This session presented by Oracle and a customer, provides an overview of how the quality assurance team tests Oracle E-Business Suite. The session covers main areas that you should consider during functional testing, approaches for new feature and regression testing, how to reduce the test script generation and execution time, experiences on capturing and presenting metrics to showcase the ROI of a testing investment, leveraging automation for testing Oracle E-Business Suite applications, and more.
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This presentation shows how to use the Oracle database functionality SQL Plan Baselines, with examples from real life usage on production (mostly 11gR2) and how to troubleshoot it.
SQL Plan Baselines is a feature introduced on 11g to manage SQL execution plans to prevent performance regressions. The concepts will be presented, along with examples, and some edge cases.
OOW15 - Planning Your Upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2vasuballa
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This session presented by Oracle and a customer, provides an overview of how the quality assurance team tests Oracle E-Business Suite. The session covers main areas that you should consider during functional testing, approaches for new feature and regression testing, how to reduce the test script generation and execution time, experiences on capturing and presenting metrics to showcase the ROI of a testing investment, leveraging automation for testing Oracle E-Business Suite applications, and more.
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Oracle is investing across applications and technologies to make the application integration experience easier for customers. Oracle E-Business Suite provides tools and technologies to address various application integration challenges and styles. Learn more about Oracle’s integration offering for cloud, data, event-driven, business-to-business, and process-centric integrations. In this session, you will get a better understanding of what Oracle integration technologies you can use and how, when, and where you can leverage them to connect end-to-end business processes across your enterprise, including the Oracle Applications portfolio in the cloud.
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Is your Oracle E-Business Suite technology stack up to date? Are you taking advantage of all the latest options and capabilities? This Oracle development session summarizes the latest certifications and roadmap for the Oracle E-Business Suite technology stack, including elements such as database releases and options, Java, Oracle Forms, desktop operating systems, browsers, Java runtime environment releases, development and web authoring tools, user authentication and management, business intelligence, Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-ins, security options, clouds, Oracle VM, and virtualization. The session also covers the most commonly asked questions about technology stack component support dates and upgrade implications.
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This presentation shows how to use the Oracle database functionality SQL Plan Baselines, with examples from real life usage on production (mostly 11gR2) and how to troubleshoot it.
SQL Plan Baselines is a feature introduced on 11g to manage SQL execution plans to prevent performance regressions. The concepts will be presented, along with examples, and some edge cases.
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OOW15 - managing oracle e-business suite auditing and securityvasuballa
Come to this session to learn recommendations for auditing, monitoring, and securing your Oracle E-Business Suite environment and sensitive data. Configuration guidelines for monitoring and auditing activity in your Oracle E-Business Suite application and database are provided. The session provides an overview of Oracle’s secure configuration guidelines, updates to the secure configuration scripts, and optional security integrations. It wraps up with a summary of some of the new security features available in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 including enhancements for proxy user functionality and ways to reduce your attack surface by reducing cookie scope, allowed JavaServer Pages, and external redirects.
R12.2 is no more a new kid on the block. With its latest release of 12.2.4, it is much more stable and user adoption is increasing day-by-day. Upgrading to R12.2 is on the road map of nearly all Oracle E-business Suite customers and many organizations have already started planning their upgrades. In this session we provide 10 quick tips to consider while you plan this R12.2.4 upgrade.
OOW15 - Maintenance Strategies for Oracle E-Business Suitevasuballa
This session features the best techniques apps DBAs can use to proactively maintain their Oracle E-Business Suite environment. It starts with a practical approach for defining a preventive maintenance strategy and then moves to detailed descriptions and tips for various tools and approaches for efficiently performing maintenance tasks. Topics include patching shortcuts, distributing worker processes across multiple servers, shared file systems, and avoiding resource bottlenecks. You will leave this session with the tools required for creating a plan to keep your environment healthy and up to date.
Oracle Openworld Presentation with Paul Kent (SAS) on Big Data Appliance and ...jdijcks
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From this presentation you will learn about:
• The importance of Continuous Availability
• The Causes & Impact of Downtime
• Road map to building a flexible Maximum Availability Architecture
• Extending continuous availability to your non-Oracle databases
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This presentation is based on Lawrence To's Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) Oracle Open World Presentation talking about the latest updates on high availability (HA) best practices across multiple architectures, features and products in Oracle Database 19c. It considers all workloads, OLTP, DWH and analytics, mixed workload as well as on-premises and cloud-based deployments.
