1 Summary of the Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF Upgrade Process

Review Concepts in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Planning Guide

The Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Planning Guide provides a high-level overview of how to upgrade your entire existing Oracle Application Server 10g environment to Oracle Fusion Middleware.

It also includes compatibility information and instructions for upgrading any databases that support your middleware components.

Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Planning Guide

Review the Starting Points and Topologies for 11g

Before starting your upgrade, you should be familiar with the new features, supported started points, and recommended topologies for Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g.

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g introduces a new architecture, based on Oracle WebLogic Server. You should get familiar with the new 11g features before starting your upgrade.

Part I, "Preparing to Upgrade Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF"

Chapter 3, "Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF Information for 10g Users"

Prepare a Database for the SOA and WebCenter Schemas

The Oracle SOA Suite and WebCenter components require schemas that must be installed in a database.

As a result, before you begin the upgrade of a SOA or WebCenter environment, make sure your database is a supported version, and then use the Oracle Fusion Middleware Metadata Repository Creation Utility to install the new, 11g schemas.

SOA Environments:

• Section 6.3, "Task 3: If Necessary, Upgrade the Oracle Database That Hosts the Oracle SOA Suite Schemas"

• Section 6.4, "Task 4: Use the Repository Creation Utility to Install the 11g SOA Schemas"

WebCenter Environments:

• Section 7.2, "Task 2: If Necessary, Upgrade the Oracle Database That Hosts the Oracle WebCenter Schemas"

• Section 7.3, "Task 3: Use the Repository Creation Utility to Install the 11g Oracle WebCenter Schemas"

Consider a strategy for BPEL Long-Running Processes

If you are supporting any Oracle BPEL Process Manager long-running processes, you should consider the some different options when upgrading your Oracle SOA Suite environment.

Chapter 4, "Special Considerations for Oracle BPEL Long-Running Processes"

Install the 11g SOA, WebCenter, or ADF Middle Tiers

Use the appropriate software installer and configuration wizard to install and configure an Oracle Fusion Middleware farm to support your Oracle SOA Suite, WebCenter, and ADF applications.

SOA Environments:

• Section 6.5, "Task 5: Install and Configure the Oracle SOA Middle Tiers"

WebCenter environments:

• Section 7.4, "Task 4: Install and Configure the Oracle WebCenter Middle Tiers"

ADF environments:

• Section 5.2, "Task 2: Install and Configure a Oracle WebLogic Server Domain For Your ADF Applications"

Use the Upgrade Assistant to Upgrade the SOA Schemas

If you are using Oracle Business Activity Monitoring or Oracle B2B, use the Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the BAM and B2B schemas.

Section 6.6, "Task 6: If Necessary, Upgrade the SOA Component Schemas"

Perform Any WebLogic Server Configuration Tasks to Support Your Applications

Manually modify any Oracle WebLogic Server properties or configuration settings; create data sources or other Java EE resources required by your applications.

Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Java EE

Perform Any Manual SOA or WebCenter Configuration Tasks

Often, there are configuration tasks that you need to perform on the new Oracle WebLogic Server environment to support your Oracle SOA or WebCenter applications.

In most cases, no manual configuration tasks are required to support ADF applications, as long as you have installed and configured your ADF environment as documented.

Chapter 9, "Considerations When Upgrading Oracle SOA Applications"

Chapter 10, "Considerations When Upgrading Oracle WebCenter Applications"

Install and Configure an 11g Web Tier

Use the appropriate software installer and configuration wizard to install and configure the Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Web Cache Web Tier components.

"Task 1: Understand the Differences Between Using a Web Tier with OC4J and Oracle WebLogic Server" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Java EE

Use the Upgrade Assistant to Upgrade the Web Tier Components

The Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Assistant copies configuration data from your existing Oracle Application Server Web tier components to the newly installed Oracle Fusion Middleware Web tier components.

"Upgrading a Web Server and Java EE Environment" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Upgrade Guide for Java EE

Install and Configure Oracle JDeveloper 11g

You can download Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), or copy the ZIP file from the Oracle Fusion Middleware Companion CD–ROM.

Section 8.4, "Task 4: Install and Start Oracle JDeveloper 11g"

Open and Migrate Your Applications with Oracle JDeveloper Release 11g

Oracle JDeveloper 11 offers a migration feature that helps you convert your Oracle Application Server 10g applications so they can be recompiled for Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (11.1.1).

Section 8.5, "Task 5: Open and Upgrade the Application in Oracle JDeveloper"

Recompile the Application Projects

The application sources should be recompiled with JDeveloper 11g; check for any compilation errors.

Section 8.7, "Task 7: Review and Recompile the Application"

Implement any other code changes required for the application to run successfully on Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g

Identify any particular technologies or services required by your application and review the considerations

Redeploy Your Applications on Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g

You can use JDeveloper to deploy your applications, or you can create and EAR file and deploy the application using the asctl command line or using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control.

Section 8.8, "Task 8: Redeploy the Application"

Verify the Redeployed Applications

Make sure that the redeployed applications are working properly and no errors occurred during the redeployment.

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