Steven Chan

Experienced Apps DBAs know that there are often compelling reasons to tweak the E-Business Suite's database initialization parameters from the defaults. The master source-of-truth for whether certain parameter settings will help or hurt your EBS environment performance is published here: Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle Applications Release 11i (Note 216205.1) Our EBS database architects have just released an updated version of that Note. Recent updates over the last month include a number of important changes and additions to our recommendations Steven Chan http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/about.html

The E-Business Suite is designed with a three-tier architecture, with functions running on a client tier, an applicatione server tier (also called a middle tier), and a database tier. I handled a customer question on an internal Oracle mailing list today that confused our certification policies for these tiers. I then realized that I've answered variants of this question many times lately, so it's clearly of broader interest. These two questions are mirror images of each other: * Can I install the E-Business Suite on a desktop operating system like Windows Vista? * Can I run end-user E-Business Suite functions on a server operating system like Oracle Enterprise Linux? Steven Chan http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/about.html

The Oracle Server Technologies' division introduced a new release vehicle in late July 2009: Patch Set Updates (PSU). Patch Set Updates are cumulative patches containing between 50 to 100 recommended bug fixes for the Oracle Database. Patch Set Updates include: * Field-tested fixes for critical technical issues that may affect a large number of customers * Critical Patch Update fixes Steven Chan http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/about.html

Ordinarily I wouldn't bother discussing this kind of thing here, but some important changes to this blog happened last weekend. Our blogging engine was upgraded (champagne, confetti!), which has resulted in a couple of changes. Steven Chan http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/about.html