FlexDeploy - Oracle EBS Plugin Guide

The Oracle E-Business Suite plugin provides a structured deployment model for commonly used EBS Objects including Forms, Reports, SQLs, PLSQLs, AOL, OAF, BI Publisher, Images, web files, workflows, etc.  See EBS Object Types Reference for a list of supported EBS object types.

Supported Versions

  • R 12.1.3

  • R 12.2

  • R 11.5.10

Key Features

  • Rich set of options for deploying EBS objects

  • Supports ADOP patching phases for R12.2 and above

  • Operations to manage EBS application tier servers

  • Structured deployment model

  • Only deploys objects which have changed

  • Supports SQL files execution order

Core Operations

Operation Name

Purpose

Operation Name

Purpose

build

To Build EBS objects from Source Control

deploy

To Deploy EBS Objects to EBS Server

executeCommand

To execute commands/scripts on EBS Instance

compileInvalidSqls

To recompile all invalid SQLs.

adcGenerateJar

Run the adcgnjar utility to generate and sign a JAR (For R12.2+ only).

generateCustomJar

Generate and Sign custom Product Jar

checkPatchCycle

To check if an patching cycle is active

Online Patching Phase Operations

Operation Name

Purpose

Operation Name

Purpose

adopPrepare

To initiate prepare adop patch phase to apply changes.

adopFinalize

To finalize adop patch phase to apply changes.

adopCutover

To cutover adop patch phase to apply changes.

adopCleanup

To cleanup adop phase after applying changes.

adopAbort

To abort adop phase after applying changes.

adopFsClone

To run fs_clone phase.

Server Management Operations

Note: For R12.2+, use operations from WebLogic Plugin to restart the servers.

The below operations (excluding workflow services) use a locking strategy for execution in an environment. This will help sequencing and controlling the EBS servers recycles to avoid any conflict when more than one execution is trying to stop/start a certain server in an environment. 

Operation Name

Purpose

Operation Name

Purpose

stopAll

Stop all EBS application tier services.

startAll

Start all EBS application tier services

stopWebServer

Stop EBS Web (HTTP) services

startWebServer

Start EBS Web (HTTP) services

stopOACore

Stop EBS Web Application services

startOACore

Start EBS Web Application services

restartOACore

Restart EBS Web Application services

stopFormsServer

Stop EBS Forms Servers

startFormsServer

Start EBS Forms Servers

restartFormsServer

Restart EBS Forms Servers

stopConcurrentManager

Stop EBS Concurrent Manager services

startConcurrentManager

Start EBS Concurrent Manager services

restartConcurrentManager

Restart EBS Concurrent Manager services

stopOPMN

Stop Oracle Process Manager Server

startOPMN

Start Oracle Process Manager Server

activateWorkflowServices

Activate Workflow Services

deactivateWorkflowServices

Deactivate Workflow Services.

abortWorkflowServices

Abort Workflow Services

All Plugin Operations

EBS Object Types Reference

See EBS Object Types Reference

Preparing for POC or Implementation

See Preparing for EBS FlexDeploy POC or Implementation.

Appendix

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