This IBM® Redpaper™ publication provides the details for setting up an environment on AIX 7.1 on an IBM Power Systems S824 so you can install and upgrade Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2. It provides a step-by-step installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 for AIX 7.1. This document also provides a consolidated list of database and application tier patches to upgrade Oracle E-Business Suite from release 12.2.0 to 12.2.4, and explains how to apply patches.
This document is written for those who are newly installing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 version 12.2.0 and upgrading to 12.2.4 on an IBM Power Systems™ server with AIX® 7.1. It provides a sample two-tier installation of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 version 12.2.0 on two AIX logical partitions and steps for upgrading to version 12.2.4. The sample installation of Oracle EBusiness Suite Release 12.2 version 12.2.0 and upgrade to 12.2.4 also proves their interoperability with IBM Power Systems servers with POWER8™ processor technology.
This document assumes that the reader has an in-depth knowledge of IBM AIX, Oracle Database 11g, and Oracle E-Business Suite.
Chapter 1. Introduction and configuration
Chapter 2. Install Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2
Chapter 3. Installing Oracle E-Business Suite using Rapid Install
Chapter 4. Upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite version 12.2.4
Chapter 5. Starting and stopping all services