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12. Vivek Puri
Zero Downtime for Oracle E-Business Suite
on Oracle Exalogic
Manager, Database Administration
& Engineered Systems
13. The Sherwin Williams Company
◆Largest Producer of Paint & Coatings in US, Top 3 worldwide
◆Founded in 1866, Cleveland, OH
◆2016 is 150th Anniversary
◆2013 - $10.19 billion in sales
◆Business in 120+ Countries
◆34,000+ employees
◆4,000+ Company Owned Stores
◆90+ Manufacturing Facilities Globally
15. About myself
◆Extensive experience with Oracle Databases, E-Business Suite and related technologies
◆Member of Customer Advisory Board for Oracle EBS ATG and Exalogic
◆Master’s degree in Computer Science
◆18 years experience working on Oracle technologies
◆Worked as Lead DBA, Architect, EBS System Administrator, IT Manager
Vivek Puri
Manager – Database Administration & Engineered Systems
Email – vivek.puri@sherwin.com
16. Business/ Technical Drivers for Engineered Systems
Challenges
Complexity of using Veritas Clusterware with Solaris / Scalability
Poor performance of several business processes / R12 Upgrade / Clones
Improving time to market of solutions
Stability and Manageability with Engineered Architecture
Application Server Management:
Cost, time and effort related to Maintenance
Service level of upgrading and deploying new services
17. Business/ Technical Drivers for Engineered Systems
Consolidation
Magnitude of infrastructure reduction, impact on servers and licenses
Performance improvement of business processes
Provide opportunity to reduce management & administration costs
Optimize the workload of Oracle software / application
Sizing (Capacity available on-Demand)
Single vendor for support
19. Architecture EBS on Exadata & Exalogic
Database ClusterLatin America Oracle ERP Exadata X4-2 Half Rack (Oracle 12c Grid Infrastructure (CRS + ASM) Database - 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) 4 Node Cluster (DB – 2 Node RAC)) LA ERP Production ArchitectureLA ERP Production AppsTier vServers (Primary) APP2(16 CPU,64GB) APP4(16 CPU,64GB) APP3(16 CPU,64GB) APPDR3(16 CPU,64GB) APPDR1(16 CPU,64GB) APPDR4(16 CPU,64GB) APPDR2(16 CPU,64GB) External Middle TierAPPDR2X(8 CPU,16GB) External Middle Tier (Shared) APPDR1X(8 CPU,16GB) + + LA ERP Production AppsTier vServers (DR) Exalogic X3 – ½ RackOracle Linux 5.8OVM – 3.0Application Server PlatformInternal Middle TierInternal Middle TierAPP1X(8 CPU,16GB) APP2X(8 CPU,16GB) APP1(16 CPU,64GB) Database ClusterLatin America Oracle ERP Exadata X4-2 Half Rack (Oracle 12c Grid Infrastructure (CRS + ASM) Database - 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) 4 Node Cluster (DB – 2 Node RAC)) Application Server PlatformExalogic X3 – 1/4 RackOracle Linux 5.8OVM – 3.0WebTierConcurrentTierExternalTierWebTierConcurrentTierExternalTierPrimary SiteDR Site
20. Our Experience
◆Faster delivery to meet business needs
–Fully configured clustered hardware in 2 weeks
◆Direct performance benefit in R12 upgrade cycle
–Upgrade time reduced from ~ 200 hours (old H/W) to 65 hours (including Database platform migration to Exadata)
◆Managed the Application upgrade to R12 in 36 hours, by handling Database Platform migration ahead of schedule
◆Key business processes performance improved significantly
–Depreciation of 1M+ assets
Before: 20-24 hours execution time serially
After: 4-5 hours execution time in parallel
21. Our Experience
◆Reduced backup and clones times dramatically
–Before: ~12 hours to perform backup and restore of 1 TB DB
–After: <60 minutes to perform backup and restore of 2 TB DB
–EBS Cloning time reduced to 6 hours from 24 hours
◆Comprehensive Patching
–Single application testing cycle
◆Significant performance improvements Demantra-ASCP
–Demantra weekend forecasting process time reduced to < 6 hours from 33 hours (phase1- Exadata) & to ~ 2 hours(phase2-Exalogic)
22. Our Experience
◆Performance improvement in various manufacturing & shipping processes
◆Reallocate resources to higher value-add activities
◆Direct benefit to the business with significant improvements in the month-end processes
◆Performance Improvements for OBIEE –
–ETL - Avg. 2X - 4X improvements
–Reporting - Avg. 4X - 10X improvements
24. MAA Implementation
