Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework upgrade to V5

Customer November 15, 2019 at 6:32 am

We are planning the Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework upgrade to V5. What are the highest priority technical concerns or prerequisite checks we must perform before running the upgrade cycle?

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- Support November 15, 2019 at 8:09 pm
  ECC upgrades, like the transition to V5, require careful application of numerous prerequisite patches. You must ensure all necessary ECC patches for the framework and applicable ECC module patches (Financials, Projects, SCM, etc.) are applied correctly and verify their status before proceeding.
- Customer November 16, 2019 at 4:09 pm
  How can our DBA team quickly verify that critical prerequisite patches, related to the EBS base environment (e.g., AD and TXK deltas), have been applied correctly during the upgrade window?
- Support November 17, 2019 at 10:49 am
  The most efficient technical verification method involves using a customized Blitz Report that queries the status of patches using the database function AD_PATCH.IS_PATCH_APPLIED. This allows for a fast, centralized check of critical patches without having to navigate multiple tools.
- Customer November 19, 2019 at 1:08 pm
  If we face issues after the ECC V5 deployment, particularly performance bottlenecks, can Blitz Report assist our DBA team in real-time diagnostics?
- Support November 20, 2019 at 4:29 am
  Yes, Blitz Report helps with Simplifying DBA tasks. You can utilize the Database Health and Tuning reports, including updated AWR reports that function even in multitenant environments, to diagnose performance issues related to the ECC data load or concurrent processes triggered by ECC indexing.
- Customer November 21, 2019 at 8:23 pm
  We need to extract configuration metadata from the ECC V5 environment for auditing purposes post-upgrade. Can Blitz Report export this kind of administrative data?
- Support November 22, 2019 at 1:43 am
  Yes, Blitz Report supports Oracle Enterprise Command Center administration and enriched dashboard data export to Excel. This includes the ability to extract data sets and metadata, which is crucial for auditing and confirming configurations post-upgrade.
- Customer November 24, 2019 at 4:12 am
  What about security? Are any new security configuration steps mandatory for V5 compared to V4?
- Support November 25, 2019 at 12:04 pm
  While the base security model remains centered on EBS privileges and VPD enforcement , every ECC upgrade (V4, V5, V6, etc.) may introduce new functional security requirements. Essential environmental security includes ensuring all communication is secured by Configuring TLS for Oracle Enterprise Command Center Framework.
- Customer November 26, 2019 at 11:50 pm
  If the upgrade involves an ADOP phase (like `fs_clone`), and it gets stuck, what initial diagnostic query should the DBA perform?
- Support November 27, 2019 at 4:39 pm
  If `adop fs_clone` is stuck , the DBA should first query `apps.fnd_nodes` to confirm critical service and node configurations are correct and aligned with the patching environment.
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