Learning Process or Teaching Process for Oracle Apps Learners

What is an ERP?
Why we need ERP?  - Evolution


Oracle Apps ( called as E-Business Suite )

- Main Versions available  11i/R12
- Architecture (  3 Tier Arch - Desktop Tier, Middle Tier, DB Tier )

  - Explain each Tier and its Components
 
Desktop Tier ( Browser, Jinitiator )
Middle Tier  ( Web Server, Forms Server, Reports Server, Concurrent Manager Server, Admin Server, Discoverer Server )
DB Tier      ( Database )
    - Also add Listener serviecs in MT ( Web Listener T Application Listener ) & DB  ( DB Listerner )
- Listener Importance

  - Explain here Request flow and how its processed briefly
  - Explain how Servers Communicates Other

- File System [ Apps Tier ( APPL_TOP, COMMON_TOP, ORA_TOP ), DB Tier ( DB_TOP )]

  - Explain each TOP and y they are named like that? Logic behind d grouping

  - Oracle Homes ( Total 3 : Middle Tier 2 ( iAS Oracle Home or 9i Home & 8.0.6 Oracle Home or Developer Home ) DB Tier 1 ( DB Oracle Home )

  - Explain each Home

  - Files  Types of Files ( Environment Files, Configuration Files, Executables, Templates, Drivers, XML files, Script Files ( .sh files to control services ) )
 
- Here you can add point of Executables for each services like Apache/Web - httpd, Reports - rwmts60, Conc Mgr - FNDLIBR, Forms - f60webmx, f60srvm
- Also tell abt tnsfiles ( tnsnames.ora, listener.ora )

  - Explain each type of Files

Installation of 11i

- Space Requirement
- OS Requirement
- Users
- Stage ( Wt is stage? and How to create stage ? )
- Installation ( Single node or Multi Node Env ? Diff ? )

Additionally

- MD120 ( Wht is it ? nd How its Useful )
- Also u can tell here abt SLA ( Service Level Agreement )
- Serverity Priority of Tickets.

Explain Elaborately Conc MGR ( if possible )

- like Type of Conc Mgr ( Standard, ICM, Txn Mgr, CRM etc )


- Administration of E Business Suite

- AD tools ( adadmin, adconfig.sh, adpatch.sh, adlicmgr.sh etc )
- Service Control Scripts ( adapcctl.sh, adfrmctl.sh, adrepctl.sh etc )
- Autoconfig ( What & How )

Bug Fixes/ Enhancements

- Patching ( Y nd Wt? )
- Types of Patches ( One Off, Min Pack, Familiy Pack, Maintenance Pack Patches, Diagnoistic Patches & Database Patches )
- How to apply ( adpatch in MT , opatch.sh in DB )
- Where we get patches ? support.oracle.com

Cloning

- Y nd What ?
- Rapid Clone ( adpreclone.pl & adcfgclone.pl )
- Manual Clone

Backup

- Cold Backup
- Hot Backup

UR's Key Run ;-)