Windows 7

This post is written in Windows 7 RC running in Virtualbox inside Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.3 – good fun!
OEL is in reality a Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is a bit amputated in term of applications and drivers.
The reason for this constellation is OEL 5.3 Supports eBusiness Suite R12 and RDBMS 10g.
Next step is [...]

R12 – Firefox and Java

I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.
Firefox
Firefox 3 does not work with R12. I could get forms to work however framework pages had problems with buttons. So install Firefox 2 instead.
Java Plug-in
For R12.0.4 on OEL desktop you want to use JRE 1.5.0.13 otherwise you have to fiddle with [...]

R12 – OEL Login Script

Use this script (vis.sh) to initialise the Oracle environment.
I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.
Run as Oracle user:
$ . ./vis.sh
Note the dot and space in front of a script to assign variables to the current environment.

#!/bin/bash
shopt -s expand_aliases
ORACLE_SID=VIS
ORACLE_HOST=`hostname -s`
CONTEXT_NAME=${ORACLE_SID}_${ORACLE_HOST}
TECH_HOME=/oracle/${ORACLE_SID}/db/tech_st/11.1.0
APPS_HOME=/oracle/${ORACLE_SID}/apps/apps_st/appl
alias techenv=’. ${TECH_HOME}/$CONTEXT_NAME.env’
alias appsenv=’. ${APPS_HOME}/$CONTEXT_NAME.env’
APPSENV=”$APPS_HOME/$CONTEXT_NAME.env”
if [ ! -f $APPSENV ];
then
echo [...]

R12 – Managing

This article applies to:
EBS 12.0.4 on OEL5.3
EBS 12.1.1 on OEL5.4
RDBMS 10g on OEL5.3
RDBMS 11g on OEL5.3 and OEL5.4
I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.
Login
This is my own login script which you can see here.
Login to OEL as Oracle and run login script:
$ . ./vis.sh
Ensure you also got the [...]

R12 – Hardware and Software

This is the hardware and software I use for the R12 Laptop.
I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.
Laptop
My laptop is a Dell XPS M1530 with the following specs:

CPU
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache)

Memory
3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x2048+1x1024]

Video [...]

OEL – Package Script

Use this script (apmall.sh) to update OEL5.3 with correct libraries.
I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.
Update the SOURCE environment variable with your source dir.
First try to run
$ ./rpmall.sh chk
to show what is missing and then install with:
$ ./rpmall.sh inst
But beware this script is flawed. I did change it [...]

R12 – Installation

This article applies to version 12.0.4.
I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.
Download

Oracle E-Business Suite – EBS
from http://edelivery.oracle.com/
Rapid Install patch 6919017
from http://metalink.oracle.com

Transfer Files
Boot into Ubuntu and transfer files to the /oracle partition for example /oracle/install
Unzip
Boot into OEL and login as oracle.
Alternatively you can unzip from NTFS to /oracle using [...]

OEL – Installation

This article applies to OEL 5.3.
I recommend you to start with this article to get R12 up and running.
This flavour of Linux is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) so if you can’t find the answer here google for RHEL issues instead.
Having played around with this operating system for a while I have [...]

R12 on a LAPTOP

As a functional and technical consultant it is always useful to have a demo environment.
What about installing R12 VIS on your LAPTOP?
Well easier said than done.
Just the download is a daunting task – unbelievable 35Gb for 12.0.4
So check your broadband contract for any cap and excess charges before downloading this much.
Also use a download manager [...]