◆Virtualized Exalogic & Exadata connected over Infiniband
◆ZFS replication for Apps Tier, using Storage replication channel
◆Leveraging ASM for Database storage; optimized with redundancy
◆Using Flashback & DataGuard with MaxPerformance mode, DG Broker
◆Distributed Apps Tier, with load-balanced multiple servers for Web, Concurrent and External Tiers
◆Leveraging named network for IPoIB networks
◆Databases are RAC enabled for High Availability
◆F5 configuration replicated across, Primary and Secondary site
25. Advantages with MAA
◆Resiliency for Business Application
◆Fault tolerant fully redundant hardware
◆Business continuity, while handling unplanned outages
◆Virtualization on Apps Tier layer with Virtualized Exalogic
◆Maintenance in rolling manner, minimizes planned downtime
◆ZFS replication for Apps Tier allows for quick failover incase of disaster
◆With DataGuard the DB can be available at DR site with no data loss
◆Optimized configuration for Business Application, which is tested by specialized team and incorporates best practices
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About Amway
Amway is a leader in the direct selling industry
Located in Ada, Michigan
More than 100 countries and territories
More than 3 million Amway Business Owners
Revenue $ 11.8 billion
29. Amway’s Business and Technical Value of EXA
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•Maximize labor force through business process efficiency
•Enable analytics to drive better business decisions
•Long term - High ROI
Business Value
•Maximum Availability Architecture
•Ability to scale globally
•Highly performing system
•Reduction in both planned / unplanned downtime
Technical Value
•Consolidate one global financial system
•Harmonize back-office business processes
•Establish global data definitions
ATLAS Project Scope
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Amway’s EBS Details
•Global financial solution running in Oracle EBS
•Orders, Distributors, Shipping and bonus transactions through SOA and WebMethod into Oracle EBS
•EBS Modules Usage: 60% Financial, 30% logistics, and 10% Order
•80% batch processing and 20% OLTP
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Sales Order Import Program
Pay On Receipt AutoInvoice
Auto Create Purchase Orders
Pick Selection List Generation - SRS
Layer Cost Worker
Cost Manager
Autoinvoice Master Program
Autoinvoice Import Program
Create Accounting
Accounting Program
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Sales Order Import Program
Pay On Receipt AutoInvoice
Auto Create Purchase Orders
Pick Selection List Generation - SRS
Layer Cost Worker
Cost Manager
Autoinvoice Master Program
Autoinvoice Import Program
Create Accounting
Accounting Program
31. Amway’s Exa Architecture
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Dev / DR
Test
QA / DR
Production
•Run on Oracle E-Business 12.1.3 database 11.2.0.4
•Four ¼ RAC Exalogic
•Four ½ RAC Exadata
•Application instance two to 5 nodes
•Database instance two to four nodes (RAC)
ATLAS Architecture
ZFS 7420 120 TB Usable StorageInfiniBand 40 GBAmway Corporate Network Client Access 10GBClient Access 10GBClient Access 10GB 1/2 Rack Exadata1/4 Rack ExalogicDuplicate Configuration in Primary and Secondary Site
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Amway’s Experience with Exa
•Seamless Go-Live globally
•Seamless Integration between E-Business and Partner Systems
•Seamless closing financial books by the EOD and EOM
Business Experience
•Faster Batch Processing and online response time
•Less time spend by admin operations including database, EBS TechStack, apply patches, and cloning
•It is up and up and up
Technical Experience
Americas
Europe, India and Africa
Asia Pacific
Greater China
Our Markets
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Amway’s EXA MAA Architecture
Management Network 10GBAmway Corporate NetworkAmway Corporate NetworkSun ZFS Storage Replication over EthernetOracle Data Guard Over EthernetAmway Corporate WANInfiniBand 40GBInfiniBand 40GBSecondary DatacenterPrimary DatacenterAmway Global Site SelectorOAMDOMAIN.LOCAL Client Access 10GBClient Access 10GB
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•Operational Procedure
