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Oracle Apps R12 File System


R12 Oracle E-Business Suite file system

Oracle Applications Release 12 release came up with the new file system model i.e. segregation of Code, Data and Configurations to have easy maintenance and to avert NFS mount issues on shared Application tier configuration systems. Also Autoconfig will not write anything in APPL_TOP, COMMON_TOP area in R12. All instance specific configurations, log files are written in INST_TOP area. Instance Home provides the ability to share Applications and technology stack code among multiple instances.

The major changes in this release are :

On Middle Tier
• Application Server version 1.0.2.2.2 is changed by 10g Application Server i.e. 10.1.3.X
• mod_jserv is replaced by mod_oc4j
• Apache which is part of Application Server mentioned above is changed from version 1.3.19 to 1.3.34
• Long running Forms & Reports Version 6i (8.0.6) are replaced by Forms & Reports Version 10g i.e. 10.1.2.X
• Java/ JDK version 1.3.X or 1.4.X will be replaced by JDK 1.5.X

On File System
• There are three ORACLE_HOME, one for Web Server another for Forms & Reports and third for Database with the upgraded versions i.e.10g AS for Web Server, 10g AS for forms & reports , 10g R2 for database
• A new top INSTANCE_TOP is introduced in Release 12 for configuration and log files along with the other TOP's in existing in 11i.

 Oracle Apps R12 Architecture
R12 file system has come up with new model - Code, Data, Configurations are segregated nicely to have easy maintenance, to avert NFS mount issues on shared appl tier configuration systems. Auto-config will not write anything in APPL_TOP, COMMON_TOP area in R12. All instance specific configurations, log files are written in INST_TOP area. Instance Home provides the ability to share Applications and technology stack code among multiple instances

In Release 12, the application tier contains Oracle Application Server 10g (OAS10g).
Application Tier
Three servers or service groups comprise the basic application tier for Oracle Applications:
• Web services
The Web services component of Oracle Application Server processes requests received over the network from the desktop clients.
• Forms services
Forms services in Oracle Applications Release 12 are provided by the Forms listener servlet or Form Socket mode, which facilitates the use of firewalls, load balancing, proxies, and other networking options.
• Concurrent Processing server
Processes that run on the Concurrent Processing server are called concurrent requests. When you submit such a request, either through HTML-based or Forms-based Applications, a row is inserted into a database table specifying the program to be run. A concurrent manager then reads the applicable requests in the table, and starts the associated concurrent program.

Note: There is no concept of an Administration server in Release 12. By default, patching can be undertaken from any application tier node.
Techstack Components:
DB_TIER
• 10.2.0.2 RDBMS ORACLE_HOME
APPL-TIER
• 10.1.2 C ORACLE_HOME / FORMS ORACLE_HOME (8.0.6 ORACLE HOME equivalence)‏
• 10.1.3 Java ORACLE_HOME/OC4J ORACLE_HOME (iAS ORACLE_HOME equivalence)‏
• INSTANCE_TOP : Each application tier has a unique Instance Home file system associated

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