Wednesday, July 29, 2009

What is the difference between OracleAS 10.1.2.x, 10.1.3.x and 11.1.x ?

10.1.2.x
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Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.x ships Infrastructure and MiddleTier components.

Oracle Application Server Infrastructure contains the following components:
* Oracle Application Server Metadata Repository
* Oracle Identity Management
+ Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On
+ Oracle Internet Directory and its components
+ Oracle Application Server Certificate Authority

Oracle Application Server Middletier includes the following components:


* OC4J
* WebCache & HTTP Server
* Portal
* Forms & Reports
* Discoverer
* Wireless

For complete list of all the components that are available as part of 10.1.2.x , refer the
following documentation


1.3.2 Oracle Application Server Components - Table 1-1
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/core.1012/b13994/intro.htm#sthref97

10.1.3.1
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Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0) provides the Oracle SOA Suite, which is a complete set of service infrastructure components for creating, deploying, and managing Service Oriented Architectures. It is a complete J2EE Release and does not include
middle tier components like Forms, Reports, Portal, Discoverer unlike Oracle Application Server version 10.1.2.0.2. It does not include the Infrastructure components like OID, SSO, DIP etc,.


For further details on the components available, installation types and integration with OAS 10.1.2.0.2, refer the following Oracle documentation link

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/win.1013/install/topo.htm#CEGDIHID

11.1.x
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This is the latest release that includes both Identity Management components and Middletier components.

Oracle Fusion Middleware provides two types of components:


* Java Components - Oracle Fusion Middleware components that are deployed as one or more Java EE applications and a set of resources. Java components are deployed to an Oracle WebLogic Server domain as part of a domain template. Examples of Java components are the Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle WebCenter components.


* System Components - Manageable processes that are not deployed as Java applications. Instead, system components are managed by the Oracle Process Manager and Notification (OPMN). The system components are:


Oracle HTTP Server
Oracle Web Cache
Oracle Internet Directory
Oracle Virtual Directory
Oracle Forms Services
Oracle Reports
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
Oracle Business Intelligence

For further details on the functionalities of the components,installation guides, refer the following documentation

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12839_01/index.htm

UPGRADE PATHS

There is no upgrade path from Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.x to 10.1.3.x as they are completely different releases. However, there is an option to configure 10.1.3 middle tier to use Infrastructure components of OAS 10.1.2, which is documented in the following Metalink Note Note.

403164.1 - How to Configure 10.1.3.x Mid-tier Instance to Use Oracle Identity Management

# You can upgrade to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g from the following previous versions of Oracle Application Server 10g:

* Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2)

* Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3)

* Oracle Application Server Portal Release 2 (10.1.4)

* Oracle Identity Management 10g (10.1.4) Identity Management instanceAs

The upgrade paths are varied and the steps detailed, you need to review the "Upgrade Guides" located in the following

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12839_01/upgrade.htm

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