•Datacenter switch and HA
•Quarterly Releases
•RTO and RPO
ATLAS HA&DR Playbook
•High Redundancy with network site failure
•Less time and effort – instance datacenter switch
•Up Time
•RPO challenge
•Rolling DB patch and PSU constraints
HA and DR observations
Amway’s MAA EXA Experience
37. Speaker background
Gary Gordhamer
Principal Technologist ERP Infrastructure
Power & Water Technology
GE Power & Water
23 years of IT experience
22 years with Oracle (6.x up to 11g)
Worked in many different industries including healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, banking, and printing
Associate Editor
38. GE Power & Water Overview
Power Generation
Renewables
Nuclear
Multi Modal
Water
Services
Distributed Power
GE Power & Water provides a broad array of power generation, energy delivery, and water process technologies to solve our customers' challenges locally. We work in several areas of the energy industry, including renewable resources such as wind and solar, biogas and alternative fuels, and coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy.
Headquartered in Schenectady, New York, Power & Water is GE’s largest industrial business, with nearly $25 billion in revenue in 2013 and approximately 40,000 employees across more than 700 locations globally.
39. Power & Water - EBS Journey
ERP reductions
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2015
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Q4
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Q2
PowerGeneration
Parts
FS
Dist. Power
Dresser
Aero
Jenbacher
Renewables
Exadata
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Goals:
•Reduce number of ERP’s
•Move to R12.2
•Modern technology stack
•Highly available, reliable, with performance *Not shown, VCP, FMW SOA, etc…
400GB
250 Users
5TB
2,500 Users
2.5TB 1,000 Users
8TB 3,000 Users
2.5TB 1,000 Users
40. •2x ½ racks of Exadata
•2x ¼ racks of Exalogic
•2x racks of ZFS for backup
–Geographically different locations
–Separated by multiple states
What we installed
There are three main physical components to the design
Exadata – for database tier
Exalogic – for application tier
ZFS storage – for backup
These items directly map to the Oracle e-Business suite Architecture components
41. GE experience with EBS on Exadata/Exalogic
Lots of groups to work with inside of Oracle
•EBS team, Exadata hardware, Exalogic hardware, Database team, OVM team, EMCC team, etc…
Good engagement from sales and product teams to help with these interactions
Single support tickets, but lots of hand offs in the support process
Some growing pains as we are early adopter of EBS R12.2
•Cloning scripts / process not clear
•Issues with unique listeners needed for clone process and shared nature of Exadata, as well as multiple networks
•Exadata network ADMIN hostname vs. PUBLIC hostname
System performance has been very good to date (if we set things up right)
42. EBS on Exadata + Exalogic MAA design
Following Oracle MAA whitepaper
“Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture Best Practices” (April 2014)
43. GE EBS MAA procedures and experiences
New procedures for DR
•Exa* MAA designs are different than our traditional DR
Cleaning up a lot of MAA setup items in our ERP eco-system
•GRC product using SID vs. SERVICE_NAME
•FMW SOA using SID vs. GridLink connection
Getting people used to security model on Exadata
•Shared ASM, GRID user vs. dedicated servers per database
We expect to use Platinum Support / ASR gateway to enhance our uptime, speed response to issues, and stay updated on patches
44. GE EBS MAA vs. GE previous EBS Architecture
Our previous HA techniques were similar, we used general purpose storage replication for both database and application tiers.
•Since the Exa* stack facilitates a collapsed support team, the design and support is somewhat simplified.
•Our team is still getting up to speed on managing hardware end to end (storage, OS, Virtualization, network, cluster, etc…)
•The Oracle MAA solution lacks sufficient security and identity controls built in, so much of our time has been integrating these items into the design.
We will be working to script / automate more of our EBS instance build, cloning, and DR steps based on the MAA design.