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Oracle ApplicationsMaintaining Oracle ApplicationsRelease 11iOctober 2000Part No. A87326-01

Maintaining Oracle Applications, Release 11iPart No. A87326-01Release 11iCopyright 1996, 2000, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.Author: Yun ShawContributing Authors: Subash Chadalavada, Michael Cole, Carole Eubanks, Michael Fiore, BillyGreene, Rick Lotero, Kent Noble, Roger SandersProgram Documentation is licensed for use solely to support the deployment of the Programs and not forany other purposes.The Programs (which include both the software and documentation) contain proprietary information ofOracle Corporation; they are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use anddisclosure and are also protected by copyright, patent, and other intellectual and industrial propertylaws. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of the Programs is prohibited.The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. If you find any problemsin the documentation, please report them to us in writing. Oracle Corporation does not warrant that thisdocument is error free. Except as may be expressly permitted in your license agreement for thesePrograms, no part of these Programs may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Oracle Corporation.If the Programs are delivered to the U.S. Government or anyone licensing or using the programs onbehalf of the U.S. Government, the following notice is applicable:Restricted Rights Notice Programs delivered subject to the DOD FAR Supplement are "commercialcomputer software" and use, duplication, and disclosure of the Programs, including documentation,shall be subject to the licensing restrictions set forth in the applicable Oracle license agreement.Otherwise, Programs delivered subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulations are "restricted computersoftware" and use, duplication, and disclosure of the Programs shall be subject to the restrictions in FAR52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights (June, 1987). Oracle Corporation, 500Oracle Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065.The Programs are not intended for use in any nuclear, aviation, mass transit, medical, or other inherentlydangerous applications. It shall be the licensee's responsibility to take all appropriate fail-safe, backup,redundancy, and other measures to ensure the safe use of such applications if the Programs are used forsuch purposes, and Oracle Corporation disclaims liability for any damages caused by such use of thePrograms.Oracle is a registered trademark, and Context, EMM Advantage, Net8, Oracle Alert, Oracle ApplicationObject Library, Oracle Financials, OracleMetaLink, Oracle Quality, Oracle Web Customers, Oracle WebEmployees, Oracle Work in Process, Oracle Workflow, Oracle8, Oracle8i, PL/SQL, SmartClient, SQL,SQL*Net, SQL*Plus, and SQL*Report are trademark[s] or registered trademark[s] of Oracle Corporation.Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

ContentsSend Us Your Comments . ixPreface. xiAudience.Structure .Information for Windows NT Users .Software Requirements.Registry Variables and Environment Variables .Conventions .Getting Help .Oracle Consulting Services .Oracle Support Services.Related Documents .1xixiixiiixiiixiiixivxvxvxvxviAbout AD UtilitiesWhat Are the AD Utilities? .AD Administration (adadmin or adadmin.exe) .AutoUpgrade (adaimgr or adaimgr.exe) .AutoPatch (adpatch or adpatch.exe) .AD Controller (adctrl or adctrl.exe).AD Configuration (adutconf.sql) .AD File Identification (adident or adident.exe) .AD Splicer (adsplice or adsplice.exe) .File Character Set Conversion (adncnv or adncnv.exe) .1-11-11-21-31-31-31-41-41-4iii

ODF Comparison (adodfcmp or adodfcmp.exe) .AD Relink (adrelink.sh) .AD Merge Patch (admrgpch or admrgpch.exe) .DataMerge (addmimp or addmimp.exe) .AD Run SQL (adurs or adurs.exe) .AD Rebase (adrebase.exe) .Verify Apps (advrfapp.sql) .License Manager (LicenseMgr).How They Work .Running AD Utilities .Getting Ready.Stopping and Restarting .Responding to Prompts .Configuration and Environment Files .Creating an Environment File.AD Timing Report .2AD AdministrationWhat is AD Administration? .Database Tasks .File System Tasks .Running AD Administration Interactively .Using the Main Menu .Running AD Administration in Non-Interactive Mode .32-12-12-22-22-32-16AutoUpgradeWhat is AutoUpgrade? .Using AutoUpgrade .How AutoUpgrade Works .Running AutoUpgrade in a Multi-server Environment .Running AutoUpgrade .Starting and Stopping AutoUpgrade.Responding to Prompts .Restarting AutoUpgrade .Using AutoUpgrade Menus and Screens 1-203-13-23-23-33-33-43-43-53-7

Main Menu .About the AutoUpgrade Screens .Select Products Screen .Product Detail Screens .Select Modules Screen.Database Parameters Screen .Tasks Screen .Running the Upgrade.Monitoring AutoUpgrade .Manager and Worker Messages .Log and Restart Files.Correcting AutoUpgrade Errors .Acceptable Errors .After Running 3-303-323-343-37AutoPatchWhat is AutoPatch?.How It Works .Patch Format .Running AutoPatch .Starting AutoPatch.Responding to Prompts .AutoPatch Messages .After Running AutoPatch .Running AutoPatch Again.Controlling AutoPatch Behavior .Test Mode .Pre-install Mode.Non-interactive Mode.Using the options Parameter .Using the AD Merge Patch

Contributing Authors: Subash Chadalavada, Michael Cole, Carole Eubanks, Michael Fiore, Billy Greene, Rick Lotero, Kent Noble, Roger Sanders Program Documentation is licensed for use solely to support the deployment of the Programs and not for any other purposes. The Programs (which include both the software and documentation) contain proprietary information of Oracle Corporation; they are .