Oracle 11i Applications Services
Oracle Applications 11i is the Oracle's ERP offering competing with amongst others SAP.
Also know as "Apps", "11i", "E-Business Suite" it includes well known products like
Financials, HR, Payroll, CRM. It is built using the
standard Oracle technology stack (RDBMS, Forms, Reports, Java, Apache). There are 3 distinct
skill areas that need to be addressed when working with this suite.
- Functional - how to setup the suite to best fit business practices
- Technical - customising, integrating, adding-on to bridge any gaps between the products capabilities and business practice
- Administration - maintaining the Apps instances, akin to a traditional Oracle DBA but covering all aspects the the Apps techniology stack.
The range of skills and specialisms is wide, and experience is invaluable to ensure the best use
and maintenance of 11i.
The list below shows the type of work NMS has been commissioned to do for 11i clients.
- Installation and Setup of versions 11.5.3 through 11.5.9
- Definition and implementation of procedures and methods to effectively manage multiple instances
- Installation
- Cloning (using standard methods and custom methods)
- Patching, upgrades
- Backup
- Clustering Strategies
- Effective Documentation to track configiuration and patch levels
- Setup relevant monitoring and alert systems
- Assist in the commissioning, specification, configuration, setup and administration of hardware platforms for 11i instances
- Train client staff to administer 11i instances
- Healthcheck and performance tuning of existing installations
- Custom development and integration work in PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Perl, Shell Scripting, JSP/Servlets
Articles
The Knowledge Base on this site contains articles on a number of these areas. Access to the knowledge is strictly by prior arrangement. Articles available in the knowledge base include:
- Oracle Applications on UNIX vs Windows - from the point of view of ease of use and management
- Cloning 11i on Windows - not using the standard methods, required in extreme circumstances where no documentation on changes to config and patching exists. Not for the feint hearted, includes registry hacks, oraInventory hacks, manual configuration hacks.
- Oracle Applications Performance Tuning
- Enhanced Folder Technology - a tool developed to deliver the "Folder Tool" to all Apps forms, with enhanced functionality over the standard tool.
- Oracle Applications Clustering - using Sun Clustering with Apps, scripts needed to integrate Apps components into the Clusterware.
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