Upgrade from Jinitiator 1.3 to Java Plugin 1.6.0.x

Lately Oracle announced the end of Error Correction Support for Jinitiator 1.3 for E-Business Suite 11i, effective July 2009. This is the sign it’s about time to upgrade to the native Java Plug-in… :-) Among other things, one of the main advantages of upgrading from Jinitiator to the native Java Plug-in is the prevention of conflicts between them. This upgrade is great news to all are working with Oracle Discoverer Plus (with Java plug-in) and Oracle EBS 11i (with Jinitiator) and experiencing those conflicts. I’ll skip all the others advantages and disadvantages of upgrading to Java Plug-in as they are well described in Steven Chan’s post - Jinitiator 1.1.8 To Be Desupported for Apps 11i and in Metalink Note: 290807.1 - Upgrading Sun JRE with Oracle Applications 11i. So I will focus on the upgrade process itself - step by step. I tested the upgrade on the following test environment: EBS 11.5.10.2 Database 10.2.0.3 ATG Rollup 5 Developer 6i patchset 18 OS RHEL4. Be aware that before upgrading to Java Plug-in you must upgrade to Developer 6i patchset 18 or later (currently the latest patchset is 19). * You can use my previous post in order to Upgrading Developer 6i with Oracle Apps 11i to patchset 18. Download JRE plug-in Oracle E-Business Suite interoperability patch - 6863618 Download the Sun JRE Plug-in  Select Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update X (select the latest available update, currently it’s 5) Select Windows offline installation, multi-language Rename the downloaded installation file jre-6_uX-windows-i586-p.exe to j2se1600x.exe In my case rename jre-6_u5-windows-i586-p.exe to ==>> j2se16005.exe Copy the j2se1605.exe file to $COMMON_TOP/util/jinitiator on the Apps Tier node If you are on Developer 6i patchset 18 you should apply forms patches 6195758 & 5884875. ** Skip this step if you are on Developer 6i patchset 19. Download Patches 6195758 & 5884875 Apply patch 6195758 Stop all applications processes by adstpall.sh Unzip p6195758_60827_GENERIC.zip cd 6195758 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/UICommon.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/UICommon.class.PRE_BUG6195758 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/ oracle/forms /handler/ComponentItem.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/ComponentItem.class.PRE_BUG6195758 cp oracle/forms/handler/UICommon.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/UICommon.class cp oracle/forms/handler/ComponentItem.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/ComponentItem.class Apply Patch 5884875 Unzip p5884875_60827_GENERIC.zip cd 5884875 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/engine/Main.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ engine/Main.class.PRE_BUG5884875 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/ oracle/forms/ handler/AlertDialog.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/AlertDialog.class.PRE_BUG5884875 cp oracle/forms/engine/Main.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/engine/Main.class cp oracle/forms/handler/AlertDialog.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ engine/AlertDialog.class Run adadmin -> Generate Applications Files menu -> Generate product JAR files Apply the Interoperability patch 6863618 Make sure all applications processes are down Enable maintenance mode: Execute adadmin -> Change Maintenance Mode (5) -> Enable Maintenance Mode (1) Unzip p6863618_11i_GENERIC.zip Cd 6863618 Run adpatch to apply patch driver u6863618.drv cd [PATCH_NUMBER]/fnd/bin Execute the following command where X represent the update number: $ txkSetPlugin.sh 1600X In my case: $ txkSetPlugin.sh 16005 Disable maintenance mode: Execute adadmin -> Change Maintenance Mode (5) -> Disable Maintenance Mode (2) Start all applications processes by adstrtall.sh Verify installation by sign in Oracle EBS and select a forms based responsibility. For those who worry about performance, take a look at this benchmark: Benchmark comparison test with Jinitiator 1.3.1.23 and Java Plug-in 1.5.0_05 – performance whitepaper For more information - Note: 290807.1 - Upgrading Sun JRE with Oracle Applications 11i Aviad