How to upgrade JDK and JRE in oracle apps / application R12 /Release 12

1.     Replace JDK 6 with 7 on IAS_ORACLE_HOME

A.     Apply Patches

16545472

16496713

B.     Download JDK 7

Download JDK 7 from the bellow link

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Note: Download only 32 bit version

Download tar file and use command tar xcvf <filename > to untar a file

C.     Replace JDK Home with JDK7 on IAS

cd $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil

mv jdk jdk_old (Rename JDK6 with jdk_old)

Copy the downloaded JDK7 to  $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil

Then rename jdk7 folder to jdk (Ex: mv jdk1.7.0_5 jdk)

D.    Install Albany (Display) Font

Move the bellow fonts from $FND_TOP/resource to $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/jdk/jre/lib

cd $FND_TOP/resource

cp ALBANYWT.ttf ALBANWTJ.ttf ALBANWTK.ttf ALBANWTS.ttf ALBANWTT.ttf $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/jdk/jre/lib

ALBANYWT.ttf - Single-byte characters only

ALBANWTJ.ttf - Unicode font with Japanese Han Ideographs

ALBANWTK.ttf - Unicode font with Korean Han Ideographs

ALBANWTS.ttf - Unicode font with Simplified Chinese Han Ideographs

ALBANWTT.ttf - Unicode font with Traditional Chinese Han Ideographs

Commands to move

cp $FND_TOP/resource/ALBANYWT.ttf  $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/jdk/jre/lib/fonts

cp $FND_TOP/resource/ALBANWTJ.ttf  $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/jdk/jre/lib/fonts

cp $FND_TOP/resource/ALBANWTK.ttf $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/jdk/jre/lib/fonts

cp $FND_TOP/resource/ALBANWTS.ttf   $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/jdk/jre/lib/fonts

cp $FND_TOP/resource/ALBANWTT.ttf  $IAS_ORACLE_HOME/appsutil/jdk/jre/lib/fonts

2.     Replace JDK 6 with 7 on ORACLE_HOME

A.     Apply patch on 10.1.2 home

Apply Patch 12848228 and Patch 5659594 to your 10.1.2.3 Oracle Home using Opatch.

A.     Replace JDK 6 with 7 in 10.1.2 home

cd $ORACLE_HOME

mv jdk jdk_old (Rename JDK6 with jdk_old)

Copy the downloaded JDK7 to  $ORACLE_HOME/

Then rename jdk7 folder to jdk (Ex: mv jdk1.7.0_25 jdk)

B.     Rename The Following Directories

 

Cd $ORACLE_HOME

mv mv jre/1.4.2 jre/1.4.2_old

cd $IAS_ORACLE_HOME

mv jre/1.4.2 jre/1.4.2_old

A.     Post Patches for Linux platforms

Patch 14703419 ----no post and pre tasks

Patch 16207165 ---post tasks

Patch 16241466 ----no post and pre tasks

Patch 16271876 ---post tasks

Post task are performed  below

 (For Unix/Linux Only)

cd $ORACLE_HOME/lib/stubs

ln -s libjvm-1.7-stub.so libjvm.so

cd $ORACLE_HOME/forms/lib32

/* Note: if this directory does not exist, use the following command: */

cd $ORACLE_HOME/forms/lib

$ make -f ins_forms.mk sharedlib install

cd $ORACLE_HOME/reports/lib32

/* Note: if this directory does not exist, use the following command: */

cd $ORACLE_HOME/reports/lib

$ make -f ins_reports.mk install

3.      Replace JDK 6 with 7 on DB Tier

A.     Replace jdk6 on db tier

$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil

$ mv jre jre_old (Rename old jre as jre_old)

Copy downloaded jdk7 to $ORACLE_HOME/appsutil

$ mv jre1.7.0_5 jre (Rename jre7 as jre)

4.     Post Tasks

Run generate message files, form files, report files and jar files using adadmin

Navigation to run:

Login as application OS user

adadmin à Generate Applications Files menu(1) à Generate message files(1)

adadmin à Generate Applications Files menu(1) à Generate form files (2)

adadmin à Generate Applications Files menu(1) à Generate report files (3)

adadmin à Generate Applications Files menu(1) à Generate product JAR files (4)